Customer Success

Engage Customer Summit 2026

The Engage Customer Summit 2026 is a leading conference focusing on the future of customer engagement. Celebrating its 15th year, the summit offers an expanded two-day program with seven stages, over 250 case studies, and sessions from global brands. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with more than 3,000 senior leaders responsible for customer e…

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39Speakers
20Sponsors
11On the bill · sessions
54Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Engage, in alphabetical order.
Adrian Evans
Head of Digital Product: Customer Commerce · B&Q
Aida Huggins
Customer Recovery Manager · KFC
Amanda Bishop
Head of Customer Service Journeys/Operational AI · Holiday Extras
Andrew Pattie
CX Solutions Director UKI & South Europe · Sprinklr
Andrew Webber
Chief Digital & Customer Officer · END.
Anna Gradil
Senior Director, Seller Growth & Support · Depop
Claire Deekes
Chief Customer Officer · Cumberland Building Society
Danny Bradley
Senior Data Engagement & Execution Lead · Virgin Media O2
Gabriella Lambert
Head of Customer Experience · Nestlé Nespresso SA
Hady Kalaf
Chief Capability Officer · Bel
Ian Plummer
Chief Customer Officer · Autotrader UK
Jamie Thorpe
Chief Experience Officer · Ipsos
Jasper Krog
Head of Marketing Strategy and Insights · Gebr. Heinemann
Jen Sharp
Vice President Customer Service · DHL Express
Joanna Reynolds
Director of Customer Experience (CX) · Beauty Pie
Jo Harris
Chief Customer Officer · Quilter
Josh Hulse
Senior Account Executive · Halo
Judy Boniface-Chang
Chief Customer Officer · Birdie
Julie Su
Global Customer Journey & E-commerce Manager · Nissan
Kathleen MacLean
Global Head of Customer Growth Strategy & Planning · Dr. Martens
Kieran Holdcroft
Operations Director · ManyPets
Laura Godfrey
Head of Client Service Team, CX · Ipsos
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ArvatoConnect
CallMiner
Commbox
Deskpro
Dialpad
Elevenlabs
Emarsys
Foundever
InMoment
Ipsos
Kantar
Maru
Medallia
Microsoft
Nextiva
Salesforce
Treasure Data
Verint
Zendesk
Zoho
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Agenda

Selected from 11 sessions on the bill.
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 08:55 - 09:00

    Welcome to the 2026 Engage Customer Summit

    Welcome to the Engage Customer Summit 2026. Day 1 is all about The Customer Reality – putting the real pressures, gaps and successes in customer engagement front and centre. From s…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 09:00 - 09:25

    The UK CX Report 2026: The Opportunity for Delight: Rising Above the Mediocre

    Ipsos, in partnership with Engage Business Media, is delighted to share this year’s insights into current trends within the customer experience landscape. The 2026 nationally repre…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 09:50 - 10:20

    The Growth Conversation Every Organisation Should Be Having

    A panel of senior leaders discusses how to truly make customer experience a strategic priority. Topics include aligning leadership around CX-led growth, building business cases for…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 11:00 - 11:25

    DHL Express Case Study: What Transformation Setbacks Taught Me About Scaling AI, Change and Customer Operations

    Jen Sharp shares practical lessons and pitfalls from a major transformation, including migration setbacks, the impact of trust and adoption, and how these learnings are now shaping…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 11:50 - 12:20

    Ahead of the Curve – What It Really Takes to Be Industry-Leading

    Disruption is a present reality. Senior leaders from Halo, Ricoh Europe, and Absolute Collagen discuss what it takes to drive and not just react to industry change. Insights includ…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 12:20 - 12:45

    Why Customer Conversations Are Won Before an Agent Says Hello

    The session explores how context, orchestration, automation, and operational design long before an agent becomes involved set the tone for customer outcomes. Andrew Pattie shares o…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 14:00 - 14:25

    From Optimisation to Reinvention: How END. Is Harnessing AI to Transform

    Andrew Webber discusses how AI can drive full-scale transformation, not just incremental optimization, in customer experience and operations. Ideas cover application of AI in opera…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 14:50 - 15:20

    The Culture Problem Nobody Talks About

    Lived experience from leaders who have driven cultural transformation and built trust under significant pressure. Topics include internal and external trust, leading through change…

    Main Stage
  • Wednesday 07 October 2026, 16:05 - 16:30

    Inside Bel: Building the Capability Behind Babybel, The Laughing Cow and Beyond

    Interview with Hady Kalaf on building organizational capability across global brands, focusing on practical future-of-work decisions, skills, digital and AI readiness, and aligning…

    Main Stage
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 54 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

54 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
18Sponsoringsponsor only
34Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Ipsos·Verint

Speakers by seniority

85% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1231%
  • Founder / Owner25%
  • VP-level25%
  • Director / Head of1744%
  • Manager / Lead410%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Other roles13%

Of 39 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01IpsosSp2V
  2. 02VerintSp1V
  3. 03ArvatoConnectSp
  4. 04CallMinerSp
  5. 05CommBoxSp
  6. 06DeskproSp
  7. 07DialpadSp
  8. 08ElevenLabsSp
  9. 09EmarsysSp
  10. 10FoundeverSp
  11. 11InMomentSp
  12. 12KantarSp
  13. 13MaruSp
  14. 14MedalliaSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified20
100% of 20
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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