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**ℹ️ Details**
📍 180 Lounger, Cape Town
🗓 Monday, 27 October 2025
🕔 17:30 – 21:30 SAST
💻 Hybrid Event (Attend in-person or Virtually online)
🎟️ Free Entry
🎯 Join us for a powerful evening of insights, discussion, and networking

At the intersection of Digital Transformation, Project & Product management, Agile and the exponential rise of AI – co-hosted by partnaer and SUGSA (Scrum User Group South Africa).

This hybrid meetup brings together decision makers, bold thinkers and practitioners for an inspiring evening featuring an expert panel, two lightning talks, and plenty of time for interactive discussion.

Together, we’ll explore how strong project and product cultures enable organisations to not only adopt AI, but use it meaningfully to deliver better outcomes – especially in fast-moving, complex industries.

**🧃 Bonus: Stick around after the talks for relaxed networking, free soft drinks and snacks\*, and a spectacular rooftop view over Cape Town.**
\*Light snacks will be available on the day. While we’ll try to have a mix, we won’t be catering for specific dietary restrictions.

**🗣️ What to Expect**
✅ Two short and sharp lightning talks from industry leaders
✅ A curated, international expert panel with cross-sector perspectives
✅ Space for open discussion, Q&A, and networking
✅ A scenic venue with a rooftop view for relaxed conversations

**👥 Who Should Attend?**
Wether you are interested in the topics or apply it already in your daily work everybody is welcome to join, learn and discuss.

**✨ Why You Should Join**
This is not just another meetup – it’s a unique collaboration between partnaer and SUGSA with a goal of connecting communities, sharing global best practices, and building a bridge between digital and human-driven transformation. Whether you join online or on-site your voice and energy are welcome!

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PPM#45 Digital Transformation in the Exponential Age of AI - Hybrid Event

180 Lounger

**PPM #46 Digital Product Development: Digital and Hybrid Products in 2026**

Let’s grow together and enable people powered transformation.

👥 The Meetup will be hosted by Roman Paeske and Marc Andrae, the CEO of partnaer, both renowned experts in product and project management.

💙 Our mission is to share knowledge and experience with the world while connecting with professionals in the same field. Whether you're interested in project management and product management, we warmly invite you to join us!

🚀 partnaer coaches, advise and guide companies on how to successfully implement digital transformation with their department leaders, managers and employees. The focus is always on people, their skills, and a good organisational structure. We are convinced that technology serves people and not the other way around.

🥇 We will exchange views on the various topics of project management, product management, and much more. We promise that by attending these Meetups...
• Impart knowledge from practice
• Open-minded community for project and product people
• Access to the PPM experts Roman and Marc
• Access to our partnaer canvases and Recordings

⏰ Agenda:
16:00 Welcome & Intro
16:15 **Digital and Hybrid Products in 2026**
16:45 Questions & Answers
17:00 Outro

🗓️ Occurrence:
Every second Thursday from 16:00 – 17:00 p.m. (CET) our meetup is running.
The Meetup will take place via MS Teams:
[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjkyMGQwNTEtMmFkMi00ZGU5LWI0YjQtOTE1NzA4MjJjZmI4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f72d2510-8353-4667-999a-9df8f722fd26%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2255956b5a-040a-40f3-8f97-694ab3d0e50e%22%7d](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjkyMGQwNTEtMmFkMi00ZGU5LWI0YjQtOTE1NzA4MjJjZmI4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f72d2510-8353-4667-999a-9df8f722fd26%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2255956b5a-040a-40f3-8f97-694ab3d0e50e%22%7d)

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