• Leveraging ML & AI to manage networks and services: defining the roadmap
• Hype vs Reality: What has been achieved to date and what does success look like?
• How can CSPs leverage existing assets to increase automation? – rip and replace is not an option
• Opensource vs partner solutions: Assessing the options
• How are hyperscalers supporting telcos for automation: What are the terms?

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• The evolutionary approach to intent-driven end-to-end automation
• Leveraging AI/ML to enhance network operability, network function and service management
• Accelerating network enhancements to resolve complexity – empowering new 5G services & reduced operating costs

• The time is now: How to accelerate network modernisation programmes
• Investment levels, requirements and priorities: Navigating the route
• New partnership models around automation: Overcoming the challenge of competitors collaborating on projects
• How much do CSPs want to rely on AI: What is the model?
• Operational AI – moving from concept to implementation: Keys to success
• Scaling AI & automation beyond specific tasks to broad capabilities and end-to-end processes

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• Why automation is so important: efficiency, growth, digitalization and AI-interfacing
• Ecosystem and Stakeholder’s evolving roles in fostering automation
• What are the four pillars to promote Autonomous Networks across the industry?
• A case study: How a CSP adopted the Autonomous Networks concept in real practice

• Navigating the operational complexity and challenges with 5G & Edge: Establishing the framework
• Speed & adaptability: Enabling the capabilities to accelerate new functionality and achieve scalability
• Operational efficiency: Ensuring shorter time to market for new services
• Maintaining the network while we transform: Keys to success

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• 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?
• Ensuring AI & data are at the core of the transformation model
• Moving towards scalable & cloud native network services delivery

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• Transforming network and service operations for a dynamic and scalable 5G network: keys to success
• The role of automation in disaggregation to achieve scalability, efficiency and control in the network
• Accelerating automation for optical innovation excellence in 5G networks
• Achieving end to end network automation across multiple domains

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• AI – moving from reactive to predictive
• How to automate all the processes: network planning, operations & monetisation
• Introducing services on a frequent basis at speed: Keys to success
• Managing changes and remediating problems at pace

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• Offering unlimited data packages in the highest mobile data usage market in the world – how Elisa made this possible?
• Review of the unique innovations on Elisa automation journey
• Leveraging customer experience as automation driver and key performance measure
• Customer Experience driven automation, new possibilities

• High frequency automation and its impact to Operations
• How to partner effectively to optimise zero touch automation
• What has gone well and where are CSPs seeing value?
• What is next for Zero Touch Automation – Private Networks, NWDAF, ORAN

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• An ethical imperative or just a cost saving strategy for network operators?
• 5G efficient by design but how to handle the impact of exponential traffic growth and energy consumption: sustainability models
• How to measure reductions of energy footprint of networks and services
• Role of the ecosystem and collaboration to drive energy efficiency – equipment, networks, applications
• Linking sustainability to P&L goals – the roadmap

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• Defining the hyperscaler role in the in the value chain and partnership models
• Understanding the relationship between private cloud and public cloud
• How can hyperscalers support CSPs to serve enterprise customers?
• How CSPs collaborate with hyperscalers to optimise operations

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