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Decagon Dialogues

DecagonDialogues

October 1San FranciscoIn-person

The conversation starts here. Join the leaders redefining customer experiences and the future of AI in conversations you won’t want to miss.
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Speakers

Leaders. Operators. Builders.

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Jesse Zhang

Co-founder & CEO,Decagon

Ashwin Sreenivas

Co-founder & President,Decagon

Enrique Lores

President & CEO,PayPal

Arlie Sisson

Chief Digital Officer,Chipotle

Eric Phillips

S.V.P. and Chief Digital Officer,Delta Air Lines

Scott Wu

Co-Founder and CEO,Cognition

Vidyut Naware
Vidyut Naware

VP, AI Architect,Verizon

Diana Rainesh
Diana Rainesh

SVP Strategy & Analytics Support & Operations,Ticketmaster

Samuel Liyanage
Samuel Liyanage

VP of Digital Customer Experience,American Airlines

Misty Shafer Sterne
Misty Shafer Sterne

VP of Commercial Technology,American Airlines

Louis Rownd
Louis Rownd

VP, CX Strategy & Experience,Away

Claudia Richter
Claudia Richter

GM Banking and Payments,Varo Bank

Tyson Knight
Tyson Knight

Chief Customer Officer,Decagon

Tara Roudi

Senior Director of Agent PM,Decagon

Adam Terk

Vice President Operations,Carrot

Sunny Rekhi

Forward Deployed Engineering, CTO,Decagon

Connor Savard
Connor Savard

Senior Manager, Business Transformation,American Airlines

Kelli White

Sommelier, Author & Director of Education,Wine Center at Meadowood

Alan Yiu

VP of Product,Decagon

Bihan Jiang

Director of Product,Decagon

Gary Kamiya

Author,Cool Gray City of Love

BJ Miller, M.D.

Author & Palliative Care Physician,The Beginner’s Guide to the End

Matt Banach

Senior Director of Engineering,Affirm

What you’ll experience

Designed for deeper connections

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Keynotes

Hear from the leaders redefining customer experience and AI across industries. From visionary keynotes and compelling customer stories to practical deep dives, every session is designed to leave you with ideas you can put into practice.

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The Listening Lounge

Some of the best business insights come from unexpected inspiration. Join curated conversations with artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, designers, and other masters of their craft as they share how to navigate pressure, creativity, leadership, and change.

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Natural networking

The most valuable connections happen naturally. Throughout the day, personalized recommendations, coffee breaks, and happy hour create an opportunity to meet peers, and form valuable new relationships. You never know where you’ll find your next best idea.

Agenda

Conversations shaping what's next

8:15

Women in AI breakfast

Women in AI breakfast

Start Decagon Dialogues 2026 with a breakfast celebrating the women shaping the future of agentic AI. Connect with fellow leaders and innovators at Delarosa Downtown before the main program begins. Advance registration is required.

9:00 - 10:00

Doors and registration open

Doors and registration open

Close out Dialogues with Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang as he reflects on the day's biggest insights and shares his vision for the future of AI, customer experience, and the opportunities ahead.

10:00

Keynote stage

Opening keynote

Opening keynote

Jesse Zhang

Co-founder & CEO,Decagon

Ashwin Sreenivas

Co-founder & President,Decagon

Eric Phillips

S.V.P. and Chief Digital Officer,Delta Air Lines

Vidyut Naware
Vidyut Naware

VP, AI Architect,Verizon

Kick off the day with Decagon co-founders Jesse Zhang and Ashwin Sreenivas as they share Decagon’s vision for the future and latest product innovations, followed by conversations with Eric Philips, Chief Digital Officer at Delta Air Lines, and Vidyut Naware, VP of AI Architecture at Verizon, on transforming customer experience and building AI agents at enterprise scale.

11:00

Industry stage

The new concierge in travel & hospitality

The new concierge in travel & hospitality

Samuel Liyanage
Samuel Liyanage

VP of Digital Customer Experience,American Airlines

Misty Shafer Sterne
Misty Shafer Sterne

VP of Commercial Technology,American Airlines

Travel & hospitality
Retail

Hear how American Airlines is designing AI-powered journeys that build trust and create loyalty.

11:00

Listening lounge

The art of detail

The art of detail

Kelli White

Sommelier, Author & Director of Education,Wine Center at Meadowood

Retail
Finance

Hear from Kelli White, acclaimed sommelier and author of "Wine Confident," on tasting with every sense, finding the words for what is in your glass, and creating experiences people remember.

11:00

University hall

What separates a voice demo from a production-ready agent

What separates a voice demo from a production-ready agent

Michael Carpenter

Director of Product Management, Programmable Voice,Twilio

Quique Lores

Product Lead,Decagon

Making a voice agent sound impressive is only the start. Leaders from Decagon and Twilio unpack the systems, infrastructure, and safeguards needed to deploy helpful, reliable voice AI safely at scale.

11:30

Industry stage

Scaling trust in financial services

Scaling trust in financial services

Claudia Richter
Claudia Richter

GM Banking and Payments,Varo Bank

Matt Banach

Senior Director of Engineering,Affirm

Finance

The next generation of customer support in financial services will be built on trust - earning it by using AI safely, consistently, and responsibly while delivering measurable business value. Hear leaders from Plaid, Affirm, and Varo share real-world lessons from putting AI customer experiences into practice.

11:30

Listening lounge

The art of presence

The art of presence

BJ Miller, M.D.

