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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On-Demand Conferences

Catch up on the presentations from our previous conferences.
Can AI Truly Revolutionise Customer Experience?

Can AI Truly Revolutionise Customer Experience?

Join Huw Jones, Director of Solutions Consulting at Verint, as he delves into the revolutionary impact of AI on employee and customer experience (CX).

This session uncovers the practical steps and strategic insights necessary for integrating AI into CX initiatives. Huw will address the common challenges and highlight the critical success factors, emphasising the importance of aligning AI projects with clear business objectives. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to leverage AI to enhance staff planning and nurturing, handle customer interactions, and drive business growth.

90% of bad Trustpilot reviews trace back to email, paper, and phone

90% of bad Trustpilot reviews trace back to email, paper, and phone

If you want to see a new way to solve this problem, then this session is for you.

Mat Elliott from Nivo will share lessons from working with over 100 financial services companies to digitise customer facing processes, and dive into case studies with brands like CoOp bank, Barclays, and United Trust Bank, where Verified Identity Messaging has transformed NPS from minus figures to +90 and slashed timescales from weeks to hours.

How to Empower Your Employees Through Coaching

How to Empower Your Employees Through Coaching

Discover how to elevate agent performance and transform customer experience using coaching & 

real-time guidance. Join Nick Rowe from CallMiner to discover best practices for providing agents with immediate feedback, personalised coaching, and actionable insights to improve customer interactions on the spot.

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 .