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Inspiration Day
Inspiration Day 2024
Inspiration Day is once again coming to Belgium to cover the hot items of the day in the telecoms world.
- 21-22 May 2024
- Antwerp, Belgium
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Inspiration Day 2026
Netaxis Inspiration Day comes to Sorrento, Italy in 2026! Step into a refreshing setting that combines business insight with meaningful networking.
- 20–21 May 2026
- Hilton Sorrento Palace, Italy
Inspiration Day 2026
Netaxis Inspiration Day comes to Italy in 2026! Step into a refreshing setting that combines business productivity with genuine connection.
- 20–21 May 2026
- Hilton Sorrento Palace, Italy
Since the first Inspiration Day in 2016...
Book your tickets to secure a spot at Inspiration Day 2026
Make sure to mark your calendar, as Inspiration Day promises to be the biggest highlight of the Cloud Communications industry year!
About Inspiration Day
What to expect from Inspiration Day 2026?
Netaxis Inspiration Day 2026 will bring together technology leaders, telecom experts, and voice-network innovators for two days of purpose-driven networking, strategic insight, and collaborative learning.
Hosted amidst the historic charm of Sorrento, this event offers a thoughtfully curated environment where meaningful conversations take center stage. Save your energy for big ideas, partnership opportunities, and evolving industry strategies.
Inspiration Day is designed with business relevance in mind. Join us in Sorrento for a conversation-driven, network-first approach to industry innovation.
Where to stay
Accommodation options for attendees
While there are many great accommodation options in the surrounding areas, we highly recommend staying at the Hilton Sorrento Palace. It allows attendees to stay close to the action.
Conveniently located for streamlined business travel – just a short transfer from Naples and Salerno airports and rail links.
The issues that Service Providers and Telcos have to get to grips with these days seem to be coming along thick and fast. We look forward to welcoming you to Inspiration Day where this year our themes encompass sovereignty, security and the ever increasing role that AI has in our businesses.
Schedule
Agenda: Navigating the sovereign digital frontier
The digital landscape is no longer a boundless, interconnected cloud; it is a complex mosaic of jurisdictions, identities, and rapidly evolving threats. For too long, the industry has prioritized speed and scale. In 2026, the imperative shifts: the focus must be on control, intelligence, and verifiable trust.
The Netaxis Inspiration Day 2026 is built around this shift – a mandatory strategic reset for any company operating globally.
Day 1: Wednesday 20 May 2026
Hilton Sorrento Palace, Italy
Event agenda subject to change
Theme: Trust, Control, and Intelligence in a Fragmented World
8:30 – 9:30 AM (GMT+2)
- Registration & Coffee: Arrival, Networking, and Exhibition Access
9:30 – 9:45 AM (GMT+2)
Welcome Address by Gaetan Brichet: The Fragmentation Imperative
Setting the scene: Why Sovereignty, AI, and Trust are the three pillars of 2026 digital strategy.
9:45 – 10:30 AM (GMT+2)
Keynote by Dean Bubley: The New Digital Iron Curtain
Dean Bubley is the director & founder of Disruptive Analysis, an independent technology and telecoms industry analyst and consulting firm based in London.
Everyone is talking about the concept of “sovereignty”. But what does that actually mean for the telecoms industry? Does it just imply costly new regulations about data, security and supply chain risk? Or are there possible opportunities and upsides from new services for enterprises, consumers and public sector customers? Does it place restrictions on the ways that telcos can implement AI, or does it offer a new chance to claim a central role in offering intelligent solutions with more local control?
Dean Bubley will tackle these questions head-on in his keynote:
• What defines a secure, sovereign network infrastructure and how it aligns with cloud-native strategies
• How telcos can unlock new opportunities in sovereign connectivity, industry solutions, and the AI/cloud stack
• The growing complexity of regulations and policies across Europe
• Emerging frontiers in AI, including edge computing, satellite, physical AI, and advanced voice services
10:30 – 11:00 AM (GMT+2)
- Networking Break & Exhibition
11:00 – 11:20 AM (GMT+2)
Session 1: The European Regulatory Outlook: Trends, Risks, and What Comes Next
Mario will deliver a deep dive into what’s happening on the regulatory front in Europe.
Mario Filipponi, Partner at BPI Group
A global strategic communications consultant, with a particular focus on antitrust, corporate communication, and government affairs.
11:00 – 11:45 AM (GMT+2)
Session 2: National Security: The Architecture of Digital Sovereignty
In the uncertain world we live in, where we have given a spare set of door keys to the Chinese and the Americans, what are the risks surrounding Digital Sovereignty?
Europe is answering the rise of ‘hard power’ economics with a strategic pivot from regulation to the industrial construction of ‘Digital Sovereignty,’ raising urgent questions about the feasibility of closing the technology gap, the concrete operational impact of this doctrine, and the future of the competitive landscape.
Lee Turner, Head of Industry Engagement & Regulatory Affairs at Gamma
Lee works closely with regulators, industry bodies, and service providers to address emerging challenges across the sector.
11:45 – 12:30 PM (GMT+2)
Session 3: The Evolving Face of Telco Fraud
The UK has seen much active collaboration against fraud. This session will summarise the recent CCUK efforts to increase detection and prevention and provide case studies in proactive defence.
