The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2026

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

Sponsored by: thoughtbot, ThoughtSpot

​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

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 organization’s capabilities needed for the future.

• Claire Donald, Chief Product & Technology Officer, MOO
• Charlotte Bullock, Chief Product Officer, Bank of London
• Sally Foote, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Ecosurety
• Gabriel Grigorescu, Senior Product Portfolio Director, The Stepstone Group

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, Rezolve AI
  Topic: Agentic Commerce: Navigating the Shift from “Navigated” to “Operated” Platforms
• Patricia de Loro Le Discot, Chief Product & AI Officer, 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
• Bethan Ashley, Head of Product, EMEA, thoughtbot
  Topic: Has Product become the bottleneck? How do we become an AI-native product organisation?
• Timo Ungerer, Product Director, The Stepstone Group
  Topic: TBA
• ​Madalina Sauca, Product Portfolio Director, The Stepstone Group
  Topic: TBA

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

• Leonor Cogneau, Executive Product Leader
  Topic: Building a product operating model from scratch and scaling product organizations across different cultures
• Maud Larpent, Executive Product Leader
  Topic: Evolving the Operating Model: Shifting from Feature Delivery to Outcome-Driven Execution.
• Gemma McCarthy-Maidment, Chief Product Officer, ESG Book
  Topic: Scaling for Success: Bridging the Gap Between Product Innovation, Investors, and Commercial Strategy
• Bethan Ashley, Head of Product, EMEA, thoughtbot
  Topic: Recognising the product function as a revenue generating function – Moving to P&L, revenue generating & growth

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

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