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Adam is Head of Product at Co-op Digital, a Mind the Product Trainer, and Co-organiser of both ProductTank Manchester and the first ever MTP Engage Manchester conference. At Co-op Adam works with multidisciplinary digital teams to create world-class products and services. He specialises in product management, and has a fascination in behavioural economics and psychology, and how they influence the products we build and use.

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Adam Warburton

Incredible speakers. Epic venue. Great coffee. A community, united. This is MTP Engage Manchester. 
On February 7th and 8th 2019 we’re bringing <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mtp-engage-manchester-2019-tickets-48288063899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MTP Engage</a> to Manchester for two days of product learning, including inspiring product talks, deep-dive training workshops, and the chance to engage with your product peers.
<a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/producttank/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ProductTank</a> Manchester started six years ago, when 23 product people got together at the BBC to talk about the BBC London Olympics app (yes, it was that long ago!). Back then, only a handful of businesses in Manchester had product teams as we know them today, and even fewer had product managers. Many people in the region were forced to look elsewhere; Leeds had some big businesses taking digital seriously, Liverpool had Shop Direct, and London was jam-packed with opportunities.
In the years since then, we’ve seen amazing growth in the product management community, led by a huge increase in the number of product-oriented businesses in Manchester, pioneered by the BBC and AutoTrader. According to <a href="https://technation.io/insights/report-2018/manchester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TechNation.io</a>, there’s been an increase of almost 50% of digital tech jobs in the city. Now, there’s a thriving digital scene with businesses such as Booking.com, Co-op, Sainsburys, LateRooms and Boohoo all running sizeable product teams, in addition to AutoTrader and the Beeb.
ProductTank has grown alongside the community, going from the initial 23 to a thriving tribe and community. There are regularly over 100 attendees at our meetups,  which now run monthly with amazing speakers from across the country.
Given this growth in ProductTank, we thought it was the right time to take it to the next level, combining all the great things about ProductTank with everything we love about Mind the Product, to create MTP Engage Manchester!
<h2>Come to the Manchester Central Auditorium</h2>
MTP Engage Manchester is positioned between <a href="https://mtpcon.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#mtpcon</a> (the world’s largest product conferences in London, San Francisco, and Singapore) and the ProductTank meetups that take place in 150+ cities around the globe. To be held at the Manchester Central Auditorium, we believe MTP Engage Manchester will be a unique event, and the first product conference in the city.
We wanted to take the best of both worlds when crafting MTP Engage Manchester; so we’ll have incredible speakers from across the world delivering jaw-dropping keynotes, but we’ll also have smaller, breakout sessions where the audience can engage with speakers in a more intimate space. Additionally, we’ll be running deep-dive workshops the day before the conference for a real hands-on learning opportunity.
<h2>Call for Speakers</h2>
During the conference you can expect six keynotes (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mtp-engage-manchester-2019-tickets-48288063899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the first</a> of which have already been announced) and a choice of 28 sessions across four tracks. They’ll be run by product people from across the UK, sharing their experiences and hands-on learning.
If you’ve got an interesting session that you’d like to run, we’d love to hear from you. We’re opening our call for speakers now, and you can <a href="http://mtp.io/engagemcr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apply here</a>.
Mind the Product has a legendary after-party, and you’ll be pleased to know we’ll be bringing this to Manchester too. We’re sure the Mancunian attendees will show everyone how we can party!
We’re really excited to be bringing MTP Engage to Manchester, and we hope you’ll join the product community there on February 7th-8th, 2019! <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mtp-engage-manchester-2019-tickets-48288063899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about the event and buy your conference tickets now.</a> Workshop tickets will be available soon.
We’ve got a few other blogs planned from co-organisers <a href="https://twitter.com/samknowit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sam</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/graemegoulden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Graeme</a> in the lead-up to the event, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at organising the conference.

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It’s the Strategy, stupid – Andrew Martinez-Fonts (VP Product, Honeysales)

LLM workflows for product managers: 3 key takeaways (Niloufar Salehi, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley) – ProductTank SF

How to survive the next phase of tech – Jonty Sharples (Product and Strategy Consultant)

Transformed: Moving to the product model by Marty Cagan

Product teams in flux – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: Berlin

AI in practice at Berlin’s leading companies – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: Berlin

Product teams in flux – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: Amsterdam

Product teams in flux – Pendomonium+#mtpcon roadshow: London

What’s next for product management in 2024? Nichole Mace (SVP Product and User Experience, Pendo)

What is MTP Engage Manchester, and why Should I Attend?

Adam Warburton