Trust AI: Turbocharge telco innovation!

TM Forum Stand

Discover how operators build governed, explainable networks that think, protect, and evolve independently. Explore semantic digital twins as ODA-aligned foundations for closed-loop automation and AI-driven decisions at production scale. See MODaaS demos proving model trustworthiness, AI-native security agents enforcing policy-driven compliance in autonomous workflows, and unified data platforms stopping fraud while powering breakthrough experiences.

11:00 - 11:10
TM Forum blueprints for brilliance: Unleashing industry transformation

Ready to see what’s next for telecom and connectivity? Join us on stage as TM Forum reveals how our Industry Missions and Open Digital Architecture (ODA) are rewriting the rules for agility, innovation, and growth for the AI‑era. Discover how global leaders are collaborating to build AI‑ready, cloud‑native solutions that simplify operations and unlock new value; hear real‑world stories of transformation from concept to cash; and learn how you can be part of the movement that’s shaping the future. These sessions throughout the day are your gateway to the industry’s most exciting breakthroughs. 

Mark Geere, Director Product Marketing, TM Forum

11:10-11:35
The autonomous techco: Vodafone’s $Billion-scale agentic AI shift with Google Cloud

Vodafone and Google Cloud reveal the telecom industry’s first production‑scale deployment of Agentic AI workflows across the end‑to‑end network lifecycle. The session shows how Vodafone is accelerating its Techco transformation by reinventing network design, unlocking capital efficiency (ROIC), and driving autonomous network evolution using Google Cloud, moving beyond basic automation toward intelligent, self‑orchestrating systems that drive Level 4+ autonomous operations. 

Brian Naughton, EMEA Director and Principal Architect for Telecom, Google Cloud
Simon Norton, OSS and Digital Networks Director, Vodafone

11:35-12:00
Before digital twins had a name: Lessons from a decade of building AI-ready network foundations

Long before GenAI and autonomous networks topped the agenda at DTW, operators were already solving foundational challenges such as inventory fragmentation and service impact understanding. In doing so, some established what we now recognise as semantic digital twins, living representations of network and service reality. 

Join Telia, Appledore, and NumoData for a fireside chat reflecting on more than a decade of real-world experience. Discover how early investments in operational understanding evolved into critical foundations for AI-ready operations, and why modelling operational context is becoming essential for the next generation of network automation. 

Robin Osagie, Business Development Manager, NumoData
Vincenzo Procopio, Head of Production & Cybersecurity, Telia
Patrick Kelly, Founder & Principal Analyst, Appledore Research Group 

12:00- 12:25
Govern AI before it governs you

As the industry pushes to turn generative and agentic AI into real outcomes, many are finding the real challenge isn’t the model—it’s earning trust at scale. This session, grounded in the TM Forum AI‑Native Blueprint, explores why AI success depends on trust at scale rather than better models, the governance gap holding back real AI outcomes, and how CSP teams can balance innovation speed with customer, brand, and compliance protection while strengthening governance without slowing delivery.

Sterlina Smith, Global Lead, AI + Society, SAS 
Mari Nilsson Bjorkman, Global Telecom Industry Lead, SAS 

12:25 - 12:50
Agentic implementation with AI-Native Canvas for enhanced security

As telcos move toward AI‑native, agent‑driven architectures, trust must be embedded at the core of the ODA Canvas. This session introduces the Axonect Security Agent, a TMF GB1087 framework‑aligned AI agent designed to establish secure, policy‑driven trust across AI agents, ODA components, and autonomous telco workflows, and shows through a practical use case how Axonect enables security‑by‑design, continuous compliance, and trusted AI adoption within the AI‑Native ODA Canvas.

Namal Jayathilake, Chief Technology Officer, Axonect by Axiata Digital Labs
Guy Lupo, EVP, AI & Data, TM Forum

12:50 - 13:15
How AT&T and Databricks are reimagining what's possible in the age of the AI-native telco

A truly autonomous network can think and learn for itself, protect itself, and evolve—capabilities that once seemed impossible without significant human intervention. This session explains how AT&T and Databricks are shaping this new world with a unified, secure data and AI foundation that stops fraud before it happens, unlocks breakthrough customer experiences, and powers the AI‑native telco of tomorrow.

Nevash Pillay, Global Head, Communications Industry, Databricks 
Mark Austin, VP, Data Science, AT&T