Name: Product Networking & Micro-Talks
Start: 2026-03-25T18:30:00.000Z
Location: x+why Foundry

We're be back on Wednesday 11th March for the next ProductTank Manchester with great product speakers and great networking!

**Location:** TBC
**Speakers:** TBC

**Why you should come?**
Networking with fellow product people 👋

* Great talks from local and national speakers 🎤
* Food 🍕and drink 🍺
* We welcome people from all backgrounds!

We're a friendly bunch, our typical crowd includes:

* senior product leaders
* startup founders
* mid-level PMs
* new PMs
* people looking to get into Product
* engineers/developers
* designers
* people who work with product teams - and just want to learn more.

Whatever your situation, come along and say hello.

**Event timings**
6:00pm start - Networking (drinks and food)
6:30pm - Talks (3x 20-min talks + 5-min Q&A)
8:00pm - Talks finish - more networking - drinks and food
8:30pm - Close

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Please note:

* Speakers and venue are be subject to change.
* We sometimes take photos at our events for community and promotional use. By attending, you’re happy for any photos you appear in to be used in this way.
* Your name will be used for registration and check-in purposes only.
* Tickets are free but limited — please update your RSVP if you can’t make it so someone else can grab the spot.

ProductTank Manchester

Andy Birds

Michael Palmer

Péter Földes

Hannah MacInnes

Raji Bhamidipati

Edward Digby

Sophia Palin

Emily Whaites

Helen R

Jade

Archie Comparelli

Egor Povarov 

Ed Lutte

Jason Sewards

Apeksha

Russell Sirkett

Rob Balderstone

Janani Ramakrishnan

Gary Ingley

ProductTank Manchester — March 2026

Manchester Technology Centre

Dear Product People in Cologne:

Dependencies are not the enemy.

Unclear ownership, slow synchronization, and too much parallel work are. Drawing on her experience leading a portfolio of 12 product teams, Anna will share practical “how-to” approaches.

She will touch on how to:

\- Make dependencies first\-class roadmap citizens
\- Stabilize alignment after a pivot
\- Surface dependency risks early without leadership intervention
\- Introduce WIP limits at the portfolio level

Don't miss the chance to ask your questions & connect with Anna and the community. Of course you'll have time to mingle and connect with curious product people from the Cologne area again.

**Agenda:**
7pm: Arrive and networking
7:30pm: Talk of Anna Hannemann (in person)
8:15pm: Q&A about everything you want to ask
8:45pm to end: open networking

We're proud to present **Netlight** as our location host again. Their new office is very central in Spichernstrasse! As always we're super happy to engage in a lively conversation with our speaker, and we'll get to mix and mingle at a beautiful location in Cologne.

Looking forward to see you on March 16th!

Best,
Shehrina, Simonetta, Tim, Esjona, & Dominik
Your ProductTank Cologne Team

ProductTank Cologne

Dominik Rose

Esjona Musta

Shehrina

Simonetta

Tim Klein

Esjona 

Pavel Ryukhov

Maru Waan Ek

Sumit

Lena

Maya

Zorlu

Thomas Brouwer

Peter Niessen

Felix Stein

Michail Petrischenko

Julian Junghänel

Haolin Ziehh

Eldin Zaimovic

Khattab Al-Ali

Managing Dependencies in Practice (Or: Why your roadmap is lying to you!)

Netlight Cologne

As AI transforms how products are built and delivered, traditional signals of credibility are becoming less reliable. In this Lunch & Learn meetup, Author and Growth Coach Kurt Schmidt will guide us through the exploration of how trust is earned—not just through outputs or expertise, but by revealing the decision-making process behind products. We’ll discuss how trust impacts product adoption, internal momentum, and organizational support, and share practical strategies for product teams to build trust that scales.

**What to Expect:**
\- A candid discussion on why trust is weaker and signals are noisier in the age of AI\.
\- Insights into how trust manifests as adoption\, momentum\, and “air cover” within organizations\.
\- Exploration of three critical areas where trust must exist: in the product\, in the people building it\, and in the organization backing it\.
\- Why narrating effort isn’t enough—showing decisions and tradeoffs is key\. \- Practical\, scalable ways product teams can build and maintain trust\.

ProductTank Twin Cities

Esra Kucukciftci

Darrick Jensen

Joe Lamusga

Maura McCafferty

Matt Roscoe

John D

Sufian Abu

Andrea Merrill

Mark Prondzinski

Sarah B-L

Davide Aldrovandi

Mark Leppke

Susan Quakkelaar

David Rodriguez

Matt Potter

Mark Dirnberger

Vicki O

koepp.alec

Marilyn

A Product-First Take on Trust in An AI-powered World

Online event

**Gude, Product People! 👋**

**2026 is our AI year and we're starting with the fundamentals.**

AI is everywhere, but do we truly understand the opportunities it creates for Product Management? This year, ProductTank Frankfurt explores how AI transforms our craft. We're kicking off with a comprehensive overview: Where do we stand today, and what does this mean for our daily work?

