About
This event is built for experienced professionals seeking real value—expect sharp thinking, practical insights, and candid peer conversations. We’ll dig into how to run product operations that deliver, what digital-native standards mean for the rest, and how AI is reshaping how we work, hire, and lead. Less stage talk, more peer exchange—if you care about where product is going, this is the room to be in.
Speakers
Mikko Aro
KONE, Director of Product Management & Strategy
Elizabeth Kerppola
Posti, Director of Digital Growth
Arto Tolonen
ProductSense, Co-founder & CEO
Kaisa Salakka
Stealth-Stage Initiative at Illusian, CEO
Program
15:00 Welcome drinks
15:30 Opening & keynote: Delivering value in the age of AI
16:00 Fireside chat: Scaling teams and moving faster with AI – Who stays, who goes?
17:00 Open networking, conversations & drinks
20:00 The event ends
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Why Attend?
Join fellow forerunners to define what great product leadership looks like across both digital-native and established companies. You’ll hear what’s actually working in product leadership today, from scaling product ops to navigating AI’s impact on teams and talent. Whether you’re building from the ground up or modernizing a legacy organization, you’ll walk away with ideas you can apply immediately.
The conversations go beyond theory, powered by speakers who lead by doing, and rarely speak on public stages.
More about our Speakers
Mikko Aro, Director, Product Management & Strategy, KONE
Mikko is a seasoned product leader with a strong track record in transforming traditional industries into digital-first, product-driven businesses. As Director of Product Management & Strategy at KONE, he leads the digital services product strategy, drives product management excellence, and supports a talented team of product managers and directors. He is passionate about building high-performing product teams and turning bold strategies into market-leading solutions.
Elizabeth Kerppola, Director of Digital Growth, Posti
Elizabeth is a visionary leader in digital strategy and transformation, with a rich career spanning management consulting and corporate innovation. She currently leads the Digital Growth Strategy at Posti’s core business, driving the digital commercial vision, strategic direction, and growth agenda. Passionate about customer-centricity and future digital business models, she thrives on challenging the status quo and leading meaningful transformation.
Arto Tolonen, Co-founder & CEO, ProductSense
Arto Tolonen is the Co-founder and CEO of ProductSense, an AI-native product management platform that helps B2B SaaS teams capture insights, discover themes, and write evidence-backed specs with speed and clarity. Prior to ProductSense, Arto spent a decade at Smartly.io, where he led product teams as Chief Product Officer and drove key AI initiatives. A serial founder with deep experience in scaling product organizations, Arto is passionate about using AI to supercharge product strategy and execution.
Kaisa Salakka, CEO
Kaisa Salakka is the incoming CEO of a stealth-stage initiative at Illusian developing AI-powered technologies for social good. She previously led Consumer Product at Wolt and was Unity’s first product executive, playing a key role in scaling the company through its IPO. Kaisa currently serves on the board of Remedy Entertainment and previously worked several years on the board of Alma Media. With a career spanning startups, scaleups, platforms, and games, she is passionate about applying technology to drive meaningful societal impact and advancing the craft of product leadership.
The event is hosted by the co-founders Maria Petrova and Janetta Ekholm. Maria has held senior product leadership roles across a range of industries, guiding the creation of strategic products that deliver meaningful results. Janetta brings deep product consulting expertise, helping organizations refine strategies, enhance ways of working, and achieve sustainable growth. They share a curiosity for how AI is changing the product landscape and a hands-on approach to making things happen.
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