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17 - 19 November, 2026

Bangkok, Thailand

Opening keynotes: Profit from autonomy: Turning Level 4 networks into revenue engines

November 18, 2026
10:00-11:30
Impact Stage
Keynote
Autonomous Networks
Day 2 - Profit from autonomy: Turning Level 4 networks into revenue engines: What it takes to make autonomy work at scale, followed by how operators turn it into commercial advantage.

Opening remarks  
Aaron Boasman-Patel, VP Knowledge & Innovation, TM Forum 

Keynote: Building the foundations for autonomous decision-making 
  • Starting small & proving value: Realizing cross-domain autonomy in the ‘autonomous city’
  • Constructing the "knowledge plane": Structuring telco data for scalable reasoning
  • Addressing key Level 4 friction points: Data, regulation, and AI economics
  • Organizational transformation: AI agents as co-workers and co-creating the ecosystem
Jørgen Brecke, SVP Technology Strategy and Partnership Ecosystems, Telenor 

Keynote: Profit from autonomy: Turning Level 4 networks into revenue engines 
  • How Level 4 autonomy can move beyond operational efficiency to create tangible business value
  • Accelerate time-to-market: Using intent-based automation to provision complex B2B services and dynamic network slices faster, enabling operators to respond more quickly to customer demand
  • Deliver zero-wait experiences: Deploying predictive maintenance and agentic AI to identify and resolve anomalies before they impact customers, protecting revenue and improving experience
  • Monetize complex SLAs: Using autonomous decision-making to confidently deliver and guarantee premium quality-of-service tiers, creating new opportunities to generate value from enterprise connectivity 
Niranjan Srinivasan, CIO, Grameenphone

Keynote: The outlook from Level 4: From operational efficiency to commercial advantage 
  • How autonomous networks are evolving from operational tools into strategic platforms for service innovation, customer differentiation and growth  
  • Using AI-driven operational intelligence to deliver premium experiences, dynamic service assurance and personalized connectivity  
  • Where Level 4 can unlock new value across consumer, enterprise and wholesale markets  
  • What early commercial deployments are already demonstrating - from revenue growth and customer satisfaction to greater operational agility  
Roderick Santiago, CTO Enterprise Group, PDLT 
 
Close  
Aaron Boasman-Patel, VP Knowledge & Innovation, TM Forum 

 

Session speakers

Roderick Santiago
Roderick Santiago

CTO, Enterprise Business Group

PLDT
Jørgen Brecke
Jørgen Brecke

Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy and Partnership Ecosystems

Telenor
Niranjan Srinivasan
Niranjan Srinivasan

Chief Information Officer

Grameenphone
Aaron Boasman-Patel
Aaron Boasman-Patel

Vice President, Knowledge & Innovation

TM Forum
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