We’re excited to announce our keynote this year:
Creative Resilience: Experimenting in Uncertain Times
Transformation is a constant in product development and management, often leading to uncertainty and ambiguity. Are you and your team struggling to navigate through the fog?
In this keynote, Dr. Maria Camacho will show you how to move forward with courage and confidence, embracing creative resilience as the key to turning uncertainty into opportunity.
Creative resilience is a mindset that empowers you to take bold action and shape your future. It’s the result of a unique blend of design thinking, positive psychology, and human-centered innovation, delivered in an engaging and energetic way.
Through compelling storytelling and real-world case studies, Dr. Camacho will demonstrate how to “create new data” — not just analyze the past — by experimenting iteratively and unlocking valuable insights to de-risk the future.
By the end of this session, your team will be inspired, equipped, and ready to tackle real challenges creatively, even when the way forward isn’t clear.
Our speaker: Dr. Maria Camacho
Dr. Maria Camacho is a globally recognised expert in design thinking and strategic innovation with 30 years of experience across academia, industry, and consulting.
With a PhD in Design Thinking and a decade-long partnership with Stanford University’s flagship programs, Maria has helped shape innovation practices at global companies and institutions, including Frog, the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, Westpac, European group Sonae, and several large organisations in Latin America.
Maria’s career spans founding and directing award-winning academic programs,
mentoring teams to embrace human-centred approaches, and delivering impactful
workshops and keynote speeches around the world. Known for her evidence-based
methods, she empowers leaders and teams to tackle complexity with creativity,
empathy, and humanity.
Today, Maria runs her independent practice as a speaker, corporate trainer,
and mentor, inspiring organisations to foster cultures of innovation and collaborative
problem-solving. Her work blends deep academic insights with practical tools,
enabling clients to navigate uncertainty, drive meaningful change, and create
solutions that are both impactful and human centred.