2026 Speakers


Discover new leaders every week

Nathan Bell
Digital Advisor
Data is the constraint: Why leadership, not algorithms, determines AI success
Chris Anderson
Managing Director, Comms, Media and Technology
Industry Insights
Peter Arbitter
CCO
Industry Insights
Amina Boubendir
Head of Research and Standardisation
AirbusIndustry Insights
Carlos Guilherme Araújo
Head of Product Management and Innovation,
AI and Data summit
Antonio González Kirchenmayer
CTO
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Gareth Kentish
Global VP Sales
Industry Insights
Gil Rosen
CMO
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Adaora Okeleke
Principal Analyst
Analysys MasonAutonomous Networks summit
Brendan O'Brien
Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Mark Austin
VP, Data Science
AI and Data summit
Nemanja Prekovic
Head of Monetization and Digital Experience
Autonomous Networks summit
Jan Hofmeyr
VP
Day 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Kaniz Mahdi
Director Technology, AWS Industries
AI and Data summit
Amir Rao
Global GTM and Solutions Director, AWS for Telecom
Autonomous Networks summit
Namal Jayathilake
Chief Technology Officer
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Roslind Kaur
Head of Group IT
Autonomous Networks summit
Vivek Sood
GCEO and Managing Director
Day 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Ahmed Saady Yaamin
Head of Axiata Group Analytics and AI
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Rainer Deutschmann
Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
Data is the constraint: Why leadership, not algorithms, determines AI success
Anthony Rodrigo
CEO Axiata Digital Labs
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Jennifer Binder-Le Pape
Practice Executive Vice President
Autonomous Networks summit
Frank Ford
Partner
Industry Insights
John Gomes
Partner
Autonomous Networks summit
Mohamed Fekih Ahmed
Senior Manager, Technical Architecture
Industry Insights
John Watson
Group President, Business Markets, AI and Ateko
AI and Data summit
Colin Bannon
CTO, BT Business
Autonomous Networks summit
Claire Gillies
CEO Consumer
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Peter Leukert
Chief Digital Officer
Who Makes the Decisions Now? Agentic AI and the Future of Control
Ravi Ramachandran
Director, Digital OSS
Autonomous Networks summit
Gabriela Styf Sjoman
Managing Director, Research and Technology Commercialisation
The Autonomous Service Provider
Howard Watson
Adviser/NED (Former BT Group CTO)
Autonomous Networks summit
Walter Neeft
CEO
AI and Data summit
Arnab Das
VP Network Engineering CoE
Autonomous Networks summit
Luis Coelho
Account Director
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Carla Penedo
Executive Director of Cognitive Automation
Autonomous Networks summit
Ameya Talwalkar
Founder and CEO
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Louis Hall
CEO
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Bing Qian
Deputy Direct, Cloud and Network Department
Autonomous Networks summit
Brian Meaney
Global Chief Architect, Mass Scale Infrastructure
The Autonomous Service Provider
Nikos Mourtzinos
Security Director
AI and Data summit
Keri Gilder
CEO
Day 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Chetan Narang
Director, AI Product Strategy
AI and Data summit
Shirish Basant Rai
Network and Systems Architect
AN Leadership Forum
Edison Diaz
Canada Branch Lead & Managing Director LATAM
Industry Insights
Ulf Theobald
Geschäftsleiter Network/IT Architecture and Digital Transformation
Autonomous Networks summit
Laurent Donnay
SVP Chief Engineering Officer
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Anand Ganapathy
VP Platform Delivery
Industry Insights
Shekhar Kulkarni
Global Chief Architect
AI and Data summit
Krishna Kumar
Principal Software Engineer
Autonomous Networks summit
Ravindra Maurya
Director of Architecture
Autonomous Networks summit
Arshpreet Singh
Technical Architect
Autonomous Networks summit
Chathurangi Wickramasinghe
SVP Magenta API Exposure
Industry Insights
Jussi Tolvanen
CEO


