Agenda Day 1

8:00 am - 8:40 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE

8:40 am - 8:50 am OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

Manuela Pifani - Chairperson, CXellence Consulting
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Manuela Pifani

Chairperson
CXellence Consulting

8:50 am - 9:20 am KEYNOTE PLENARY PRESENTATION: ACCELERATING CUSTOMER GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY FOR MEDIA AND TELECOMMS USING CONNECTED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES

Chris Thomson - Senior Account Executive, Treasure Data


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Chris Thomson

Senior Account Executive
Treasure Data

9:20 am - 10:05 am PANEL DISCUSSION: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN INCREASING PRICES AND HIGHER CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS WITHOUT COMPROMISING YOUR CX

Siggeir Örn Steinthorsson - Director of Product & Customer Experience, Sýn
Sandra De Zoysa - Group Chief Customer Officer, Dialog Axiata Plc
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Siggeir Örn Steinthorsson

Director of Product & Customer Experience
Sýn

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Sandra De Zoysa

Group Chief Customer Officer
Dialog Axiata Plc

10:10 am - 10:40 am 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

10:10 am - 10:40 am THINK TANK: LEVERAGING AI TO SERVE CUSTOMERS GLOBALLY: PITFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Olivia O'Donnell - Account Executive, Language IO
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Olivia O'Donnell

Account Executive
Language IO

10:45 am - 11:15 am 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

11:20 am - 11:50 am KEYNOTE PLENARY PRESENTATION: PROPELLING YOUR CX IN A CONTACT CENTER BY INCREASING CUSTOMER & EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION

Katalin Méry - Customer Service Director, Telekom HU

Join this presentation as expert Katalin Méry talks about Telekom HU’s journey in increasing customer and employee satisfaction. Hear about where Telekom HU’s contact center is located on this expedition, and what connections were made between the new operating model and the increase in customer and employee satisfaction on ever higher level.

 

  • Understand what the company’s perceptions were at the moment of starting
  • Learn how to identify pain points in service channels based on customer feedback and employee satisfaction
  • Listen to how customer satisfaction is increased
  • Hear about the new solutions Telekom HU have bravely started experimenting with
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Katalin Méry

Customer Service Director
Telekom HU

11:50 am - 12:20 pm PLENARY PRESENTATION: DRIVING CONTINUOUS NPS IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH NETWORK EMPOWERMENT

Tarek Abubakr - Head of Technical Customer Experience, Etisalat Egypt

In this case-study style session, Tarek Abubakr, Head of Technical Customer Experience at Etisalat, will offer an insight into how they have revolutionised customer experience through their customer network interactions.

 

Through the creation of a personalised customer journey within their app and ensuing this personalised journey continues both on and offline, Tarek will demonstrate how the use of data, analytics and customer journey mapping can enhance customer interactions, and ultimately lead to improved Net Promoter Score throughout their client base. 

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Tarek Abubakr

Head of Technical Customer Experience
Etisalat Egypt

12:25 pm - 12:55 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

12:55 pm - 1:55 pm LUNCH

1:55 pm - 2:25 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm THINK TANK 1: GIVING CX THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES - BOOSTING THE PERCEPTION OF THE CX TEAM COMPANY-WIDE
Ahmad Samir - CX Planning & Design Director, Telecom Egypt

Unfortunately, CX has seen an increase in redundancies recently, due to economic hardship. To prevent this from escalating, CX leaders need to learn how they can keep the C-suite informed about the importance of empowering customer experience and the impact CX has on wider business. By joining this think tank, learn what you can do to cement CX as a fundamental function within your organisation.

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Ahmad Samir

CX Planning & Design Director
Telecom Egypt

In the telecoms industry, when you have a technical issue, that’s when your customers have a bad experience. Now that the standard of customer experience has propelled, it’s vital that CX leaders steer their strategy away from being reactive.

 

Join our panellists as they discuss their approaches to finding the problems before their customer and ways in which they are protecting their customers from potential technical issues.

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Siggeir Örn Steinthorsson

Director of Product & Customer Experience
Sýn

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Ruben Bell

Head of Engineering Delivery Optimisation & Global Digital Demand
Vodafone

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Rob Glennon

VP, Customer Insights
Viasat

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Alexandra Foster

Managing Director Division X
BT

3:55 pm - 4:25 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS

5:05 pm - 5:55 pm GOING THE EXTRA MILE: UNRAVELLING WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE A COMPELLING UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR CUSTOMER
Mark Taylor - Head of Global Streaming Product, Sky
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Mark Taylor

Head of Global Streaming Product
Sky

5:05 pm - 5:55 pm ROUNDTABLE: OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW - OPTIMISING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND LEAVING STRONG TELECOM LEGACY SYSTEMS BEHIND
Rob Glennon - VP, Customer Insights, Viasat
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Rob Glennon

VP, Customer Insights
Viasat

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Manuela Pifani

Chairperson
CXellence Consulting

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm DRINKS RECEPTION