Why attend
Stay ahead
of the curve.
Harris TheaterChicagoOct 7
Join the minds shaping the next era of product.
What you get
Two days worth
leaving the office for.
Inspiring keynotes
Mind the Product features a main stage keynote track where product leaders, innovators, and bestselling authors share big ideas shaping the future of product. Past speakers have included leaders from Wise, Mozilla, Walmart, YouTube, The Financial Times, and Delivery Hero.
At the same time, you'll have the option to join smaller breakout sessions that dive deeper into specific product topics. These intimate sessions give you the chance to choose your own learning path, whether you're interested in AI strategy, leadership, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, or career growth.
Interactive workshops, roundtables, and speaker Q&As
Add a full day of hands-on workshops on October 6, led by the people who wrote the books on the subject: Dan Olsen, Steven Benario and Martin Eriksson. Small rooms, real exercises, and work you can take back to your own product.
Roundtables and speaker Q&As run alongside the main stage, so the conversation carries on after the talk finishes.
Connect, have fun, and spark ideas
Join ambitious product people from startups, scaleups, enterprises, government, and non-profits. Expect lively conversations, spontaneous ProductTank catch-ups, and unforgettable opening and closing celebrations to keep the energy high across both days.
Product showcases
Get hands-on with new product tech through demos, exhibits, and vendor showcases highlighting how AI and emerging technologies are transforming the way we build products.
Word of mouth
From people
who have been.
It was a joy to connect with fellow ProductTank organizers and experience the benefits of sharing ideas, challenges, and solutions with other product managers. All of the speakers were phenomenal.
Lovely people and a fantastic experience for all of us. GREAT JOB!
It was energizing to connect with other product leaders and dive into conversations on current and emerging trends shaping product and tech. Events like these are such a valuable reminder of how much we can learn from each other.
“AI is like a golden retriever. It's loyal, it's eager, but it has zero product sense.” Pure gold from Prerna Singh at Mind the Product.
It was a great day connecting with fellow product people. “Connection before content.”
In addition to all the great content, big kudos to ... everyone else involved for the “little details” that made a big difference: real-time closed captioning and transcripts, facilitated speed networking, “book club” recommendations galore.
Talk yourself into it
The four things
you are thinking.
Flip any of them over for the honest answer.
“It is a whole day out of the office.”
One day in one room, and the workshop day on October 6 is optional, so you can take as much or as little as your calendar allows.
“I can just watch the talks online later.”
The talks are half of it. The other half is who you end up sitting next to, and that part does not stream.
“I would have to get budget approved.”
We wrote the business case for you: what to say, what it costs, and what your team gets back.
“Will it be relevant to my role?”
One curated track, chosen so it lands for product managers, designers and leaders alike, rather than a stream you have to pick your way through.
Make the case
The note that
gets it approved.
Pick a pass, tick what you want out of the day, and copy the result into an email. Every number in it is the real one.
Your note
I would like to attend Mind the Product Chicago on October 7, 2026. It is a one-day product conference at Harris Theater in Chicago, single track, run by Mind the Product. I want to sharpen how we position and talk about the product and bring back a discovery process we can actually keep up. The Conference only pass is from $895. I would be out of the office for the day, and I will write up what I learn and share it with the team when I am back. Details: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/conferences/chicago
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