CX Connect: An Exclusive Leaders Dinner

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Thursday 1 October 2026

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6:00 PM – 9:00 PM GST

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One&Only The Palm, Dubai

Join senior business, CX and digital leaders from across the UAE for an evening exploring what exceptional customer experience looks like in the age of AI - over insight, conversation and dinner at One&Only The Palm.

Oct 1, 2026 15:00:00 UTC

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What to expect

Connect. Exchange ideas. Rethink what great CX looks like.

Customer expectations are evolving quickly. AI is creating new opportunities to make experiences faster, smarter and more personalised - but technology alone doesn’t create loyalty.

CX Connect brings together senior leaders from across the UAE to explore how organisations can combine AI, technology and human expertise to create customer experiences that are both effortless and memorable.

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Peer connection

Meet senior CX, digital, technology and operations leaders from across the UAE.

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Real-world insight

Hear practical perspectives on building and maintaining exceptional customer experiences at scale.

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CX in action

See how Zoom Contact Center and AI can support more connected and personalised customer interactions.

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Exceptional setting

Continue the conversation over a three-course dinner at One&Only The Palm.

What does exceptional customer experience really take?

We’ll be joined by Lays Laraya, customer experience expert and the creator behind Freak Went Flyer.

Through Freak Went Flyer, Lays brings a distinctive perspective to customer experience — combining more than two decades of international experience in hospitality, service excellence and business transformation with a genuine curiosity for what makes experiences memorable.

As our guest speaker, she’ll share practical observations from experiencing brands around the world, explore how customer expectations are evolving, and discuss why the human moments that create connection, trust and loyalty remain critical as AI and automation become a bigger part of the customer journey.

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Zoom CX

See the technology behind more connected CX

Customer experience increasingly spans multiple channels, teams and moments — and customers expect every interaction to feel connected.

In a short live demonstration, Ahmad Dorra, CX Specialist at Zoom, will show how Zoom Contact Center uses AI and connected communications to help organisations deliver more personalised and effortless customer experiences.

The focus will be practical: real customer scenarios, tangible use cases and how technology can support both customers and the teams serving them.

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Agenda

 

6:00pm - 6:30pm

30 mins

Arrival, networking and welcome drinks

6:30pm - 6:40pm

10 mins

Welcome from Zoom

Ayman Majzoub, Head of Middle East & Turkey

6:40pm - 7:00pm

20 mins

Guest Speaker Session

Lays Laraya, Director of Quality & Guest Experience, Atlantis Dubai

7:00pm - 7:25pm

25 mins

Zoom CX Platform Demo

Ahmad Dorra, CX Specialist, Zoom

7:25pm - 7:30pm

05 mins

Informal Q&A / transition to dinner

7:30pm - 9:00pm

90 mins

Seated dinner and open networking

9:00pm

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