• What do next generation telecom operators look like and how will the dynamics change as the ecosystem evolves?
• 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
• Will the promise of automation and intelligence really deliver the network requirements of tomorrow?

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• Meeting the need to apply a streamlined, cost-efficient and intelligent answer to increasingly complex customer, IT and network demands
• Why automation is key to managing the scale and complexity of hybrid networks and BSS/OSS systems
• Putting the right building blocks in place to transition towards dynamic networks and zero-touch operations of the future
• How to apply automation to drive innovation, ramp up growth and takes customer experience to the next level – all while reducing costs

• Are CSPs set up to handle the right blend of suppliers to build out the infrastructure and services for the future?
• Are hyperscalers a ´must have´ to leverage the 5G and Enterprise opportunity?
• How can telcos unlock the door to new revenues through innovative industry partnerships? How might this benefit customers?
• What does a truly ‘Open Telco’ look like, and how do we get there?

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• High level implications of adopting Cloud Native across the Core, RAN and Edge
• The role of Automation and AI in addressing sustainability, energy and operational efficiency targets
• Network Programmability as a driver for RAN modernisation
• Delivering value to Cloud-Smart enterprise customers

• Defining new growth opportunities at the intersection of Cloud, Edge, 5G, IoT and AI
• How telcos move from being a dumb pipe towards leveraging hyper-scale services such as AI, ML, security, analytics, and IoT to provide new and innovative offerings to customers?
• Understanding the potential of AIoT to transform businesses across industries, creating a new economy to power the fourth industrial revolution
• Delivering ultra-reliable, low-latency mobile connections and power new capabilities, from predictive maintenance, autonomous machines, and factory robotics
• Creating the right culture and environment to integrate these new technologies into the telco DNA
• How important it is to choose the correct platforms for enabling Telco Edge and what impact can they have on Edge business outcomes

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• Towards zero touch: moving from exploration to deployment – what is the roadmap?
• Accelerating services, provisioning on demand and accelerating revenue: the role of automation & AI
• End-to-end service lifecycle automation: delivering operational agility, and an improved customer experience

• 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

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• Managing the 5G network complexity through data-driven operations: Fact-based learnings
• Operational transformation: accelerating the adoption of automation and AI to better meet the needs of the business
• Enabling new on-demand sliced based services to the customer
• From data-driven to intent-driven operations: What is the roadmap?

• Supporting near-term network operations improvement through automation of repetitive activity
• Moving towards lights-out / zero-touch operations through intelligent, proactive service assurance functions
• Service Assurance transformation: The pathway to intelligent, autonomous networks
• Accelerating the adoption of automation and AI: Aiming at a future that is machine-to-machine centric

• How can we reduce the costs of service assurance and create more real-time responsiveness through automation?
• What are the steps to transform the network and service performance through closed loop assurance and AI?
• How can you drive end-to-end network automation and service orchestration across multiple domains and achieve an end-to-end view across the infrastructure, orchestration and service layers?
• What is the best way of enabling new services and products to be ordered and deployed efficiently?

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