CX NXT Customer Experience Summit - United Arab Emirates

16 - 17 November 2022 | Address Dubai Marina, Dubai

ABOUT THE EVENT

CX NXT is on a mission to demonstrate how technology, strategy and culture can provide the experience that new-age customers demand.

CX NXT UAE brought together global as well as region-based CX experts, brand, and product leaders in-person to share insights, inspirations, and experiences. Top analysts, innovative technology providers, and marketers came together as a community to exchange notes and prepare for CX’s success in 2023 and beyond.

CX NXT IN NUMBERS 

200 + Attendees

150+ companies 

30+ Speakers 

20+ Industries 

15+ Hyper-focused sessions

Past speakers

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Abdulaziz Alshamsan Former Executive Director General - Customer Experience | Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development - KSA
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Abhinav Mishra Director - Strategy, Martechvibe
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Ahmad Salama VP & General Manager MENAT, ContentSquare
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Ahmed Eissa Regional Head Middle East, Freshworks
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Alasdair Kilgour Vice President – MEA, Turkey, and Israel, Tealium
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Aloki Batra Chief Executive Officer, FIVE Hotels and Resorts
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Diego-Tarek de Aristegui Chief Marketing Officer, MANO
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Dina Kahiel Director, Mastercard Experience Centers EEMEA, Mastercard
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Grégoire Charpe-Civatte Group Director - Customer Experience & Innovation, Majid Al Futtaim
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Hazem El Zayat Chief Experience Officer, MENA Memac Ogilvy
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Kartik Bhatt Chief Operating Officer, GCC & South East Asia, Sharaf Retail
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Khaled Alaa El Din Head of Experience, talabat
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Khaled Nabhan Head of Customer Experience, First Abu Dhabi Bank
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Kunal Badiani Senior Director META, MoEngage
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Leo Dovbenko Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Yalla!market
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Maurice van der Heijden Head of Customer Experience Business EMEA, Verint
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Moe Abeidat Vice President of Technology, Aramex
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Mohamad AlSalman Marketing Science Specialist, Anghami
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Mohammed Al Ogaily VP of Product Anghami
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Pallav Singhvi Head of E-commerce Business & Marketing, Almosafer Company
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Paul Herman Vice President of Customer Engagement & Market Intelligence, Sprinklr
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Qaalfa Dibeehi Dean of the Customer Experience Leadership Institute, Majid Al Futtaim
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Ragy Thomas Founder & CEO, Sprinklr
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Rahul Rajpal Director Global Customer Experience - Google Ads, Google
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Ravi Raman Editorial Director, Martechvibe
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Russel Bacha Head of Technology & Loyalty, Virgin Megastore, SA
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Sanjay Swamy Director, Martechvibe
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Sasha Kurdiuk Head of Product, Shahid
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Steven Van Belleghem Keynote Speaker and Bestselling author
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Sumit Srivastava Digital & Commercial Officer, Virgin Mobile, UAE
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Sunny Rao Rao SVP of API Global Sales, Vonage
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Umesh Chopra Market Intelligence Manager, Sharjah Cooperative Society
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Vibha Thusu Global Head of Marketing & Communications, HIMEL
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Wilfrid Kroath Regional Lead, ContentSquare
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Zafeer Shamsudeen Director of Sales & Marketing, Al Rawabi

