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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Yam Marcovitz unpacks what it takes to build predictable, production-ready AI. From human-in-the-loop alignment to test-driven development, we explore…
CDI Method Foundation
Learn the conversational AI workflow that is helping teams around the world create human-centric and inclusive conversational AI Assistants. This cour…
CDI Workflow
Learn the Conversation Design Institute workflow with extra attention to human-centricity, sample dialogue, flowchart design, wizard-of-oz testing, an…
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…
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…
Customer Service in the New Era of AI
AI is transforming Customer Service. But what does that mean in practice? How will AI alter your strategy and the key metrics you’ll share with your C…
Design for Business Value
IBM’s Thomas Watson Jr. said, “Good design is good business.” How does this apply to conversational AI today? This talk explores the benefits of prior…
Getting Started with Conversational AI Basics
Discover how AI-driven chatbots and virtual assistants can transform operations, enhance customer experiences, and improve efficiency. This webinar of…
How to Launch and Supervise a Generative Chatbot
Stephen Broadhurst and Gregory Whiteside from HumanFirst show how to launch new bot styles by monitoring user input and supervising responses. They al…
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…
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…
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…
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…