Panel Discussion
In this DSP Leaders World Forum session, experts from Veon, Wind River, Red Hat, Ofcom, BT Business and UK Telecoms Lab discuss how geopolitical pressures are transforming how telecom operators approach network design, bringing about a shift beyond traditional resilience with a focus on uptime and redundancy to encompass digital sovereignty requirements too. The panel explores the challenges of building sovereign-ready infrastructure that reduces critical dependencies on vendors and data flows while maintaining global connectivity.
Broadcast live 19 May 2026
Participants
CO-HOST
Lasha Tabidze
Group Chief Digital Operations Officer, VEON
Christof Stallmach
Head of EMEA Telco COE, Red Hat
Colin Bannon
Chief Technology Officer, BT Business
Joanna Cavan
Managing Director, UK Telecoms Lab
Nastasi Karaiskos
GVP Global Telco & EMEA Sales, Wind River
Nihal Newman
Director, Security and Resilience Policy, Ofcom, UK
