• Who are tomorrow’s customers and what are the requirements for the network of the future?
• Will the promise of automation and intelligence really deliver the network requirements of tomorrow?
• New business models & operating models: the roadmap to growth?
• Open networking, programmability and disaggregation: what does this mean for the telco of the future?
• Hyperscale cloud providers and telcos: defining the relationship for future business models

• Open & programmable networks to deliver on-demand sliced based services to the customer: establishing the framework
• Moving towards zero down time in the network: what is the roadmap?
• Establishing the architecture for future networks: private, hybrid or public cloud?
• Enabling agility with a DevOps-oriented culture: new skills and shifting the mindset
• Maintaining the network while we transform: keys to success
• Operational transformation: accelerating the adoption of automation and AI

• Defining the 5G opportunity and the implications on network operations
• Operating at the Edge: What is the opportunity & how to embrace it?
• The role of automation in being able to offer end to end slices in 5G: Accelerating services, provisioning on demand and driving revenue
• Delivering enhanced quality of experience with a dynamic and distributed cloud model
• Revising the value chain and the role of the telco: co-creation and co-operation to develop use cases

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• How do you build intelligent operations for a 5G and Edge world?
• Can the Network deliver on the Promise for offering Edge Native Services?
• Automation and end-to-end scalability to unleash the full potential of 5G & Edge: how to embed the right capabilities and technologies in the 5G proposition
• Should CSPs adopt a Multi-Cloud Model for delivering immersive MEC (Multi Access Edge Computing) services and use-cases?

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• Tackling latency: Will 5G and edge computing be the cornerstone for many IoT and AI applications and devices?
• Enabling a sustainable, secure, data rich future: understanding the links between these technologies and how they can be mutually supportive
• Models for success and early use cases
• The role of automation and orchestration to ensure service defined slices in the network
• Creating the right culture and environment to integrate these new technologies into the telco DNA

• The critical role of multi-domain end-to-end service and network orchestration
• Addressing operational complexities of multi-vendor, multi-technology networks and clouds
• Harnessing machine learning and automation to guarantee slice SLA, and provide competitive service experience differentiation
• Building tangible, real-life 5G & edge applications, services and use cases
• Unleashing innovative 5G & edge monetization possib

• Defining the roadmap for new operations models
• In the promised future 5G and ‘sliceable’ networks, what should network operations look like?
• What is the optimum organisational model and where does accountability for AI/Automation activities sit within a modern Telco?
• Embracing openness and promoting open platforms where APIs and data is accessible by multiple processes
• Moving towards scalable & cloud native network services delivery

• Navigating the operational complexity and challenges with 5G & Edge
• Monetizing the Edge: leveraging the opportunity with automation
• Moving towards zero downtime in the network: what is the roadmap?
• Ensuring AI & data are at the core of the transformation model
• Maintaining the network while we transform: keys to success

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• Driving end-to-end network automation and service orchestration across multiple domains
• Accelerating new service introduction and enabling new revenue streams
• Service fulfilment: Enabling new services and products to be ordered and deployed efficiently
• Transforming network and service performance through closed loop assurance and AI

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• Service Assurance is pivotal with dynamic cloudified networks
• Network & Service Orchestration: trust in automated network actions to break down the silos between SDN, NFV and OSS
• Moving to a more service-oriented model of network operations: defining best practice
• Enabling true service innovation with scalable, agile networks that meet today’s customer demands

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