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23-25 June 2026

Copenhagen

The reinvention imperative: IT at warp speed

June 23, 2026
11:00-12:00
Vision Stage
Composable IT & Ecosystems
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
AI readiness
BSS (Business Support Systems)
IT transformation
ODA (Open Digital Architecture)

Sessions in rooms

Chair: Willie Stegmann, EVP Composable IT & Ecosystems, TM Forum

11:00 - 11:12
Case study: Reinventing IT with ODA and AI - from architecture to impact

Anthony Rodrigo, CEO, Axiata Digital Labs

11:12 - 11:22
Case study: A bank going from architecture to Impact with ODA

Sumudu Gunawardhana, CIO, Commercial Bank Sri Lanka

11:22 - 11:42
Case study: The living stack - turning telco IT into an AI-ready Enterprise as Code

Shekhar Kulkarni, Global Chief Architect, Deutsche Telekom

11:42 - 12:02
Case study: What it takes to consolidate BSS at scale: hard-won lessons from a tech transformation
Claus Bjerre, CIO Telco Platforms, Norlys

Session speakers

Claus Bjerre
Claus Bjerre

CIO Telco Platforms

Norlys
Anthony Rodrigo
Anthony Rodrigo

Group CIO

Axiata Group
Willie Stegmann
Willie Stegmann

Executive Vice President, Composable IT and Ecosystems

TM Forum
Shekhar Kulkarni
Shekhar Kulkarni

Global Chief Architect

Deutsche Telekom
Sumudu Gunawardhana
Sumudu Gunawardhana

CIO

Commercial Bank, Sri Lanka

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