Forward Product

May 14-15

@The Atomic Garden

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Our vision to
Forward Product
Conference

This is a conference where theory takes a backseat, and real-life experiences and lessons drive the conversation. Here, we believe in the power of unfiltered insights and lessons over abstract theories and frameworks.

Our mission is to provide firsthand experiences and challenges that product managers encounter in the field. We are gathering a diverse lineup of speakers who can offer deep dives into their journeys and the lessons they've learned along the way.

Expect to meet your industry colleagues, engage in quality discussions, and learn new angles of the product management craft. Forward Product is a gathering of like-minded professionals dedicated to advancing their knowledge to gain valuable insights that go beyond theoretical concepts.

Building on our vision to bring speakers and their real-life product challenges to the stage, Forward Product 2025: Cutting Through the Noise will explore what it truly means for us, product people, to stay focused amidst the chaos. Between emerging trends, overhyped buzzwords, frameworks old and new, expert opinions, and even our own cognitive biases, how do we separate what matters from the noise? Through raw, unfiltered stories from experienced product leaders, we’ll dig into where conventional wisdom breaks down and where it holds strong. From “just ask the users” and “let’s gather more data” to “MVP and iterate” and “let AI handle it,” we’ll uncover how to cut through uncertainties and make decisions that actually move the needle.

Speakers

Chief Operating Officer

Ronny Elkayam

WIX

One of the driving forces behind Wix’s product evolution, he led multiple teams and shaped the future of digital creation. Balancing big-picture strategy with attention to detail, he connects the dots and drives progress. His visionary approach and deep product, tech, and UX insight helped deliver intuitive innovations to millions of users.

Senior Director of Product and Engineering

Aistė Miškūnienė

Vinted Go

With 18+ years in IT, Aistė leads Product & Engineering at Vinted Go. Her career spans from hands-on software development to driving strategy and business growth at companies like Barclays, Danske Bank, and fintech startups. A passionate advocate for women in tech, Aistė is known for building high-impact teams, blending technical depth with bold, people-first leadership.

Director of Product

Andrius Baranauskas

Shopify

Andrius has been at the forefront of building and scaling products that serve millions of users globally. His remarkable journey includes leading Product and Engineering at Vinted, transforming Carousell into a leading global classifieds marketplace as VP of Product, and currently shaping the future of Advertising as Director of Product at Shopify.

Senior Director of Product Management

Vilius Nekrošius

Vinted

Vilius has been at Vinted for the last 7 years and is currently a Senior Product Director, overseeing monetization, purchasing experience, and order management. He's experienced at building highly impactful teams, leading a 200+ people organization while staying hands-on.

Co-founder & CEO

Povilas Skrebutėnas

Eany.io

A serial product builder, passionate about bold ideas with real impact. Before launching his own startup, he scaled a social network in Africa, worked at Wix, and now drives AI-powered e-commerce at Eany.io. Known for his love of experimentation and fearless forward motion, Povilas thrives at the edge of innovation, always searching for what’s next.

Chief Product Officer

Malvina Goldfeld

Podimo

Malvina’s journey spans 15+ years of creating meaningful products at Podimo, Meta, PayPal, and McKinsey. Passionate about unlocking global access to education, technology, and finance, she blends curiosity and strategic vision to build experiences that empower millions around the world.

Game Director

Laurynas Vainius

SEMIHUMAN

Laurynas has spent 11+ years leveling up in the game industry—designing, leading, and co-founding a game studio along the way. Focused on smooth development and top-tier quality, he brings deep insight into building engaging experiences

Co-founder & CEO

Deividas Celencevičius

Boop

Deividas, the founder of Boop and a serial entrepreneur, transformed his lifelong passion for pets into a booming startup that’s reshaping pet care and is now on track to close a €10M funding round. Backed by his experience from Vinted, he built an app that connects pet lovers across 7 countries. Discover his journey of turning passion into purpose-driven products and impactful community

Workshops

Lukas Jablonskas

Build with Confidence: The Experimentation Toolkit

Buycycle (ex-Vinted)

Gut feeling is a powerful starting point, but it becomes even stronger when backed by evidence. Intuition helps us chart the course, while experimentation gives us the data to move forward with confidence. In this workshop, we’ll explore a variety of practical experimentation tools that help reduce both time and cost when making product decisions. And no, it’s not all about A/B tests—there’s a whole toolbox out there.

Simona Griškutė & Ieva Jakė

Product and user research: moving at the right speed for the right decisions

Vinted

Product managers often grapple with two extremes: never conducting user research, or being overly dependent on it. Finding the perfect balance between the two is making a decision around when and how much research to conduct. We invite product managers who don’t have an in-house research team to explore when to integrate user research into your workflow and master the essentials of preparing, conducting, and deriving insights from user research.

Jevgenij Gamper, Agnė Reklaitė & Giedrius Blažys

Measure what matters: all about metrics for product development

Vinted

Great products are built on great decisions—and great decisions rely on the right metrics. This workshop explores how to choose, develop and use metrics that truly reflect product impact. We’ll cover what makes a metric useful, why adoption alone isn’t enough, and how to structure a metric hierarchy that connects day-to-day work to long-term goals.

Tomas Nemura

Creative Equations – Your First Creative Concept Without Creative Agency Support

Presented by Atomic Garden

This hands-on workshop is designed to help you unlock your creative potential—no agency required.
Split into two parts, the session will start with a theory segment where you’ll learn what Creative Equations are, how they work, and why they matter in a world full of content noise. We’ll break down the thinking behind impactful creative concepts and introduce you to specific, repeatable techniques you can start using right away.

Aurelija Liutkuvienė & Lina Praškevičiūtė

Navigating Uncertainty: Building Resilient Strategy

Ex-Vinted

With AI evolving fast, economies shifting, and geopolitical instability shaking up industries, building a resilient strategy has never been trickier—or more important. This hands-on workshop will give product leaders and entrepreneurs the tools to think ahead, adapt fast, and turn uncertainty into opportunity. Through interactive exercises you’ll learn how to keep your product competitive no matter what the future throws your way.

Tomas Petras Rupšys

Mastering the latest in AI: Agentic Workflows, AI Agents, Vibe-prototyping/coding, MCP

Wix

This session will deepen your understanding across wide variety of AI concepts by trying out a lot of different tools: you will build an Agentic Workflow using N8N & Groq, you will create an AI Agent using Agent.ai and Zapier, you will create a clickable prototype instead of a wireframe for your product team's challenge, you will generate code and try to run it, you will set up an actual MCP server on your computer and control your browser using chat.