Author & Palliative Care Physician,The Beginner’s Guide to the End

Dr. BJ Miller brings lessons from his personal journey and career in palliative care to a conversation about resilience, well-being, and what truly matters. He challenges us to build lives that are more wonderful, not just less horrible - and to rethink how we approach mental health and longevity now.

11:30

University hall

Building AI-ready CX teams

Building AI-ready CX teams

Tara Roudi

Senior Director of Agent PM,Decagon

Connor Savard
Connor Savard

Senior Manager, Business Transformation,American Airlines

AI adoption has no single blueprint. As companies move from pilots to scale, CX teams must evolve. Explore a practical framework for building an AI-ready CX organization at scale, from ownership to agent design and governance.

12:00

Jessie Square

Lunch

Lunch

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12:00

University hall

Hackathon

Hackathon

Learn to build your own AI agent and compete for prizes in this hands-on Decagon University hackathon. Pre-registration and laptops are required.

1:30

Keynote stage

The new application layer

The new application layer

Scott Wu

Co-Founder and CEO,Cognition

Scott Wu will discuss the future of AI-powered software development and how autonomous agents are reshaping the way we work.

2:00

Industry stage

The AI growth engine for retail

The AI growth engine for retail

Louis Rownd
Louis Rownd

VP, CX Strategy & Experience,Away

Diana Rainesh
Diana Rainesh

SVP Strategy & Analytics Support & Operations,Ticketmaster

Retail
Tech

Join Anu Hariharan, Founder at Avra and leaders from some of the world's most innovative consumer brands as they explore how AI is transforming product discovery, personalization, and customer guidance into a concierge experience that feels effortless.

2:00

Listening lounge

The art of exploring

The art of exploring

Gary Kamiya

Author,Cool Gray City of Love

Travel & hospitality

Join acclaimed author Gary Kamiya for an exploration of place through history, walking, and observation—and discover new ways to experience the city we call home.

2:00

University hall

Inside the research behind Decagon Voice

Inside the research behind Decagon Voice

Dante Everaert

Speech AI Researcher,Decagon

Samuel Zhang

Engineering Leader,Decagon

Voice is one of AI’s toughest frontiers: agents must sound natural, respond quickly, and perform reliably. Decagon’s voice research team shares the challenges, design choices, and breakthroughs shaping the next gen of Decagon Voice.

2:30

Industry stage

Connecting the healthcare experience

Connecting the healthcare experience

Adam Terk

Vice President Operations,Carrot

Laura Vang

GM Healthcare,Decagon

Finance
Healthcare

Adam Terk joins Decagon’s Laura Vang to share how Carrot is building trusted AI-powered member support - from selecting the right use cases and connecting complex data to establishing guardrails and scaling across channels.

2:30

Listening lounge

The art of community

The art of community

Speaker announcement coming soon!
Travel & hospitality
Retail
Finance
Tech
Healthcare

Hear how American Airlines and Avis are designing AI-powered journeys that build trust and create loyalty.

2:30

University hall

A deep dive into self-improving agents

A deep dive into self-improving agents

Eric Lin

Agent Data Scientist,Decagon

Healthcare

After launch, AI agents need constant testing and refinement. This session explores how self-improving agents can automate that loop, what DuetBench reveals, and how to govern progress toward recursive improvement.

3:00

Keynote stage

Shaping what’s next: PayPal and the future of payments

Shaping what’s next: PayPal and the future of payments

Enrique Lores

President & CEO,PayPal

Jesse Zhang

Co-founder & CEO,Decagon

Enrique Lores joins Jesse Zhang to explore how PayPal is evolving for the next era of payments, the opportunities and challenges presented by AI and agentic commerce, and the principles enterprise leaders can use to navigate technological change.

3:30

Keynote stage

How Chipotle builds personalization at scale

How Chipotle builds personalization at scale

Arlie Sisson

Chief Digital Officer,Chipotle

Ashwin Sreenivas

Co-founder & President,Decagon

Chipotle Chief Digital Officer Arlie Sisson joins Ashwin Sreenivas to explore how the brand is creating one connected guest journey across its app, 23 million-member rewards program, and more than 4,000 restaurants. They’ll discuss how Chipotle is delivering meaningful personalization at scale while preserving the human hospitality at the heart of the guest experience.

4:00 - 6:00

Jessie Square

Happy hour

Happy hour

Close out Dialogues with Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang as he reflects on the day's biggest insights and shares his vision for the future of AI, customer experience, and the opportunities ahead.

Why Dialogues exists

The conversation starts here

Customer experience is changing faster than any team can keep up with alone. The organizations setting the pace are rethinking how customer support, product, operations, and engineering work together to create thoughtful, concierge customer experiences. Decagon Dialogues exists to bring together the leaders building the next generation of AI-powered customer support to share their experiences, learn from each other, and build what's next.

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Details of the venue

The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco

🌁 Location

The CJM is in San Francisco's vibrant Yerba Buena neighborhood, surrounded by great hotels, restaurants, and public transit.

🏨 Where to stay

Looking for somewhere to stay? We recommend staying at one of following the nearby hotels, all within a short walk of the venue:

W San Francisco, InterContinental, Hyatt Regency SOMA, Marriott Marquis, Hotel Zelos.

🚋 Transportation

The museum is also just a five-minute walk from Montgomery Street BART Station and approximately 20–25 minutes from SFO.

The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco

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