The 2-day virtual summit that'll make you a better engineering & product leader!

High-level speakers

Meeting with world-class leaders and getting a chance to chat with them

Actionable insights

Getting advice that'll help people grow into leaders: actionable, timely, and qualitative content.

Networking

Networking with peers and growing your network.

”Amazing engineering leaders sharing expertise, the level of content is very high.”

”Amazing insights from leaders on current circumstances”

"A lot of great experts in the field. Loved the Virtual Lounge when you can chat to people."

Door Opening
US Pacific: 08:00 AM (PT)
US Eastern: 11:00 AM (ET)
Europe: 5:00 PM (CEST)
India: 8:30 PM (IST)
Technical Leadership
8:40 AM to 8:50 AM (PT)
Introduction
Introduction by Wayne Haber, our emcee
Moderator
Wayne Haber
Director of Engineering
Technical Leadership
8:50 AM to 9:05 AM (PT)
Plato Keynote: Future of Technical Leadership
Moderator
Jean Baptiste Coger
Co-Founder
Technical Leadership
9:10 AM to 9:15 AM (PT)
Mentor Awards Ceremony
Mentor Awards Ceremony for Top 3 Engineering Leadership Mentors of Q3 2021
Moderator
Jean Baptiste Coger
Co-Founder
Technical Leadership
9:15 AM to 9:45 AM (PT)
Building inclusive teams
Anand Safi
Moderator
Jossie Haines
SVP of Engineering + Head of DEI
Technical Leadership
9:50 AM to 10:20 AM (PT)
Scaling Tech Orgs
Keynote with Chris Slowe CTO @Reddit
Wayne Haber
Moderator
Chris Slowe
CTO
Technical Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
Harmonizing across product & engineering - cross-functional collaboration
Veena Basavaraj
Moderator
Rukmini Reddy
VP of Engineering
Steve Wood
VP of Product
Technical Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
Live Mentoring Session with Sneha Singla - How to break free to thrive
You feel stuck in a box, Yes? Here's how you break free to thrive!
Moderator
Sneha Singla
Director of Software Eng.
Technical Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
Hiring great engineers
Live Mentoring Session with Lakshima Baskaran
Moderator
Lakshmi Baskaran
VP of Engineering
Technical Leadership
10:55 AM to 11:25 AM (PT)
Engineer’s Lifecycle Management in a remote-first environment (from hiring to set for success)
Vivek Ravisankar
Moderator
Vijay Gill
SVP of Engineering
Technical Leadership
11:25 AM to 11:55 AM (PT)
How to choose between becoming a manager and a super IC?
Part of your career in technology at a startup or big corp, you may be given the opportunity to explore the management path, or keep growing on the technical track.
Roberto Hayasida
Moderator
Pierre-Alexandre Lacerte
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Technical Leadership
11:25 AM to 11:55 AM (PT)
Live Mentoring Session with José Alberto Muñiz
Moderator
José Alberto Muñiz
VP of Engineering
Technical Leadership
11:30 AM to 11:35 PM (PT)
Closing statement by Wayne Haber
Moderator
Wayne Haber
Director of Engineering
Product Leadership
8:40 AM to 8:50 AM (PT)
Introduction
Introduction by Robin Rahe
Moderator
Robin Rahe
Director of Product Management
Product Leadership
8:50 AM to 9:05 AM (PT)
Plato Keynote: Future of Product Leadership
Moderator
Jean Baptiste Coger
Co-Founder
Product Leadership
9:05 AM to 9:15 AM (PT)
Mentor Awards Ceremony
Mentor Awards Ceremony for Top 3 Product Leadership Mentors of Q3 2021
Moderator
Jean Baptiste Coger
Co-Founder
Product Leadership
9:15 AM to 9:45 AM (PT)
What Product Leaders Do
Great keynote with Rich Mironov
Moderator
Rich Mironov
CEO & Product Management Executive
Product Leadership
9:50 AM to 10:20 AM (PT)
How to embed discovery and delivery in the same workflow
Robin Rahe
Moderator
Pauline Marol
VP of Product
Product Leadership
10:25 to 10:55 AM (PT)
Growing Into a Better Leader: Dealing with Change
Sophia Broomfield
Moderator
Amit Sawant
CPO
Product Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
Launching a product in a new continent/country
Live Mentoring Session with Kirsten Zverina Archer
Lloyed Lobo
Moderator
Kirsten Zverina Archer
Founder & Product Manager
Product Leadership
10:55 AM to 11:25 AM (PT)
Reaching Success Through Product Engineering
Sinduja Ramanujam
Moderator
Steve Dantas
Vice President of Product & Engineering
Satyajeet Salgar
Director of Product Management
Product Leadership
11:30 AM to 11:35 PM (PT)
Closing Statement
Moderator
Robin Rahe
Director of Product Management
Engineering Team Leadership
8:40 AM to 8:55 AM (PT)
Introduction
Introduction on Elevate by David Murray
Moderator
David Murray
Cofounder
Product Leadership
11:25 AM to 11:55 AM (PT)
Cross collaboration between Product, Design, Research and Data
Live Mentoring Session with Angel Agudo
Moderator
Angel Agudo
VP of Product
Product Leadership
11:25 AM to 11:55 AM (PT)
When & how to effectively evaluate a build vs buy solution
Live Mentoring Session with Ben Schein
Murali Bhogavalli
Moderator
Ben Schein
Senior Product Manager
Engineering Team Leadership
8:55 AM to 9:10 AM (PT)
