SESSION MODERATORS:
Cecilia Ortego Lagos, Global Director of Strategic Tech Operations, TM Forum
Ludvic Baquie, TMT Consulting Partner / Principal, Ernst & Young

PANEL: How technology can be harnessed to deliver diversity

• What are the practical and positive ways in which technology can be leveraged to create workplaces that are fair, equitable, and diverse?
• How can CSPs use technology to change economies and societies across the world and improve outcomes?
• Strategies for using technology to transform diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) outcomes.
• What are the business benefits of profitability, innovation, decision-making, and employee engagement?

Moderator: Cecilia Ortego Lagos, Global Director of Strategic Tech Operations, TM Forum
Malin Fransen-Kronberg, Director Service Assurance, Chief Quality Officer, Telia
Idit Duvdevany Aronsohn, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Inclusion & Wellbeing ESG, Amdocs
Alexis Koalla, Head of Operations Strategy and Transformation, Orange

PANEL: Bridging the knowledge and skills gap: Are IT teams ready for a software-centric, cloud-native future?  

• Finding the right balance between outsourcing and self-sufficiency to deliver cloud-native services  
• Upskilling/reskilling versus outsourcing to achieve effective cloud-native operations 
• How to (re-)train, motivate, augment cloud native skillsets, and enhance IT teams’ and individuals’ skills 
• Why moving from virtualized environments to cloud-native requires knowledge and experience with new open-source skills and tools 
• What skills and capabilities will be needed by tomorrow’s IT workforce? How will IT job roles change?

Moderator: Ludvic Baquie, TMT Consulting Partner / Principal, Ernst & Young
Frank Elter, Director, Telenor
Dan Watts, CEO, US Signal
Asitha de Costa, CTIO, Ezecom
Josie Smith, Chief Architect, BT Group