VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

3 July 2025

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Telecoms underpin the digital world and all the disruption that has reshaped how many of us work, socialise, learn, shop, travel and play, among other things. Yet telcos’ own business and operational models have altered little in 30 years, and growth of 1-2% is predicted for most this year. The need to digitalise, end to end, has never been more urgent. Join us to explore how network operators can digitalise to evolve and grow.
09:00

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Annie Turner

Editor
Mobile Europe

Annie Turner, Editor, Mobile Europe 
09:05

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION

Session Sponsor

The challenges and gains of operating an end-to-end digital infrastructure

Digital infrastructure forms the physical and software-based foundation for modern telecoms networks, leveraging automation, AI, open systems and cloud in the networks for digitalised operations. Where are the hold-ups and why is digital infrastructure so important?
Moderator: Inderpreet Kaur

Sr. Analyst Telco Cloud & Network Automation
Omdia

Kai Steuernagel

VP Cloud Technology
Deutsche Telekom

Philippe Ensarguet

VP Software Engineering
Orange

Frank Brockners

Board Member
The Linux Foundation

09:35

OPENING PANEL

Session Sponsor

Strategies for accelerating network innovation and growth

A look at how, through digitalisation, operators innovate using their network resources and operations to create new business models to generate new revenue streams and increase their return on investment in networks – their biggest asset.

Moderator: Malik Saadi

VP & GM Strategic Technology
ABI Research

Colin Bannon

CTO
BT Business

Yue Wang

Chief Technologist - Network and AI
China Telecom

Anita Tadayon

Director Planning, Transformation and Performance
Virgin Media O2

10:15

KEYNOTE

Session Sponsor

Break

This panel looks at progress by operators towards becoming cloud-native, what’s working and what needs more work.

Moderator: Inderpreet Kaur

Sr. Analyst Telco Cloud & Network Automation
Omdia

10:30

KEYNOTE

Session Sponsor

The digital OSS

Digital infrastructure forms the physical and software-based foundation for modern telecoms networks, leveraging automation, AI, open systems and cloud in the networks for digitalised operations. Where are the hold-ups and why is digital infrastructure so important?
Moderator: Inderpreet Kaur

Sr. Analyst Telco Cloud & Network Automation
Omdia

Kai Steuernagel

VP Cloud Technology
Deutsche Telekom

Philippe Ensarguet

VP Software Engineering
Orange

Frank Brockners

Board Member
The Linux Foundation

11:00

PANEL

Session Sponsor

Network APIs and new, platform-based operational and business models

Cloudification is changing how services are delivered and managed, enabled by modular software architectures that depend on cloud native technologies like microservices, and cloud-native designs. Is digitalisation increasingly dependent on cloudification for all aspects of telco?
Moderator: Darius Singh

Consulting Director - Enterprise Platforms Lead
STL Partners

Antonella
Antonella Sanguineti

Head of Marketing and Product
Sparkle

sparkle
Inês Ferreira

Head of ICT Product
MEO Empresas

Carolina García Vázquez

Head of AI
Telefónica

11:40

PANEL

Session Sponsor

Digitalisation boosts next-gen customer-centricity

Cloudification is changing how services are delivered and managed, enabled by modular software architectures that depend on cloud native technologies like microservices, and cloud-native designs. Is digitalisation increasingly dependent on cloudification for all aspects of telco?
Moderator: Darius Singh

Consulting Director - Enterprise Platforms Lead
STL Partners

Antonella
Antonella Sanguineti

Head of Marketing and Product
Sparkle

sparkle
Philippe Ensarguet

VP Software Engineering
Orange

Frank Brockners

Board Member
The Linux Foundation

12:10

PANEL

Session Sponsor

The evolving relationship between digitalisation and cloudification

Cloudification is changing how services are delivered and managed, enabled by modular software architectures that depend on cloud native technologies like microservices, and cloud-native designs. Is digitalisation increasingly dependent on cloudification for all aspects of telco?
Moderator: Anne-Flore Agard

VP - Global Head of Telecommunication
Capgemini

Aamer Ejaz

President Digital Platforms
Jazz

Mohamed Talaye

CTO
Orange Business

Beatriz Ortega Eguizabal

EMEA Telco Business Development Manager
Red Hat

Frank Brockners

Board Member
The Linux Foundation

12:50

PANEL

Session Sponsor

The real impacts of network optimisation

Are cloud and AI redefining optimisation and the benefits it can deliver, now and in future?
David Tomalin

Group CTO
CityFibre

Idir Fodil

SVP Strategy, Transformation and Performance
Orange

Philippe Ensarguet

VP Software Engineering
Orange

Frank Brockners

Board Member
The Linux Foundation

13:30

KEYNOTE

Session Sponsor

Closing Remarks & End of Conference

Where and how services are being offered, for which market segments and what’s in the pipeline?
Moderator: Inderpreet Kaur

Sr. Analyst Telco Cloud & Network Automation
Omdia

All times UK. Session timings and content subject to change.