agenda

Keynotes: Becoming a techco: are we there yet?

Tuesday, 19 September 2023
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location: Studio Stage
SESSION MODERATORS:

Sasha Qadri, Host, DTW Ignite 
Joann O’Brien, VP Digital Ecosystems, TM Forum 

KEYNOTE: CSPs' strategic options for growth and value creation in the digital economy  

  • What are the main choices for growth? 
  • Deciding where to play – horizontal, end-to-end vertical, or both? 
  • What does it take to become a successful solutions or platform player? 
  • Will a delayering strategy create more value? 
  • How can telcos leverage their existing assets to go beyond connectivity? 

Elisabetta Romano, Chief Network Operations and Wholesale Officer, TIM and President, TI Sparkle

KEYNOTE: Survival architecture for CSPs in a changing world 

  • Fast-changing world, fast innovation: market, customers and society evolutions
  • Agile architecture to survive  fast changes require an architecture as agile as development methods and technologies 
  • Collaboration at the heart of the transformation  
  • Go beyond standardization and be operational with code and solution sharing and validation  

Koen Vermeulen, CIO, Orange Group  

FIRESIDE CHAT: From telco to techco: Transforming the buzzwords into a reality

  • What are the ingredients to enable the transformation to a techco?
  • Is there a special ingredient to shortcut the transformation to a techco?
  • What are some immediate opportunities realized by techcos?

Francesco Venturini, CVP WW Telco & Media, Microsoft
Jon James, CEO, Nuuday

FIRESIDE CHAT: Drivers for telco evolution: Why and how to make the techco journey? 

  • With the current economic climate of uncertainty around the world, how does transforming into a techco help operators weather the storm? 
  • Cloud, strong partner ecosystems, Web 3.0, and next-generation business models – how to adapt to an ever-changing landscape with emerging technologies while reining in costs 
  • The challenges of finding and retaining talent to make the shift to techco a reality 
  • How do telcos remain relevant by moving from delivering connectivity to identifying future opportunities?  

Interviewer: Sylvain Seignour, President, Netcracker 
Jamal Najem, Chief Transformation Officer, du 
Hesham Fahmy, CIO, TELUS 

Speakers

Elisabetta Romano

Chief Network Operations & Wholesale Officer of TIM and President of TI Sparkle
TIM

Francesco Venturini

CVP WW Telco & Media
Microsoft

Hesham Fahmy

CIO
TELUS

Jamal Najem

Chief Transformation Officer
du

Joann O’Brien

VP Digital Ecosystems
TM Forum

Jon James

CEO
Nuuday

Koen Vermeulen

CIO
Orange Group

Sylvain Seignour

President
Netcracker