• Keynotes from Host Sponsors AT&T and Verizon kick off conference aimed at digital transformation executives from September 23-27
• Vivek Gurumurthy, SVP CIO, Verizon Consumer Group, to keynote on the rise of AI
• David Lu, SDN Platform & Systems, AT&T Labs, AT&T, to present on utilizing SDN, NFV and a DevOps approach to build a scalable and agile, transformative network

Parsippany, NJ—August 27, 2019 — TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, is tackling key industry challenges head on with its Digital Transformation North America and Action Week agenda featuring the most pressing challenges in the telco industry today, including AI, 5G, cloud, IoT and more. Scheduled from Sept. 23-27 at the Hilton Dallas/Plano Granite Park hotel, this conference is must-attend for digital transformation executives in the telecom ecosystem.

With keynotes and case study presentations from Host Sponsors AT&T and Verizon, and BT, CenturyLink, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., Videotron and Vodafone, TM Forum’s only North American conference focuses on how digital enablement can transform business. New speakers added to the stellar line-up include:

• Robin Harwani, Global Telecom Partner Solution Architecture Lead, Amazon Web Services, Amazon
• Don Anton Roshan Dehipitiarachchi, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon
• Andres Vazquez del Mercado Benshimol, Chief Digital Innovation, América Móvil
• Rob Claxton, Co-lead, AI Management Standards Workstream, TM Forum; Chief Researcher, BT
• Pascal Menezes, Chief Technology Officer, MEF
• Asad Nabi, Senior Director, System Engineering and Software Architecture, CenturyLink

Highlights from the Digital Transformation North America conference agenda include the following keynotes and presentations:

• Artificial intelligence rising – Vivek Gurumurthy, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Verizon Consumer Group
• ​​Supporting growth in the 5G era: AT&T’s winning network combination – David Lu, Vice President, SDN Platform and Systems, AT&T Labs, AT&T
• Blueprints for a digital telco: The Reliance Jio story – Arun Balasubramanian, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Sales, Business Development and Strategy, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd​.
• Transforming architecture with standards at Vidéotron – Michel Boudrias​, General Manager of Architecture and Planning, Vidéotron

To support the digital transformation-focused agenda, two TM Forum collaborative proof-of-concept Catalysts will be showcased at the event:

• AI Leap is using real data to demonstrate how communications service providers can improve the quality of their data to make way for more accurate automation. (Champions: BT, Orange; Participants: Arago, Galileo Software, Federos, Wavelength Communications)
• Digital Business Marketplace shows how a B2B2X marketplace can enable companies to digitize their businesses and take advantage of commercial IoT. (Champions: BT, Deutsche Telekom, NTT, T-Mobile USA; Participants: Agile Fractal Grid, BearingPoint, Digiglu, Intel)

Digital Transformation North America is co-located with Action Week, a week-long collaborative gathering of TM Forum’s Collaboration community which focuses on developing and delivering rapid solutions to the industry’s most pressing technology challenges.

Service providers registered to attend include: Charter Communications, China Mobile Communications, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat UAE, NTT Group, Orange, Rogers Communications, Saudi Telecom Company, T-Mobile USA, TIM, Telstra, US Cellular, Vodafone, Windstream Communications and many more.

Sponsors include: Host Sponsors: AT&T and Verizon; Lead Sponsor: Prodapt; and Silver Sponsors: Ciena, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ServiceNow. Limited sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact [email protected].

Interested in attending Digital Transformation North America? Discounted pricing ends Sept. 5, 2019. Qualified journalists and analysts can receive a complimentary pass to the event. Learn more at: https://dtaw.tmforum.org/register/passes-and-pricing-2019-2/

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