ProductTank Bristol #43

We've got some really exciting talks lined up just for you! The first talk will be all about the art of storytelling, presented by Doug Nestor. Our second talk will be presented by Chris Booth, and will cover the current hot topic of AI. You'll get to learn all about what AI agents are, how they work, and the challenges we face in getting them into production. This talk is going to be fantastic, and you definitely won't want to miss it!

6:00 - Descend 🛬, Sip 🍹, Snacks 🌮, and Strategy 💡
6:25 - Introduction and a warm welcome from our host
6:30 - 🎤 Doug Nestor covering The lost art of product storytelling + Q&A
7:00 - Break for more sips 🍹 and snacks 🌮
7:20 - 🎤 Chris Booth covering Getting your own JARVIS ready for production + Q&A
7:50 - Wrap Up
8:00 - End and Depart 🛫, with the opportunity for extended discussions

The lost art of product storytelling

Doug Nestor - Senior Product Manager for Google, Potato

👤 - Doug has been messing around with technology since the days of tape-drive Sinclair ZX Spectrums, fondly remembering loading the Platoon game before dinner, hoping it hadn’t crashed while eating his fish fingers. Cutting his teeth in advertising and comms agencies in the early 00’s, Doug morphed into a product role as precursors of digital marketing and brochureware evolved into digital products integral to businesses.
Doug’s helped many businesses launch technically complex products - from early IBM Watson chatbots for Versus Arthritis, to vehicle apps for Honda. Today he works with Google, helping Android developers navigate the delicate collection of frameworks, libraries and tooling versions to build great apps.

📢 - Triggered by a firehose of bland CV job applications last year, Doug has jumped on a soapbox about the lack of storytelling in our industry - from personal stories to product visions.
We talk about the classic triangle - designers bring usability and elegant experience, engineers bring feasibility and elegant code, product brings viability and an inspiring value proposition. But we need to communicate this work in a memorable way that demands attention. We need to tie it together with a great story.

Expect a few rants, audience participation and perhaps if you’re lucky a few useful things to help your communications be more captivating and persuasive.

🖱 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougnestor/

Getting your own JARVIS ready for production

Chris Booth - Product owner for NatWest Group’s AI agent: Cora.

👤 - Chris' focus is observing emerging technologies, creating a roadmap of experiments to bring into production and deliver value to the group.
In particular, he has a particular focus with language models, knowledge graphs and AI agent architecture.
Chris has been in the natural language processing space for 8 years and first started his career serving 6 years in the Royal Air Force as a software testing engineer, testing new weapon systems for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

📢 - What are AI agents, how they work and the challenges to overcome to get them into production.

🖱 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chatbotbooth/

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Additional Sponsor:

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