Innovation

Hello, You are warmly invited to the **2026 InnoCORE Global Postdoctoral Job Fair** in Zürich, which will take place on 8 June 2026, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Korea’s leading science and technology institutes—**KAIST, GIST, DGIST, and UNIST**—are seeking postdoctoral researchers who are ready to help shape the future through world-class research infrastructure and strong international collaboration. The 2026 InnoCORE Global Postdoctoral Job Fair will be held in major cities across Europe and will offer a valuable opportunity to explore research careers, postdoctoral positions, and PhD-related opportunities in Korea. The event will feature an introduction to the InnoCORE research groups, along with opportunities for 1:1 Research Meeting (with potential interview opportunity) with research teams based on participants’ fields of interest. We hope this event will be a meaningful opportunity for those who are ready to begin a new research journey in Korea or continue their work on a broader global stage. If you are interested, please apply through the link below. For more information about this event, please visit : [https://www.innocore-jobfair.com/](https://www.innocore-jobfair.com/ "https://www.innocore-jobfair.com/") To participate in the event survey : [https://forms.gle/t86FCMUKjtt1f5cLA](https://forms.gle/t86FCMUKjtt1f5cLA "https://forms.gle/t86FCMUKjtt1f5cLA") Thank you.

**What this is** A high-trust table for builders. Share one concrete challenge, trade smart feedback, celebrate wins, and leave with 2–3 next steps plus a couple of new allies. **Where** Motel One Zurich, bar area. Head to the bar and ask for Financial Network Zurich. **When** Mondays, 19:00 to 22:00 19:00 arrivals and hellos 19:30 open 10 min hot seats for founders and feedback (max 5) 20:30 open networking until 22:00 **How we roll** Discreet, high-signal conversation. No pitch theater. No flexing. Just real problems and practical help. **Bring** Your priority of the week, a clear ask, and a positive mindset. **Food and drinks** Order food and drinks with the waitresses whenever you like. **LINKS** Community Owner’s Direct (All Infos & Questions): Alessandro +41 76 279 32 84 WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCSSmdHj7xr6F39ZAAWubX Financial Network Zurich: https://www.meetup.com/entrepreneurs-focus-and-network-workshop/ Founder’s Links (Alessandro): https://linktr.ee/alessandronfthyme

**Kickstart your week at the Beginner Commercial Class at The Vibe!** Whether you’ve never danced before or just want to move your body and have a good time, this class offers a dynamic mix of **urban dance styles**, including Street Jazz, New Style Hip Hop, and other contemporary street influences. The choreography is set to an energetic playlist featuring **EDM** (Electronic Dance Music) and **Latin Pop**, creating an upbeat and motivating atmosphere. Your teacher Fer ([@ferriveromusic](https://www.instagram.com/ferriveromusic/#)) will guide you through all the steps, help you feel the rhythm in your body, and hype you up from start to finish! **Booking is mandatory!** To secure your spot, please book in advance via our website: [BOOK HERE](https://thevibedance.simplybook.it/v2/#book) ***Rates?*** 💃 **Single Class: CHF 29** **Special offer for NEW students:** **Starter Pack (2-Class) for CHF 35** *When?* **MONDAY** 18:30 – 19:30 \| Beginner Commercial Dance Class ### *Where?* **The Vibe Dance Studio** Hohlstrasse 488 8048 Zürich (Just 3 minutes from Altstetten Train Station and 15 min from HB) **More info:** 🌐 [thevibedance.ch](https://thevibedance.ch/) 📸 Instagram: [@ferriveromusic ](https://www.instagram.com/ferriveromusic) [@thevibedance.ch](https://www.instagram.com/thevibedance.ch) Got questions? DM us on Instagram or text or call: 📞 +41 78 329 71 77 **See you on the dance floor – let’s dance together!** 💥🫶💃

Join us for the weekly Language Exchange! 🚀 Language Exchange WhatsApp Chat https://chat.whatsapp.com/C36TAgOl8Ei5qsWMNPZpHU Join the weekly Language Exchange (every monday) to work on your language skills, socialize and meet cool and open people. 💡HOW DOES IT WORK💡 1. Come to the location (for Spring and Summer the event will take place on a outside)☀️🍹 2. The Event Host will greet you🤜🏽🤛🏾 3. Choose the language flag that interests you and speak the language of the flag🇪🇸🇬🇧🇵🇹🇮🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭🇫🇷 4. Start talking with people around the world and improve your language skill💪🏽💭

