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23-25 June 2026

Copenhagen

Winning the speed vs cost trade-off: Boardroom decisions that matter

June 24, 2026
12:15-13:30
Vision Stage
Composable IT & Ecosystems
Innovation
IT transformation

Sessions in rooms

Chair: Arya Choudhury, Director, Engineering and AI, PWC

12:15 - 12:45
Panel: Architecting the adaptive telco: A CIO blueprint for the AI era      
Moderator: Vash Diwan, SVP, Netcracker
Justin Shields, CIO, du
Robert Purdy, CIO, Odido
Sami Chabbah, VP Commercial Platforms, Telenet Group

12:45 - 13:00
Presentation: AI Governance - the key to ensure an healthy fast scaling of AI
  • Why AI governance is becoming essential as AI adoption scales across the organization
  • Preventing tool sprawl, duplicated investment and unclear ownership in rapidly growing AI environments
  • Establishing risk-based governance frameworks that balance innovation with control
  • Embedding lifecycle management, accountability and compliance into AI deployment at scale
  • Creating the foundations for secure, sustainable and cost-effective AI transformation
Duarte Begonha, Partner, McKinsey & Company

13:00 - 13:15
Case study: AI-powered legacy transformation at Deutsche Telekom

Varun Bhanot, Director AI Engineering, Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs 

13:15-13:30
Case study: Driving Telco transformation, improving customer satisfaction, reducing cost to serve.....at scale
Chris Cope, Telco Chief Architect, Kraken Technologies            
Stephen Kermode, Enterprise Architect, TalkTalk    

 

Session speakers

Arya Choudhury
Arya Choudhury

Director, Engineering and AI

PwC
Chris Cope
Chris Cope

Chief Architect, Telco

Kraken Technologies
Stephen Kermode
Stephen Kermode

Lead Enterprise Architect

TalkTalk
Duarte Begonha
Duarte Begonha

Partner

McKinsey & Company
Varun Bhanot
Varun Bhanot

Director of Engineering

Deutsche Telekom AG
Justin Shields
Justin Shields

Chief Information Officer

DU
Robert Purdy
Robert Purdy

CIO

Odido
Sami Chabbah
Sami Chabbah

VP Commercial Platforms

Telenet
Vash Diwan
Vash Diwan

SVP EMEA

Netcracker

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