Agenda

Delegates collect their badges as the exhibition opens – Grab a coffee & light breakfast

• Strategy for the AI Era
• Network Evolution
• Cloud Transformation
• AI at Scale

• Commercial transformation vs technology transformation: How must telcos evolve their operating structures and shift their business to thrive?
• How can telcos support an increasingly AI driven economy?
• AI, cloud and more to supercharge efficiencies and operating models?
• How will big tech co-opetition evolve and impact traditional telcos?
• Embracing partnerships & fostering innovation: what is the blueprint?
• Capturing future AI revenue opportunities: what will the revenue mix be in the next 5 years?

• Building a network with AI embedded but also making sure the network is AI ready: what is the state of play today?
• Re-imagining the network with AI: moving from fundamentals to scale
• Operating Model Transformation to be AI ready: how to achieve this at pace
• Unprogramme and embrace the future: Discuss the strategic shifts required to align organisational models, talent, and investments with an AI-native future
• The AI crystal ball: How to plan a network for a future that is rapidly changing, uncertain and unpredictable?

Visit the exhibition floor, meet the sponsors & exhibitors, and grab a bite to eat.

• Re-examining the path to autonomous networks: what level, where and for what purpose?
• Simplifying networks to create a solid foundation for AN
• Leveraging AI to accelerate innovation: Enabling a new ecosystem & engagement models
• Towards fully autonomous: moving to the next level – what is the roadmap?

• Why autonomous operations is a critical foundation for the journey to L4
• Key facets of autonomous operations: where to start and how to make real progress
• How can agentic AI accelerate the autonomous operations journey
• How can autonomous operations help deliver business KPIs

• How can agentic AI help accelerate the autonomous networks journey?
• Balancing cost and efficiency to decide where to deploy agents in the network
• How can autonomous agents interact, make decisions, and enable closed-loop systems for better network performance and efficiency
• Exploring the transition from single-task agents to collaborative multi-agent systems for future network orchestration

• Network ontology and digital twins as the foundation for AI-driven automation
• Unlocking the full potential of AI with structured, contextualized network data
• Bridging today’s operational reality with the vision of Level 4/5 autonomous networks

Enjoy lunch which is served in the exhibition area!

The landscape of network performance management is rapidly evolving as organisations demand more resilient, efficient, and secure networks and AI is pivotal force in driving down costs and transforming network infrastructure. Panelists will share case studies providing a deep dive into how AI can work as a strategic asset to telcos. Case studies include:

• Anomaly Detection: Streamlining Efficiency through AI and Machine Learning
• Accelerating Service Aware Networks with AI
• Predictive Analytics Ensuring Network Resilience
• Being Energy Efficient – Networks, AI, IT

• Deploying AI RAN without increasing network complexity and energy consumption
• Integrating machine learning models for traffic prediction, anomaly detection, and dynamic power management
• Future Outlook: Scaling AI-RAN capabilities to Open RAN environments and 6G-ready architectures

• Where does AI deliver immediate value in the RAN?
• Energy savings, performance optimisation, anomaly detection – where to start?
• RIC maturity and xApp/rApp deployment
• ROI timelines and measurement

Visit the exhibition floor, meet our sponsors & exhibitors, and grab a bite to eat

• Getting data ready: what is needed for what AI?
• Data governance, management, stewardship – how to resolve?
• Moving away from data ingestion, from use case based to horizontal approach
• What is the technology landscape & architecture needed to work with data cross domain
• Combining network data, customer data etc and maximising the utilisation of this data

• Data as the foundation of automation & AI: Data quality, observability and real‑time telemetry
• People, process, culture: what is the transformation roadmap?
• Are partner ecosystems a silver bullet for telcos?
• How to find the right partner in open innovation partner selection process?

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Mingle with your peers in a relaxed environment during the Drinks Reception at the end of Day One

Canapes, Mocktails & soft drinks served