**Join at the Beginner Hip Hop Dance Class at The Vibe!** Whether you’ve never danced before or just want to move your body and have a good time! This beginner-friendly hip-hop class focuses on learning the basics, building confidence, and having fun! You'll move to the beats, pick up cool moves, and dive into the foundations of hip-hop in a relaxed, supportive setting. No experience? No worries! This class is ideal for anyone ready to kick off their dance journey. Your teacher Nat ([@nat.so.fun)](https://www.instagram.com/nat.so.fun?igsh=MTFkemlhcjNiY2QwcA==) will guide you through all the steps, help you feel the rhythm in your body, and hype you up from start to finish! **Booking is mandatory!** To secure your spot, please book in advance via our website: [BOOK HERE](https://www.thevibedance.ch/schedule) ### *Rates?* 💃 **Single Class: CHF 29** **Special offer for NEW students:** **Starter Pack (2-Class) for CHF 35** ### *When?* **MONDAY** 20:30 – 21:30 \| Beginner Hip Hop Dance Class *Where?* **The Vibe Dance Studio** Hohlstrasse 488 8048 Zürich (Just 3 minutes from Altstetten Train Station and 15 min from HB) ### **More info:** 🌐 [thevibedance.ch](https://thevibedance.ch/) 📸 Instagram: [@nat.so.fun](https://www.instagram.com/nat.so.fun?igsh=MTFkemlhcjNiY2QwcA==) [@thevibedance.ch](https://www.instagram.com/thevibedance.ch) Got questions? Dm us on [Instagram](@thevibedance.ch), text or call: 📞 +41 78 329 71 77 **See you on the dance floor – let’s dance together!** 💥🫶💃

☕💀 **Death Café Zürich #6 @ Sphères** Join us for the evening to talk about death, life, and everything in between. If you are tired of small talk, and want to explore conversations in other directions: art, philosophy, science, mental health and so on. 🕕 **When:** Monday 8th June 2026, 18:30–21:00 📍 **Where:** Sphères, Hardturmstrasse 66, Zürich 💰 **Cost:** Free – please plan to buy a drink or small snack to support the café. Everyone is welcome. Let’s talk, listen, and share – about life, and what makes it meaningful. 🌿 If we are more than 10 you can come anyway Look for the cup with a skull or ask at the bar where we are

Hi there! I’m happy you have come across **Afro Dance Fitness classes**! Are you interested in group fitness (all levels) or dancing, Afrodance and Working out in a group of likeminded women to Afrobeats music, then this is for you! Afro Workout is an Afrodance inspired Dance Fitness Class in Zürich that combines dynamic dance moves and intensive Workout to Afrobeats. Similiar to Zumba but to Afro music including dance movement, fitness and sculpt. Afro is all about Good Vibes! Expressing a joy of living, to be confident and feel good in your body. Classes take place **every Monday from 7-8 pm** in Zürich Altstetten. For all levels! You don’t have to be a dancer or a fitness geek. Party, Dance and sweat with us to Afrobeats! First class is always free for first timers! Sign up for the FREE class [Free class](https://afroworkout.as.me/free-class) Please always sign up and RSVP to every class, via Meet up Event, [Email](vanessa@afroworkout.com) vanessa@afroworkout.ch, DM on Instagram or Sign up link on Website. There will be always more people in a class then shown on Meet up. Don‘t hesitate to sign up via above mentioned channels. Can‘t wait! Check daily updates and classes on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/afroworkout.ch?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) Website for more information and class info [www.afroworkout.ch](https://www.afroworkout.ch) Move, Dance and Stay Fit to Afrobeats!

