Conversation Design Institute was founded in 2018 by Hans van Dam and Olaf Igesz. They believed that recognizing, developing, and promoting the role of the conversation designer was crucial to advancing trust and communication between humans and AI Assistants.
The CDI Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to developing and promoting design standards for conversational AI Assistants. We do this through research, education and industry development.
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This webinar explores the process of designing a digital brand voice that aligns with the future of branding.
Behavior Design
Learn what makes people act, and learn how to apply behavioral psychology in your Conversational AI. Create great experiences for your customers.
Building Predictable Conversational AI
Yam Marcovitz unpacks what it takes to build predictable, production-ready AI. From human-in-the-loop alignment to test-driven development, we explore…
Conversation Design Fundamentals
Learn what Conversation design is. And learn how to apply all the fundamental conversation design principles and techniques, to create a successful Co…
Conversational AI in 2025: What every team needs to know
Hosted by CDI Founder and CEO Hans van Dam, CDI Conversational AI Consultant Jurgen Gravestein, CDI Head of Academy Michelle Parayil, and Emcie CEO Ya…
Conversational Engineer
The Conversational Engineer course is your gateway to understanding the business, technical, and operational aspects of Conversational AI. Learn about…
Crafting Training Data
In this workshop, you'll learn how quality training data is key to creating a high-performing chatbot from an NLP perspective. We'll cover best practi…
Crafting a Convincing Chatbot Business Case
This session lead by Hans Van Dam and Luke Kempen from Conversation Design Institute dives into the topic of "Crafting A Convincing Chatbot Business C…
Developing Design Standards for Human-Centric AI Assistants
Learn how to establish robust design standards for human-centric AI assistants with Hans van Dam and Jason Gilbert.
Implementing Better CX with Generative AI
In this session, we explore practical use cases of generative AI in customer support and examine UltimateGPT's capabilities. We’ll also discuss the fu…
Introducing Conversational Engineering
Learn about Conversational Engineering, what all conversational engineers need to know and how a conversational tech stack works.
Mastering Content Structure: Building Effective LLM-Powered Conversations
Discover how structured content fuels more effective, compliant, and scalable AI conversations. This course explores best practices for content struct…
Maximizing Chatbot Success: Metrics and Management
In this co-created module with Wysdom, a Calabrio company, we delve into the crucial aspect of Bot Management. Gain insights into strategies and techn…
Operationalizing Context in Conversational AI
SPEAKING model – a conceptual framework where we turn abstract concepts in Conversational AI into something that can help us systematically gather lan…
Optimizing AI
Lauren Goerz of Rasa shares how teams can optimize conversational AI by blending LLMs with structured flows, reviewing conversations effectively, and…
Persona in Conversational AI
Jason Gilbert from Intuition Robotics discusses designing ElliQ, an AI companion for elderly users. He explores persona design, building trust in heal…
Safe and Secure Enterprise CX
This session explored building brand-safe LLMs to revolutionize CX. We discussed identifying effective use cases for generative AI, ensuring its relev…
Scaling AI Agents from a CX Perspective
This course, developed by COPC and Conversation Design Institute, provides a practical framework for scaling AI agents within contact centers. Partici…
Scaling AI in CX: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Building for Impact
This webinar previews an upcoming in-depth course developed by COPC and the Conversation Design Institute. It’s designed to give CX leaders and practi…
Superior Customer Experiences that Drive Value
Today's customer experience can leave customers and employees frustrated. This talk will explore how to design impactful conversations using Rasa’s AI…
Using Chatbots Where and When
In the webinar, 'Using Chatbots: Where and When,' we dive into the strategic deployment of chatbots in today's dynamic business landscape.
Your next step in Conversational AI maturity
CDI’s Jasper Klimbie and Michelle Parayil deliver a rare, practical webinar focused on providing guidance on how mature organizations are in their Con…