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1.1 Becoming a techco: are we there yet?

19 Sep 2023

1.1 Becoming a techco: are we there yet?

FIRESIDE CHAT: From telco to techco: Transforming the buzzwords into a reality

  • What are the ingredients to enable the transformation to a techco?
  • Is there a special ingredient to shortcut the transformation to a techco?
  • What are some immediate opportunities realized by techcos?

Jon James, CEO, Nuuday
Silvia Candiani, Vice President, Telecommunications, Microsoft

KEYNOTE: Survival architecture for CSPs in a changing world 

  • Fast-changing world, fast innovation: market, customers and society evolutions
  • Agile architecture to survive  fast changes require an architecture as agile as development methods and technologies 
  • Collaboration at the heart of the transformation  
  • Go beyond standardization and be operational with code and solution sharing and validation  

Koen Vermeulen, CIO, Orange Group 

FIRESIDE CHAT: Drivers for telco evolution: Why and how to make the techco journey? 

  • With the current economic climate of uncertainty around the world, how does transforming into a techco help operators weather the storm? 
  • Cloud, strong partner ecosystems, Web 3.0, and next-generation business models – how to adapt to an ever-changing landscape with emerging technologies while reining in costs 
  • The challenges of finding and retaining talent to make the shift to techco a reality 
  • How do telcos remain relevant by moving from delivering connectivity to identifying future opportunities?  

Interviewer: Sylvain Seignour, President, Netcracker 
Jamal Najem, Chief Transformation Officerdu 
Hesham Fahmy, CIO, TELUS

Koen Vermeulen

Koen Vermeulen

Group CIO

Orange Group

Jon James

Jon James

CEO

Nuuday

Silvia Candiani

Silvia Candiani

VP Telco & Media

Microsoft

Jamal Najem

Jamal Najem

Chief Transformation Officer

du

Sylvain Seignour

Sylvain Seignour

President

Netcracker

Hesham Fahmy

Hesham Fahmy

CIO

Telus