Data products at scale — the blueprint for AI-native telcos

Sessions in rooms

14:15 - 14:30 
Chair: Emma Buckland, Research Director, STL
 
DPLM in Practice: Reliable and composable data products for scaling agentic AI 

• Domain‑Led Accountability by Design for meeting data quality standards and contractual obligations, fostering trust at scale. 
• Adopting a product‑centric mindset that treats data as a discoverable, reusable, secure, and value‑driven asset. 
• Computational Composition and Computational Governance as necessary transformations to achieve scale. 

Varun Nair, Enterprise Architect, Telstra

14:30 - 14:45
AI-Ready Is No Longer Enough: Building the Foundation for Agentic Telecom Operations

• Why AI success depends on more than models - and how trusted data, governance and standardization create the foundation for AI at scale
• How operators can move from fragmented systems to a unified engagement, commerce and operational foundation that supports both business transformation and future AI adoption
• What it takes to embed AI into telecom business processes - enabling agentic customer and employee experiences that drive productivity, automation and business outcomes

Sarit Assaf, General Manager, Amdocs 
Thomas Steen Møller, Senior Director - Business Technology Partner Technology, 3 Denmark

14:45 - 15:15
Panel: From Data to intelligence: The blueprint for AI-native telcos

• Explore why scalable AI in telecoms depends on well-designed data products, not just model- and how this shift enables autonomy
• Hear how leading telcos structure data product lifecycle management (DPLM), ownership, governance for consistency and trust
• Leave with a practical blueprint to transform fragmented data into reusable, high-quality, AI-ready assets across the organisation

Moderator: Emma Buckland, Research Director, STL
Alberto Manuel Fernandes Dias, Industry Digital Strategist, Microsoft
Md Azimuddin Khan, Director, Analytics Center of Excellence, Robi Axiata PLC
Senthoor Punniamoorthy, Principal Architect, Chief Architect Office, Telstra
Amit Sharma, Senior Director, Infosys

Timings are provisional only and may be subject to change.