The autonomous service provider

Sessions in rooms

11:00 - 11:15
Designing the autonomous service provider: Control, trust, and national responsibility (15mins)

• Why sovereignty, governance, and intent must be embedded into network design from the very beginning, before scale makes mistakes irreversible 
• Why autonomous networks are a strategic asset, not just an efficiency play 
• Sovereignty in an AI-driven network: who controls decisions? CSPs, vendors, or algorithms? 
• How intent becomes the new “constitution” of the network 
• Security and governance as design principles, not compliance layers 

11:15 - 11:30
Engineering trust into autonomous networks: From automation to ethical infrastructure (15 mins) 

• Why autonomy without transparency creates systemic risk 
• The difference between automation and accountable intelligence 
• How intent, policy, and guardrails become as important as performance 
• Designing networks that can explain their own decisions 
• What regulators and customers will expect from autonomous CSPs 

11:30 - 12:00
Panel: Governance and leadership: Who really controls the autonomous network? (30 mins) 

• Is an autonomous network still truly ‘owned’ by the CSP, or by its software ecosystem? 
• Should intent be defined by engineers, executives, or regulators? 
• How much decision-making should ever be delegated to machines? 
• Are CSPs prepared to take responsibility for algorithmic failures? 
• Will autonomy centralize control or fragment it across vendors and domains?