**Arno Selhorst**, AI Innovation & Transformation Manager at Deutsche Telekom, gives us the perfect introduction. Since 2023, he's been driving AI adoption at one of Europe's largest telecommunications companies – through workshops, mentoring, and a grassroots initiative with over 900 AI Pioneers.

**🎤 What to expect:**

* **Retrospective:** AI developments since 2022 in fast-forward
* **Real-world insights:** Concrete use cases – from fraud prevention to no-code programming and virtual worlds
* **The human factor:** Education, societal values, and the role of people in AI transformation
* **AI Pioneers:** How one initiative activated 900+ employees

**📍 Location:** Netlight Consulting GmbH, Mainluststraße 12, 60329 Frankfurt am Main

**📅 When:** March 19, 2026 from 6:30 PM

**🎟️ Spots are limited!**

**🗓 Agenda**
18:30 – 👋 Arrival & Networking
19:00 – 🎤 Talk and Q&A with Arno
20:15 – 🍕 Food, Drinks & Deep Conversations
21:00 – 👀 Official End

**💡 More from Arno:**
LinkedIn: [linkedin.com/in/arno-selhorst](https://linkedin.com/in/arno-selhorst)
Newsletter: [KI-Logbuch](https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/ki-logbuch-7200623838433267712/)

**The future has already begun – join us to shape it together.** This is event #1 in our 2026 AI journey. More insights, perspectives, and practical learnings to follow throughout the year! 🚀

We can't wait to see you there! 🙌

**Your ProductTank Frankfurt Orga Crew**
Marisa, Steffen & Patrick

**P.S.:** Follow [ProductTank Frankfurt on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/producttank-frankfurt/) too.

ProductTank Frankfurt

Patrick Sauerwein

Tim T. 

Julius

Philip Hubertus

Markus Schäfer

Sven-Holger Weidner

Jonas Löffel

Lisa

Ilias Vassiliou

Benjamin Fleischmann

Locke

Marisa Silaban

Valentina Letter

Mario Sailer

Mike Eisenbach

Christopher Murach

Robert Leichssenring

Steffen Oehme

Robin Brinkmann

Thorsten Daus

The Future Is Now: (gen)AI today ... and tomorrow

Mainluststraße 12

As our ProductTank community grows bigger than ever before, we’ve listened to your feedback about wanting more time to meet the interesting people in the Room. So, join us for an evening dedicated to the most valuable asset in our industry: **The Community**.

As product professionals, we spend our days fixing, hustling, and shipping, often at the expense of the very networking and knowledge-sharing that helps us grow. Tonight’s event is about changing that. Whether you’re a Founder, Product Manager, Designer, Developer, Product adjacent or Student, this is your space to **share stories, listen to hard-earned experiences, and connect with the peers** navigating the same shifting landscape as you.

We’ll do this with a more relaxed version of facilitated networking, with a gentle structuring so you can get around the whole room. There is also the opportunity to **take the stand yourself** *(optional)* to share your own stories. Or jump up and ask the Room for some feedback on your problem? Surprise us.

👥 **Agenda**
**6:30 PM** – Arrival, Food and Drinks
**7:00 PM** – Host’s Introduction & Briefing
**7:10 PM** – The First Half (Speakers 1–5)
**7:50 PM** – Break
**8:00 PM** – The Second Half (Speakers 6–9)
**8:30 PM** – Pure Networking (Unstructured)
**9:00 PM** – Event Ends

📋 **What we'll cover**

* **Product Networking:** Building true professional product connections within the Midlands tech scene.
* **Shared Perspectives:** Real-world insights on product strategy, discovery, and delivery from peers across various seniority levels.
* **The Product Ecosystem:** Breaking down silos, hearing perspectives from founders, designers, developers, product managers and those just beginning their product journey.
* **Micro-Talks:** 3-minute, no-slide talks that get straight to the heart of the product craft.

**An extra perk for our speakers:** For anyone who wants to speak, it’s a great, low-stress way to build your professional profile, practice speaking and have professional-shot content ready for your LinkedIn.

👋 **Meet Your Host**
[Max Laverty](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxlaverty/), a B2B Product Manager at CGI, with specialisms in cognitive behavioural sciences and AI.

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