Haytham Saied
Head of Intelligent network Planning and Implementation
e& EgyptAutonomous Networks summit
Antonietta Mastroianni
Chief Information Officer
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
seda dolen
Head of BSS/OSS Ericsson EMEA
Autonomous Networks summit
Mats Karlsson
Head of Solution Area Business & Operations Support Systems
Autonomous Networks summit
Jörg Niemöller
Expert of Analytics and Customer Experience
Autonomous Networks summit
Gordon Rawling
Head of Global Marketing for Network Management, Cognitive Network Services, BSS & OSS
Autonomous Networks summit
Andrey Silva
Senior Researcher
Autonomous Networks summit
Apostolos Kallis
Chief Commercial Officer
AI and Data summitComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
Mitja Thomas
Project Manager, OSS Transformation
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Martin Gendron
General Manager
AI and Data summit
Mei Lee Quah
Senior Director
Industry Insights
Michel van Buitenen
Managing Vice President
GartnerCIO circle: Reinventing IT for AI, velocity and growth
David Villegas
Interoperability for Satcom-Telco
GauviIndustry Insights
Anton Reynaldo Bonifacio
CAIO and CISO, Executive Vice President
CAIDO Circle: AI & Data at Scale: Moving from POCs to P&L Impact
Tom Curry
Senior Security Consultant
AI and Data summit
Henry Calvert
Head of Networks
Industry Insights
Brian Cappellani
CTO, Communications and Media
AI and Data summit
Hari Nair
Senior VP and Head
Autonomous Networks summit
Emmanuel A. Otchere
VP and Chief Technical Expert
Industry Insights
David Hutton
Senior Director Industry Partnership Development
Autonomous Networks summit
Frank Jiao
General Manager, Intelligent Operation Domain
Autonomous Networks summit
John Wan
CMO, Huawei Software Business Unit
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Sam Wang
General Manager, ADN Solution
Autonomous Networks summit
Jerome Carson
Professor of Psychology
Hume Institute for Postgraduate StudiesAI and Data summit
Stephen Little
Professor Extraordinaire
Hume Institute for Postgraduate StudiesAI and Data summit
Rakhee Chachra
Global Research Leader TME
Industry Insights
Christopher Silberberg
Research Manager
AI and Data summitComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
SUN XUEZHI
Inspur OBD GM
InspurAI and Data summit
Sukhdeep Singh Gill
Chief Digital Officer
AI and Data summitAutonomous Networks summit
Jason Raymer
Senior Vice President of Client Experience
AI and Data summit
Aayush Bhatnagar
Chief Technology Development Officer
Autonomous Networks summit
Manjot Singh Mann
CEO
Day 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Chris Cope
Chief Architect, Telco
Kraken TechnologiesComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
Asad Nabi
CIO
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Luqman Shantal
CEO
Autonomous Networks summit
Bostjan Keber
VP Product
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Nicolai Schaettgen
CEO
AI and Data summit
Veemal Shastri Gungadin
CEO
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Sandeep Singh
SVP and General Manager, Business Solution
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Duarte Begonha
Partner
AI and Data summit
Ryan O'Hanlon
VP Global Sales & Marketing
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Alberto Manuel Fernandes Dias
Advisor
AI and Data summit
Charles Molapisi
Group Chief Technology and Information Officer
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Daniel Smith
Group Technology - Operations Governance & Tools Specialist
AN Leadership Forum
Ari Banerjee
Chief Strategy Officer
AI and Data summit
Leonard Lee
Executive Analyst
Industry Insights
Vivek Jaiswal
SVP, Autonomous Networks
AI and Data summit
Pallavi Mahajan
Chief Technology and AI Officer
Autonomous Networks summit
Claus Bjerre
CIO Telco Platforms
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Shingo Horiuchi
Senior Research Engineer
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Keisuke Suzuki
Director of Operation Support System, Network Service Management Department