Du kennst dich mit KI aus und suchst einen konkreten Anwendungsfall um deine Expertise einzubringen? Dann stell dich den Herausforderungen unseres Industriepartners. Tauche ein in die spannenden Fragestellungen aus der realen Welt, diskutiere zusammen mit weiteren Expertinnen und Experten mögliche Lösungsansätze und öffne die Tür zur Entwicklung tragfähiger Lösungen. Die Teilnahme ebnet dir den Weg zu einer Projektförderung durch Innosuisse und könnte der entscheidende Schritt sein, deine Idee Realität werden zu lassen. Der Workshop wird in Kooperation mit dem Innosuisse Innovation Booster Artificial Intelligence durchgeführt. Für die Teilnehmenden an dieser Veranstaltung besteht im Anschluss die Möglichkeit, ihre Ideen gemeinsam mit einem Konsortium im Rahmen der Fördermöglichkeiten des Innovation Booster Programmes weiter zu schärfen. **DETAILS** Datum: **Dienstag\, 09\. Juni 2026 \| 14:30 – 19:30 h** Ort: **swissICT Geschäftsstelle - Vulkanstrasse 120 - 8048 Zürich** **AGENDA \| ABLAUF** \- 14:00 Uhr: Registrierung und Socializing \- 14:30 Uhr: Begrüssung\, Zielsetzung\, Ablauf \- 14:45 Uhr: Start des Workshops \- Vorstellung der Challenges \- Aufteilung in Kleingruppen \- Shaping\, Challenging and Ideation \- 17:45 Uhr: Wrap\-Up & Follow\-Up \- 18:00 Uhr: Ende des Workshops \- 18:00 Uhr: Apéro und Networking \- 19:30 Uhr: Ende der Veranstaltung **ZIELGRUPPE & SPRACHE** \- Offene Veranstaltung für alle Personen\, welche mit KI zur Lösung konkreter Herausforderungen beitragen wollen\, d\.h\. insbesondere aus Start\-Ups\, aus Lehre und Forschung\, aus der Welt der KMU und der Verwaltung \- Der Workshop findet auf Deutsch statt\. Fragen können gerne auch in Englisch gestellt werden\. **VERANSTALTER** Moderatorenteam der [swissICT Fachgruppe Innovation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict-professional-group-innovation/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict-professional-group-innovation/") ( [Emilie Etesi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-etesi/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-etesi/"), [Viktoria Mauz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoria-mauz/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoria-mauz/"), [Violeta Lozano](https://www.linkedin.com/in/violeta-lozano-roxstar/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/violeta-lozano-roxstar/"), [Harald Bader](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-harald-bader/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-harald-bader/")) & Geschäftsstelle [swissICT](https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/") ([Carol Lechner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/")) in Kooperation mit [Innovation Booster Artificial Intelligence](https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovation-booster-artificial-intelligence/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovation-booster-artificial-intelligence/") (powered by [Innosuisse](https://www.linkedin.com/company/innosuisse/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/innosuisse/")) ([Reik Leiterer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reik-leiterer-81276056/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/reik-leiterer-81276056/")). **KONTAKT** [Carol Lechner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/"), Geschäftsstelle [swissICT](https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/"): event@swissict.ch **KOSTEN** Kostenlos. Bitte informiere uns so schnell wie möglich, falls du nicht teilnehmen kannst.

