Side Activities
We do our best to create a great atmosphere for you and all other attendees during the conference itself, but for the full experience we encourage you to also participate in the following side events for additional chances to meet with your peers.
Thursday - June 25th 2026
Blind Date Dinners
You are welcome to sign up for a curated blind date on the evening of June 25th (the night before the main conference day): we will put together groups of 8-10 product people who probably do not know each other yet and send you to some of our favorite restaurants in Hamburg where we have booked a table for you.
The rest is up to you: eat & drink what you like and pay for it yourself. You can stay as long as you like and ideally make some new product friends that you can catch up with during the conference the next day or that you can introduce to your colleagues.
The Blind Date Dinners are open to all Product at Heart ticket holders. (Workshop & Conference participants)
We first experienced this format at the amazing The Conference in Malmö/Sweden where we met many great people during such dinners. The Product Blind Date Dinners at our former events were a great success and some participants even decided to set up their own recurring meetings afterwards.
We will inform you in early June where your dinner will take place and who else will be joining.
Take a Product Walk
Join us for a special Product at Heart edition of the regular Product Walk, an exchange format where product experts meet to discuss professional topics and challenges while taking a walk. The organizing team, led by Hardy Kühne will create a route that showcases Hamburg's major sights and hidden gems. You'll explore different parts of the city while meeting new people.
Friday - June 26th 2026
Partner Expo
Join us at the Partner Expo on Friday, where product professionals can explore a range of innovative tools and services to enhance their work. Engage with leading companies, discover the best solutions for your challenges, and learn about opportunities to streamline your processes and improve productivity. It's an excellent chance to network with industry experts and find the perfect solutions to support your success.
Conference Afterparty
Join us for the conference afterparty at Kampnagel, the main conference venue. Weather permitting, we’ll hang out on the patio, and in case of rain, there’s plenty of room inside to enjoy a drink, some snacks (including veggie & vegan options), and chat with fellow product people.
Saturday - June 27th 2026
The Makers Manifesto
The playbook for modern product development is still being written, and no single leader has all the answers. In this interactive workshop, we'll use the new Makers Manifesto, a set of core principles on how to make great products in an AI driven world, to consider:
What needs to change and what stays the same for your team in an AI-driven world?
What decisions does this guide on how your team should operate?
How could this support you for discussions with your Exec team?
How could you use this to support your team/ product org?
The Makers Manifesto was developed by a global group of 42 cross-disciplinary experts and operators, including Petra & Arne. This is an opportunity to work with two of the contributors, Simonetta Batteiger & Faith Forster, as well as the learn from the experience of other leaders in the room, to understand what the principles mean and how to apply them in your organisation. You will also have an opportunity to input into the development of the manifesto, helping make it a valuable resource to guide foundational decisions on how to operate effectively in an AI driven world.
Sign up here: Makers Manifesto: Is this useful? · Luma
This workshop will be kindly hosted by our partners nextMedia at the beautiful SPACE.
Explore Hamburg on your own
We think Hamburg is a lovely city to visit but sometimes its hard to experience “the real Hamburg” if you are just a tourist. We want you to feel more like a local so we’ve put together a Google Map with many tips for your stay.
