We are pleased to invite you to the ETIS Gathering 2025, the premier event for telecom professionals across Europe taking place on June 5th & 6th at the Royal Olympic Hotel in the heart of Athens. This year’s theme, "How Resilient Telcos Leverage AI and Navigate New Markets to Create Value," reflects the key challenges and opportunities shaping our industry..

With over 250 participants from 30+ operators and 15 Working Groups, the Gathering provides a unique platform for peer learning, strategic networking, and thought leadership

Keynote 1: Welcome Speech & Introduction to the Gathering 2025 themes

Keynote 2: Building the Future: Collaboration and Innovation of Telecoms in a Transforming World

In a time of rapid change, collaboration is more crucial than ever, and ETIS stands as a unique platform fostering knowledge exchange and cooperation among European telecom professionals. As pillars of the digital ecosystem, telcos are vital to society and central to Europe's competitiveness. Ensuring network resilience is not just a priority but an imperative, particularly in today’s complex geopolitical landscape. AI offers unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, optimize costs, and elevate user experiences. At the same time, diversification is key to unlocking new revenue streams and driving growth.

Keynote 3 by Elisa DES

More info to come.

Keynote 4: How to Thrive in Unthinkable Times: Change Your RULEs 

We are continually assaulted with a barrage of news and distracting and disturbing messages. War, security threats, pandemics, geo-politics, tariffs, organisational changes, AI, climate change, and more. Scenarios and actions that we previously called "unthinkable" are becoming real. How can we, as people and in business, adjust, adapt and succeed faster? This presentation will share insights from the Unthinkable initiative on facing change in Europe, and outline actionable approaches for us, the humans in the mix: how to change our own RULEs for success.

Keynote 5: Secure, Aware, Resilient: Driving a Strong Security Culture

In an increasingly digital world shaped by artificial intelligence, a resilient security culture is no longer a “nice to have” – it’s a critical success factor. This keynote explores how resilient work organizations are becoming the foundation for emerging technologies like AI and for the digital transformation – particularly within the telecommunications sector.

A key highlight: insights into the latest work of the Security Awareness Working Group and the presentation of our new paper “Resilience and Security Culture”. The focus is on practical strategies to strengthen security awareness and build a culture of resilience that empowers organizations to meet the challenges of the digital age.

Discover how collective expertise is driving the next generation of security awareness practices – hands-on, forward-thinking, and with a clear focus on responsible use of AI and beyond.

Keynote 6: ETIS Telco Security Landscape 2025

Last year’s Telco Security Landscape was impacted by rising geopolitical tensions. The situation has only worsened, and challenges European countries to an extent few had foreseen. It seems clear that European nations will need to increase defence and security investments. This landscape report is based on the input, deliberations and consensus of the ET-ISAC members. While much of the knowledge sharing within the ET-ISAC is trust-based and confidential, we choose to make this summary public, as food for thought and a call for attention to the highlighted topics among a wider audience. The Landscape is accessible via this link.

Keynote 7: TeBIT 2024 Benchmark report - AI Makes Telcos Smart. But Are Telcos Smart About AI? 

Ask a telecom company the big questions—how do you spark growth, boost efficiency, or improve customer satisfaction—and chances are, AI is their go-to answer. And increasingly, artificial intelligence, including generative AI (GenAI), has become telcos’ answer to other questions. That’s the beauty of AI: It’s a multi-purpose enabler.
 
But are telcos truly poised to unleash the technology? Are they making the investments, developing the strategies, and reaching the maturity levels that will let them take AI in new directions? Findings from this year’s telco IT benchmark ( TeBIT ) study, jointly developed by ETIS —The Community for Telecom Professionals—and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), raise concerns that operators may not be realizing, or be poised to realize, the full value of AI and GenAI.

Following the Keynote session, participants will join their designated working groups, each featuring a tailored agenda and interactive sessions. These groups vary in size (10–40 participants) and focus on highly specialized topics relevant to their domain. Detailed agendas for each working group will be available below.

Day 1 concludes with a group activity—a guided tour of Athens—followed by an official dinner at an iconic venue.

On Day 2, participants resume their activities in their designated working groups. The events ends with a small Farewell ceremony.

The Royal Olympic Hotel, official venue of ETIS Gathering 2025, had a limited number of standard rooms allocated at a special rate for attendees. These rooms are now fully booked.

Cancellation Policy for those who booked with the Special Rate:

• Free cancellation is until 4 May;
• Cancellations more than 72 hours before arrival: One-night cancellation fee;
• Cancellations within 72 hours of arrival or no-shows: Full charge for the cancelled nights.

Alternatively, we are recommending the following nearby hotels:

• Casa Divinus Suites (4★) – €170–€190/night, ~3 min walk - Book here
• Tay’s hotel - The Dorians (4★) – €180–€220/night, ~4 min walk - Book here
• Tyto Alba Habitat (4★) – €135–€170/night, ~5 min walk - Book here
• Urban Frame Acropolis (3★) – €150–€180/night, ~5 min walk - Book here
• 12 Keys Athens Apartments – €135–€150/night, ~5 min walk - Book here

For companies interested in sponsoring this prestigious event, we offer attractive sponsorship packages with unique benefits. 

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