29 June - 1 July, 2027
Copenhagen
AN Leadership Forum: Day one
Spotlight
16:00 - 16:05
TM Forum welcome and opening remarks
Nik Willetts, President & CEO, TM Forum
16:05 - 16:10
China Mobile welcome and opening remarks
Li Huidi, Executive Vice President, China Mobile
16:10 - 16:20
Global development trends in the AN industry: Cracking the autonomy challenge
George Glass, CTO, TM Forum
16:20 – 16:30
China Mobile’s AN practices
Gu Ninglun, CNO, China Mobile
16:30 – 17:15
Global practices: Building intelligent operations at hyperscale:
16:30 – 16:42
Vodafone’s AN practices
Marco Zangani, Director of Network Strategy and Architecture, Vodafone
16:42 – 16:54
Scaling autonomous capabilities
Nilmar Seccomandi David, Director of Autonomous Network & Infrastructure, Telefónica
16:54 - 17:06
Advancing AN progress
Ilham Seyidnurov, Director of Information Technology, Azercell
17:06 – 17:21
Making autonomous networks a reality
Karen Salvatierra León, Zero-touch Operations Network Resources Manager, ENTEL Chile
17:21 – 17:26
Celebratory launch for China Mobile's AN Achievements
Featuring:
Li Huidi, EVP, China Mobile
Nik Willetts, CEO, TM Forum
George Glass, CTO, TM Forum
Chai Zonghong, Deputy General Manager, Inspur
Lu Haiou, President, General Development Department, Huawei
Zhang Wanchun, Senior Vice President, ZTE
Tang Liting, General Manager, Strategic Business Department, Ericsson China, Ericsson
Nabil Lahyani Hamidi, PLM Head of Analytics, MI AN, Nokia
Ouyang Ye, CEO, CTO & IEEE Fellow, AsiaInfo
Ma Junfeng, Deputy Chief Engineer, Technology and Standards Research Institute, CAICT
17:26 – 17:30
Celebratory launch for TM Forum's AN Industry Outlook Report 2026
17:30
Close of session.
Please note, all timings are provisional and may be subject to change.
Session speakers
Nilmar Seccomandi David
Director of Autonomous Network and Infrastructure
Nik Willetts
President and CEO
George Glass
CTO
Aaron Boasman-Patel
Vice President, Knowledge & Innovation
Li Huidi
EVP
Marco Zangani
Director of Network Strategy & Architecture
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Karen Salvatierra
Zero-Touch Operations Manager
Gu Ninglun
Deputy General Manager, Department of Networks
Ilham Seyidnurov
Director, Information Technologies
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