**AI Essentials for Product Managers (beyond the basics)** (Prices go up on May 15!) AI is reshaping product management, from how we discover problems to how we ship and improve features. This hands-on, one-day workshop goes beyond the basics: you'll sharpen how you run AI-assisted discovery, scale your own and your team's productivity with agents and automations, and learn how to build AI-powered products where the real work is no longer building the prototype but deciding when the output is good enough to ship. **Who is this for?** * Mid to senior product managers who already use AI and want to level up * PMs leading discovery or delivery on AI-powered features * Product people who want frameworks that hold up under real product pressure, not demo-ware **Course Content** *AI-Assisted Product Discovery.* We'll look at how discovery itself changes when agents can set up and maintain a research repository, synthesize qualitative insights, and run quantitative analyses alongside you. We'll talk candidly about discovery slop, research that looks shiny but is actually shitty, and how to avoid producing it. You'll practice using vibe coding from a discovery lens: choosing the right thing to test, picking the right kind of prototype, and setting it up so it delivers real signal in a live setting rather than just looking impressive in a demo. *Scaling Productivity with AI.* From building your own AI agents to designing automations across your stack, you'll learn how to spot the highest-leverage use cases in your daily work and your team's workflows, and how to actually set them up pragmatically with the tools you already use. *Building AI Products.* Shipping AI products changes what product management looks like. You often have a feasible prototype on day one; the real challenge is improving the output, handling non-determinism, and deciding when it's good enough to launch. We'll go hands-on with the building blocks that make this tractable: evaluations, observability tooling, and the product decisions around them. *Driving AI Transformation.* Getting good at AI as an individual PM is one thing; shifting an entire product organization is another. Julia will share how she is leading AI transformation at the SaaS startup she works at: how she moved the mindset of the organization, built momentum for innovation, and keeps the company on the front foot instead of waiting to be disrupted. You'll take away a clearer picture of what your role can look like in that shift, and how to start driving it from where you sit today. Throughout the day you'll work through concrete product scenarios, cut through the hype, and leave with frameworks and tools you can apply the very next day, whether you're improving how you discover, how you work, or what you ship. Throughout the day, Julia will weave in lessons from driving AI transformation inside a SaaS startup, so you leave with perspective on both the craft and the organizational shift around it. To make sure everyone arrives on the same footing, you'll receive around 2 hours of pre-workshop video material covering AI literacy essentials: how LLMs actually work, their risks and limitations, and the fundamentals of prompt engineering. The workshop itself then starts where the basics end. **What you cannot expect** * A deep dive into vibe coding as a craft. We will vibecode, but through a product discovery lens, not as a goal in itself. * A prompt engineering course. The pre-work covers the fundamentals so we can spend the day on harder, more product-specific problems. * Superficial blabla. We go into the real struggles of doing product management with and around AI, not the hype reel. “With Julia’s clarity, hands-on guidance, strong visuals and buzzword-free examples, the spark was unmistakable. She debunked the myths, demystified AI and left everyone excited to try it in product management. A real rockstar workshop.”Melanie Wyssen-Voß, Vice President Product FACT24 **COMBI-TICKETS** This workshop can be bought in combination with the Product Academy SUMMIT at a reduced rate on [our conference webite](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). (Prices go up on May 15, 2026!) **YOUR TRAINER** Julia Bastian is a Product Leader with more than nine years of experience building and scaling digital products and driving innovation. As VP Product at Alasco, a venture-backed proptech company, she scaled the product and engineering organization from 5 to 50 people and built strong thought leadership around B2B product discovery. Today, she leads Alasco’s AI transformation, ensuring the company harnesses AI to stay ahead of disruption and deliver real customer value. Alongside her leadership role, Julia works as an AI educator and consultant. Her goal is to accelerate product managers’ AI learning journey by making the topic approachable and lowering the entry barrier for those just starting out. Staying grounded in a real product environment is essential to her. She works hands-on on AI topics, from automating internal workflows to integrating AI agents into the product, rather than only talking about them from a consulting perspective. Julia has a special ability to visualize complex ideas, which helps her share her knowledge in a clear and engaging way and make difficult concepts feel simple and actionable.

