ProductTank MCR May 2025 - World Product Day

We're celebreating World Product Day in style with a fanatastic edition of ProductTank Manchester.

Our speakers and talks

Erin Okhrymenko, One HealthTech

Iryna (Erin) is a Product Management Expert and Continuous Innovation Coach who helps startup founders build emotionally intelligent AI solutions that users genuinely trust and adopt.

Beyond Logic: A Product Manager's Guide to Integrating Emotional Intelligence into AI

What do our users truly crave from technology? Go beyond features and explore the deep human desire for connection and understanding. This talk delves into the crucial role of emotional intelligence (EI) in AI, explaining why it's no longer a nice-to-have but a necessity for breaking down trust barriers and building truly engaging products.

Adam Flint, BBC

In this session, Adam Flint - a product leader who’s worked across startups and large organisations for over a decade - shares some honest reflections on navigating this new landscape. Not as someone with all the answers, but as someone asking the same questions many of us are.

The Product Reckoning: Finding Our Way Through the Shift

Product management is changing - fast. Over the past 18 months, it feels like we’ve experienced more disruption than in the previous five years combined. Fewer roles, shifting expectations, new technologies, and a growing sense that the playbook that once worked no longer fits the moment we’re in.

Claire Robinson, Transform

Claire brings over 20 years' Digital Transformation experience to the table, having consulted for Public, Private and Third sector clients including DWP, DfE, UKTI, Cancer Research UK, NSPCC, Unilever, British Gas, Toyota Lexus, Barclays & LLoyds Banking Group.

How can your product team create measurable impact across the UN's global sustainable development goals?

A word about our sponsors - EM Code

EM Code is a customer experience, digital innovation, and AI agency. They’re a strategic digital partner that delivers breakthrough growth across the customer journey.

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