2025 Best Practice Guide
Raising Standards

Conferences

The Forum holds key conferences through out the year including our flagship Spring Customer Strategy and Planning, Summer Best Practice Showcase and Autumn #RaisingStandards conferences that offer a great opportunity to learn, share and network.

2025 Spring Customer Strategy & Planning Conference (In-person)

Tuesday 29th April 2025, Grand Hotel Gosforth Park, Newcastle

2025 Spring Customer Strategy & Planning Conference (In-person)

Learn WHY we need to keep “Raising Standards in Customer Operations" 
Our flagship Conference, this highly rated event is far more than just a conference. Designed specifically to focus on the hot topics within the industry and thought leadership whilst also delivering practical skills with new ways of thinking that will enhance you as a person. 

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2025 Summer Best Practice Showcase (In-person)

Thursday 12th June 2025, Park Royal Hotel, Stretton, Cheshire

2025 Summer Best Practice Showcase (In-person)
Learn WHAT our award finalists are doing to continue “Raising Standards in Customer Operations”
This conference offers a unique chance for you to learn directly from our Awards winners. You will hear from the teams and individuals who are making a difference in their business, powerful partnerships whether that is with a technology provider or an outsource partnership. Finally, you can discover how large transformation projects have made massive changes in any business.
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2025 Summer Best Practice Showcase (Virtual)

16th June - 22nd August 2025

2025 Summer Best Practice Showcase (Virtual)
Learn WHAT our award finalists are doing to continue “Raising Standards in Customer Operations”
This conference offers a unique chance for you to learn directly from our Awards winners. You will hear from the teams and individuals who are making a difference in their business, powerful partnerships whether that is with a technology provider or an outsource partnership. Finally, you can discover how large transformation projects have made massive changes in any business.
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2025 Autumn: #RaisingStandards (Virtual)

13th - 17th October 2025

2025 Autumn: #RaisingStandards (Virtual)
Learn HOW you can apply "Best Practice"
Designed specifically for Planning, Insight and Quality & Customer Experience Professionals. Learn first-hand from practitioners and business leaders who are delivering successful change whilst having the opportunity to collaborate with others. Bring new ideas and techniques back that will raise standards within your “Customer Operation”.
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2025 Autumn Conference #RaisingStandards (In-Person)

Wednesday 5th November 2025, Coventry Building Society Arena

2025 Autumn Conference #RaisingStandards (In-Person)

Learn HOW our community is applying “Best Practice”
This conference is designed specifically for Planning, Insight and Quality & Customer Experience Professionals. Learn first-hand from practitioners and business leaders who are delivering successful change whilst having the opportunity to collaborate with others. Bring new ideas and techniques back that will raise standards within your “Customer Operation”.

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Categories: Conferences, 2025 #RaisingStandards Autumn Conference

On-Demand Conferences

Catch up on the presentations from our previous conferences.
Endnote

Endnote

Originally broadcast Friday 12th October, 12:30

Hear from Forum Hero Busola Akinsola, as she talks about her commitment to learning and continual improving. 

Interactive Keynote: AI & Machine Learning

Interactive Keynote: AI & Machine Learning

Originally broadcast Wednesday 11th October, 14:30

In this keynote we will be hearing from David Bruce and Alfy Reid from NEA Consulting to explore recent developments in AI, how it's being applied, the risks to consider and what the future might look like.

Interactive Keynote: Uniphore

Interactive Keynote: Uniphore

Originally broadcast Wednesday 11th October, 13:30

Generative AI - Your trusted co-pilot for transformative customer and employee experiences.

Technology Showcase: NICE

Technology Showcase: NICE

Originally broadcast Wednesday 11th October, 12:30

Graeme and Colin will talk about the differences in requirements for delayed response contacts and how NICE WFM is supporting them.

Interactive Keynote: Calabrio

Interactive Keynote: Calabrio

Originally broadcast Tuesday 10th October, 13:30

Ed Creasey will present the latest research from Calabrio on the impact of AI on agents of the future, but it’s not what you might anticipate.

Technology Showcase: QStory

Technology Showcase: QStory

Originally broadcast Tuesday 10th October, 12:30

Hear from our partner QStory as they unveil their groundbreaking new feature – Agent Flex. It sets the new industry standard, giving agents unparalleled flexibility to propel the contact centre into a new era of adaptive workforce scheduling. 

Technology Showcase: The Forum LMS

Technology Showcase: The Forum LMS

Originally broadcast Monday 9th October, 13:30

A showcase of The Forum Learning Management System (LMS) which has been successfully rolled out to many of our members. Learn how different members have approached learning.

Interactive Keynote: Davies

Interactive Keynote: Davies

Originally broadcast Monday 9th October, 12:30

Generative AI and the Contact Centre Experience
Join Mark Odlin from Davies as he delves into the transformative power of generative AI in the modern contact centre.

Keynote: The Value of Community

Keynote: The Value of Community

Originally broadcast Monday 9th October, 09:30

In this opening keynote, The Forum team members will discuss the importance of community. They will provide practical advice to help you expand your connections within and beyond your organisation.

As a member, you are not on your own but part of a community with others facing many similar challenges. We are here to help you to make a tangible impact in your organisation and show how developing the capability of each specialist professional function is fundamental to your business.
Book for one of our events to experience our exceptional community or get in touch to talk about how we can help you and your teams to be fully effective in adding value to your business. Email advice@theforum.social, call 0333 123 5960 or contact any of The Forum Team .