Hannah Deveney

Hannah Deveney

Senior Director, Product Management Zendesk
Hannah Deveney

Hannah is a product and technology executive with over 15 years of leadership experience in the software industry. Throughout her career, she has driven innovation and growth in various high-profile roles, specializing in product strategy, technology strategy, product development and team leadership. She has guided companies through digital transformations and helped scale their product offerings and people to meet the changing needs of the market. With a passion for strategic vision and execution, she loves to shape the future of technology.

Tuesday 10 March 2026

10:30 AM Contact center modernization in the agentic era

As customer expectations for speed, accuracy and personalisation continue to rise, contact centers are entering a new phase of transformation powered by advanced conversational AI and agentic automation. In this session, discoverhow to modernize your service operations by combining intelligent self-service with seamless agent workflows to reduce operational burden while strengthening customer trust. Learn how smart automation can resolve issues faster, personalise interactions at scale and free agents to focus on higher-value, complex customer needs, all while delivering measurable improvements in cost-to-serve and customer satisfaction.

Through real-world examples and proven integration patterns, this session will explore how AI-driven self-service and agent support can work together across channels to create consistent, reliable and trusted customer experiences.

Key takeaways:

  • Discover new techniques for building personalised, accurate and error-free self-service journeys
  • Learn how to reduce reliance on live agents without degrading customer experience
  • Understand integration patterns that unify bot and agent workflows across digital and voice channels
  • Explore the proof points of upgrading CX capabilities, including reduced cost-to-serve and improved customer satisfaction
  • See how smart self-service can become a critical trust builder when implemented correctly