Regional Scrum
Gathering®

Karachi 2026

Theme

|

Product Thinking & Innovation

UNTIL WE GATHER

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
In Progress

Dates

12-13 December 2026

Venue

Mövenpick Hotel Karachi

Hours

09:00 - 17:00

About the Event

What Is a Regional Scrum
Gathering®?

An official Scrum Alliance® conference, held in cities around the world. Two days where Scrum practitioners, product people and leaders share ideas, learn through talks and workshops, and grow together.

BUILT FOR YOU

Who should attend?

For curious minds, from first-time attendees to seasoned practitioners.

The same gathering, held worldwide.

From Banff to Karachi.

9-10 SEP 2025

Banff, Canada

“No Maps, No Limits” in the Canadian Rockies.

7-9 JAN 2026

Tokyo, Japan

Three days near Haneda, with 800 seats and an online stream.

21 MAY 2026

Lisbon, Portugal

One day on product, technology, impact and AI.

27-28 JUL 2026

Singapore

Two days marking 25 years since the Manifesto.

15 AUG 2026

Taipei, Taiwan

A facilitation-led gathering built for CEOs and senior leaders.

12-13 DEC 2026

Karachi, Pakistan

Two days at Mövenpick on Product Thinking & Innovation.

THIS YEAR’S THEME · RSG KARACHI 2026

Product Thinking & Innovation,
for the AI era.

Two days on how AI is changing the way products are discovered, designed, coded and scaled, with the people already doing it.

01

AI Product Development

Turn AI into products people love: discovery, LLM features, data and evals, shipped responsibly.

02

Design & Innovation

Design with AI as a creative partner: faster research, rapid prototypes and bolder ideas on the board.

03

Enterprise Agility

How big organisations change fast with AI: data-led decisions, automation, and people working with AI agents.

04

Vibe Coding

Build by describing what you want. AI pair-programmers take you from prompt to working prototype in hours.

AI Hackathon.
8 hours to ship it.

Form a team of 3-5, get 8 hours on the clock and ship a working AI product. No coding background needed. Winners are revealed on stage at RSG Karachi.

8 hrs

OF BUILDING

3-5

PEOPLE PER TEAM

4

BUILD TRACKS

PKR 200K

IN PRIZES

Free with your RSG ticket

THE BUILD DAY

Kick-off

Team up

Sprint 1

Discover

Sprint 2

Build

Sprint 3

Ship

Demo

Judging

WHAT HAPPENS AT RSG KARACHI 2026

Two days you take part in.

RSG is not a traditional conference. Beyond the talks,
you coach, play, sketch and shape the agenda yourself.

3

KEYNOTE TALKS

4

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

10

TECH TALKS

4

CERTIFIED COACHES

2

VISUAL STORYTELLERS

5

LEARNING GAMES

Coaching Clinic

Free 1:1 sessions with certified coaches.

Lean Coffee

Agenda-less talks on topics the group picks.

Open Space

You set the agenda and lead the talk.

Visual Storytelling

Sessions captured live as drawings and sketchnotes.

Learning Games

Learn through play and compete for prizes.

Gratitude Wall

Thank the people who made your day.

Feedback Wall

Share thoughts and ideas in real time.

Networking Breaks

Meet speakers and peers over chai, twice a day.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

Call for Speakers Is Closed

Thank you to everyone who submitted a talk or workshop. Every submission is now in review, and the 2026 line-up will be announced soon.

Submissions closed

15 October 2026

In Review

Our programme team is reviewing every talk

Line-up announced

Announcing soon

On-ground speakers

Announcing soon

Online speakers

Announcing soon

On our stage

Who Has Spoken Here

Past speakers came from

8 countries across 5 continents

Dave Snowden

UK

Michael K. Sahota

USA

Gunther Verheyen

Belgium

Anu Smalley

USA

Kate Megaw

USA

Cherie Silas

USA

Stuart Young

UK

Nicole Fleming

USA

Ben Walder

UK

Olina Glindevi

Sweden

Tobias Mayer

UK

Malene Jacobsen

South Africa

Heitor Roriz Filho

Brazil

Kubair Shirazee

UK

Umayr Khan

USA

Steve Matthew

USA

Melissa Dinwiddie

USA

Soma Mazumder

Australia

Matt Kirilov

USA

Ravindra Perera

USA

Iqbal Ismailwala

USA

Rahul Mukherjee

USA

Alex Sloley

Australia

Angelina Dimova

Bulgaria

Zia Malik

UAE

Abid Quereshi

UK

OUR COMMUNITY

Three gatherings. One growing community.

