Betsy Shaefer

Director of Marketing IBM Watson

Day One - 11 May 2021

10:00 AM How Telstra Turned AI Aspirations into a Digital Customer Service Transformation

Telstra is undergoing a massive shift towards digital, infusing AI into their business practices – beginning with revamping their approach to customer service. Dive into the specific challenges Telstra faced from transforming their company culture to proving the success of the initial implementation – the project began with one customer-facing chatbot. In this session, IBM sits down with Telstra for a candid discussion on the Australian telecommunication leader’s journey to AI which:

  • Expanded into multiple internal and external use cases
  • Collectively saved an estimated ten million dollars and boosted their NPS score
  • Expanded their use case to better support internal requests