Plato Keynote: Future of Engineering Leadership
Moderator
Jean Baptiste Coger
Co-Founder
Engineering Team Leadership
9:10 AM to 9:15 AM (PT)
Mentor Awards Ceremony
Mentor Awards Ceremony for Top 3 Engineering Leadership Mentors of Q3 2021
Moderator
Jean Baptiste Coger
Co-Founder
Engineering Team Leadership
9:15 AM to 9:45 AM (PT)
How To Manage Hyper-growth?
Sarah Walker
Moderator
Asanka Jayasuriya
CTO
Japjit Tulsi
CTO
Francis Shanahan
Vice President, Application Software
Engineering Team Leadership
9:50 AM to 10:20 AM (PT)
Questions Your CEO Will Ask (And What They Really Mean)
Join Andrew Lau, Cofounder and CEO of Jellyfish, as he decodes the top six questions CEOs ask engineering leaders.
Moderator
Andrew Lau
Co-Founder and CEO
Engineering Team Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
How to scale your engineering from founding to pre-ipo stage
David Murray
Moderator
Soham Mazumdar
Cofounder
Li Fan
CTO
Engineering Team Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
First steps as an engineering manager
Live Mentoring Session with Kate Semizhon
Nirmala Tatikonda
Moderator
Kate Semizhon
Engineering Manager
Engineering Team Leadership
10:25 AM to 10:55 AM (PT)
How to be a leader that people love to follow
Live Mentoring Session with Paulo Monçores
Shraddha Ladda
Moderator
Paulo Monçores
Director of Software Eng.
Engineering Team Leadership
10:55 AM to 11:25 AM (PT)
Scaling, Developing and Retaining Top Talent in Engineering Organizations
Interactive Panel Discussion on Engineering Leadership
Bruno Miranda
Moderator
Matthew Staver
CTO
Ted Mao
VP Engineering
Engineering Team Leadership
11:30 AM to 11:35 PM (PT)
Closing Statement by David Murray
Moderator
David Murray
Cofounder
Engineering Team Leadership
11:25 AM to 11:55 AM (PT)
Managing and Adapting to the Remote Work Culture
Live Mentoring Session with Catalin Stoiovici
Jennifer Wong
Moderator
Catalin Stoiovici
Head of Eng. Delivery
Engineering Team Leadership
11:25 AM to 11:55 AM (PT)
Leading pre-existing team(s) as a new Engineering Leader
Live Mentoring Session with Radhesh Gupta
Sribharathi Modukuru
Moderator
Radhesh Gupta
Engineering Leadership
José Alberto Muñiz
VP of Engineering
Jennifer Wong
Engineering Manager
Nirmala Tatikonda
Senior Engineering Manager
Sribharathi Modukuru
Senior Engineering Manager
Sneha Singla
Director of Software Eng.
Shraddha Ladda
Senior Software Eng.
Roberto Hayasida
Engineering Manager
Radhesh Gupta
Engineering Leadership
Pierre-Alexandre Lacerte
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Paulo Monçores
Director of Software Eng.
Murali Bhogavalli
Data Product Manager
Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder/ Head of Product
Lakshmi Baskaran
VP of Engineering
Kirsten Zverina Archer
Founder & Product Manager
Kate Semizhon
Engineering Manager
Catalin Stoiovici
Head of Eng. Delivery
Ben Schein
Senior Product Manager
Angel Agudo
VP of Product
Exclusive Workshops
In small groups, you'll be able to work on specific topics and improve your skills with world-class leaders.
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These workshops are paid add-ons you can select during checkout, and all their proceeds will go to select charities!
How to create a Growth Mindset organization?
9/22/2021 10:00 AM (PDT)
Mary Nicknish
Senior Engineering Manager
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Driving alignment within and across engineering teams
9/22/2021 9:00 AM (PDT)
Diego Quiroga
Principal Software Engineering Manager
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Successfully onboarding new hires
9/21/2021 9:00 AM (PDT)
Colleen Tartow
Director of Engineering
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Prioritizing product features
9/21/2021 9:00 AM (PDT)
Gaurav Nukala
Product Lead
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Dealing with unrealistic requests from other teams or upper management
9/17/2021 2:30 PM (PDT)
Veena Basavaraj
Senior Director of Engineering
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When to shorten a project schedule?
9/17/2021 1:30 PM (PDT)
Pratibha S
Engineering Lead
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Structuring a scaling team
9/17/2021 12:00 PM (PDT)
Shweta Saraf
VP of Central Engineering
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Defining your product metrics
9/17/2021 9:00 AM (PDT)
Prasad Gupte
Director of Product
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Building a great relationship with Engineering and Design
9/17/2021 8:30 AM (PDT)
Brian Flanagan
Head of Product and Growth
REGISTER
Building your influence as an IC
9/17/2021 8:30 AM (PDT)
Sean Roberts
Principal Engineer
REGISTER
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Exclusive
Workshops

Early-Bird

Our summit runs from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm Pacific on December

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