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)
Meet Some of the Speakers
Dr. Farah AkoumDirector of Product, Zillow
Chelsea Alexander-TaylorProduct Manager, Redfin
Hala AnnabiAssociate Professor,
UW Information
School
UW Information
School
Brandolon BarnettChief Product Officer, Deed
Soumeya BenghanemProduct Management Executive, VMware
Anna BethkePrincipal Data Scientist, Salesforce
Andy ChuSenior VP, Product and Technology Incubation
Dontae DelgadoSenior Product Manager, Compass
Ayo DuyileSenior Technical Product Manager at Google
Shabnam ErfaniDirector of Product Management, Meta
Charles FrahmInformation Management Masters Student, University of Washington
Bill HoweAssociate Professor, Information School @ UW
Cindy JoungHead of Product Inclusion at Yahoo
Tom JuarezProduct Manager, Pitchbook Data
Rob KatzVP of Product Management, Salesforce
Mira LanePartner Director of Ethics & Society, Microsoft
Ada LopezProduct Diversity Office, Lenovo
Ronke MajekodunmiSenior Product Manager, PayPal
Mona MohantyProduct Leader, Google
Sainath NagarajanFounder, HumanSense.ai
Likhitha PathaStaff Product Manager, Twitter
Dr. Vanessa PatrickProfessor and Associate Dean, Bauer College of Business
Keela RobisonVice President of Product Innovation, Netflix
Kevin ShahProduct Leader, T-Mobile
Anjana SusarlaProfessor of Responsible AI, Eli Broad College of Business
Dédé TetsubayashiFounder & CEO, incluu
Elizabeth UmphressProfessor, University of Washington
Ambrish VermaDirector of Product, Meta
Divita VohraProduct Manager, Spotify
Nancy WangGeneral Manager, AWS
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
Hala AnnabiAssociate Professor,
UW Information
School
UW Information
School
Martie BurrisDirector of Product Management,
Salesforce
Salesforce
Wade DavisVice President of Inclusion Strategy for Product, Netflix
Michael FisherLead Product
Manager,
Community.com
Manager,
Community.com
Christina FongAssociate Dean of Inclusion & Diversity, UW Foster
Abigail FrancoDirector, Product & Technology,
T-Mobile
T-Mobile
Regine GilbertProfessor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Brian GlaisterHead of Product & GM of Justice Solutions, Axon
Daphra HolderProduct Lead,
Facebook
Angelina HowardSr. PM & Past President, Black Employee Network, Amazon
Jordan HortonDigital Experience
Manager & DEI Leader,
Nintendo
of America
Manager & DEI Leader,
Nintendo
of America
Beth KolkoProfessor,
UW
Human Centered
Design & Engineering
UW
Human Centered
Design & Engineering
Marily NikaAR Product Manager, Google
Hani RachidiVP of Product at Prescryptive Health
Jeff ShulmanProfessor,
UW Foster
UW Foster
Srishti SofatGroup Vice President, Product Development in CX Marketing, Oracle
Maria ThomasChief Product
Officer,
Buffer
Officer,
Buffer
Teresa ThomasPrincipal Product Manager,
Zillow
Zillow
Elizabeth UmphressProfessor,
UW
Foster
UW
Foster
Padmaja VrudhulaSenior Director, Product Management,
VMware
VMware
