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Introduction
The CDI Foundation (CDIF) is a non-profit organisation that represents, promotes, and develops the Conversational AI community.
The CDI Foundation (CDIF) is a non-profit organisation that represents, promotes, and develops the Conversational AI community.
It does this by promoting standards and best practices for creating human-centric, empathetic, goal-oriented and inclusive AI assistants that will talk to people via chatbots, voice applications and in the metaverse, and by conducting research, education, and industry development. The foundation supports the CDI Standards Framework, which helps enterprises develop high-performing Conversational AI capabilities.
CDIF engages with individuals and partner organisations, universities and schools, technology companies, and consultancy firms. Our engagement is worldwide, with a strong presence in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Through our online Conversation Design Festival, CDIF reaches a global community of over 1,000 Conversational AI professionals, and our Beyond Boundaries event brings the community together for an in-person event each year.
We are visible to over 6,000 active learners in more than 50 countries with a large and growing global alumni community.
Research supporting collaborative research to uncover best practices and create design patterns and researching emerging technologies and how they relate to the conversational AI industry
Education creating educational programs to teach design patterns and supporting inclusive scholarships for those wishing to enter the industry, especially focused on underrepresented people and groups
Best Practice developing maturity models that map out proven design patterns and best practices
Industry Development, creating and evolving the CDI Manifesto to align the industry around common goals; organising The CDI Festival, a global meeting to celebrate people working in conversational AI; an Industry Fellowship scheme; a Conversational AI leaders list to highlight those who are shaping the industry; and Insight Collectives that explore the future of Conversational AI
Becoming a partner in the Foundation
Attending and speaking at our events
Becoming a Fellow of the CDI Foundation
Joining or leading an Insight Collective
Nominating for the CDI Foundation Conversational AI Leaders List
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