Agenda
May 20, 2022
8:30am to 9am: Networking and Welcome
Speaker: Jeff Shulman, Founding Director of The Product Management Center
9am to 10:30am: Why Inclusion is Critical in Product Management
Speakers: Brandolon Barnett (Deed), Professor Vanessa Patrick Ralhan (University of Houston Bauer College of Business), Chelsea Alexander (Redfin), Dontae Delgado (Compass), Ronke Majekodunmit (Paypal), Tom Juarez (PItchbook), Mona Mohanty (Google)
10:30am to 11am: Networking
11am to 12:30pm: Driving Success Through Inclusive Product Management
Speakers: Keela Robison (Netflix), Professor Hala Annabi (UW iSchool), Ada Lopez (Lenovo), Ayo Duyile (Google), Kevin Shah (T-Mobile), Sai Nagarajan (PWC)
12:30 to 1:30pm: Networking
1:30pm to 3:15pm: Embedding Inclusion Throughout a Product Organization
Speakers: Cindy Joung (Yahoo), Pooja Ghera (Providence), Dede Tetsubayashi (Meta), Nancy Wang (AWS), Soumeya Benghanem (VMware), and Elizabeth Umphress (UW)
3:15 to 3:45pm: Networking
3:45pm to 4:15pm: Inclusive Product Management Champions Awards
May 21, 2022
8:30am to 9am Networking and Introduction
Speaker: Farah Akoum (Zillow)
9am to 10:30am Why Inclusion is Critical in AI
Speakers: Mira Lane (Microsoft), Professor Anjana Susarla (Michigan State Broad College of Business), Nathan Call (Bank of America) and Rajneesh Vijh (Bank of America)
10:30am to 11am Networking
11am to 12:30pm Driving Success through Inclusive AI
Speakers: Maryam Gholani (Meta), Yasmine Bekheet (Amazon), Andy Chu (Providence), Ambrish Verma (Meta), Shabnam Erfani (Meta), Divita Vohra (Spotify), Likhitha Patha (Twitter), and Zakeel Muhammad (Truveta)
12:30pm to 1:30pm Networking
1:30pm to 3pm Making AI Inclusive
Speakers: Anna Bethke (Salesforce), Professor Bill Howe (UW) and Natalia Burina (Meta)
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Agenda
May 7, 2021・9am-4pm Pacific Time・Online
Time (Pacific Standard) | Sessions |
9 – 9:30am | Networking and Opening Remarks |
9:30 – 10:20am | Why Inclusion is Critical in Product Management Gain insight into the future of product management and become better prepared to make a business case for inclusion. Speakers: Angelina Howard and Professor Elizabeth Umphress |
10:20 – 10:30am | Networking |
10:30 – 11:20am | Key Characteristics of an Effective Inclusion Strategy Learn to identify an effective inclusion strategy. Panel: Wade Davis and Srishti Sofat moderated by Jeff Shulman Speaker: Professor Hala Annabi |
11:20am – 12:15pm | Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Share and Networking Grow your professional network and learn from product leaders in small group breakouts. Themed Discussions: Responsible AI hosted by Microsoft Accessibility hosted by Qualtrics AI and Product Ethics hosted by Axon Inclusive Product Design hosted by Zillow |
12:15 – 1:15pm | Lightning Stories on Success and Missteps Learn from product leaders’ successes and missteps in this succession of 5-minute talks. Speakers: Soumeya Benghanem, Michael Fisher, Hani Rachidi, Abigail Franco, Padmaja Vrudhula, Teresa Thomas, Daphra Holder, Jordan Horton, Martie Burris, Marily Nika |
1:15 – 1:30pm | Networking |
1:30 – 2:50pm | More Inclusive Processes for Building More Inclusive Products Learn about the latest inclusive processes. Panel: Regine Gilbert, Brian Glaister, and Maria Thomas moderated by Christina Fong Speaker: Professor Beth Kolko |
3 – 3:40pm | Defining Inclusion for Product Management: A Collaboration Collectively define the future of Product Management in small groups before collaboratively documenting requirements for inclusive product management. |
3:40 – 4:00pm | Closing Remarks and Next Steps |
2021 Speakers

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Salesforce


Manager,
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Manager & DEI Leader,
Nintendo
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UW Foster


Officer,
Buffer

Zillow

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VMware