🔥 Everyone's using AI. The tools are in. The workflows are shifting. But what's that actually doing to the people, the dynamics, and the way teams make decisions together?

For three years, our Leadership Series has been the place where experienced product, design, and engineering leaders come to have the conversations that don't fit neatly into a LinkedIn post. The 2026 edition starts here.

Join us on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 at Atlassian for a candid panel on the reality behind the adoption curve.

Same Team, New Playbook: How AI Is Reshaping Design, Product and Engineering

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵?

Cross-functional teams are adopting AI fast. But the headlines don't tell you what it actually feels like on the ground, day to day, inside a real team. Are designers being pulled into prototyping earlier? Are PMs leaning more on AI than their engineers? Is collaboration getting better, or just faster? This panel brings together seasoned design, product, and engineering leaders who have navigated more than a few waves of change, to talk honestly about where AI is genuinely helping, where it's creating new friction, and what good cross-functional work actually looks like right now.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁

• Pierluigi Russo, Product Design Leader at Service NSW

🎤 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹…

𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿

• Adrienne Tan, Co-Founder and CEO at Brainmates

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀

• Greg Stivala, Group Product Director (acting) at Service NSW
• Grace Kraus, VP/Head of Design at Atlassian
• Doug Rathbone, VP of Engineering at Dovetail

Over the next few days we'll be sharing more about what each of our panelists is bringing to the conversation. Watch this space.

Agenda
5:00PM: Doors open
   5:00PM - 6:00PM: Arrival, registration, food & drinks
   6:00PM - 7:30PM: Talks & Q&A
   7:30PM - 9:00PM: Networking
9:00PM: Event ends

We can't wait to see you there, and remember: 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 🤝

Important Event Info! Read Me ‼️

• We'll be placing you on a waitlist before approving registrations based on capacity. ‼️
• Please arrive on time. After 6pm, there may be no one at door to let you in.
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• If you can’t attend, please cancel your spot as soon as possible. Cancellations made less than 48 hours before the event will not be valid.