pmconf 2026 (Product Manager Conference)
Overview
Japan's largest product management conference. It contributes to the advancement of product management through knowledge sharing and case study presentations by PMs and PdMs. In 2025, held in Osaka (November) and Tokyo (December). Top PMs from Japan and abroad take the stage.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2016
- Founder
- pmconf Executive Committee (Product Manager community volunteers)
Founded to expand awareness of product management in Japan and build a practitioner community
Transition
- 2016 pmconf初開催
- 2020 コロナ禍でオンライン開催に移行
- 2023 オフライン開催を再開
- 2025 大阪・東京の2拠点開催体制に
Voices
One of the few Japanese-language conferences where you can deepen your PM career and practical knowledge.
Hearing real-world examples of how PMs at other companies make decisions was very insightful.
Took home lessons on saying no well and balancing short and long term to move products forward (from Ayano Iida's report, in Japanese)
Reflected on what PMs should be when AI lets anyone build products, designing decisions and owning problems (from Shun's report, in Japanese)
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