CFS West Africa Limited and PhaseStream UK are putting together the first annual International Conference and Exhibition Event for Customer Focused Products and Services tagged: “International Customer Experience Solutions Conference & Exhibition” (ICES CONFEX 2013).
The conference seeks to address various challenges facing businesses in Nigeria due to increased competition and decreasing margins.
According to the organizers, ICES CONFEX 2013 will also rejig the concepts of organizations that depend on technology to create new and exciting experiences for customers and thereby increase their profitability.
Fatai Amoo, head, Sales & Marketing (PhaseStream) told Nigeria CommunicationsWeek that technology solutions continually replace traditional ways of customer engagement and relationship management.
However, he said, “Service and operations managers often suffer from a paucity of ideas on innovative customer engagement solutions. There is also insufficient knowledge on existing solutions that can address current needs. This is compounded by a lack of suitable avenues for companies in the CRM space from within and outside the continent to showcase service and engagement specific solutions.
“This event is unique in providing key customer engagement professionals with the opportunity to interact with new products and services from innovative customer experience solutions development firms, from within and outside the country. It will also provide a forum for intellectual discourse amongst executives, supervisors and service representatives to keep service delivery on the front burner as a veritable tool to drive profitability.
“This year’s event will hold on the 18th and 19th of September, 2013 at the prestigious Four Point by Sheraton Hotel, Lagos and will feature a closed and exclusive conference and an open exhibition. The theme of this year’s event is “Technology for Customer Experience” and it will focus on creating awareness of cutting edge hardware and software that significantly enhance a company’s conference”.
Amoo added that the event will showcase to high profile end users, new and effective solutions that will significantly impact on their customer engagement initiatives and on their overall profitability. The event will focus on the strategic deployment of cutting edge technology to enhance customer engagement and satisfaction, for increased customer retention and profitability.
“The conference sessions will be facilitated by leading Customer Engagement professionals in the industry and will feature presentations on over 20 aspects of customer experience.
The keynote address will be delivered by Mr. Dotun Sulaiman, the chairman of Cornerstone Insurance and former Chairman of Accenture, Nigeria.
The event, also, is open for participation to Customer Relations representatives from all service focused organisations, multinational Customer Relations Management firms, leading ICT companies as well the general public.
These can participate in the Event as conference delegates, exhibitors or exhibition visitors. Delegates will participate in all conference sessions and be provided with training materials.
The organizers of the conference have versed knowledge on the use of technology for customer experience. CFS is an international service focused solutions delivery company that combines Service Management Advisory Services with Integrated Service Quality Information Systems (ISQIS) to improve overall service quality and customer satisfaction index for service-focused organisations.
PhaseStream is an ICT company that specialises in software development and web technologies with primary focus on providing business applications and complex web-based systems with the aim to use the combination of the best internet, communication and database technologies to assist businesses to run efficiently and effectively.