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2025 Highlights
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1,500+
Attendees from 20+ countries
80%
Senior, Lead, or Manager level
70+
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Stages
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Building
What Matters
In 2026, our theme is Building What Matters.
In a world of constant releases, AI acceleration, and pressure to ship faster, building what matters requires strong decisions. It requires clarity when data is messy. Alignment when stakeholders disagree. Courage when trade-offs are uncomfortable.
We want to talk about:
• Making better product decisions under real constraints
• Connecting design, research, engineering, and strategy to create meaningful outcomes
• Thinking in systems, not isolated features
• Delivering measurable value, not just output
• Measuring impact beyond vanity metrics
• Building responsibly, ethically, sustainably, and with business awareness
But above all, we love authentic case studies.
The honest ones.
The ones that show what worked, what failed, what surprised you, and what changed because of it.
Because building what matters is not about theory.
It is about real decisions and real impact.
Craft & Build
Scalable design systems, inclusive design, toolsets, UX writing, hands-on craft, and design strategy.
Research & Analysis
Continuous discovery, user validation, CX, decision-support insights, and elevating research maturity.
Product & Strategy
Product strategy, execution, leadership, business impact, roadmapping, and cross-functional collaboration.
What do we usually look for?
The next brief may change, but WaysConf usually prioritizes people who can share real decisions, practical lessons and honest evidence from product work.
The next call is a fit if you:
Have real, hands-on experience in one of the fields
Can show tangible results and a concrete case study, not just the process
Offer practical takeaways participants can actually use
Are open about mistakes and lessons learned
Bring a fresh perspective that truly adds value to the community
We try to avoid:
Sales disguised as presentations
Pitching products, services or companies
Talks focused solely on personal branding
Repeating presentations from other conferences
Content disconnected from real implementations
Focus areas
Product stage topic ideas
Strategy that survives reality
How do you build product strategy, operating models, and decision systems that hold up when markets shift, stakeholders disagree, or data is incomplete? I'd love real examples of teams adapting strategy under pressure and what changed because of it.
From roadmap to real impact
Shipping features is easy. Proving impact is harder. How do you connect bets to measurable outcomes? Show us how you track success beyond vanity metrics and adjust when things don't work.
Product discovery that finds what is worth building
How do you test ideas before they become expensive commitments? I'm looking for practical frameworks, experiments, and case studies that helped teams avoid building the wrong thing.
Leading without control
Product often sits in the middle of design, engineering, and business. What does effective leadership look like when you don't directly manage everyone involved? Share real tactics for alignment, conflict resolution, and decision clarity.
AI, automation, and the future of product teams
How is AI changing product strategy, org design, and prioritization? Not trend reports. Real implementations. What worked, what failed, and how teams adapted their operating model.
WaysConf sessions
format guide
Expert Talk
Experts deliver advanced insights, addressing challenges and lessons learned.
Power Talk
Fast, focused talks with actionable techniques and insights.
Discussion Panel
Expert panels with audience interaction and live polls.
What selected speakers can expect
Complimentary 2-day VIP conference pass
Full catering throughout the event
Access to all accompanying events
Reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs
Professional event photography and presentation recording
Help in building your personal brand
Promotion across WaysConf channels
Access to our app for scheduling 1:1 sessions with attendees and speakers
The programme is guided by experienced practitioners in design, user research and product management
When the call is open, submissions are evaluated for content quality, audience fit and balance across the full WaysConf programme.
Michał Witkowski
Co-founder
Tomek Tomaszewski
Head Of Product
Wojtek Smajda
Senior Technical Product Manager
Sebastian Woźniak
Product advisor
Mariusz Witkowski
Founder
Call for Speakers status
Call opened
The 2026 submission window opened for talks, workshops, panels, masterclasses and roundtables.
Call closed
The public Call for Speakers window closed and the programme review moved into curation.
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