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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. 

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Beyond Boundaries Global Festival 2026

  • Best Practices
  • Inclusivity
  • Human Centricity
  • Generative AI
  • Design Patterns
  • Enterprise Workflow
  • Future Tech
  • Security & Trust

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

CX Consultant, Infobip

Tara Panu

VP of Marketing, Voiceflow

Sarah Critchley

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas

Chair, The CDI Foundation

Hans van Dam

CEO, Conversation Design Institute

Denise Martinez – Salesforce

Denise Martinez

Conversation Design Senior, Salesforce

Martin Hill-WIlson

Martin Hill-Wilson

Brainfood Consulting

Neil Linford-Relph

Founder, the design business

Wally Brill

Wally Brill

Audio Conversation Designer, iyo

Loraine Burrell

Lorraine Burrell

Conversation Designer, Lloyd's Banking Group

Vanina Martinez

Vanina Martinez

Researcher, IIA-CSIC

Doron Themans

Doron Themans

Founder, Botcasters

Rahel Anne Bailie

Rahel Anne Bailie

Content Solutions Director, TWi

Tanya van Gastel​

Tanya van Gastel

Co-Founder, CMO, The Multiverse AI

Xavier Portilla Edo

Xavier Portilla Edo

Head of Cloud Infrastructure, Voiceflow

Bas Hiemstra

Bas Hiemstra

Solutions Consultant, Verint

Rogier Beckers

Rogier Beckers

Lead Operational Analytics, VodafoneZiggo

Joseph Suskin

Joseph Suskin

Senior Conversation Designer, CDI Services

Pim Zandee

Global BI Lead The Heineken Company

Darren Ford

Founder
The CAI Company

Willian Costa

Head of Professional Services, Infobip

Braden Ream

CEO, Voiceflow

Sam Burns

Demand Marketing Lead, Voiceflow

Gary Pretty

Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Greg Bennett

Director of Conversation Design, Salesforce

Lisa Talia Moretti

Lisa Talia Moretti

Digital Sociologist, AND. DIGITAL

Steve Bell

Steve Bell

VP, EMEA Solutions Consulting, Verint

Elizabeth Stokoe

Elizabeth Stokoe

Academic Director of Impact, LSE

Rui Teimao

Rui Teimao

Cognitive Innovation Engineer, Lloyd's Banking Group

Cainan Wright

Cainan Wright

Senior Product Owner - Mobile Messaging, Lloyd's Banking Group

Nicholas Pringle

Nicholas Pringle

Software Engineering Lead, Elsevier

Guido Jongen

Guido Jongen

Founder, Virtually Human

Gregory Whiteside

Gregory Whiteside

CEO and Founder, HumanFirst

Brynn Chadwick

Head of Conversation Design, VERSA Connects

Joaquim Bretcha

Joaquim Bretcha

Director General, ESOMAR

Željka Stiblik

Željka Stiblik

Senior CX Consultant, Infobip

Matt Collier

Matt Collier

DignifyX

Xavier Vilasis

Xavier Vilasis

Professor of Data Science, La Salle University

Alan Nichol

Co-founder and CTO Rasa

Julian Harris

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