Tracey Wright, CEO at Magrathea & Chair at CCUK
Tracey has been working in the communications industry for 29 years in traditional areas such as calling cards, PRS and IDA services before joining Magrathea in 2003 where the focus was the development and growth of the first UK wholesale IP Voice service to be introduced in what was a fledgling sector.
Wayne Mills-Kidals, CTO & Co-Founder at Fuse 2 Communications
Fuse 2 Communications offers revolutionary fraud detection, using Advanced AI and machine learning. Think DEFCON, think real-time killing of suspect calls!
12:30 – 13:45 PM (GMT+2)
- Lunch Break & Executive Networking
13:45 – 14:05 PM (GMT+2)
Session 4: Hardening the Perimeter: API Security
Bernard Ramaekers, End-to-end Network Solution Architect at Orange
Network API: how developers and businesses engage with telecom networks. Global initiatives, a complex regulatory framework and Digital Identity in fraud prevention.
14:05 – 14:30 PM (GMT+2)
Session 5: Perspective
Daan De Wever, CEO DSTNY
Daan De Wever, CEO of DSTNY offers his perspective on the issues on the table today.
14:30 – 15:15 PM (GMT+2)
Panel: AI – The game changer
The need to lower costs and come up with new product ideas has been a recurring theme in telecoms for decades. Is AI the game changer? This senior panel from our industry discusses how we might take advantage of the technology, recognising that each company’s needs and strategies are different.
Chaired by Federico Descalzo, C-level ICT Executive | Agile & Antifragile | Innovator | Mentor | Coach | Consultant
Dean Bubley | Tech, Telecom & AI Analyst & Futurist | Influential advisor with 25yrs+ in Telecoms Strategy, 5G / 6G / Wi-Fi, FTTX, Cloud / AI, Spectrum, Policy
Daan De Wever, CEO DSTNY
Stijn Vander Plaetse, Managing Director North a.i. Damovo
15:15 – 15:45 PM (GMT+2)
- Networking Break & Recharge
15:45 – 16:05 PM (GMT+2)
Session 6: Scaling Intelligence & Sustainability: AI for Green Global Operations
A report back from a trial of the use of AI tools in network monitoring and management.
Adam MacGill, Chief Technical Architect at BT International
16:05 – 16:25 PM (GMT+2)
Session 7: Sustainability: AI for Green Global Operations
This session will cover the dual mandate of Green AI: optimizing network energy consumption, managing the environmental footprint of large models, and deploying AI for resource efficiency and circular economy initiatives.
David Lemaire, Fixed Voice Product Portfolio Manager at Proximus
16:30 – 17:00 PM (GMT+2)
Closing Panel: 2026 Outlook – The Future of Telecoms
Moderated discussion with some of today’s speakers, focusing on key takeaways, required industry collaboration, and top technology investment priorities for the next 18 months.
Are we smoking dope? Is there a future for the telco industry?
Adam MacGill, Chief Technical Architect at BT Global
Rob Bastock, Technology Leader | Infrastructure, Engineering, Product & Security | Director of Technology at Sipcom
17:00 – 18:00 PM (GMT+2)
- Networking Reception
Day 2: Thursday 21 May 2026
Workshops focussing on the practical implementation of tools in the modern telco environment
Boardroom
Amalfi Room
9:00 – 9:30 AM (GMT+2)
Boardroom
Fusion for BWKS
9:00 – 9:30 AM (GMT+2)
Amalfi Room
SBCaaS Workshop
9:30 – 10:00 AM (GMT+2)
Boardroom
Fusion: Teams overlay on BWKS
9:30 – 10:00 AM (GMT+2)
Amalfi Room
SRE: Security use cases
10:00 – 10:30 AM (GMT+2)
Boardroom
Fusion for SIP trunks
10:00 – 10:30 AM (GMT+2)
Amalfi Room
Fusion for Enreach
10:30 – 11:00 AM (GMT+2)
Boardroom
Fusion for MS Teams
10:30 – 11:00 AM (GMT+2)
Amalfi Room
Fuse2 revolutionary fraud detection implementation using Advanced AI and machine learning – think DEFCON
11:00 – 11:30 AM (GMT+2)
Boardroom
Fusion for SBC
Speakers
Hear from industry-leading experts sharing insights on the future of telecoms.
Commercial and technology innovation in Voice, UC and Contact is triggering a global chain reaction of portfolio enhancement and revenue growth for Service Providers and Telcos.
We look forward to welcoming delegates to Inspiration Day alongside our partners, Cloud Communications Alliance, to explore the untapped revenue and retention opportunities of enhancing customer experience through seamless integration and automation while avoiding vendor lock-in.
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Sponsors
If you want visibility for your brand in front of a highly-focused service provider audience, you can become an event sponsor. The Inspiration Day is targeted at over 125 service providers in EMEA.
If your business serves this market and you are interested in supporting this event, please contact us for more information.
Sponsors & Partners
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Bronze Sponsors
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Where to stay
Accommodation options for attendees
While there are many great accommodation options in the surrounding areas, we highly recommend staying at the Hilton Sorrento Palace. It allows attendees to stay close to the action.
Conveniently located for streamlined business travel – just a short transfer from Naples and Salerno airports and rail links.
