The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in joint collaboration with ETSI NFV is organizing a workshop on “AI-Enabled Network Evolution: Cloud Native & AI Innovation for Telco Future” taking place on the
24 June 2026, from
09h30-11h30 hours CEST at ITU Headquarters, in
Geneva, Switzerland.
This workshop will offer the opportunity for discussions on the evolving landscape of modern network architectures, cloud technologies and AI-driven innovation for the Telco business. The focus of the workshop is aligned with SG13 strategic direction covering AI, network softwarization and emerging networks, as well as ETSI NFV’s key priorities on telecom cloud architecture, network function orchestration, and cloud-native and AI-native evolution.
Taking from the background of the deep integration of AI and telecom cloud/NFV, the workshop will explore the standardization progress and industry practices of AI-driven network transformation.
By exchanging views between ITU T SG13 and ETSI NFV ISG on standardization topics, as well as jointly investigating solutions and best practices from the industry, a key objective of this workshop is to further strengthen collaboration and synergy in core technology standard setting, and to delve into the way forward for intelligent and cloud-native telco evolution.
The workshop will focus on:
- the integration of AI and telecom cloud/NFV based on the latest technological trends on telecom cloud architecture, network function orchestration, cloud-native and AI-native evolution.
- exploring standardization progress and industrial practices of AI-driven network transformation.
Target Audience:
Participation in the Workshop is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions, as well as to any individual from a country that is a member of ITU who wishes to contribute to the work. Participation is free of charge. Remote participation will be provided. Participation is open to all interested parties and free of charge.
See detailed steps of register hereRegister here
Remote Participation: Connect to the MyWorkspace platform using the same ITU user account with which you registered for the meeting. You can launch the remote session by clicking the JOIN button from 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting.
Draft Programme
09:30 - 09:35
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Opening Remarks
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09:35 - 09:40
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Welcome Remarks
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09:40 - 10:20
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Session 1: Standardization perspectives from ITU-T SG13 and ETSI NFV ISG
This session aims to seek common understanding and identify possible collaboration by exchanging the standardization perspectives from ITU-T SG13 and ETSI NFV ISG on cloud native and AI innovation for telco industry. The selected topics include the general standardization introduction on cloud native and AI system, detailed standardization progress on cloud native and AI evolution of telco systems which includes but not limited to telecom cloud architecture, orchestration and management, infrastructure, platform and service.
Moderator:
Kangchan Lee, Study Group 13 Vice-chair, WP2/13 Chair
Q&A Session
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10:20 - 10:35
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Coffee Break
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10:35 - 11:15 | Session 2: Industrial perpectives and practices on cloud native and AI native coordination
This session aims to provide the case studies on cloud native and AI native implementations, best practices, future directions based on cloud native and AI related systems from the representative operators, vendors and open source organisation.
Moderator:
Tingting Zhang, Q18/13/Rapporteur
Q&A Session
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11:15 - 11:40 |
Roundtable discussion on future cooperation between ITU-TSG13 and ETSI ISG NFV
Closing Remarks
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