Speaking

Past engagements.

Isabella has keynoted, chaired and facilitated at major business and technology events in Australia and overseas.

2026 program

On stage in 2026.

8 October 2026

SCA (Vic) Symposium

Closing keynote for Victoria’s strata industry.

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

9 October 2026

The Geelong Club business breakfast

Keynote for directors and executives: Welcome to the Age of Empathy.

Geelong

15 October 2026

Kentico Connection APAC

AI panel and closing session.

Sydney

  • Isabella Villani presenting on stage to a full auditorium at the LG Professionals SA Annual State Conference
  • Isabella Villani speaking on stage in front of blue curtains

LG Professionals SA Annual State Conference, 2024

2025

  • ACEM Day 2025

    Keynote · Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

    Isabella delivered the keynote ‘Transforming Member Experience’, translating customer experience thinking into member experience for a professional body.

2024

  • Change Management Institute

    Guest speaker, virtual event · South Australia chapter

    Isabella guided members through embracing an enterprise-wide customer experience transformation.

  • LG Professionals SA Annual State Conference

    Keynote · Adelaide Entertainment Centre

    A keynote to 300 delegates from South Australian local government.

2023

  • Local Government Professionals Australia, NSW

    Conference keynote · Sydney

2021

  • ARCA Credit Summit 2021

    Virtual workshop · Australian Retail Credit Association

    A 90-minute workshop for 200 members: ‘Hardship Implementation: Transforming Customer Experiences’.

  • LGPro Customer Experience Conference

    Opening keynote and panel facilitator · August 2021

    Isabella gave the opening keynote, ‘How to build Customer Centricity by Focusing on Employee Experience and Engagement’, a case study of the cultural transformation journey at the Department of Defence. She also facilitated a panel of the day’s speakers on the conference theme, ‘Outside In: How to build and scale customer centricity’.

  • Clariden ANZ Customer Advocacy and Complaints Resolutions Virtual Forum

    Keynote · 19 to 21 May 2021

    Her topic, ‘Transforming Customer Experience Through Driving Customer Advocacy and Complaint Resolution’, was presented to attendees across the Asia Pacific region.

2020

  • LGPro Conference

    Speaker · Future Ready: make the connection

    Isabella gave an outsider’s perspective on what it will take for the sector to be future ready: ‘What’s next for councils?’

2019

  • Acquia Engage Asia Pacific

    Keynote · Asia Pacific conference

    In ‘The Future of Customer Experience’, Isabella uncovered the drivers of customer expectations and the future direction of the CX industry, sharing real-life case studies, key market trends and technologies, and practical advice on applying data, analytics and operational changes.

  • Government Customer Service Summit

    Presentation · The Future of CX

    A deep dive into CX today, customer expectations and contact channels, employee experience in the workplace, and how new technologies are affecting CX.

  • Collins Booksellers Annual Conference

    Presentation

    Isabella covered understanding customers and customer segments, engaging customers across multiple channels, and strategic and tactical ways to grow a customer base, including the in-store experience.

  • YMCA CX Conference

    Workshop

    A four-hour workshop on the future of CX across contact channels, the technologies that augment it, and what YMCA’s customers want.

2018

  • Genesys G-Summit

    Roundtable facilitator and panel moderator · For Genesys’s Asia Pacific clients

    Isabella facilitated three executive roundtables on CX strategy and how to align it to ROI, and moderated a panel on ‘Delivering Great CX Today and Into the Future’.

  • IT Service Management Forum CX Conference

    Presentation · Love your customer: everything customer service

    A presentation on the drivers of customer expectations and the future direction of the CX industry.

2017

  • Verint annual conference

    Panel chair · October 2017

    Isabella chaired a CX panel in front of 900 delegates. Panel members included representatives from Optus and Westpac and a US thought leader.

  • ANZ Bank Marketing Strategy Day

    Keynote · Sydney, September 2017

    Keynote speaker at the strategy day for all of the bank’s 200 marketing staff.

  • LGPro Customer Service Conference

    Keynote and panel member · For local councils

    Isabella addressed the topic ‘Honing a customer experience strategy in your organisation’.

  • Clariden Digital Conference

    Conference chair

    Isabella chaired the conference and hosted speakers from organisations including Westpac, Telstra, the Office of Environment and Heritage, Intuit QuickBooks and Ansell.

  • Exceed Global CX Forums

    Host · Quarterly

    Panel discussions with CX professionals. In 2017, guest panellists included C-level clients from ANZ, Medibank, KPMG, EnergyAustralia, iSelect, ME Bank and NAB. Each of the four events was attended by 150 to 200 people.

2014 to 2016

  • Verint APAC Conference

    Speaker · 2016

    Two presentations: ‘Customer Experience Strategy’ and ‘Customer Journey Mapping’.

  • Interactive Intelligence Engage and Interactions conferences

    Speaker and workshop facilitator · 2014 to 2016

    ‘Remote Working Strategies’ in 2014, a workshop on ‘Net Promoter Score: Beyond Scoring to Innovation and Best Practice’ in 2015, and ‘Technology Optimisation: Revolutionise your CX and Business’ in 2016.

  • Auscontact Annual Conference

    Co-host · Sydney, 2015

    Isabella co-hosted the two-day conference.

More highlights

  • Aspect ACE conference

    Speaker · Orlando

    Isabella presented to more than 1,000 international delegates.

  • Marcus Evans International CX Conference

    Conference chair

    Isabella chaired the conference and hosted speakers from organisations including Zappos, Air New Zealand, the Department of Human Services, Telstra, iiNet and NAB.

  • TAFE NSW Staff Conference

    Keynote

    Keynote presenter for all TAFE NSW staff, about 500 people: ‘Transforming the Customer Experience from Good to Great’.

  • Quadient executive roundtable

    Guest keynote · Sydney

    A roundtable luncheon with senior leaders from AMP, CBA, Zurich, QBE, IAG, Suncorp, TAL, BT Financial and Citigroup.

  • Cummins

    Keynote and workshop

    ‘Reimagine CX’ for the global power and engine manufacturer.

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