Keynote
Machines are customers too!
Redesigning CX for the AI-First World
The Wake-Up Call
Your next customer won't have a face, feelings, or patience for poor performance. Right now, Walmart's AI is autonomously closing nearly 70% of vendor contracts. HP printers are ordering their own ink. Perplexity AI and Chat-GPT Agent are buying products on behalf of humans. The machine customer evolution isn't coming. It's already here.
The Stakes
You've spent your career mastering human emotions, crafting seamless customer journeys, and building brand loyalty through connection. But what happens when your customer is an algorithm that doesn't care about your beautiful design, your brand story, and won’t even visit your websites or apps?
This is the most important question facing professionals today: How do you capture, convert and serve a customer when your customers are no longer human?
Why This Matters Now
29% of CEOs already have a machine customer strategy (Gartner)
50% will have one within 2 years
Machine customers are making billion-dollar purchasing decisions without human intervention
Your traditional CX tools—journey maps, personas, emotional touchpoints—are breaking
You're the Translator
It's your evolution. You already understand customer needs, journey design, and experience optimisation. You just need to translate these skills for logic-based customers.
WHY THIS KEYNOTE IS DIFFERENT
Not Another AI Disruption Talk. No doom-and-gloom automation anxiety. This is about empowerment, positioning customer focused professionals the leaders of this transformation because you understand customer needs better than anyone else.
Not Generic Business Theory. This is practitioner-focused, CX-specific guidance with frameworks you can use immediately. No research-heavy abstraction. You get actionable strategy for Monday morning.
Not What's Happening. What To Do. You'll leave knowing exactly how to navigate this shift, with frameworks that give you a competitive edge in your industry.
nearly 1 in 3 ceos already have a machine customer strategy.
Half will be acting soon so the competitive window is closing.
Gartner