Plenaries
Six keynotes and panels in the Grand Hall. Short, practical, zero slides of stock photos.
Meridian Leaders Summit · 5–6 Nov
Where the hard decisions get easier.
Two days of plenaries, small-group workshops and closed-door roundtables for founders, operators and the executives who have to make the call.
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420 leaders · invite-reviewedDay 01 · Grand Exchange
- Opening address
- Pricing strategy sprint
- Founder stories
- Hiring for the next downturn
05Nov
Leaders from 300+ companies attended in 2025
Orbital NineHalden SystemsTessellateCopperlineKestrel CloudFieldnote
Formats
Built for doing, not just listening.
Workshops
Four hands-on sessions capped at 30 seats. You leave with a finished artefact.
Roundtables
Twelve peers, one chair, Chatham House rules. The most honest hour of your quarter.
Summit dinner
Seated by interest on the rooftop, with no speeches and a very good wine list.
Workshops
Small rooms. Real output.
Seats are limited and allocated in order of booking. Add workshops with the Summit + Workshops pass.
Board-ready metrics
Build a one-page dashboard your board will actually read.
Theo Laurent · CEO, Stackwise8 of 30 seats left
Pricing strategy sprint
Rebuild your pricing page using live customer data.
Samir Haddad · Principal PM, Copperline3 of 24 seats left
Negotiation lab
Three role-played deals with coaching after every round.
Hugo Brandt · Founder, Lumen ForgeWaitlist only
Security for executives
The ten questions to ask before the next incident.
Tomás Ferreira · Copperline19 of 30 seats left
Programme
Two days in the Exchange.
Filter by format and add sessions to your agenda. Roundtables are allocated on arrival.
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Thu 5 Nov
Breakfast & registration
Badges, coffee and a seat plan for the day.
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Thu 5 Nov
Opening address: The decade of tighter margins
Where growth comes from when capital is no longer cheap.
Lena ParkVP Product, Tessellate
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Thu 5 Nov
Workshop: Pricing strategy sprint
Rebuild your pricing page with live customer data. 24 seats.
Samir HaddadPrincipal PM, Copperline -
Thu 5 Nov
Roundtable: AI in the operating plan
Twelve operators, one chair, Chatham House rules.
Arthur BellamyPrincipal Researcher, Vireo AI
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Thu 5 Nov
Networking lunch
Hosted tables by industry.
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Thu 5 Nov
Founder stories: bootstrapped to 40 m
Profitable growth without a single funding round.
Nora LindqvistFounder, Fieldnote
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Thu 5 Nov
Workshop: Board-ready metrics
Build the one-page dashboard your board will actually read. 30 seats.
Theo LaurentCEO, Stackwise -
Thu 5 Nov
Panel: Hiring for the next downturn
Resilient teams, sensible comp and the case for fewer managers.
Marcus Tan-Reyes, Freya Olsen2 speakers
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Thu 5 Nov
Summit dinner
Three courses, seated by interest, no speeches.
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Fri 6 Nov
Coffee & open office hours
Book 15 minutes with any speaker.
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Fri 6 Nov
Keynote: Security is a board topic now
What directors must ask and what the answers should sound like.
Tomás FerreiraSecurity Lead, Copperline
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Fri 6 Nov
Workshop: Negotiation lab
Role-play three deals with coaching after every round. 20 seats.
Hugo BrandtFounder, Lumen Forge -
Fri 6 Nov
Roundtable: Leading remote at scale
What still works when the team spans nine time zones.
Clara NievesDeveloper Advocate, Stackwise
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Fri 6 Nov
Lunch
Last round of hosted tables.
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Fri 6 Nov
Roundtable: M&A for mid-size companies
Buying capability instead of building it.
Priya RamanData Platform Lead, Orbital Nine -
Fri 6 Nov
Closing keynote: Ship kindly, scale calmly
A conversation on pace, people and long games.
Nothing here yet. Tap “Add” on any session to build your agenda.
420
Leaders
28
Speakers
12
Roundtables
96%
Would return
Speakers
Chairs, founders and operators.
01TalkRoadmaps are promises (so make fewer)Read bio
Lena Park
VP Product · Tessellate
Lena runs product at Tessellate, where she replaced a 90-item roadmap with six bets and doubled activation. She mentors first-time product managers and writes about saying no, kindly.
02TalkFrom side project to two million usersRead bio
Nora Lindqvist
Founder · Fieldnote
Nora started Fieldnote as a weekend notebook app and grew it to two million users with a team of nine. She talks candidly about pricing, burnout and the features she is glad she never built.
03TalkBuild the next thing, not the last oneRead bio
Marcus Tan-Reyes
CTO · Kestrel Cloud
Marcus leads 400 engineers at Kestrel Cloud and still reviews pull requests on Fridays. He spent a decade scaling payments infrastructure before moving to developer platforms, and writes a much-shared newsletter on engineering culture.
04TalkThreat modelling for humansRead bio
Tomás Ferreira
Security Lead · Copperline
Tomás turns security reviews into conversations developers actually enjoy. He has run red teams for banks and start-ups and now leads product security at Copperline.
Passes
Invest in two days.
All passes can be invoiced to your company. Teams of five or more save 10%.
Summit Pass
Both days of plenaries and roundtables.
- All plenaries & roundtables
- Networking lunches
- Office hours booking
$990
Invoice availableRecommended
Summit + Workshops
Add two hands-on workshops.
- Everything in Summit Pass
- 2 workshops (max 30 seats)
- Workshop materials
$1,490
54 leftExecutive Circle
For leadership teams of up to three.
- Everything in Summit + Workshops
- Summit dinner
- Private speaker roundtable
- Concierge & reserved seating
$2,400
9 leftRoundtables with twelve people and a chair who kept it honest. That hour alone paid for the pass.
Amelia StoneCOO, Orbital Nine
Best signal-to-noise of any conference I attend. I came back with three ideas we shipped the following sprint.
Hana KowalskiEngineering Manager, Parcel & Pine
Workshops small enough to get real help. I left with a working prototype, not a slide deck and a headache.
Olivia BrandtProduct Designer, Fieldnote
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Applications are reviewed weekly to keep the room balanced across industries and roles.
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