NTT DocomoAN Leadership Forum
Robin Osagie
Business Development Manager
Autonomous Networks summit
Jai Rajaraman
Head of APAC & MEA Communications Service Providers
AI and Data summit
Ruth Brown
Senior Principal Analyst
Autonomous Networks summit
Camille Mendler
Research Director, Telco B2B
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Roz Roseboro
Senior Principal Analyst
AI and Data summit
Ashraf Qunaibi
Group Director, Information Technology
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Sylwia Kechiche
VP of Industry Analysis
OpenSignalIndustry Insights
Gustavo Marsico
Fellow Chief Architect
OptimumComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
Nicolas Bry
Innovation Booster Orange Africa
Industry Insights
Vincent Garnier
Senior Vice-President, Data and AI Transformation
AI and Data summit
Alexis Koalla
Director Operations Strategy and Autonomous Network Transformation
AN Leadership Forum
Amit Sharma
Director of IT
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Koen Vermeulen
Group CIO and Senior Vice President, Orange Innovation IT and Services
Why complexity is killing speed and how AI rewires telcos for fast, adaptive execution
Tony Deng
Director of Product Line and New Technology
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Grey Li
Director of Autonomous Networks
Autonomous Networks summit
Fari Pirouz
Senior Director - Global Telecoms Industry Principal
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Asparuh Rashid
Head of Data Platform and Visualization
Polystar, Elisa IndustriqAI and Data summit
Mehraj Gulzar
Chief Growth Officer
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Arya Choudhury
Director, Engineering and AI
AI and Data summitComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
Ting Cai
Chief AI and Data Officer
Data is the constraint: Why leadership, not algorithms, determines AI success
Mahmoud Elsakhawy
Vice director Mobile network supervisory department
Industry Insights
Sharad Sriwastawa
Co-CEO and CTO
AN Leadership Forum
Ram Ramanathan
VP Product AI, Automation & Cloud
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Dr Rajesh Kumar Sharma
General Manager
Industry Insights
Mohammad Rubbyat Akram
Director
AI and Data summit
Md Azimuddin Khan
Director, Analytics Center of Excellence
AI and Data summit
Menno Groen
Strategist
Autonomous Networks summit
Mari Nilsson Bjorkman
Global Telecom Industry Lead
AI and Data summit
Chen Hong
Chief Information Officer
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Hongbeom Ahn
Vice President and Head of Network AT/DT Office
AN Leadership Forum
Joji Philip
Global Telecom GTM Head
AI and Data summit
Matt Bain
CTAIO
AI and Data summit
Nilay Rathod
General Manager – Group Architecture & IT
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Mark Fetches
CTO EMEA
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Abdullah Alfaifi
GM, Group Technology Strategy and Business Architecture
Industry Insights
Emma Buckland
Research Director and Head of Sales Strategy
AI and Data summit
Rosalind Craven
Principal Analyst
AI and Data summit
Philip Laidler
Director
AI and Data summit
Jay Naillon
Vice President and Global Head of Solutions, CMET
Sutherland GlobalAI and Data summit
Rudolf Strijkers
Enterprise Architect
Autonomous Networks summit
Ankur Kapoor
EVP, Chief Network Officer
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Mike Witkowski
Vice President Network Engineering and Operations
AI and Data summit
Stephen Kermode
Lead Enterprise Architect
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Laura McCauley
Transformation Director
TalkTalk BusinessComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
Pramath Jha
Principal Consultant, CTO Office, CMI Business Group
Autonomous Networks summit
Jayasree Kottapalli
Head of Sustainable Solutions, Communications, Media and Information Services
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Andrea Folgueiras
Global CTIO
Autonomous Networks summit
Nilmar Seccomandi David
Director of Infrastructure and Customer Operations
