From boardroom to code: Making strategy real

23 June 2026

12:15-13:15

Build stage

Composable IT & Ecosystems

Cloud migration

IT transformation

Sessions in rooms

Chair: Willie Stegmann, EVP Composable IT & Ecosystems, TM Forum

12:15 - 12:30
Case study: From composable vision to operational reality: Stabilizing a best-of-breed telco stack
Asad Nabi, CIO, Liberty of Puerto Rico (LLA)
Mehraj Gulzar, Chief Growth Officer, Prodapt

12:30 - 12:45
Turning technical and security debt into executable modernization priorities

Uncovering how legacy architectures amplify scaling limits, costs and cyber vulnerabilities in a cloud-native world
Exposing the hidden burden of Virtual Network Functions and manual orchestration on agility and performance
Navigating mission-critical data migration at scale—ensuring integrity, availability and business continuity
Replacing outdated perimeter defences with zero-trust, API-based security and AI-driven threat detection
Breaking the “plug-and-play” illusion by aligning modernization with redesigned workflows and cultural change

12:45 - 13:15
PANEL: Engineering platforms to drive adoption of ODA - making it real for software engineers
Moderator: Willie Stegmann, EVP Composable IT & Ecosystems, TM Forum
Namal Jayathilake, CTO, Axiata Digital Labs
Laurent Donnay, SVP Chief Engineering Officer, Deutsche Telekom
Elizabeth Nguli, Head of Global Cloud Engineering, Vodafone