Engage with **thought-provoking keynotes**, participate in **interactive sessions**, and **network** with industry leaders and fellow product enthusiasts. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just beginning your journey in product management, this half-day conference offers learning opportunities for all levels of expertise. Tickets cover refreshments and snacks during breaks, as well as a networking Apéro at the conference's conclusion. Tickets are non-refundable, and the agenda is subject to change. By purchasing a ticket, you acknowledge that photos may be taken during the event. If you prefer not to have your photo shared, please contact the organizer. **Interested in a combi ticket for the SUMMIT and our pre-conference workshop "[AI Essentials for PMs](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html)"** with Julia Bastian? You can get it [via Eventfrog](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). The **Leadership Brunch** is an exclusive and intimate gathering designed specifically for leaders overseeing teams of three or more Product Managers. This ticket can only be purchased [via Eventfrog](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). **CONFERENCE LINE-UP** \*\*\* TIM HERBIG (Product Coach and Author of *Real Progress,* Hamburg): **Improving your Product Strategy in Real Time** Product Strategy doesn’t have to be this mysterious, monolithic artifact others get to work on and you don’t get clarity from. When we turn from frameworks and slides to the fundamental questions strategy needs to answer, a new possibility of pragmatic decision-making emerges – No matter your company size, industry, or job title. In this workshop-from-the stage, we will create clarity for your product strategy challenges by tackling them live and in real-time in Miro. Be prepared to come with your real-life questions, and leave with clarity on your next step. DOMINIQUE JOST (Head of Product at Doist, Bern): **End-to-End PM or End-of PM?** No hype. No hero stories. Just the practical, unfiltered lessons from [Doist](https://www.doist.com/)’s (makers of [Todoist](https://www.todoist.com/) and [Twist](https://twist.com/)) shift toward end-to-end PMs, and what AI is and isn’t changing about the craft. If you want a grounded, and messy view of what PM work will look like in the next few years, this talk is for you. JULIA BASTIAN (Product Lead Innovation & GenAI at Alasco, Munich): **AI Discovery Slop - The research that looks shiny but is sh\*tty** AI has made discovery output faster and shinier than ever. But fast and shiny is not the same as deep and true. Real discovery is about finding contradictions, sitting with complexity, and synthesising and not about smoothing everything into a polished blur. Product people have stopped thinking. And nobody notices because the output looks great. But product sense is built through thinking, not through consuming. This talk is about what real discovery looks like in the age of AI - for both B2B and B2C companies. Stop consuming shiny discovery slop. Start thinking again. STEPHANIE HÜRLAND (Head of AI Products and Strategy at ZDFSparks): **Two worlds, one role** – **AI Product Management through client and provider lenses** AI product management is shaped by two fundamentally different perspectives: the viewpoint of product teams defining needs, goals, and strategic direction, and the viewpoint of those responsible for designing, building, and delivering the actual AI solution. Both perspectives influence how decisions are made, how value is defined, and how complexity and uncertainty are managed throughout the product lifecycle. The session provides an overview of the key differences and shared challenges between these two perspectives, and highlights what successful AI product management requires when navigating both. The session includes practical examples that illustrate how different perspectives influence the way AI products are shaped, evaluated, and developed. SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA (former Team Lead at Foodora, Vienna): **Driving growth with limited engineering capacity: How creative experiments lifted Foodora's tips by 60%** Foodora Austria raised rider tips by 60%, while facing a challenge: after a couple of complex iterations and proper A/B tests, engineering capacity became limited. In this talk, we’ll go through the experiments they ran, including the trade-offs and challenges, learning what worked and what didn’t. We will explore how small UI tweaks, working with data, and understanding the cultural context can drive growth, even if you do not have a large analytics team or advanced testing tools. FLORIAN BONNET (VP Solutions & Growth at Veriff): **How to turn oproduct work into revenue outcomes with KPI trees** Product teams often track many metrics but struggle to clearly connect their work to business impact. This talk introduces North Star Metrics and KPI Trees as a practical framework for understanding product performance, customer behavior, and the levers that drive revenue outcomes. Florian will walk through how effective KPI Trees are structured, how North Star Metrics are typically defined across different contexts, and why this approach works for organizations of any size or model. Through concrete examples, you’ll see how KPI Trees can go beyond performance tracking to help translate product metrics into the language of business — bridging the gap that often exists between product teams and leadership. You’ll leave with a clearer mental model of how outcome-driven product organizations connect day-to-day work to measurable business results. Thank you to our sponsor [On](https://www.on.com/) for hosting us again and to [airfocus by Lucid](https://airfocus.com/) as well as [89grad](http://www.89grad.ch/) for sponsoring the event!

