CX Transformation Conference 2026

today March 25, 2026my_locationThe Maslow Hotel in Sandton


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The Customer Experience Transformation Conference 2026 is a two-day premier event designed for private sector leaders seeking innovative strategies to elevate customer experience, drive retention, and deliver measurable business impact. With a mix of cutting-edge insights, real-world case studies, and practical frameworks, attendees will leave equipped to lead CX initiatives that anticipate customer needs, balance technology with human empathy, and create experiences that strengthen loyalty in a competitive marketplace.

 

Event Theme

“Transforming Customer Experiences in a Digital-First, AI-Driven Era”
The conference explores emerging technologies, data-driven insights, and human-centric design to empower businesses to deliver seamless, personalised, and trustworthy customer experiences across all touchpoints.

 

Who Should Attend

  • Chief Experience Officers (CXOs) and Heads of Customer Experience
  • Marketing, Product, and Digital Transformation Leaders
  • Contact Centre Managers and Customer Operations Heads
  • Data & Analytics Leaders driving CX insights
  • AI, Automation, and Innovation Specialists
  • Retail, Banking, Telecommunications, and Service Sector Executives

 

Benefits of Attending

  • Gain actionable strategies for AI-driven and human-centric CX
  • Explore hyper-personalisation, retention, and omnichannel solutions
  • Learn to measure CX ROI and link improvements to revenue
  • Network with senior peers, innovators, and technology providers

Access practical frameworks for scaling CX transformation initiatives


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Welcome Speech & Event Opening

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Agentic AI for CX: Opportunities, Risks & Governance

Explore how autonomous AI resolves customer needs proactively, creates value, and requires strong governance practices to ensure trust, fairness, and consistent ethical decision-making in private sector operations.

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Hyper-Personalisation Without Creeping Customers Out

Discover practical approaches to deliver one-to-one journeys while safeguarding privacy, ensuring transparency, and building brand trust, increasing engagement, loyalty, and satisfaction without crossing ethical or emotional boundaries.

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Coffee/ Tea Break

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Designing CX to Reduce Customer Overwhelm

Learn tactics to simplify customer journeys, rationalise touchpoints, and prioritise interventions that reduce decision fatigue, minimise churn, and enhance satisfaction for consumers navigating complex service landscapes.

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Omnichannel Orchestration: Seamless Journeys Across Digital & Physical

Explore strategies to synchronise web, app, contact centre, and in-store experiences so customers enjoy consistent brand interactions, faster resolutions, and cohesive engagement across every channel and touchpoint.

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Networking Lunch Break

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AI-Augmented Contact Centres: Humans + Machines in Harmony

Understand workforce strategies, agent assist tools, and success metrics for blending AI automation with human empathy, enhancing outcomes, improving efficiency, and optimising both customer satisfaction and operating costs.

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CX Measurement 2.0: Beyond NPS — Actionable Signals & ROI

Learn how modern metrics, real-time signals, and experimentation frameworks link experience improvements directly to revenue, retention, and measurable business outcomes, going beyond traditional satisfaction surveys like NPS.

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Customer Data Platforms & Privacy: Building a Single Source of Truth

Explore implementing CDPs that enable reliable personalisation while complying with privacy regulations, securing customer consent, and consolidating fragmented data into a trusted, actionable single source for CX initiatives.

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Retention & Pricing Strategies in Tight Economies

Understand how value framing, frictionless loyalty, and targeted incentives protect margins, maintain loyalty, and keep customers engaged in sectors where consumer spending is under increasing financial pressure.

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Experience Design for Emerging Channels: Voice, AR & VR

Discover when and how to invest in voice assistants, augmented reality, or immersive retail experiences to elevate conversion, engagement, and satisfaction across new customer touchpoints and digital ecosystems.

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Coffee/ Tea Break

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Customer Trust & Responsible AI: Explainability, Bias & Auditing

Learn practical approaches for ensuring AI transparency, mitigating bias, maintaining explainability, and implementing audit trails that preserve customer confidence while leveraging advanced decision-making technologies.

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CX Transformation Playbook: From Pilot to Enterprise-Scale Change

Explore roadmaps for scaling CX pilots into full enterprise initiatives, covering organisational structures, funding strategies, KPIs, and change management practices that ensure sustainable customer experience improvements.

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Networking Lunch Break

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Using Real-Time Analytics to Anticipate & Prevent Churn

Learn how data pipelines, alerting systems, and intervention strategies empower teams to identify at-risk customers, act proactively, and reduce churn before customers disengage from the brand.

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Personalisation at the Edge: Making Retail & Banking Contextual

Explore strategies for contextual offers, frictionless verification, and instant fulfilment that drive higher conversion, increased satisfaction, and competitive advantage in retail, banking, and service sectors.

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CX Talent & Culture: Building Customer-Centric Teams for 2026

Understand hiring, reskilling, and operating models that empower CX teams, foster strategic thinking, and ensure organisational readiness as AI automates routine tasks and elevates value-driven work.


Details
Begin March 25, 2026 H 08:00
End March 26, 2026 H 16:00
Location The Maslow Hotel in Sandton
Address The Maslow Hotel Johannesburg, South Africa
Phone (+27) 011 046 5455

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