How to become a member

Join and participate

To create human-centric AI Assistants at scale, it’s important that the industry is aligned on conversation design standards. The best way for you to help accelerate this adoption, is by joining CDI Foundation. This creates awareness, adoption, and generates the funds that help us do research, develop standards, and give out scholarships.

4 ways to contribute

Become a sponsoring member

Sponsor the foundation and its projects, help create awareness, expand knowledge and join the stage on our events with inspiring talks.

Become a friend

Support the manifesto, donate one scholarship, and become a friend of CDI Foundation.

Contribute to a project

Everybody can contribute to projects at CDI Foundation. You can do research, be part of discussions, validate deliverables in your community, or simply present your questions to the committee.

Support the manifesto

Join by signing the manifesto and supporting the foundation, the website, and its projects. Add your logo to our community and link to us from your website.

Membership packages

The sponsorship tier breakdown for the CDI Foundation Membership is as follows:

Bronze

$10.000 p.a.

World wide exposure through the CDI Foundation Network
First access to CDI’s research & development outcomes
Logo on the CDI Foundation website and branding during the Conversation Design Festival
25% Membership discount on CDI’s training & certification
Scholarship nomination
Access to the CDI community
Access to the Conversation Design Festival (tickets and booth)
Active voice in R&D agenda
Representation in the CDI Advisory Committee (1 representatives / 0 votes)

Silver

$25.000 p.a.

World wide exposure through the CDI Foundation Network
Active voice in R&D agenda
First access to CDI’s research & development outcomes
Logo on the CDI Foundation website and branding during the Conversation Design Festival
Mentioning of company name in research papers
30% Membership discount on CDI’s training & certification
Join scholarship committee
Access to the CDI community
Thought leadership: webinar and podcast with CDI Foundation
Participation in the Conversation Design Festival (workshop/panel/booth)
Representation in the CDI Advisory Committee with (2 representatives / 1 votes)

Gold

$50.000 p.a.

World wide exposure through the CDI Foundation Network
Active voice in R&D agenda
First access to CDI’s research & development outcomes
Logo on the CDI Foundation website and branding during the Conversation Design Festival
Mentioning of company name in research papers
35% Membership discount on CDI’s training & certification
Scholarship nomination
Mini event with CDI Foundation
Access to the CDI community
Thought leadership: webinar and podcast with CDI Foundation
Participation in the Conversation Design Festival (workshop/panel/booth)
Representation in the CDI Advisory Committee with (4 representatives / 3 votes)

* Sponsoring Memberships are for tech companies and enterprises only. If you would like to become individually involved with the CDI Foundation, we invite you to become a Friend of the CDI Foundation.

Friends of the CDI foundation

Friends of the CDI Foundation are the small companies and independent practitioners engaged in Conversational AI, who support our mission. Friend status requires volunteer participation in the work of the CDI Foundation and the signing of our Manifesto. The yearly donation consists of the price for at least one scholarship ($1.749). Of course your logo will be on our sponsor and friends page.

Friend of the Foundation

$ 1.749 p.a

Accountability of funds

We like to be transparent about how CDI Foundation funds are used.

Research & development

Although most research is done by volunteering community members, there are still costs involved when it comes to travel, tools, and time.

Scholarships

CDI Foundation is proud to award scholarships to people entering this exciting field. These scholarships are financed by your contributions.

Conversation Design Festival

This event brings together and celebrates all people working in Conversational AI. This is where CDI Foundation presents research and where people come to learn from each other.

Why join?

By joining CDI Foundation, you are helping create a strong community of professionals that is passionate about human-centric and inclusive AI Assistants. This helps the industry as a whole.

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Advance the industry you care about

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Get inspired by likeminded people

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Be involved with research