AN Leadership ForumCTO Circle - From automation to autonomy – building intelligent infrastructure
Ashish Kar
VP, Head of BSS & AI Solutions
AI and Data summit
Vesna Prodnik
Member of the Management Board
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Siniša Arsić
Department Director for Data and AI
AI and Data summit
Johan Morel
VP Billing Experience
AI and Data summit
Afnan Ahmed
Director Network Strategy and Architecture
AN Leadership ForumAutonomous Networks summit
Frank Elter
Director of Strategy and Organizational Research
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Cathal Kennedy
Group CTO
Autonomous Networks summit
Sana Khan
Director Digital Transformation Strategy
Autonomous Networks summit
Liv Brekkenes
IT and AI Adoption Strategy Director
AI and Data summit
Vincenzo Procopio
Head of IT Production & Cybersecurity
Autonomous Networks summit
Marton Sabli
Head of Architecture and Roadmap
Autonomous Networks summit
Shahryar Khan
Head of Core Data
AN Leadership Forum
Kim Krogh Andersen
Group Executive, Product and Technology
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Varun Nair
Enterprise Architect
AI and Data summit
Senthoorkumaran Punniamoorthy
Enterprise Architect
AI and Data summit
Mark Sanders
Chief Architect
Autonomous Networks summit
Vimal Mehta
Senior Enterprise architect
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Sana Tariq
Principal Architect
AI and Data summit
Ali Tizghadam
TELUS Fellow / Chief Automation Architect
Autonomous Networks summit
Pietro Labriola
CEO and MD
Day 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Aaron Boasman-Patel
Vice President, Innovation
AN Leadership Forum
Jon Coleman
PM
Autonomous Networks summit
George Glass
CTO
CTO Circle - From automation to autonomy – building intelligent infrastructureDay 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Guy Lupo
Executive Vice President - AI and Data Innovation
CAIDO Circle: AI & Data at Scale: Moving from POCs to P&L Impact
Mark Newman
Chief Analyst
Autonomous Networks summit
Darren Nicholls
Product Management Director
Industry Insights
Joann O'Brien
VP Digital Ecosystems
Composable IT and Ecosystems summitIndustry Insights
Steffen Roehn
Chairman of the Board
CEO circle: Winning in the AI-native era – growth, risk, and industry power playsDay 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Shuvo Saha
VP Education
Autonomous Networks summitComposable IT and Ecosystems summit
Willie Stegmann
Executive Vice President, Composable IT and Ecosystems
CIO circle: Reinventing IT for AI, velocity and growthComposable IT and Ecosystems summitDay 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Joanne Taaffe
Chief Editor
Autonomous Networks summit
Andy Tiller
EVP
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Andy Tiller
EVP Products & Services
Autonomous Networks summit
Olta Vangjeli
AN Programme Director
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Nik Willetts
President and CEO
Day 1 Opening keynotes: The future, faster.
Monika Nowak-Toporowicz
Chief Technology and Information Officer


John Walsh
Director of Technology Transformation
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Valeria Baiamonte
Director of Network Strategy and Transformation
AN Leadership Forum
Elizabeth Nguli
Head of Global Cloud Engineering
Composable IT and Ecosystems summit
Simon Norton
Director of Digital Networks and OSS
CTO Circle - From automation to autonomy – building intelligent infrastructure
Scott Petty
CTO
Day 2 Opening keynotes: The future, faster
Mabel Pousfenollar
Digital and Zero-touch Operations
CTO Circle - From automation to autonomy – building intelligent infrastructure
Emilio Varas
Head Of AI And Operations Improvement
AI and Data summit
Giovanna Miritello
Senior Big Data and AI Manager
Industry Insights
Sami Muhammad Salman
Director of Digital Transformation and AI Strategy
AI and Data summit
Priya Saxena
CTO, AI & Cloud
Autonomous Networks summit
Ronan Dai
Deputy GM of Service and Data Intelligence Products
Autonomous Networks summit
Hans Neff
Senior Director CTO Group / Deputy CTO Europe and Americas
Autonomous Networks summit
