Video recordings

Session 1: Welcome

Shaun Collins (Group CEO, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 2: Welcome

Nicki Lyons (Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, VodafoneThree)

Session 3: Fireside chat

Geoff Blaber (CEO, FDM CCS Insight)

Hayden Shaw (Insight Director, FDM)

Session 4: Keynote presentation

Ben Wood (CMO, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 5: Telecom operators presentation

Kester Mann (Director of Consumer and Connectivity, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 6: Executive interview

Andrea Donà (Chief Network Officer, VodafoneThree)

Kester Mann (Director of Consumer and Connectivity, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 7: Network technology/AI

Ian Fogg (Director of Network Innovation, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 8: Executive interview

Hemanth Sampath (VP Engineering – 5G/6G, XR, AI, Qualcomm)

Geoff Blaber (FDM CCS Insight)

Session 9: Executive interview

David Derrida (Vice President of Products, Europe, TCL)

Leo Gebbie (Principal Analyst and Director, Americas, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 10: Panel – Beyond The Stack: Why Future Transformation Will Be Ecosystem

Bola Rotibi (Chief of Enterprise Research FDM CCS Insight)

Iain Gavin (Director AWS Partners, UKI, AWS)

Joe Baguley (Chief Technology Officer EMEA, Broadcom)

Brian Meaney (Chief Architect and Service Provider CTO, Cisco)

Session 11: Executive interview

Annika Bizon (Mobile Experience VP of Product and Marketing, UK&I, Samsung)

Ben Wood (FDM CCS Insight)

Session 12: Secondary market insights presentation

Ben Hatton (Research Analyst, FDM CCS Insight)

Session 13: Panel – Practical AI: Real-World Deployments Today and the Vision for Tomorrow

Ian Fogg (Director of Network Innovation, FDM CCS Insight)

Dan Warren (Head of Team Communications Research, SRUK, Samsung)

Ari Kynaslahti (Chief Technology Officer, Mobile Networks, Nokia)

Kelly Barlow (Strategy and Portfolio Director, VodafoneThree)

Session 14: Panel – Beyond the Hype: Satellite’s Real Value in Mobile Networks of the Future

Luke Pearce (Principal Analyst, FDM CCS Insight)

Michael Rieger (Principal New Business and Innovation, Swisscom)

Daniel Thomas (Commercial Lead, SatCo)

Pete Saladino (Global Head of Marketing, Skylo)

Session 15: Executive Interview *BONUS SESSION*

Geoff Blaber (CEO, FDM CCS Insight)

John Smee (Senior Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.)

Session 16: Close

Shaun Collins (Group CEO, FDM CCS Insight)

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