PAC Events
Virtual and in-person events
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Insightful and practical discussions on:
(1) the competitive benefits associated with responsible AI (RAI).
(2) emerging best practices and global compliance requirements.
(3) challenges of operationalizing and productizing AI governance throughout the lifecycle.
“On the record” / “off the record” (OTR/OTR) conversations bring together leaders and innovators, who build or facilitate adoption of tech, to discuss timely issues in a unique virtual format: the 1st half hour is a recorded Q&A and the 2nd half hour is a private Q&A with attendees.
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Insightful and practical discussions on:
(1) Innovation lessons learned from healthcare executives and entrepreneurs.
(2) Challenges and advances related to developing and adopting technology that can meet the needs of patients and other key stakeholders.
Watch prior healthcare innovation OTR/OTR conversations
“On the record” / “off the record” (OTR/OTR) conversations bring together leaders and innovators, who build or facilitate adoption of tech, to discuss timely issues in a unique virtual format: the 1st half hour is a recorded Q&A and the 2nd half hour is a private Q&A with attendees.
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Join small business owners, technologists and funders for discussions on:
(1) Funding, scaling and exit options for high-growth, non–tech SMBs.
(2) Big issues for SMBs that could be solved with technology.“On the record” / “off the record” (OTR/OTR) conversations bring together leaders and innovators, who build or facilitate adoption of tech, to discuss timely issues in a unique virtual format: the 1st half hour is a recorded Q&A and the 2nd half hour is a private Q&A with attendees.
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PAC hosts in-person events in California, primarily in Los Angeles, bringing together diverse, tech-focused professionals. All events aim to elevate women leaders in tech, too.
 
        
      
      OTR/OTR: A Trustworthy AI Tactic and Tool for Entrepreneurs, Technologists and Investors
Join us for a strategic and tactical conversation on a particular “trustworthy AI” technique and tool that can be used by tech entrepreneurs, technologists and investors to stress test and reduce sycophantic responses from AI and even discover blind spots or hidden dynamics at work.
        
      
      L.A. Tech Week: Women Leaders in Tech Happy Hour
Join us for an all-women’s happy hour.
        
      
      L.A. Tech Week: Startups, Investors & Women Leaders
Join our match-making event for strategic serendipity.
        
      
      L.A. Tech Week: Connect & Match: Tech Talent & Hiring Managers
Join our match-making event for tech talent and hiring managers.
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      S.F. Tech Week: Trustworthy AI: Strategic Groundwork
Join an intimate roundtable discussion with leaders sharing lessons learned and discerning their roles in trustworthy AI.
        
      
      
        
      
      Product Therapy: Navigate the ‘messy middle’ with outcome mapping
Join us for an insight and timely Product Therapy session with Linda Setchell, founder of the Product Ecology Group.
OTR/OTR: From Code to Cheese – Modernizing a Small Business
Join us for an insightful conversation with Dave Charest, from Constant Contact, and Guillermo Esteban, an engineer and owner of an artisanal cheese shop in Spain, to discuss growing and transforming small businesses with tech.
        
      
      Summer Break
PAC events are paused for a summer break.
Enjoy your summer and see you soon! 😎
        
      
      Product Therapy: LinkedIn Strategies and Tactics for Women Leaders
Join us for an intimate and valuable Product Therapy session with Molly Godfrey
        
      
      Product Therapy: Executive Recruiting Trends in Tech
Join an insightful and timely conversation with Art Hopkins at Russell Reynolds.
OTR/OTR: Alternative funding pathways for small businesses
Join us for an insightful discussion with Jonathan Bragdon, Managing Partner at Capacity Capital, and Teri Billon, a new e-commerce entrepreneur, to talk about alternative funding pathways for non-venture small businesses.
        
      
      L.A. Social + Panel
LA-area Product People: Join us for a social get together and panel discussion on Adolescence in the Age of AI at SoHo Works in West Hollywood.
        
      
      Product Therapy: Balancing the Art and Operations of being a Connector
Join us for an insightful Product Therapy session with John Cutler, Head of Product at Dotwork and prolific writer on product management.
        
      
      Leaders’ GTM: Engaging Audiences and Increasing Visibility
PAST EVENT.
Join us for a coaching session with Vince Pierri, a public speaking coach and LinkedIn influencer.
        
