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The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2026

Name: The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2026
Start: 2026-10-29T08:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-29T13:00:00.000Z
Location: London

The London Chief Product Officer Conference is an exclusive event that will gather 80 of Europe's Product Executives, for a morning of networking, collaborating and learning.

Where: The Stepstone Group, London (Blue Fin, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0TA)

When: Thursday, 29th of October, 2026, 8:30am-1:00pm

Who: 80 Chiefs, Directors, Heads, and VPs of Product, from companies with at least 50 employees / £7.5m ARR

Theme: Product Leadership in the AI Era

Hosted by: Product Network Europe and The Stepstone Group

This event follows the success of The European CPO Conference 2026, which happened in January. Product Network Europe also manages a thriving group of 500 product leaders, called CPO Network Europe.

Agenda

8:30am-9:00am: Registration

9:00am-9:15am: Introduction

Florin Ciontu, SVP Product at The Stepstone Group

9:30am-10:15am: Panel Discussion, including 15 minutes of Q&A

This panel will explore the critical role of product leadership in an AI-driven world. The panel conversation can cover how to identify high-impact AI opportunities, getting product roadmaps AI-ready, and building the product organisation’s capabilities needed for the future.

Moderator:- Florin Ciontu, SVP Product at The Stepstone Group
Panellists:- Jonathan Evens, AI Product Lead at Google DeepMind
Claire Donald, Chief Product & Technology Officer at MOO
Charlotte Bullock, Chief Product Officer at Bank of London
Sally Foote, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Ecosurety

10:15am-11:00am: Roundtable Talks #1 - AI Challenges for Product Leaders

Interactive Sessions of 8 people per table, addressing product leadership challenges they encounter in their work, and helping peers with potential solutions. Each table is moderated by a product leader.

David Ingram, Group Chief Product Officer at Rezolve AI

Topic: Agentic Commerce: Navigating the Shift from "Navigated" to "Operated" Platforms

Patricia de Loro Le Discot, Chief Product & AI Officer at Cera

Topic: From Efficiency to Impact: Leading AI-Driven Transformation in High-Stakes Environments

Toby Allen, Executive Product Leader

Topic: Implementing AI in a non-modern software product organisation

11:00am-11:45am: Roundtable Talks #2 - Product Leadership in 2026

Leonor Cogneau, Executive Product LeaderTopic: Building a product operating model from scratch and scaling product organizations across different cultures
Maud Larpent, Executive Product LeaderTopic: Evolving the Operating Model: Shifting from Feature Delivery to Outcome-Driven Execution.
Gemma McCarthy-Maidment, Chief Product Officer at ESG BookTopic: Scaling for Success: Bridging the Gap Between Product Innovation, Investors, and Commercial Strategy

11:45am-12:00pm: Closing Presentation

12:00pm-1:00pm: Networking, with pre-arranged meetings facilitated by a networking app

About Product Network Europe

Product Network Europe is an Irish company that has hosted over 280 tech & innovation Conferences across 50 European Cities since 2021. Our most notable events include:

The European Chief Product Officer Conference 2026 (full-day event)
The Dublin AI Conference 2026 (full-house event)
The Amsterdam AI Conference 2026 (full-house event)
The London AI Startup Conference 2025 (morning event in Google’s London HQ)
The Zurich AI Summit 2025 (full-house event)
The European AI Conference 2024 (full-day event in Google’s EMEA HQ)
The European Chief Product Officer Conference 2023 (full-day event)
The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2023 (evening event)
The European Startup Conference 2022 (speakers included Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak)