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ISG Xperience Summit 2026: AI-Driven CX Transformation


ISG Xperience Summit 2026: AI-Driven CX Transformation
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  • March 12, 2026

Information Services Group (ISG), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm, will host the 2026 ISG Xperience Summit on March 30–31 at The Joule in Dallas, Texas. The event will convene enterprise leaders, CX strategists, and technology executives to explore how organizations can leverage AI, modernize legacy environments, and transform customer, employee, and developer experiences into strategic growth drivers amid rapid technological and competitive shifts.

Quick Intel

  • The ISG Xperience Summit 2026 will take place March 30–31 in Dallas, featuring keynotes, expert panels, research-driven sessions, and the ISG Startup Challenge.
  • Focus areas include responsibly operationalizing AI, bridging AI intent and execution, modernizing technical debt in multi-cloud environments, and turning experience into a revenue engine.
  • Speakers and panelists represent leading organizations such as Dell Technologies, Microsoft, PNC Financial Services, PepsiCo, Havas, KeyBank, Schneider Electric, DXC Technology, Boomi, Cisco, Check Point, and more.
  • Day one highlights include presentations on AI execution gaps, enterprise modernization, experience as revenue, trust over cheap CX, and the ISG Startup Challenge featuring AI innovators.
  • Day two features keynotes on agentic AI failure patterns and designing AI for the workforce, plus panels on intelligent CX successes/failures and AI-enabled workplaces.
  • Sponsors include DXC Technology, Microsoft, Boomi, Dell Technologies, Check Point, Cisco, CIO Applications, CIOReview, CMSWire, and Hifo.co.
  • Registration and full agenda details are available on the event website.

Transforming CX into a Competitive Advantage

The summit addresses how evolving customer expectations, competitive pressures, and advances in AI and data technologies are reshaping experiences across the enterprise. Sessions will emphasize shifting from cost-center CX to journey-centric strategies that connect data, technology, and human elements to drive measurable business value, retention, security, and long-term revenue.

“Customer, employee and developer experience is being reshaped by changing expectations, competitive pressures and rapid advances in AI and data technologies,” said Shriram Natarajan, director, ISG business transformation and host of the ISG Xperience Summit. “Enterprises that make experience a strategic priority can turn CX into a powerful differentiator that drives growth and improves security, retention and long-term revenue.”

“CX is increasingly about context. To stay relevant, organizations must orchestrate end-to-end customer journeys that connect data, technology and human experience across the entire lifecycle,” Natarajan added. “Embracing journey-centric CX can turn experience into a competitive differentiator rather than a cost center.”

Key Highlights from the Agenda

Day One

  • Featured presentation: “Bridging the Gap Between AI Intent and Execution” by Barry Gerdsen, CTO, Channels & Alliances at Boomi.
  • “From Hype to Impact: Solving Enterprise Challenges” with Daniela Weidenbach (DXC Technology) and David Thompson (Microsoft).
  • Panel: “Experience as a Revenue Engine” with leaders from Schneider Electric, KeyBank, and LPL Financial.
  • Panel: “Beyond 'Cheap CX' – Trust Is the New Experience” featuring executives from College of American Pathologists, Amwins, PCNA, and Check Point.
  • ISG Startup Challenge: Pitches from AI innovators ASPR, Meshi, MoodMe, and Flexi.cx.

Day Two

  • Keynote: “From Pilots to Performance – Failure Patterns in Agentic AI Transformation and How to Address Them” by Noufal Mohamed Basheer, PepsiCo.
  • Featured presentation: “From Tools to Teammates – Designing AI for the Workforce” by Michael Shepherd, Dell Technologies.
  • Panel: “Designing AI-Enabled Workplaces” with leaders from Muck Rack, Smurfit Westrock, and Cisco.
  • Panel: “Where Intelligent CX Succeeded and Where It Failed” with executives from PNC Financial Services and Havas.

The event provides a platform for peer-to-peer insights, actionable strategies, and networking to help organizations responsibly harness AI for superior customer experiences and sustainable growth.

About ISG

ISG is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data and research, in-depth knowledge and governance of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,500 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.

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