Agenda

10:00 AM
WELCOME NOTE


10:05 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - The Offer You Can’t Refuse
  • What if customers expect more than just convenience?
  • How can you become a partner in life for your customers?
  • How can you add value for society in a way that it brings value to your customers?
10:05 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS : A Slightly “Unconventional” Perspective On Customer Experience
  • The moment we’re in: an overview of CX maturity across the globe
  • How to win at CX: advice and strategies to deliver superior CX
  • How to fail: thoughts and cases tracking the deadly traps along the way
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Grégoire Charpe-Civatte Group Director - Customer Experience & Innovation, Majid Al Futtaim
10:20 AM
Every Enterprise Wants The Best CX. Is Your Brand’s Digital Edge Ready For That?
  • How CX dictates the health of brands irrespective of industry
  • Understanding customer intent, and engaging with them in real-time
  • Digital Edge – a critical aspect for a truly unified Customer Experience
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Moe Abeidat Vice President of Technology, Aramex
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Ragy Thomas Founder & CEO, Sprinklr
10:30 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION – Quick Commerce: Future or Fad?
  • Understanding quick commerce as a retail trend and adoption in the Middle East
  • Creating differentiation in an over-saturated marketplace
  • Delivering on brand promises, actions that influence market dynamics
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Abhinav Mishra Director - Strategy, Martechvibe
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Diego-Tarek de Aristegui Chief Marketing Officer, MANO
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Khaled Alaa El Din Head of Experience, talabat
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Leo Dovbenko Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Yalla!market
10:40 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION – CX Expectations are Rising. Is Your CX Toolkit Ready?
  • Delivering customer value, and ensuring seamless movement via each touchpoint
  • How can you anticipate, adapt, shape customer expectations and drive loyalty through CX?
  • Building resilience to pivot in response to evolving market dynamics
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Khaled Alaa El Din Head of Experience, talabat
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Khaled Nabhan Head of Customer Experience, First Abu Dhabi Bank
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Paul Herman Vice President of Customer Engagement & Market Intelligence, Sprinklr
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Sanjay Swamy Director, Martechvibe
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Zafeer Shamsudeen Director of Sales & Marketing, Al Rawabi
11:00 AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:10 AM
Become a Conversational Commerce Trailblazer – The Drive for CX Innovation
  • Conversational Commerce global trends
  • Lessons from trailblazing organisations
  • How to grow with Conversational Commerce next year
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Sunny Rao Rao SVP of API Global Sales, Vonage
11:25 AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 AM
How to Measure and Prove ROI on CX Investments
  • Why is measuring ROI on CX investments important?
  • Setting measurable outcomes
  • Highly practical, repeatable processes to implement
11:55 AM
FIRESIDE CHAT: Who Owns the Customer?
  • How many touch-points do you control directly? Do you have consistency in the ones you do not?
  • How can we maximise on partner management relationships to better our CX
  • Solutions to bring transparency and innovation into your partner management system
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Rahul Rajpal Director Global Customer Experience - Google Ads, Google
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Ravi Raman Editorial Director, Martechvibe
11:55 AM
DNA CX: How to Achieve the Goal of Having CX Become Part of the DNA of an Organisation
  • What are the two ways of gauging DNA CX in an organisation?
  • What is the most often neglected fundamental question of DNA CX?
  • What does DNA CX look like operationally?
12:10 PM
All Or Nothing – Transforming your Customer Experience Needs One Workforce
  • What global CX leaders perceive as the biggest challenges in 2022
  • How the rise of Digital First changes the rules of the game
  • The keys to success to thrive in this new landscape
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Maurice van der Heijden Head of Customer Experience Business EMEA, Verint
12:25 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION - Do Happy Employees Make Happy Customers?
  • Insights: How the employee experience impacts customer experience
  • CX & employee-brand advocacy: is it overrated?
  • How can data and gamification encourage the workforce to reach max potential
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Abhinav Mishra Director - Strategy, Martechvibe
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Umesh Chopra Market Intelligence Manager, Sharjah Cooperative Society
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Vibha Thusu Global Head of Marketing & Communications, HIMEL
12:25 PM
The Game of Continued Loyalty & Retention
  • The subscription business model is now industry-agnostic
  • Tapping the right audience, tracking the right metrics
  • Building the right programmes to solve existing business challenges
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Sasha Kurdiuk Head of Product, Shahid
12:45 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT: Can CXOs be the Next CEOs?
  • What does it take to lead a CX team?
  • Customer empathy, and the ability to use data in decisionmaking
  • Solutions to operationalise strategy
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Aloki Batra Chief Executive Officer, FIVE Hotels and Resorts
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Ravi Raman Editorial Director, Martechvibe
12:55 PM
Effortless Customer Service for the Digital-first Era
  • What ‘effortless’ customer service means for the modern customer
  • How customer service agents can be empowered to deliver delight
  • How businesses should leverage the right tech to keep pace
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Ahmed Eissa Regional Head Middle East, Freshworks
01:05 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION – How to Solve the Cart Abandonment Challenge
  • A common challenge demands a unique solution
  • Strategies to increase the personalisation of recommendations and engagement via individualised messaging
  • Technology solutions that can make marketing efforts more impactful towards loyalty and ROI
  • The wider meaning of conversion beyond eCommerce
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Ahmad Salama VP & General Manager MENAT, ContentSquare
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Kartik Bhatt Chief Operating Officer, GCC & South East Asia, Sharaf Retail
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Sanjay Swamy Director, Martechvibe
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Sumit Srivastava Digital & Commercial Officer, Virgin Mobile, UAE
01:10 PM
PRESENTATION : Identify Data Points Within Your CX Journey
  • How to navigate non-linear customer journeys
  • Delivering messaging across multiple channels and devices
  • Using data to keep up with changing consumer behaviours
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Hazem El Zayat Chief Experience Officer, MENA Memac Ogilvy
01:25 PM
The Human Experience in the Future of CX
  • How to build a more digitally accessible experience on your website
  • The need-to-know advice on ensuring your website is fast for your customers
  • Why experimentation (and even the tests that fail) will create a better human experience
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Wilfrid Kroath Regional Lead, ContentSquare
01:35 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
01:40 PM
Lunch & Networking
01:40 PM
LUNCH BREAK
02:30 PM
End of Summit
02:30 PM
CX AWARDS

