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Refresh Virtual Summit 2026

At Refresh, we’ll point the way to AI service transformation for emerging enterprises. Join us online to prepare your team, and your service architecture, for the AI era.

Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 10 a.m. IST | 10 a.m. BST | 9 a.m. PDT

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IT and business leaders worldwide

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What to expect
  • Inspiring keynotes:

    Freshworks leaders and leading brands using AI to power their teams today

    Freshworks leaders and leading brands using AI to power their teams today

  • Product deep dives:

    Step-by-step tactics to unify service experiences

    Step-by-step tactics to unify service experiences

  • Product demos:

    See how Freshservice drives enterprise efficiency, automation, and productivity

    See how Freshservice drives enterprise efficiency, automation, and productivity

  • Customer spotlights:

    Hear rapid-impact stories with real metrics

    Hear rapid-impact stories with real metrics

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Why Attend

Refresh Virtual Summit is the premier online event for IT and business leaders to manage enterprise complexity and cut through the noise


  • Practical AI strategies: Move from experimentation to real employee impact.

  • Networking opportunities:  Connect with fellow IT leaders, partners, and Freshworks executives

  • Guided learning: Training, demos, and service-specific AI copilots

  • Future vision: An exclusive look at our 2026 product roadmap for navigating AI transformation

  • 100% virtual & free: No travel, no cost—just a practical playbook you can apply immediately

Refresh Virtual Summit is the premier online event for IT and business leaders to manage enterprise complexity and cut through the noise


  • Practical AI strategies: Move from experimentation to real employee impact.

  • Networking opportunities:  Connect with fellow IT leaders, partners, and Freshworks executives

  • Guided learning: Training, demos, and service-specific AI copilots

  • Future vision: An exclusive look at our 2026 product roadmap for navigating AI transformation

  • 100% virtual & free: No travel, no cost—just a practical playbook you can apply immediately

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Bold ideas, real talk, and pragmatic guidance. Industry experts highlight how they’re delivering efficient service, elevating employee experiences, and driving business growth.

Dennis Woodside

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Dennis Woodside

CEO and President, Freshworks
Kady Srinivasan

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Kady Srinivasan

Chief Marketing Officer, Freshworks
Pete Petrocelli

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Pete Petrocelli

VP of Technology, Ashley FDE
Julie Mohr

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Julie Mohr

Principal Analyst, Forrester
Gautam Sethi

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Gautam Sethi

Chief Information & Techology Officer, Fairfax County Public Schools
Markus Gaulke

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Markus Gaulke

Platform IT Manager, New Balance
Ian Tickle

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Ian Tickle

Chief Revenue Officer, Freshworks
Srini Raghavan

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Srini Raghavan

Chief Product Officer, Freshworks
Payal Patel

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Payal Patel

Senior Director, Solution Engineering, Freshworks
Ido Benmoshe

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Ido Benmoshe

Vice President, Product Management, Freshworks
Robert Ross

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Robert Ross

Senior Director, Product Management, Freshworks
Simon Morris

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Simon Morris

Senior Director, Solution Engineering, Freshworks
Venkat Venkataraman

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Venkat Venkataraman

Vice President, Product - AI Platform & Strategy, Freshworks
Michael Bresloff

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Michael Bresloff

Lead - Solution Engineer, Freshworks
Morgan Parker

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Morgan Parker

Senior Solution Engineer, Freshworks
JJ Jackman

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JJ Jackman

Chief People Officer, Freshworks
Ashwin Ballal

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Ashwin Ballal

Chief Information Officer, Freshworks
Matt Sorenson

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Matt Sorenson

Sr. Director, Strategic Alliances, Freshworks
Sriram Subramanyam

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Sriram Subramanyam

Sr. Director, Global Partner Marketing, Freshworks
Josh Lee

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Josh Lee

Sr. Director, Global Partner Programs, Freshworks
Agenda

AI service transformation for emerging enterprises

Session TitleDescriptionTrack

Session Title

Opening Keynote | AI service transformation for emerging enterprises

Description

Every CIO has an AI mandate, but while the promise is clear, the path to impact remains murky. Applying AI to complex systems accelerates chaos instead of creating clarity, so we’ll dig into deploying AI the right way—uncomplicating service, empowering teams, and turning potential into progress.

