Zoom is set to kick off its flagship conference – Zoomtopia 2025 – on September 17-18, with high expectations around its new AI features.
Branded this year under the theme “for the people,” the event will spotlight how businesses and individuals are rethinking work, connection, and collaboration in an AI-driven era.
The conference, once a product showcase for a pandemic-era darling, now doubles as a litmus test for whether Zoom’s bet on AI can sustain its next phase of growth.
“Zoomtopia is Zoom’s moment of truth – If the company can showcase tangible, AI-powered workflow features while strengthening its enterprise offering, it will establish itself as a modern productivity platform,” says Tim Banting, Head of Research & Business Intelligence at Techtelligence,
“Otherwise, Zoom risks relying on its market perception that “AI is free”, or rather, included at no extra cost for licensed customers.”
When, Where and Who Is Speaking
Zoomtopia 2025 will be a virtual global event, running September 17 for the Americas and September 18 for APAC, EMEA, and Japan in a “follow-the-sun” format.
While there’s no in-person main event this year, Zoom says it’s planning smaller regional gatherings afterwards.
The company’s Founder and CEO, Eric S. Yuan, will headline with a keynote on AI and the future of collaboration.
Other key speakers include Hayden Brown, CEO of Upwork, Sal Khan, CEO of Khan Academy and Zoom’s leadership team: Smita Hashim (CPO), Kimberly Storin (CMO), Aparna Bawa (COO).
The event, which will feature seven tailored tracks, will feature content for IT admins, decision-makers, enterprise leaders, small business owners, and everyday users.
Sessions will focus on real-world challenges across sales, marketing, customer experience, education, and frontline work.
In a surprising twist, the company will highlight its collaboration with Microsoft in “Zoom + Microsoft: Where innovation meets AI” – showing how the two ecosystems can work better together.
Attendees can also expect live demos of the Agentic AI Companion, AI-powered contact centre tools, and custom agent creation.
What the Industry Expects
According to Banting, there are three main areas where expectations are high.
“We need to see Zoom’s AI platform in action – how AI coordinates tasks across meetings, documents, and contact center.
“Zoom must also present vertical-specific solutions for industries like healthcare or education, where tailored AI workflows could win accounts.
“And to reassure enterprise CIOs, it must lay out a clear AI governance framework, highlighting data privacy, bias mitigation, and third-party app vetting.”
What Can Last Year’s Event Tell Us?
Zoomtopia 2024 underscored just how aggressively Zoom is betting on AI.
With over 3,000 new features and the debut of AI Companion 2.0, the company made it clear that AI is no longer an add-on but the core of its strategy.
Promises of streamlined workflows, real-time summaries, and even the possibility of a four-day workweek were ambitious – but also raised questions about whether adoption can keep pace with innovation.
The event also spotlighted industry-specific solutions in education, healthcare, and frontline work, signalling Zoom’s intent to become indispensable beyond the boardroom. Yet, while features like AI-generated clinical notes and lesson planning tools sound promising, their real-world effectiveness remains to be proven.
In short, last year’s event set the tone: Zoom is moving beyond being a communications platform and into shaping the future of how, when, and even why we work.
If 2024 was about building the AI foundation, 2025 may be about seeing that vision start to transform daily reality.
We will continue to update this post throughout the coming week with the latest news and analysis from Zoomtopia.
