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Introduction
The CDI Foundation (CDIF) is a non-profit organisation that represents, promotes, and develops the Conversational AI community.
It does this by promoting standards and best practices for creating human-centric, empathetic, goal-oriented and inclusive AI assistants that talk to people via chatbots and voice applications, and by conducting research, education, and industry development. The foundation supports the CDI Standards Framework, which helps enterprises develop high-performing Conversational AI capabilities.
CDIF engages with individuals and partner organisations, universities and schools, technology companies, and consultancy firms. Our engagement is worldwide, with a strong presence in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Through our online Conversation Design Festival, CDIF reaches a global community of over 1,000 Conversational AI professionals, and our Beyond Boundaries event brings the community together for an in-person event each year.
We are visible to over 6,000 active learners in more than 50 countries with a large and growing global alumni community.
Leadership Team
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Programmess and Initiatives
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Research supporting collaborative research to uncover best practices, create design patterns and research emerging technologies and how they relate to the conversational AI industry
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Education creating educational programmess to teach design patterns and supporting inclusive scholarships for those wishing to enter the industry, especially focused on underrepresented people and groups
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Best Practice developing maturity models that map out proven design patterns and best practices
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Industry Development, creating and evolving the CDI Manifesto to align the industry around common goals; organising The Beyond Boundaries Global Festival, a global meeting to celebrate people working in conversational AI; an Industry Fellowship scheme; a Conversational AI leaders list to highlight those who are shaping the industry; and Insight Collectives that explore the future of Conversational AI
How to Get Involved
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Becoming a partner in the Foundation
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Attending and speaking at our events
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Becoming a Fellow of the CDI Foundation
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Joining or leading an Insight Collective
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Nominating for the CDI Foundation Conversational AI Leaders List