Engage with **thought-provoking keynotes**, participate in **interactive sessions**, and **network** with industry leaders and fellow product enthusiasts. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just beginning your journey in product management, this half-day conference offers learning opportunities for all levels of expertise. Tickets cover refreshments and snacks during breaks, as well as a networking Apéro at the conference's conclusion. Tickets are non-refundable, and the agenda is subject to change. By purchasing a ticket, you acknowledge that photos may be taken during the event. If you prefer not to have your photo shared, please contact the organizer. **Interested in a combi ticket for the SUMMIT and our pre-conference workshop "[AI Essentials for PMs](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html)"** with Julia Bastian? You can get it [via Eventfrog](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). The **Leadership Brunch** is an exclusive and intimate gathering designed specifically for leaders overseeing teams of three or more Product Managers. This ticket can only be purchased [via Eventfrog](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). **CONFERENCE LINE-UP** \*\*\* TIM HERBIG (Product Coach and Author of *Real Progress,* Hamburg): **Improving your Product Strategy in Real Time** Product Strategy doesn’t have to be this mysterious, monolithic artifact others get to work on and you don’t get clarity from. When we turn from frameworks and slides to the fundamental questions strategy needs to answer, a new possibility of pragmatic decision-making emerges – No matter your company size, industry, or job title. In this workshop-from-the stage, we will create clarity for your product strategy challenges by tackling them live and in real-time in Miro. Be prepared to come with your real-life questions, and leave with clarity on your next step. DOMINIQUE JOST (Head of Product at Doist, Bern): **End-to-End PM or End-of PM?** No hype. No hero stories. Just the practical, unfiltered lessons from [Doist](https://www.doist.com/)’s (makers of [Todoist](https://www.todoist.com/) and [Twist](https://twist.com/)) shift toward end-to-end PMs, and what AI is and isn’t changing about the craft. If you want a grounded, and messy view of what PM work will look like in the next few years, this talk is for you. JULIA BASTIAN (Product Lead Innovation & GenAI at Alasco, Munich): **AI Discovery Slop - The research that looks shiny but is sh\*tty** AI has made discovery output faster and shinier than ever. But fast and shiny is not the same as deep and true. Real discovery is about finding contradictions, sitting with complexity, and synthesising and not about smoothing everything into a polished blur. Product people have stopped thinking. And nobody notices because the output looks great. But product sense is built through thinking, not through consuming. This talk is about what real discovery looks like in the age of AI - for both B2B and B2C companies. Stop consuming shiny discovery slop. Start thinking again. STEPHANIE HÜRLAND (Head of AI Products and Strategy at ZDFSparks): **Two worlds, one role** – **AI Product Management through client and provider lenses** AI product management is shaped by two fundamentally different perspectives: the viewpoint of product teams defining needs, goals, and strategic direction, and the viewpoint of those responsible for designing, building, and delivering the actual AI solution. Both perspectives influence how decisions are made, how value is defined, and how complexity and uncertainty are managed throughout the product lifecycle. The session provides an overview of the key differences and shared challenges between these two perspectives, and highlights what successful AI product management requires when navigating both. The session includes practical examples that illustrate how different perspectives influence the way AI products are shaped, evaluated, and developed. SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA (former Team Lead at Foodora, Vienna): **Driving growth with limited engineering capacity: How creative experiments lifted Foodora's tips by 60%** Foodora Austria raised rider tips by 60%, while facing a challenge: after a couple of complex iterations and proper A/B tests, engineering capacity became limited. In this talk, we’ll go through the experiments they ran, including the trade-offs and challenges, learning what worked and what didn’t. We will explore how small UI tweaks, working with data, and understanding the cultural context can drive growth, even if you do not have a large analytics team or advanced testing tools. FLORIAN BONNET (VP Solutions & Growth at Veriff): **How to turn oproduct work into revenue outcomes with KPI trees** Product teams often track many metrics but struggle to clearly connect their work to business impact. This talk introduces North Star Metrics and KPI Trees as a practical framework for understanding product performance, customer behavior, and the levers that drive revenue outcomes. Florian will walk through how effective KPI Trees are structured, how North Star Metrics are typically defined across different contexts, and why this approach works for organizations of any size or model. Through concrete examples, you’ll see how KPI Trees can go beyond performance tracking to help translate product metrics into the language of business — bridging the gap that often exists between product teams and leadership. You’ll leave with a clearer mental model of how outcome-driven product organizations connect day-to-day work to measurable business results. Thank you to our sponsor [On](https://www.on.com/) for hosting us again and to [airfocus by Lucid](https://airfocus.com/) as well as [89grad](http://www.89grad.ch/) for sponsoring the event!