      
      Adventures in Fractional Consulting: Landing a Strategic Engagement
PAST EVENT.
Jeanne Teshler, a seasoned consultant and entrepreneur, will share a fractional consulting adventure and discuss the complexities of B2B2C go-to-market.
        
      
      OTR/OTR: Challenging the Status Quo: Contrarian or Common Sense?
PAST EVENT.
Join us for an insightful discussion with Brittany Bussee, MD Founder of ViTel Health, Anoop Kumar, MD founder of Numocore, and Arnold Lee, General Partner at Sugati Ventures.
        
      
      OTR/OTR: Responsible AI in Healthcare - Spilling the CHAI Tea
PAST EVENT.
Join us for an insightful and engaging conversation with Merage Ghane, Ph.D., Director of Responsible AI at the Coalition for Health AI.
        
      
      Los Angeles: Social + Mini-Fundraiser
PAST EVENT.
LA-area Product People: Join us for a happy hour, product panel and mini-fundraiser for wildfire relief at Unita in Manhattan Beach. Fee is $20, register here.
        
      
      Virtual: Road to CPO
PAST EVENT.
Road to CPO Virtual Summit is a 3-day virtual summit for product managers and leaders. Register here.
        
      
      Product Therapy: Customer Trust in the Age of AI
PAST EVENT.
Mary Beth Snodgrass, PAC’s founder and a startup and product leader, will lead a discussion on the state of customer trust in the age of AI and the role product leaders can play in building trust throughout the customer journey.
        
      
      Product Therapy: Fintech Products and Payments Ecosystem
PAST EVENT.
Ioana Dayagi Stamate, a seasoned product leader with extensive experience in the payments and fintech industries, will provide a comprehensive overview of the payments ecosystem.
        
      
      Product Therapy: Adventures of a Fractional Product Leader
PAST EVENT.
Diana Stepner, a seasoned product leader and coach with over 20 years of global product management and innovation experience, will share candid insights on her transition to fractional product leadership with Product Therapy members.
        
      
      OTR/OTR: Healthcare Innovation Lessons Learned on Behavior Change
Pacific Standard Time (PST)
PAST EVENT.
PAC’s next On the Record / Off the Record (OTR/OTR) Healthcare Innovation Lessons Learned conversation will focus on behavior change in healthcare.
David Nickelson, PsyD, JD, Sr. Partner & Advisory Lead at Randstad Digital, will discuss applied behavior change, improving healthcare and systems-level change.
        
      
      OTR/OTR: Healthcare Innovation Lessons Learned on AI and Health Equity
Pacific Standard Time (PST)
PAST EVENT.
Join PAC’s next On the Record / Off the Record (OTR/OTR) Healthcare Innovation Lessons Learned conversation on health equity and AI.
Kenya Beckmann, Chief Philanthropy and Health Equity Officer, Providence South Division, and Dr. Warris Bokhari, CEO and Founder of Claimable, will discuss a variety of issues related to health equity and AI.
        
      
      OTR/OTR: Healthcare Innovation Lessons Learned
Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Join PAC’s next On the Record / Off the Record (OTR/OTR) Healthcare Innovation Lessons Learned conversation with Dr. Paul Lukac, the Director of Applied AI and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA Health, where he oversees governance of AI models deployed and has contributed to the development of AI models.
        
      
      OTR/OTR: How Climate Tech Investing is a Game-Changer
PAC is bringing together three climate tech investors for a dynamic On the Record / Off the Record (OTR/OTR) conversation about why climate tech investing is a game-changer.
Investors include:
Jon Azoff, SnoCap VC
Yao Huang, The Hatchery VC
Alena Solonina, CurvePoint Capital
Event time is Pacific Standard Time (PST).
        
      
      Product Therapy: May
Yuying Chen-Wynn, Head of AI at PEAK6, will lead a fun and engaging “2 Truths and 1 Lie: Generative AI edition” at our May Product Therapy session.
With 25+ years’ experience in EdTech, FinTech, and Big Tech, Yuying has deep experience with data-driven products and enjoys sharing humorous perspectives on AI.
All event times are Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Product Therapy is a peer group for women product leaders that hosts speakers monthly. Events are shared via a PAC slack channel and calendar invites. Interested in joining? Email info (at) productadvisorycollective.com