Customer Experience leaders from the region will be celebrated for their work in CX and their contributions to the community. This year’s award category includes: CX Strategy Stalwarts.

02:45 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT: Why CX Matters for Consumerfacing brands like Almosafer & What it Means to Deliver ‘Super CX’
  • How the term ‘customer experience’ has evolved in recent years
  • How to measure CX – Critical key data points and/or KPIs
  • What is the ideal tech stack to have for delivering better CX?
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Kunal Badiani Senior Director META, MoEngage
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Pallav Singhvi Head of E-commerce Business & Marketing, Almosafer Company
03:05 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: How Anghami Monetised the Largest ‘First-Party’ Data Pool Available in MENA
  • The first legal music streaming platform and digital distribution company in MENA offering its 98 million users over 70 million International and Arabic songs
  • In the last 6 months, Anghami took on the task of uploading 98 million registered user profiles to their Customer Data Platform in just 10 days (55+ attributes per user), before pushing them to marketing platforms
  • This enabled discovering additional audiences off-app as well as new revenue streams
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Alasdair Kilgour Vice President – MEA, Turkey, and Israel, Tealium
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Mohamad AlSalman Marketing Science Specialist, Anghami
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Mohammed Al Ogaily VP of Product Anghami
03:20 PM
PRESENTATION : Streamlining CX Within Your Organisational Structure
  • Maturity of CX in the public sector
  • Improving CX strategies within an inclusive environment
  • Choosing the best framework to develop your CX transformation program
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Abdulaziz Alshamsan Former Executive Director General - Customer Experience | Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development - KSA
03:35 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT: Is CX At The Core Of Your Brand DNA?
  • Creating a customer-obsessed culture, and empowering teams cross-functionally
  • Turn customer intelligence into actions
  • Turning happy customers into brand advocates
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Abhinav Mishra Director - Strategy, Martechvibe
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Dina Kahiel Director, Mastercard Experience Centers EEMEA, Mastercard
03:45 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
03:50 PM
Exclusive Networking Reception Sponsored by SAP

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Venue

Address Dubai Marina, Dubai

Al Marsa Street, 66, Dubai Marina P.O. Box 32923, Dubai, UAE
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture and a lively nightlife scene. Burj Khalifa, an 830m-tall tower, dominates the skyscraper-filled skyline. At its foot lies Dubai Fountain, with jets and lights choreographed to music. On artificial islands just offshore is Atlantis, The Palm, a resort with water and marine-animal parks

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