Customer First Festival
14 October 2026 Thuishaven, Amsterdam
Customer First Festival — frog, part of Capgemini Invent
CONNECT . CREATE . CELEBRATE

Redesigning for relevance. An afternoon with DCX, frog, our clients and partners on what really has to change when the world moves faster than your organisation.

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01WHY NOW

Redesigning
for
relevance

What really has to change when the world moves faster than your organization? Customers compare, decide and switch in minutes, often with their own AI. The screen is no longer the experience. The system behind it is.

Most transformations fail below the line, where customers can't see it and boards rarely look. So we'll look at both sides: the frontstage your customers experience, and the backstage that makes it real.

TECHNOLOGY

AI and agents shift from tools to intermediaries that search, decide and transact on the customer's behalf.

GEOPOLITICS

Sovereignty, supply chains and regulation turn dependence on technology, energy and partners into a strategic risk.

SOCIETY

Expectations of fairness, trust and human contact rise, while trust in AI falls as its use grows.

02CLIENT OPPORTUNITIES
PANEL 1 . FRONTSTAGE

Imagine

How are you reinventing customer value and trust? Who owns the customer when AI does the searching, and who sets the rules when an assistant acts on their behalf?

BREAKOUTS

Make

Between the panels we split into smaller rooms to work on real client problems together, and bring what we find back to the main stage.

PANEL 2 . BACKSTAGE

Scale

How to scale in the face of adversity: data, platforms, dependencies and the organisation behind them. Which backstage fix comes first?

03PROGRAMME13:00 — 23:00
13:00
Arrival & welcome
13:30
Redesigning for relevance
Opening . five value pools, one living system, one live band
14:00
Panel 1: Frontstage
Reinventing customer value and trust
14:45
Making it real
Breakout sessions to form your band and work on real client challenges.
16:30
Panel 2: Backstage
Scaling in the face of adversity
17:00
Closing & drinks
18:00
Dinner, fun & party
Food market from 18:00 . festival celebration 20:00 — 23:00
04THE VENUE

Thuishaven,
Amsterdam

An open-air site on the western docks: tents, fire pits and room to run panels, breakouts and a party across one afternoon and evening.

WHO'S THERE: DCX, FROG, OUR CLIENTS AND PARTNERS
Aerial view of the Thuishaven site
Circus tent and crowd in daylight
Thuishaven, Amsterdam
Crowd on the sand in late afternoon sun
Red-lit hall with a full dancefloor
Blue-lit loods interior
THUISHAVEN, WESTELIJK HAVENGEBIED
05GOOD TO KNOW
DRESS CODE

Casual. No suits allowed.

GETTING THERE

On-site parking is limited and paid, so public transport is the better option. Isolatorweg metro is about a five-minute walk from the venue.

IF YOU DRIVE

Don't leave your laptop in the car. Lockers are available on site.

06AFTER THE FESTIVAL

The
report-out

A recap of both panels and the breakouts you take part in, unlocked for attending clients on 16/10, two days after the festival.

LOCKED UNTIL 16/10/2026