Zendesk Webinar Series

The Agentic Contact Center: Unifying Voice and AI for Scalable Resolution

September 17, 2026 | 1:30 PM AEST | 11.30 AM SGT

Summary

Digital channels handle the routine work, leaving voice to manage the hardest calls — complex, high-stakes and emotionally charged conversations where context is everything. 

Yet agents are still forced to navigate disconnected systems, search for customer information and switch between tools just to understand what’s happening. The result? Slower resolution, higher effort and a growing “integration tax.”

It’s time to stop patching a fragmented stack.

Join our experts to discover how the Agentic Contact Center brings Voice AI and live agent workflows together in one cohesive workspace — giving agents the context, intelligence and tools they need to turn high-stakes calls into resolved experiences, in the moment.

Key Takeaways

        During our Virtual Fireside Chat, we'll explore how to:

    Eliminate Structural Friction
    Every time an agent has to "swivel-chair" between your voice platform and a separate digital tool, you lose seconds — and sometimes the whole resolution. These handoffs are rarely visible on a dashboard, but they're the biggest hidden driver of long handle times and repeat contacts. We'll walk through how to map these friction points in your own stack, and what replacing them with a single, unified architecture actually looks like operationally.

    Deploy Policy-Aware AI
    Not all Voice AI is built the same. Scripted bots can handle simple lookups, but they break down the moment a conversation gets nuanced. Next-generation Voice AI agents are different: they hold secure, human-like conversations, verify caller identity, and execute multi-step workflows autonomously — all while staying inside your compliance and policy guardrails. You'll see exactly how this works in practice, so you can automate with confidence instead of choosing between speed and control.

    Unlock Multi-Modal Resolution
    Some problems can't be solved with voice alone. When agents can bring in visual support — screen sharing, co-browsing, guided visuals — alongside live collaboration, they stop triaging and start resolving. We'll show how this multi-modal approach lifts First Contact Resolution (FCR) specifically on your hardest, highest-stakes calls, where a single missed detail usually means a callback.

    Quantify the ROI of Consolidation
    Fragmented, multi-vendor stacks don't just create friction for agents — they quietly stack up licensing, integration, and maintenance costs that rarely get attributed back to the tools causing them. We'll break down the real financial case for consolidation, including how organizations moving to a unified architecture have seen up to a 301% ROI, with payback in under six months.

Speakers

Daniel Hewitt
Senior Platform Architect,

Contact Center
Zendesk

Hannah Deveney
Senior Director,
Product Management
Zendesk

Karen Magnusson
Moderator

IQPC Connect

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