Track

Keynote

Session Title

The Future of Employee Experience: Building Proactive and AI-native ServiceOps

Description

Digital services are now the backbone of the enterprise, yet many IT organizations still operate with fragmented systems and reactive workflows.

This session explores the vision for AI-native ServiceOps, a unified model that connects service management, infrastructure intelligence, and operations. Discover how forward-thinking organizations are using AI to prevent disruption, improve reliability, and deliver seamless digital experiences at enterprise scale.

Track

Breakout session

Session Title

AI Agents in Action: The New Operating Model for IT and HR Service Management

Description

Employees expect instant, personalized support, not tickets or policy searches. In this session, see how organizations use AI Agent Studio to modernize HR service delivery with purpose-built, no-code AI agents. Learn how employees can access policy guidance, retrieve information like leave balances, and complete common requests directly in Teams, Slack, or the employee portal. Freshworks’ Chief People Officer Johanna Jackman (JJ) and Chief Information Officer Ashwin Ballal will share how HR and IT partner to deploy AI agents, reduce repetitive work, and deliver a more seamless, high-impact employee experience.

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Breakout session

Session Title

Breaking the Silos: Aligning Dev and IT for Modern Incident Response

Description

When incidents strike, service desks see the user impact while engineering teams work to restore systems, often in disconnected tools and workflows.

But modern environments demand real-time coordination. In this session, we’ll explore how leading organizations align IT, DevOps, and SRE teams around a shared incident lifecycle. Learn how breaking down silos improves visibility, accelerates response, and connects user impact with operational recovery to manage incidents faster and more effectively.

Because modern incident response isn’t just about resolving tickets faster, it’s about aligning teams around reliability.

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Breakout session

Session Title

The Service Management Maturity Journey: A Practical Playbook for IT Leaders

Description

Service management maturity isn’t a destination, it’s a journey. In this session, we’ll walk through a practical and measurable maturity model designed to help IT leaders elevate service management step by step. From aligning operations with employee experience to leveraging AI-driven insights and workflows, discover actionable strategies to progress through each stage of maturity and build a smarter, more resilient service management organization.

Track

Breakout session

Session Title

What’s New in Freshservice: AI-Powered Innovation Across Service and Operations

Description

In this session, we’ll showcase our latest innovations built to power modern service and operations teams.

From cloud-native IT Infrastructure Management and AI-driven Change Risk Intelligence to Experience Level Agreements (XLAs) and no-code automation with Agent Studio, we’re bringing new intelligence and visibility directly into how services are delivered and evolved.

Join our product experts for live demos that show how these capabilities work together — helping you prevent disruption, manage change with confidence, and deliver seamless, experience-first service across the enterprise.

Track

Breakout session

Session Title

Closing Keynote | From Pilots to Production — Operationalizing AI to Enhance Employee Experiences

Description

To conclude the day, we’ll survey the landmarks on the pragmatic path for the next era of service: deploying AI that is fast to implement, easy to govern, and always improving. You’ll leave with a practical playbook to transform how your enterprise operates, serves, and grows.

Track

Keynote

FAQs

Refresh Virtual Summit is designed for IT and business leaders, support professionals, digital transformation teams, and anyone who needs to uncomplicate AI service delivery. Whether you're a Freshworks customer, partner, or exploring new tools, you’ll leave with practical guidance.

Absolutely. Our product sessions will showcase real-world use cases, customer success stories, and practical strategies to improve IT and employee experiences using Freshworks AI.

Simply click the “Register” button and fill out the short form. You’ll receive a confirmation email with event details.

If you can’t join the Virtual Summit that day, it will also be available to watch on-demand afterward. Also, our flagship in-person event, Refresh 2026, is taking place a few weeks earlier on May 14 in New York. The key talks and product updates will be the same, and you’ll also be able to enjoy interacting with 500+ professionals at Hudson Yards in Midtown Manhattan. Register for Refresh 2026 here.

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Thursday June 4, 2026

10 a.m. IST | 10 a.m. BST | 9 a.m. PDT