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21st May 2026 | Mumbai

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AI, Trust, & the Rise of Exponential CX

One evening. India’s sharpest CX minds. No theory. Just the decisions that changed everything. India’s most ambitious enterprises aren’t optimising customer experiences. They’re architecting them. They’re making bold bets – on trust as an economic asset, on AI as the intelligence layer, and on customer conversations as drivers of real business growth.

CNBC TV18 and Forbes India, in partnership with Exotel, present EngageX 2026. A gathering of the people already building the future of Customer Experience. The future of CX isn’t being written later. It’s happening now. This is not a gathering for everyone; it’s a gathering for the right ones.

A Sneak Peek Into the Conversations at EngageX 2026

Trust is the new economic moat

The enterprises winning in an AI-first world aren’t running compliance programs—they’re building trust architectures. Learn how transparency and consent are quietly becoming the strongest CX moats in regulated industries.

Predictive CX > Reactive CX

Only 4% of CX leaders can calculate the ROI of their decisions. Discover what it actually takes—the technology, org design, and executive mandate—to build an intelligence layer that resolves issues before customers even report them.

When AI rises, the human moment defines the brand

When AI handles 80% of interactions, the remaining 20% carry the entire relationship. Understand how to redesign the human-AI boundary so empathy and intelligence work together, not against each other.

The interaction layer is the next competitive edge

Every conversation generates signal—churn risk, pricing sensitivity, and product feedback. The question is whether your organisation is wiring that intelligence into decisions across CX, sales, marketing, and product.

Speakers

Latha Venkatesh

Latha Venkatesh

Executive Editor

CNBC TV18
Shereen Bhan

Shereen Bhan

Managing Editor

CNBC TV18
Shivakumar Ganesan

Shivakumar Ganesan

CEO

Exotel
Sachin Bhatia

Sachin Bhatia

Co-founder & CGO

Exotel

Agenda

A Curated Half-Day Experience | 2:30 PM onwards

2:00pm–3:00pm

Opening Connections

Arrive, connect, and network with industry peers.

3:20pm - 3:50pm

TÊTE-A-TÊTE: Trust as an Economic Asset

Rethinking trust as a measurable driver of business value.

3:55pm - 4:30pm

CROSS-INDUSTRY PANEL: The Intelligence Infrastructure

How leading enterprises are building CX that learns, predicts, and compounds.

4:30pm - 4:45pm

Inside CX: Through the Lens of Leaders Who’ve Built It

Real decisions. Real outcomes. The moments that moved the needle.

4:55pm - 5:15pm

Break

Break

5:15pm - 5:50pm

CEO PANEL: The Experience P&L

When customer experience becomes a boardroom and balance sheet priority.

6pm - 6:30pm

TÊTE-A-TÊTE: When Business Becomes a Best Friend

From transactions to trust-led relationships.

6:30pm - 7:10pm

BFSI PANEL: The Trust-Intelligence Advantage

How financial services are shaping the next frontier of CX.

7:20pm - 7:55pm

Fireside Chat: Reputation Rewards Risks: What It Takes To Win And Retain India's Trust

Building today for the brand customers will trust tomorrow.

7:55pm - 8pm

A Keynote by Exotel: Building Trust Infrastructure for the AI Economy

Designing the foundations for secure, intelligent, and scalable customer interactions in an AI-first world.

8pm - 8:40pm

SPECIAL ACT

A special performance

8:45pm onwards

Cocktail, Dinner & Networking

Close the evening with meaningful conversations.

One evening with India’s CX leaders.

Join the decision-makers shaping CX in Mumbai on 21 May.

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