AN Leadership Forum Part 1: From industry roadmap to level 4 reality

Sessions in rooms

12:15 - 12:30
Fireside chat: Achieving Level 4 autonomy: Lessons from the front line 

• Delivering Level 4 autonomous network capabilities in live production environments  
• Applying closed-loop automation, AI-driven decisioning and intent-based orchestration at scale  
• Achieving measurable impact across fault resolution, operational efficiency and customer experience  
• Key lessons from scaling autonomy across domains while maintaining service reliability and control 

Sharad Sriwastawa, Co-CEO and CTO, Rakuten 

12:30 - 12:50
Fireside chat: Building the AI-native foundation for autonomous operations 

• Enabling the shift toward AI-native, autonomous network architectures 
• Transforming network data into actionable intelligence through digital twins, network knowledge graphs and automation platforms 
• Scaling closed-loop automation from individual use cases to domain-wide operations 
• Practical deployment lessons and the role of ecosystem collaboration in accelerating AN adoption 

12:50 - 13:05
Scaling autonomous capabilities

• Deploying autonomous network capabilities across multiple domains 
• Key milestones in the journey from Level 3 automation toward Level 4 autonomy 
• Operational benefits already being realized, including faster fault resolution and improved service quality 
• Practical lessons from scaling autonomy within complex network environments 

Nilmar Seccomandi David, Director of Autonomous Network & Infrastructure, Telefonica

13:05 - 13:20 
SK Telecom's journey toward autonomous networks 

• Why SKT targets TM Forum AN Lv.4 by 2030, driven by three strategic objectives  - AI-driven productivity, cost reduction, and operational stability 
• How achieving this vision requires AI-optimized processes, AI-readable data, AI-native OSS modernization, and legacy equipment upgrades 
• Making a decisive shift from proprietary systems to TM Forum global standards, enabling seamless ecosystem-wide collaboration 

Hongbeom Ahn, Vice President and Head of Network AI & Digital Transformation, SK Telecom 

13:20 Lunch