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OPENING PANEL | The business case for AI – is it really a gamechanger?
A recent report from Bank of America suggested deep integration of AI could raise communications service providers’ return on capital employed in Europe by 2%. It stands at about 6% now. SKT says 9% of its returns already come from AI-related services and intends to increase this to 36% by 2028. Is AI the big break European CSPs have needed for so long?
Moderator: Robert Curran
Consulting Analyst
Appledore Research
Nirali Patel
Group VP Data & AI Strategy
Liberty Global
Usman Javaid
Chief Products & Marketing Officer
Orange Business
Ayesha Temuri
Enterprise Data Officer
Telenor
Benjamin Renaud
CTO
Redis
OPENING KEYNOTE | Telcos’ continuing journey to cloud native
Increasingly communications service providers are adopting cloud-native technologies and methodologies. What business benefits are they delivering through deploying and running cloud-native networks? Are CSPs still mostly focused on specific, discrete projects or is the move to becoming cloud native across their organisations?
Scott Petty
CTO
Vodafone
AI opportunities for telcos: Overcoming adoption challenges with an open hybrid platform
AI presents significant opportunities for telcos, from enhancing customer experiences to optimising network operations, but it comes with challenges, including complex integration, data management and scalability. Telcos can address them by building their strategy around an open, hybrid, uniform platform to harness the full potential of AI.
Mohamed Safwat Elhabiby
Senior Telco Sales Specialist EMEA
Red Hat
Break and Networking
The green telecoms planet
AI and cloud are consuming ever more energy – where, how and when will telecoms be truly green? And in an era of deglobalisation and disrupted supply chains, will we ever crack Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions?
Sarwar Khan
Sustainability Director
BT
PANEL | Open infrastructure – disaggregated and open for business?
We’ve talked a lot about Open RAN, but softwarisation, virtualisation, cloudification and API-isation can make CSPs’ entire infrastructure more open than ever before. How great is the potential for innovation and business opportunities with an ecosystem-based approach to networks? What are the possible benefits to all stakeholders – and what are the challenges to successful implementation?
Moderator: Emma Buckland
Principal Analyst - Telco Cloud & Networks
STL Partners
Viraj Abhayawardhana
Director Network Strategy
Liberty Global
Nektaria Efthymiou
Network Platform & Security Research Director
BT
Idir Fodil
SVP Strategy, Transformation and Performance
Orange
Ignacio Gonzalez
Business Development Media/Telco EMEA
Red Hat
How AI can drive telcos’ transformation
A look at AI-driven transformation through the lens of how Generative AI can disrupt current business and operational models, taking a multi-modal approach. This session explores how telcos can monetise the insights in more collaborative way, and established data science models versus ARPU and average value per user. What can customers expect to experience in this digital age with telcos’ product portfolios enabled by AI?
Ayesha Temuri
Enterprise Data Officer
Telenor
Lunch and Networking
IN CONVERSATION | Offering digital services to meet market demand
What does it take for operators to get to the point of self-care, self-service and self-provisioning via a subscriber model for enterprise customers? Are we nearly there yet? How important is this to enterprise customers and service providers’ business?
Yogesh Malik
Group CTIO
Tele2
PANEL | Financing fibre and making a return on invested capital
For a long time we measured progress in the fixed access network with the number of premises passed but increasingly the take-up rate and cost of running fibre infrastructure are coming to the fore. How are broadband providers tackling these key issues? Will the evolution to multi-service broadband revolutionise the economics?
Moderator: Chris Godsmark
Managing Director
Houlihan Lokey’s Global Technology Group
Clayton Nash
Strategy Director
CityFibre
Carlos Bouça
Director of Network Engineering and Operations
Altice Portugal
Tapping into the future of private 5G
From hospitals to stadia, 5G private networks can revolutionise connectivity for a range of industries. This session looks at the evolution of the technology and real-life deployments, unlocking future possibilities and the critical role of partnerships in creating end-to-end solutions.
Sandeep Raithatha
Head of Strategy, Innovation & 5G IoT
Virgin Media O2 Business
Break and Networking
PANEL | Where are we with 5G Advanced?
5G Advanced is moving us along the path towards 6G but this should not overshadow the new attributes and business opportunities it brings to 5G.
Moderator: Andreas Olah
Senior Analyst - Digital Enterprise Services
Omdia
Yogesh Malik
Group CTIO
Tele2
Anania Mesfin
Cyber Security & Incident Response Specialist
Ethio Telecom
Ankush Saikia
Senior Manager, Network Strategy and Architecture
Three UK
Sandeep Raithatha
Head of Strategy, Innovation & 5G IoT
Virgin Media O2 Business
PANEL | Resilience and reliability are operators’ top priorities
How can they deliver on them? How has our thinking about infrastructure’s resilience changed? Can operators’ build the business case to put resilience and reliability at the forefront of their strategy? Will AI help them achieve the two Rs or simply expand the ‘blast radius’ when something goes wrong?
Moderator: Larbi Belkhit
Analyst
ABI Research
Ankush Saikia
Senior Manager, Network Strategy and Architecture
Three UK
Idir Fodil
SVP Strategy, Transformation and Performance
Orange