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SUMMARY:23rd Meetup - Building the Future: Bold Design & AI-Native Products
LOCATION:Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 38% · why: lots of
  people going · easy to get to\n\nProductTankHCMC is back! Join us for ano
 ther morning of learning\, practical insights\, and meaningful conversatio
 ns with two exceptional product leaders from international companies. Toge
 ther\, we’ll explore how AI is transforming product management\, design\, 
 and digital experiences\, while sharing real-world lessons from building p
 roducts at scale across Southeast Asia.\n\nDate: 15th August 2026\nTime: 9
 :30AM - 12PM\nLocation: (provided upon successful registration)\nRegistrat
 ion form:\nhttps://forms.gle/kV1Lo7mAY3j75DRo7\n\nAgenda\n9:15 - 9:30 Welc
 oming\n9:30 - 9:35 ProductTankHCMC Introduction\n9:35 - 9:40 Grab Introduc
 tion\n9:40 - 10:20 Keynote 1: Building AI-Native Products: How Grab Produc
 t Teams Are Redesigning the Way They Build\n10:20 - 10: 35 Breaktime & Sna
 cks\n10:35 - 11:20 Keynote 2: Touching users for e-Commerce Success\n11:20
  - 11:35 Q&A\n11:35 - 12:00 Networking\n\nSpeaker 1\nSon Tang\, Senior Pro
 duct Management Leader\, Online Delivery & Affordability\, Grab\n\nSession
  Title\nBuilding AI-Native Products: How Grab Product Teams Are Redesignin
 g the Way They Build\n\nSession Description\nHow do product leaders balanc
 e regional AI capabilities with hyperlocal customer needs across Southeast
  Asia? From product discovery to delivery\, where does AI create meaningfu
 l leverage\, and where does it introduce new challenges?\n\nIn this sessio
 n\, Son Tang shares how Grab is evolving toward AI-native product manageme
 nt\, drawing on his experience leading Online Delivery and Affordability p
 roducts. He will discuss practical lessons from driving AI adoption within
  product teams\, overcoming organizational barriers\, and building a cultu
 re where AI amplifies human creativity through initiatives such as GILA\, 
 G/AI\, and continuous learning.\n\nSpeaker Bio\nSon Tang leads Online Deli
 very Products and Affordability at Grab\, driving product innovation acros
 s one of Southeast Asia's largest technology platforms. He is also one of 
 Grab's AI Program Coaches\, helping product managers adopt AI-first ways o
 f working and integrate AI into their day-to-day product development pract
 ices.\n\nWith more than 10 years of product leadership experience\, Son ha
 s built and scaled customer-centric products across both startups and high
 -growth technology companies. His expertise spans product strategy\, techn
 ology evaluation\, venture-backed and bootstrapped businesses\, and buildi
 ng high-performing product organizations across multiple markets. As an en
 trepreneur and technology leader\, he is passionate about helping teams le
 verage AI to build better products\, move faster\, and create meaningful c
 ustomer impact.\n\n\n\nSpeaker 2\nJon Deragon\, Head of Design\, FPT Softw
 are\n\nSession Title\nTouching Users for e-Commerce Success\n\nSession Des
 cription\nWe’ll take an engaging journey exploring what it takes to achiev
 e e-commerce success in today's online shopping landscape. Along the way\,
  we explore our relationship with users\, our willingness to challenge est
 ablished norms\, our need to embrace new technologies and the value of des
 igning boldly. We’ll pull apart examples from both real world and online r
 etail to see how we can truly speak to people’s needs and eliminate frustr
 ating friction points for online shoppers.\nCore Topics\n\nBeing present w
 ith users to gain valuable insights\, understanding and appreciation\nTake
  creative risks and think boldly to rise above the mediocrity of today’s e
 -commerce\nConsider real world retail experiences when designing digitally
 \nBe willing to strike down assumptions and challenge common practices\nAv
 oid common frustrations and friction points in user journeys\nBring aliven
 ess and soul to e-commerce experiences\nUsing AI and other advanced techno
 logies to greatly enhance e-commerce\n\nSpeaker Bio\nJon Deragon is a well
  established design leader with considerable experience in building and le
 ading design teams in agencies\, in-house and IT services organizations. H
 is global career includes various Director\, Head and VP roles in companie
 s across Vietnam\, Indonesia\, Australia and Canada. Jon has delivered man
 y high complexity projects across demanding domains such as insurance\, ba
 nking\, SaaS and particularly e-commerce.\nJon is currently the global Hea
 d of Design for FPT Software\, leading Vietnam’s largest design team of ov
 er 160 designers. He has enjoyed contributing to the design community in a
  variety of capacities including international keynote speaker\, podcast a
 ppearances\, workshop facilitation\, panelist and mentorships.\n\nRegistra
 tion form:\nhttps://forms.gle/kV1Lo7mAY3j75DRo7\n\nWe look forward to seei
 ng you at the meetup !
URL:https://www.meetup.com/producttank-ho-chi-minh/events/315829540/
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