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DESCRIPTION:12:15 - 12:45You can't automate what you don't understand: Why 
 semantic digital twins are now essential infrastructure. Digital twins are
  becoming a foundational capability for autonomous networks\, driven by a 
 market shift toward AI-driven\, resilient operations. This session explore
 s why this inflection point is happening now and the challenges operators 
 face in moving digital twins from concept to production. It also examines 
 the growing role of cybersecurity in network operations and how digital tw
 ins seamlessly combine security\, network\, service context\, and policies
  in day-to-day operations. Drawing on 17 years of experience delivering se
 mantic digital twins in some of the world’s most complex operator enviro
 nments\, we will share practical strategies to overcome these challenges. 
 Explore further at our Catalyst - Security use cases for digital twins - w
 ith Vodafone and Telia. Anne-Flore Agard\, Head of Telecom at Capgemini En
 gineering\, Capgemini Wim te Niet\, Senior Vice President of Global Sales\
 , NumoData 12:45 - 13:15Grounding the agent: Why agentic network operation
 s start with data\, not models. Most AI-driven network automation deployme
 nts stall before achieving a fully closed loop not because the models are 
 inadequate\, but because the data layer they operate on was never designed
  for autonomous action. This session makes the case that agentic network o
 perations is fundamentally a data architecture problem. Drawing on deploym
 ent patterns across Tier-1 operator environments\, we identify four precis
 e failure modes that block AI closed-loop execution: unresolvable state ac
 ross conflicting OSS systems\, broken causal chains between alarms and rem
 ediation paths\, absent post-change verification loops\, and temporal data
  skew — the often-overlooked problem of AI agents reasoning over composi
 te snapshots assembled from systems with wildly different polling cycles a
 nd propagation delays. A practical four-stage insertion roadmap shows how 
 operators can deliver measurable value within 90 days while building towar
 d full domain autonomy and how reaching AN-4 unlocks the shift from connec
 tivity provider to Operator-as-a-Service. Siddhartha Dattagupta\, Chief Te
 chnology Officer\, AXON Networks Kumar Vishwanathan\, Chief Product Office
 r\, AXON Networks
DTEND:20260624T111500Z
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LOCATION:The Loft Stage
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:(DTW-Ignite 2026) The Loft: Autonomous Networks
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