Events

CDI Foundation events, including the flagship Beyond Boundaries Global Festival, bring together people working in conversational AI. Our events are fun and interactive, designed to learn from each other and to celebrate the conversational AI community.

We have a focus on real enterprise use cases, conversation design best practices, and the latest future facing Conversational and generative AI technologies. 

Beyond Boundaries Global Festival 2026

Beyond Boundaries 2026 will take place in Barcelona on 28-30 April 2026 at Museu Marítim de Barcelona. This astonishing space dates from the 13th century and is located inside Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona. 

Beyond Boundaries takes conversational AI to new heights, forges connections beyond our screens, celebrates our community and breaks down the barriers between people, organisations and technologies.

Beyond Boundaries is the ultimate gathering of AI professionals, researchers, business leaders, and innovators from around the globe.

Through Beyond Boundaries we are building a community, not just running a conference.

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Highlights from 2024

Supported by Partners & Friends of the
CDI Foundation

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Past & Present Speakers

Rafael Cunha

Infobip

Tara Panu

Voiceflow

Sarah Critchley

Microsoft

Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas

The CDI Foundation

Hans van Dam

Conversation Design Institute

Denise Martinez – Salesforce

Denise Martinez

Salesforce

Martin Hill-WIlson

Martin Hill-Wilson

Brainfood Consulting

Neil Linford-Relph

The Design Business

Wally Brill

Wally Brill

iyo

Loraine Burrell

Lorraine Burrell

Lloyd's Banking Group

Vanina Martinez

Vanina Martinez

IIA-CSIC

Doron Themans

Doron Themans

Botcasters

Rahel Anne Bailie

Rahel Anne Bailie

Altuent

Tanya van Gastel​

Tanya van Gastel

The Multiverse AI

Xavier Portilla Edo

Xavier Portilla Edo

Voiceflow

Bas Hiemstra

Bas Hiemstra

Verint

Rogier Beckers

Rogier Beckers

VodafoneZiggo

Joseph Suskin

Joseph Suskin

CDI Services

Pim Zandee

The Heineken Company

Clara Rizzo

On

Cynthia Leimbach

Creative Content Services

Mark Wessel

KPN

Daniel Layne

QV Systems

Cristina Fernández Bornay

42 Barcelona

Aura Hita

On

Isabel Sabadi

22@Network Bcn

Willian Costa

Infobip

Braden Ream

Voiceflow

Sam Burns

Voiceflow

Gary Pretty

Microsoft

Greg Bennett

Salesforce

Lisa Talia Moretti

Lisa Talia Moretti

AND. DIGITAL

Steve Bell

Steve Bell

Verint

Elizabeth Stokoe

Elizabeth Stokoe

LSE

Rui Teimao

Rui Teimao

Lloyd's Banking Group

Cainan Wright

Cainan Wright

Lloyd's Banking Group

Nicholas Pringle

Nicholas Pringle

Elsevier

Guido Jongen

Guido Jongen

Virtually Human

Gregory Whiteside

Gregory Whiteside

HumanFirst

Brynn Chadwick

VERSA Connects

Joaquim Bretcha

Joaquim Bretcha

ESOMAR

Željka Stiblik

Željka Stiblik

Infobip

Matt Collier

Matt Collier

DignifyX

Xavier Vilasis

Xavier Vilasis

La Salle University

Alan Nichol

Rasa

Julian Harris

makingaiagents

Alice Kerly

The CAI Company

Allegra Guinan

Lumiera

Pim Zandee

Heineken

Olivia H. Marrese

66degrees

Michael Donaldson

Barcelona City Council

Elizabeth Rodwell

University of Houston

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