
Product Development in the Generative AI Era
| Date and time | February 25th (Wed.) 14:00 – 14:30 |
| Location | Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building) “AKARENGA HALL A” 2nd Floor |
The emergence and rapid growth and distribution of generative AI technologies, has caused an industrial revolution across almost all fields – naturally, tech is no exception. In this fireside chat, two product-centric executives and founders, will dissect and analyse the current landscape of product development and management, in the year 2026 – what has changed? And has it all been for the better?
We’ll discuss new opportunities, new limitations, and look at how Hokkaido and Silicon Valley differ in how this new era of tech has affected the way they work.
[SPEAKER]
Sumeet Vaidya, CEO, Crafting
Masaya Nakade, CPO/CFO, Techtouch
Victor Gram Thomsen, Co-founder & Head of Infrastructure, Tryp.com

Product Development in the Generative AI Era
| Date and time | February 25th (Wed.) 14:00 – 14:30 |
| Location | Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building) “AKARENGA HALL A” 2nd Floor |
The emergence and rapid growth and distribution of generative AI technologies, has caused an industrial revolution across almost all fields – naturally, tech is no exception. In this fireside chat, two product-centric executives and founders, will dissect and analyse the current landscape of product development and management, in the year 2026 – what has changed? And has it all been for the better?
We’ll discuss new opportunities, new limitations, and look at how Hokkaido and Silicon Valley differ in how this new era of tech has affected the way they work.
[SPEAKER]
Sumeet Vaidya, CEO, Crafting
Masaya Nakade, CPO/CFO, Techtouch
Victor Gram Thomsen, Co-founder & Head of Infrastructure, Tryp.com
