Flow XO: Bot Building Workshop / Hackathon

Maya Dibley, The Landing / Steven Booth, Flow XO

Aimed at all Manchester businesses and digital agencies - An Introduction to the possibilities of automated customer acquisition and engagement through chat platforms - using 'Bots'.
The future of online customer interaction is through conversational interfaces - messaging apps. Brands will want to be represented where the most eyes fall - in Facebook Messenger, in Whatsapp, Twitter, SMS - anywhere that conversation is happening.  For this reason, Flow XO, Facebook, Microsoft and others have all launched 'Chat Bot' platforms in the last few months, in an attempt to bring automation and efficiency to customer engagament through these channels. 
This event aims to cut through the buzz around Bots - and consider the current and future application of customer engagement and service through automated conversation. Join Flow XO on the day for an introduction to current landscape, rigorous dicussion, Q&A with industry experts and an opportunity to get first hand experience building and deploying your own Bots into conversational interfaces. The best use case coming out of this Hackathon will win a days' consultancy with Flow XO and 3 months hosting of their Bot for either you or your client. The workshop starts at 10am, but breakfast networking is also available - <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flow-xo-bot-building-intro-breakfast-tickets-25932486766" TARGET="_blank">separate registration needed here</A>.
This event is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and offered fully funded to SMEs to encorage growth in Greater Manchester.
Check out a <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9xJ8EM3JzI" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">video demo here</A> of the technology you can play with on the day, and a <A HREF="http://technorthhq.com/flow-xo-bots/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">great intro from Tech North here</A> to the company delivering the workshop, FlowXO.
8.00 - 9.30: A Conversational Breakfast (Ticketed separately. <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flow-xo-bot-building-intro-breakfast-tickets-25932486766" TARGET="_self">Please register here</A>)
WORKSHOP Content 10.00  - 10.15: Introduction to the sesssion / timings.
10.15 - 10.30: Question and Answer session
10.30 - 12.30: Bot building kick off
13:00 - 13.30: Lunch provided (but keep working if you want!)
13.30 - 15.00: Bot building continues
15.00 - 15.30: Review, Q&A, Hacker presentations 
16.30 - late: Bot building continues for anyone who wants to stay! Bot building competition - Entries to Steven.Booth@FlowXO.com by 5pm Monday 19/07/2016
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