At Telco Next

Dive deep into the insights from communication and media GCC captains, ecosystem partners and CGI leadership.

Explore best practices from leading GCCs on managing transformations and navigating industry challenges.

Navigate Telco to Techco transformations and emerging growth avenues/strategies in the Telco and Media landscape.

Showcase capabilities and offerings from partners and clients.

Telco Next 2024

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Telco Next Themes


Telcos Transformation

Powering what’s next for the Telcos. Explore the key strategies for transformation from Telco to a Techco. Join us as we discuss the future of telecommunications and wat’s next.


Emerging Growth Avenues for Telcos

Emerging tech and innovation are shaping the future of telcos. Join us to know how to gain market share through integrated and interoperable digital platforms for new service and monetize technology assets/ IPs.

 


Harnessing Partners Ecosystem: Deriving Value for GCCs

Harness an ecosystemic approach to get the best of all worlds. Partnerships enable telcos to go beyond the traditional and embrace radical innovation. Join us as we show to harness a partner ecosystem successfully.

 

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Telco Next Agenda

09:00 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.: REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING TEA

9:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.: Inauguration opening act

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.: Welcome Address by Jyoti Shailendra, CGI

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Keynote by Arun Karna, AT&T Global Network Services India
                                         Topic: Emerging growth avenues for telcos

10:50 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.: CGI: Partner for your success by Rakesh Aerath, CGI

11:05 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.: COFFEE/ TEA BREAK  I INNOVATION KIOSK SHOWCASE

11:40 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.: Panel Discussion
                                         Topic: GCC as Innovation Hub and Accelerator for Telco to TechCo transformation

12:30 p.m. – 01:00 p.m.: CGI in Communication and Media by Biraja Mohapatra, CGI

01:05 p.m. – 02:50 p.m.: LUNCH + ROUNDTABLE (By invite only)

02:55 p.m. – 03:35 p.m.: Fireside Chat
                                         Topic: Scaling Innovation for Telco

03:40 p.m. – 03:55 p.m.: Closing Address by Jyoti Shailendra, CGI

04:00 p.m.: HI-TEA  I INNOVATION KIOSK SHOWCASE

Meet the leaders taking center stage

Arun Karna
Managing Director & CEO, AT&T Global Network Services India

Arun is a highly experienced technology business leader with more than 34 years of experience in the Telecoms and IT industry. He has been with AT&T for more than 23 years, and is currently the Managing Director & CEO of AT&T Global Network Services India Pvt. Ltd. He has also recently taken over as the Head of Middle East and Africa, AT&T Business International.

 

Soumitra Saha
Managing Director, Country Head Lumen India

Soumitra Saha is the Managing Director and Country Head of Lumen Technologies, India and is based out of Bangalore. He is also a NASSCOM Karnataka Regional Council member. In his role at Lumen, Soumitra is driving a large transformation at Lumen India to position this GCC as a technology hub for Lumen Technologies.

 

Aniket Mhala
Head of Innovation Hub at TM Forum

Aniket Mhala is a seasoned Strategic Technology Thought Leader with over 29 years of experience driving digital transformation in the telecom & financial industry. As Head of TM Forum Innovation Hub, he heads initiatives to build solutions to accelerate the Telco industry's evolution through ODA, Open APIs, composable architecture, AI/ML, Generative AI, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies.

 

Anish Sahay
Deputy Director & Head - GCC and BPM Initiatives

Anish is an accomplished Saled Leader with 21+ years career spanning across IT, Analytical Instruments, Banking and Advertising industries. He is well versed with sales of Digital technologies and services like Data & Analytics, Mobility, Cloud, and IoT. In his current role as the Head of GCC & BPM Initiatives at nasscom, he is focused on driving the growth, talent, emerging technologies & hubs and innovation charter for these two very significant business segments of the Indian IT industry.

 

Yatin Dharamshi
Head of CNS Technology Strategy, Transformations and Operations, Nokia

In his current role Yatin is focused on driving the tech strategy, transformations and operations for the Cloud and Network Services and emerging tech for Nokia.

 

Dilip Manepalli
Vice President, Vodafone

Dilip Manepalli is a visionary leader in Global AI Innovation and Transformation, with over 17 years of cross-functional expertise spanning Technology, Auto Retail, EdTech, FinTech, and Telecom. Dilip is at the forefront of shaping the future of businesses through AI & emerging tech innovation. As an industry leader in AI, he has developed scalable frameworks that are setting new standards. Currently serving as Vice President at _VOIS (Vodafone).

 

Deepa Ramachandran
Head of Portfolio Management, Digital Operations, Nokia 

 

Neel Mehta
President, BCE Global Tech

Neel is a well-respected leader with over 25 years of experience in networks and technology and currently leads BCE Global Tech, the global technology center of Bell Canada, in Bangalore. As a Leader and chief executive, he is focused on driving innovation and technological advancements in emerging markets.

 

Jeevan Talegaonkar
Vice President, Jio