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DESCRIPTION:Chair: Aaron Boasman-Patel\, Vice President\, Innovation\, TM F
 orum 15:45 - 16:00Building the AI-native foundation for autonomous operati
 ons Enabling the shift toward AI-native\, autonomous network architectures
 Transforming network data into actionable intelligence through digital twi
 ns\, telco domain-specific large modelsScaling closed-loop automation from
  individual use cases to domain-wide operationsPractical deployment lesson
 s and new paradigm concluded Binglei Wang\, Senior Project Manager\, China
  Telecom Intelligent Cloud-Network Operation Center\, China Telecom Echo L
 iu\, President\, Network Performance and Converged Data Operations\, Globa
 l Technical Service (GTS)\, Huawei 16:00 - 16:15Cracking the code: Achievi
 ng Level 4 autonomy in massive wireless networks How Verizon has built the
  world’s largest telco digital twin to achieve Level 4 autonomy across i
 ts complex wireless network How migrating massive data estates unlocked th
 e ability to use cutting-edge Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) for precise ori
 gin analysis Moving beyond simple anomaly detection to a self-healing\, pr
 edictive operation that redefines network resilience and customer experien
 ce Muninder Singh Sambi\, VP of Google Distributed Cloud & Supply Chain\, 
 Google Cloud Abhitabh Kushwaha\, AVP AI Networks\, Verizon 16:15 - 16:30Ca
 se Study: Advancing network operations through automation and intelligence
  Applying automation and data-driven intelligence to optimise network oper
 ations Reducing operational complexity while improving service quality and
  resilience Taking a pragmatic approach to autonomous networks across OSS 
 and operational domains Lessons learned from scaling automation initiative
 s and aligning them with business priorities including efficiency and sust
 ainability Keisuke Suzuki\, Director of OSS\, NTT DOCOMO16:30 - 16:45How t
 o move from NaaS to autonomous networks Why the building blocks of AN are 
 NaaS (ODA) Building a solid knowledge base for effective implementation Mo
 ving from predictive automation to reasoned automation with Agentic AI Cas
 e study of service closed loop for operations Shirish Basant Rai\, Senior 
 Specialist Network Architect\, Colt 16:45 - 17:15 Panel: Designing the aut
 onomous operations center of the future Exploring the concept of the “Da
 rk NOC”: network operations environments where AI and automation handle 
 the majority of operational tasks with minimal human intervention How Leve
 l 4 autonomy is transforming traditional network operations centers into i
 ntelligent\, self-managing environments The technologies enabling this shi
 ft\, from AI-driven assurance and closed-loop automation to digital twins 
 and intent-based operations What organizational changes are required as op
 erator teams transition from manual monitoring to AI supervision and strat
 egic control How the “Dark NOC” vision underpins the transition to 6G\
 , where AI-native\, fully autonomous operations are expected to be foundat
 ional rather than optional Panelists: Shahryar Khan\, Sr. Director & Head 
 of Mobile Packet Core\, Telia GroupDaniel Smith\, Group Technology - Opera
 tions Governance & Tools Specialist\, MTN Group Shirish Basant Rai\, Senio
 r Specialist Network Architect\, Colt Jørgen Brecke\, Senior Vice Preside
 nt\, Technology Strategy and Partnership Ecosystem\, Telenor Alexis Koalla
 \, Director Operations Strategy & Autonomous Network Transformation\, Oran
 ge 17:15 - 17:45AN Levels Certificate Ceremony: TM Forum accelerates momen
 tum towards autonomous networks Operators are saving time\, reducing costs
 \, and advancing AI-driven\, self-optimizing networksCertificates will be 
 awarded to leading operators who have undertaken AN Level Assessment Valid
 ation (ANLAV)The awards will be presented by George Glass\, CTO\, TM Forum
  17:45Close of session.
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LOCATION:Park Stage
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:(DTW-Ignite 2026) AN Leadership Forum: Unlocking the next phase of 
 intelligent network operations
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