**AI Essentials for Product Managers (beyond the basics)** (Prices go up on May 15!) AI is reshaping product management, from how we discover problems to how we ship and improve features. This hands-on, one-day workshop goes beyond the basics: you'll sharpen how you run AI-assisted discovery, scale your own and your team's productivity with agents and automations, and learn how to build AI-powered products where the real work is no longer building the prototype but deciding when the output is good enough to ship. Throughout the day, Julia will weave in lessons from driving AI transformation inside a SaaS startup, so you leave with perspective on both the craft and the organizational shift around it. To make sure everyone arrives on the same footing, you'll receive around 2 hours of pre-workshop video material covering AI literacy essentials: how LLMs actually work, their risks and limitations, and the fundamentals of prompt engineering. The workshop itself then starts where the basics end. **Who is this for?** * Mid to senior product managers who already use AI and want to level up * PMs leading discovery or delivery on AI-powered features * Product people who want frameworks that hold up under real product pressure, not demo-ware **Course Content** *AI-Assisted Product Discovery.* We'll look at how discovery itself changes when agents can set up and maintain a research repository, synthesize qualitative insights, and run quantitative analyses alongside you. We'll talk candidly about discovery slop, research that looks shiny but is actually shitty, and how to avoid producing it. You'll practice using vibe coding from a discovery lens: choosing the right thing to test, picking the right kind of prototype, and setting it up so it delivers real signal in a live setting rather than just looking impressive in a demo. *Scaling Productivity with AI.* From building your own AI agents to designing automations across your stack, you'll learn how to spot the highest-leverage use cases in your daily work and your team's workflows, and how to actually set them up pragmatically with the tools you already use. *Building AI Products.* Shipping AI products changes what product management looks like. You often have a feasible prototype on day one; the real challenge is improving the output, handling non-determinism, and deciding when it's good enough to launch. We'll go hands-on with the building blocks that make this tractable: evaluations, observability tooling, and the product decisions around them. *Driving AI Transformation.* Getting good at AI as an individual PM is one thing; shifting an entire product organization is another. Julia will share how she is leading AI transformation at the SaaS startup she works at: how she moved the mindset of the organization, built momentum for innovation, and keeps the company on the front foot instead of waiting to be disrupted. You'll take away a clearer picture of what your role can look like in that shift, and how to start driving it from where you sit today. Throughout the day you'll work through concrete product scenarios, cut through the hype, and leave with frameworks and tools you can apply the very next day, whether you're improving how you discover, how you work, or what you ship. **What you cannot expect** * A deep dive into vibe coding as a craft. We will vibecode, but through a product discovery lens, not as a goal in itself. * A prompt engineering course. The pre-work covers the fundamentals so we can spend the day on harder, more product-specific problems. * Superficial blabla. We go into the real struggles of doing product management with and around AI, not the hype reel. “With Julia’s clarity, hands-on guidance, strong visuals and buzzword-free examples, the spark was unmistakable. She debunked the myths, demystified AI and left everyone excited to try it in product management. A real rockstar workshop.”Melanie Wyssen-Voß, Vice President Product FACT24 COMBI-TICKETS This workshop can be bought in combination with the Product Academy SUMMIT at a reduced rate on [our conference webite](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). (Prices go up on May 15, 2026!) YOUR TRAINER Julia Bastian is a Product Leader with more than nine years of experience building and scaling digital products and driving innovation. As VP Product at Alasco, a venture-backed proptech company, she scaled the product and engineering organization from 5 to 50 people and built strong thought leadership around B2B product discovery. Today, she leads Alasco’s AI transformation, ensuring the company harnesses AI to stay ahead of disruption and deliver real customer value. Alongside her leadership role, Julia works as an AI educator and consultant. Her goal is to accelerate product managers’ AI learning journey by making the topic approachable and lowering the entry barrier for those just starting out. Staying grounded in a real product environment is essential to her. She works hands-on on AI topics, from automating internal workflows to integrating AI agents into the product, rather than only talking about them from a consulting perspective. Julia has a special ability to visualize complex ideas, which helps her share her knowledge in a clear and engaging way and make difficult concepts feel simple and actionable.

