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The CAB Conference is back in person!    Join us in Boston on Oct. 21st, 2024.

The Largest Worldwide Conference Focused on Customer Advisory Boards

The Customer Advisory Board association conferences are excellent professional development venues regardless of your program size or maturity; 69% of attendees had established programs and 21% were in their infancy.

Learn Best Practices

With so many best practices shared, and so many connections made, attendees leave energized and ready to implement new strategies to take their Customer Advisory Board programs to the next level.

We’re excited to be back in person this year!

We’ll be co-located with CustomerXCon 2024. Register for the CAB Conference and contact us to get a discount code for CustomerXCon 2024.

October 2024 Conference Agenda

Monday, October 21st, 2024
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

11:00 am Welcome & Objectives – Gavin Nathan, Chair, CustomerAdvisoryBoard.org
11:05 am Attendee Introductions – All
11:30 am Key Success Factors in Launching a CAB – Jeff Hemenway, SVP Global Industrial Sales, Stratasys 3D Printing
12:15 pm Lessons Learned in Evolving the UPS CAB Program – Hannah Lagod, Strategy Supervisor & Lila Best, New Product Innovation – Strategy Manager, UPS
12:45 pm LUNCH & Networking
1:30 pm Strategic Member Selection: Building an Impactful Customer Advisory Board – Dr. Tiffany Raymond, Head of Global Customer Advocacy, PayPal
2:15 pm Creating Meaningful, Customer-Centric Experiences the Atlassian Way – Amy Berusch, Customer Engagement Program Manager,  Atlassian
3:00 pm LIVE SIMULATED CAB SESSION – All attendees will participate in an actual CAB session called “Ask The Expert” during which other attendees will brainstorm ways to solve your top CAB challenges.
4:00 pm Session TBD – Klaviyo
4:30 pm Meeting Summary & Close
5:00 pm CustomerXCon 2024 Welcome Party

Previous 2023 Conference Speakers

Gavin Nathan

CustomerAdvisoryBoard.org

Chair & Host

Melanie Gomez

Citrix

Sr. Program Manager, Executive Engagement

Lauren Johnson

Adobe

Sr. Program Manager & Team Lead, Advisory Boards

Sara Kuethe

Google Cloud

Global CAB Team Lead

Eyal Danon

Ignite Advisory Group

President

Mary Sears

VMware

Global Partner & Alliances Marketing Manager

Jeff Ernst

SlapFive

CEO

“This will be the largest gathering of CAB managers
and practitioners worldwide.”

— Eyal Danon, Founder, Ignite Advisory Group

Group Photo from Previous Conference
CAB Manager Presentation
Conference Attendee Group Breakouts
Best Practice Sharing

Conference Features

Learn

Hear how leading B2B marketing practitioners are engaging their TOP customers

Explore

Challenge your thinking on how Customer Advisory Boards can drive business value

Tips

Get tips, tools, and best practices you can use immediately with your customers

Network

Network with fellow industry professionals on the leading edge of B2B customer engagement

Previous Years Attendees have included

Oracle, IBM, HP, Intel, Cisco, Aetna, HCL Technologies, AT&T, Adobe, SafeNET, Syncsort, Informatica, National Instruments , First Line Software, Ignite Advisory Group, Staples, Cornerstone OnDemand, QAS, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Experian, AmerisourceBergen, Schwab, Iron Mountain, Pershing, Ryder, ebay, Daimler Trucks, Wolters Kluwer, Sitecore, among others…

Example Titles of Conference Attendees

SVP Marketing, Sr Product Manager, Director of Customer Marketing, Manager of Client Services, Manager of Product Management, Premier Customer Account Manager, Marketing, VP Operations, CMO, Senior Consultant, Business Development, Snr Mgr Corporate Marketing, Program Director Customer Advisory Councils , Snr Program Manager, Sr Field Marketing Manager, Head of Product Development, Dir Customer Marketing, VP Client Experience, Customer Advocacy Director, GM Americas, Vice President Customer Care, Senior Director, Head of Marketing of Corporate Markets, Communications Manager, Program Director of Executive Forums, etc.

90% of the 60 attendees rated the conference as Good/Excellent and 95% said they would attend the event again.

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