Karachi 2022 · Lahore 2024 · ACR Pakistan 2025

150+

ATTENDEES

24

SPEAKERS

Hybrid · in person and online

170+

ATTENDEES

20

SPEAKERS

Two days of talks and workshops

48 hrs

TOGETHER IN THE HILLS

3

COACHES

A coaching retreat where the group built an MVP

HEAR IT FROM THE ROOM

Zia Malik

Coach · ACR 2025

Zeeshan Ilyas

Coach · ACR 2025

Yaser Awan

Advisor

TICKETS · 12-13 DECEMBER · MÖVENPICK KARACHI

One ticket. Two days. Everything you came for.

Early Bird

25,000 PKR

WHAT'S INCLUDED

REGULAR

30,000 PKR

WHAT'S INCLUDED

LAST MINUTE

35,000 PKR

WHAT'S INCLUDED

STUDENT PASS

35,000 PKR

WHAT'S INCLUDED

STUDENTS ONLY

University & college

Valid student ID at check-in

Full programme, student price

Both days, every track and workshop - just without the meals.

Early Bird

100 USD

WHAT'S INCLUDED

REGULAR

125 USD

WHAT'S INCLUDED

LAST MINUTE

150 USD

WHAT'S INCLUDED

*SEU/PDU eligibility follows the relevant certification body’s requirements.

Teams of 5+ get group rates · Scrum Alliance & PAE members get 10% off

Leave with a Scrum Alliance®
AI Microcredential.

Earn one in a dedicated boardroom during the event, 12-13 December. Choose one, two or all three badges.

Priced separately from the event ticket

MICROCREDENTIAL

AI for Scrum Masters

Scrum Alliance

MICROCREDENTIAL

AI for Product Owners

Scrum Alliance

MICROCREDENTIAL

AI for Product Discovery & Strategy

Scrum Alliance

AGENDA · TWO DAYS, FOUR TRACKS

The full programme is on its way.

Session times, speakers and rooms will be published here soon. Here’s the shape of the two days.

Planning your two days?

Every ticket covers both days and all four tracks - pick sessions on the day.

Book Signing

Product Discovery
in the Age of AI

by Zia Malik

Human Creativity First: how Product Owners can think better and discover differently in an AI-enabled world.

Zia Malik

Scrum trainer and enterprise agility coach · UAE

SIGNING

Day TBA

TIME

TBA

WHERE

Mövenpick Karachi

Get your copy signed by the author at the event.

Who is behind it

Advisors and Organizing Team

Conference Chair

Mohsin Shahzad

Founder & CEO, Agile Beams · Scrum Train

Advisors

Yaser Awan

Pakistan

Faiza Yousaf

Faiza Yousuf

Pakistan

Mashhood Rastgar

Pakistan

Sana Shaharyar

Pakistan

Zia Malik

UAE

Abid Quereshi

UK

Zeeshan Amjad

USA

Zeshan Illyas

UAE

Organizing team

Abid Munif Khan

Chapter Lead · Karachi

Zeeshan Bin Aslam

Chapter Lead · Karachi

Hassan Alvi

Chapter Lead · Lahore

Syed Waqar ul Hasan

Chapter Lead · Islamabad

Sejafah Abroo

Digital Strategy & Transformation

Alina Nisar

Experience & Engagement Curator

Sami Azam

Digital Experience Engineer

Ali Turab

Brand Experience Designer

Atta Ullah Khan

Organiser

Idrees Butt

Organiser

Built with the community

Sponsors and Partners

Title Sponsor

Platinum

2026 Learning Partner

Past & present partners

See you in Karachi

Venue

Mövenpick Hotel Karachi

12-13 December 2026 · 9 AM - 5 PM

Questions? Get in Touch

Contact Us

Questions about tickets, speaking or partnerships?
We’d love to hear from you.

Muhammad Abid Munif Khan

Chapter Lead · Karachi

Zeeshan Bin Aslam

Chapter Lead · Karachi

agilegatherings.pk · linkedin.com/company/pkagile

Karachi Is Ready.
Are You?

DAY 1

12

DEC 2026

DAY 2

13

DEC 2026

DAILY

09:00

TO 17:00 PKT

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