**AI Essentials for Product Managers (beyond the basics)** (Prices go up on May 15!) AI is reshaping product management, from how we discover problems to how we ship and improve features. This hands-on, one-day workshop goes beyond the basics: you'll sharpen how you run AI-assisted discovery, scale your own and your team's productivity with agents and automations, and learn how to build AI-powered products where the real work is no longer building the prototype but deciding when the output is good enough to ship. Throughout the day, Julia will weave in lessons from driving AI transformation inside a SaaS startup, so you leave with perspective on both the craft and the organizational shift around it. To make sure everyone arrives on the same footing, you'll receive around 2 hours of pre-workshop video material covering AI literacy essentials: how LLMs actually work, their risks and limitations, and the fundamentals of prompt engineering. The workshop itself then starts where the basics end. **Who is this for?** * Mid to senior product managers who already use AI and want to level up * PMs leading discovery or delivery on AI-powered features * Product people who want frameworks that hold up under real product pressure, not demo-ware **Course Content** *AI-Assisted Product Discovery.* We'll look at how discovery itself changes when agents can set up and maintain a research repository, synthesize qualitative insights, and run quantitative analyses alongside you. We'll talk candidly about discovery slop, research that looks shiny but is actually shitty, and how to avoid producing it. You'll practice using vibe coding from a discovery lens: choosing the right thing to test, picking the right kind of prototype, and setting it up so it delivers real signal in a live setting rather than just looking impressive in a demo. *Scaling Productivity with AI.* From building your own AI agents to designing automations across your stack, you'll learn how to spot the highest-leverage use cases in your daily work and your team's workflows, and how to actually set them up pragmatically with the tools you already use. *Building AI Products.* Shipping AI products changes what product management looks like. You often have a feasible prototype on day one; the real challenge is improving the output, handling non-determinism, and deciding when it's good enough to launch. We'll go hands-on with the building blocks that make this tractable: evaluations, observability tooling, and the product decisions around them. *Driving AI Transformation.* Getting good at AI as an individual PM is one thing; shifting an entire product organization is another. Julia will share how she is leading AI transformation at the SaaS startup she works at: how she moved the mindset of the organization, built momentum for innovation, and keeps the company on the front foot instead of waiting to be disrupted. You'll take away a clearer picture of what your role can look like in that shift, and how to start driving it from where you sit today. Throughout the day you'll work through concrete product scenarios, cut through the hype, and leave with frameworks and tools you can apply the very next day, whether you're improving how you discover, how you work, or what you ship. **What you cannot expect** * A deep dive into vibe coding as a craft. We will vibecode, but through a product discovery lens, not as a goal in itself. * A prompt engineering course. The pre-work covers the fundamentals so we can spend the day on harder, more product-specific problems. * Superficial blabla. We go into the real struggles of doing product management with and around AI, not the hype reel. “With Julia’s clarity, hands-on guidance, strong visuals and buzzword-free examples, the spark was unmistakable. She debunked the myths, demystified AI and left everyone excited to try it in product management. A real rockstar workshop.”Melanie Wyssen-Voß, Vice President Product FACT24 COMBI-TICKETS This workshop can be bought in combination with the Product Academy SUMMIT at a reduced rate on [our conference webite](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). (Prices go up on May 15, 2026!) YOUR TRAINER Julia Bastian is a Product Leader with more than nine years of experience building and scaling digital products and driving innovation. As VP Product at Alasco, a venture-backed proptech company, she scaled the product and engineering organization from 5 to 50 people and built strong thought leadership around B2B product discovery. Today, she leads Alasco’s AI transformation, ensuring the company harnesses AI to stay ahead of disruption and deliver real customer value. Alongside her leadership role, Julia works as an AI educator and consultant. Her goal is to accelerate product managers’ AI learning journey by making the topic approachable and lowering the entry barrier for those just starting out. Staying grounded in a real product environment is essential to her. She works hands-on on AI topics, from automating internal workflows to integrating AI agents into the product, rather than only talking about them from a consulting perspective. Julia has a special ability to visualize complex ideas, which helps her share her knowledge in a clear and engaging way and make difficult concepts feel simple and actionable.

Hi! I’m Stephanie, a product designer based in Zurich. I’m looking to build a community of curious designers, developers, product managers, and other creative technologists who enjoy thoughtful conversations outside the usual networking events, conferences, and office spaces. This summer, we’ll meet at local Badis and neighborhood pools around Zurich to relax, connect, and share ideas in a casual setting. Bring a passion project, a problem you’re thinking about, an interesting article, a new tool, or simply your perspective. Topics might include: * Design, technology, and product thinking * Ethical, responsible, and sustainable uses of AI * Creativity, learning, and personal projects * Philosophy, culture, and the future of digital products The goal isn’t pitching, recruiting, or performing expertise. It’s creating a welcoming space to exchange ideas, practice communicating them, and learn from one another without judgment. If spending less time in meeting rooms and more time having meaningful conversations by the water sounds appealing, I’d love to meet you. See you poolside.

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.

**The Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose** Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap. Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as [ZoCo Design](https://zocodesign.com/)’s CEO, [Lacey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn: * Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge * How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change * Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction * How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work. **About Our Speaker** [Lacey Picazo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able! Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!

## 🤝 Host Information A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus 💡 About the Workshop AI adoption is stalling across organizations — not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge. This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow. Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption — no guesswork required. 🛠️ What to Bring Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go. AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!) 🍕 Logistics & Perks Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided! Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site. ###

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. So please RSVP for a head count!