Founder and Chairman of Reliance, CEOs of Orange and Telenor to keynote at TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World Series

London, UK — SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 — TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, today announced that Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.; Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO, Orange; and Sigve Brekke, President and CEO, Telenor, among other C-level executives, will open its Digital Transformation World Series on October 7-8.

The six-week festival of collaboration from October 7 – November 12 includes over 65 hours of content from 100+ influential speakers, including experts and executives from BT, China Mobile, Comcast, Deutsche Telekom, Rakuten, Telefónica, Verizon and many more.

Digital Transformation World Series Keynotes

Headliners scheduled to launch the digital conference on October 7-8 are listed below, with more speakers to be announced in the coming weeks.

• Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO, Orange
• Sigve Brekke, President and CEO, Telenor
• Li Huidi, Executive Vice President and Board Member, China Mobile
• Enrique Blanco, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Telefónica
• Claudia Nemat, Board Member, Technology and Innovation, Deutsche Telekom AG
• Andre Fuetsch, President, AT&T Labs and Chief Technology Officer, AT&T
• Kiran Mathew Thomas, President, Reliance Industries Ltd., Director on the Board, Reliance Jio
• Charles Molapisi, Group Chief Technology and Information Officer, MTN Group
• Anish Shah, President, Digital Platforms, Information Technology, Jio Platforms Ltd.

**Digital Transformation World Series Agenda ** With a mix of live presentations, masterclasses, on-demand content, roundtable debates and panels, Digital Transformation World Series’ content offers up to 12 hours of sessions, two days a week for six weeks. Attendees can customize their agendas to fit their own schedule, and participate in interactive content and networking aimed at fostering learning and development.

The agenda reflects how industry collaboration can inspire change, and help solve some of the industry’s greatest challenges in cloud native IT, AI, autonomous networks, customer experience and more.

“2020 has reminded us of the critical importance of connectivity to the global economy and society, and the resilience of our industry. But it has also put enterprise digitization programs on fast-forward,” said Nik Willetts, CEO, TM Forum. “It is now more important than ever for our industry to collaborate to compete. That’s why we’ve created a unique digital series to offer unbiased, no-nonsense content and showcase ground-breaking innovation, creating a unique opportunity for sharing, learning and collaborating between professionals around the world.”

**About Digital Transformation World Series ** Digital Transformation World Series is scheduled for October 7 – November 12. The digital event is supported by over 35 sponsors, including: Diamond Sponsor Amdocs; Platinum Sponsors: BearingPoint/Beyond, Ericsson; Gold Sponsors: Blue Prism, CSG, Huawei, Prodapt and VMware; Silver Sponsors: Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, Comarch, Hansen, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nexign, Optiva, Oracle Communications, Red Hat, ServiceNow. Limited sponsorships remain. For sponsorship information, contact [email protected] .

Digital Transformation World Series Registration

Interested in attending Digital Transformation World? Discounted pricing ends September 24, 2020. Qualified CSPs, journalists and analysts may apply for complimentary passes. Register here: https://dtw.tmforum.org/passes/