Invite Rob to Speak
Keynotes, panels and closed-door executive sessions on where telco, cloud communications and AI are heading — and who captures the value when they collide.
Signature topics
Every talk is tailored to the room. These are the conversations Rob is having right now.
TELCO · AI
AI is coming for the telco network
Inference is moving out of hyperscale campuses and toward networks, premises and devices. What that means for where AI runs, what “sovereign” really means commercially — and what operators can credibly sell.
CLOUD COMMS
The big blender
UCaaS, CCaaS and CPaaS are collapsing into one AI-driven engagement layer. Who ends up owning the customer, who becomes a supplier — and what incumbents can still do about it.
STRATEGY
Nobody negotiates their way out of being a supplier
Value creation is not value capture. How telcos and platforms move from selling capacity to selling capability — and who transforms whom along the way.
ECOSYSTEMS
Ecosystems by design
What building CPaaSAA from scratch taught us about markets that don’t exist yet — and how big plays build the ecosystem they need around them.
Recent stages
2026: MWC Barcelona · BATIC (Telin), Bali · Vonage Global Leadership Summit · CASA26, Amsterdam (host)
Coming up: Crexendo user group meeting · MWC Doha
Formats
Keynotes · panel moderation · fireside chats · closed-door executive sessions and leadership workshops
How we say yes
Rob accepts a handful of invitations a year, where the room and the topic fit. He isn’t a paid professional speaker; we ask organisers to cover travel and expenses.
For organisers
Short bio
Rob Kurver is Founding Partner of The Next Cloud and co-founder of CPaaSAA. He advises telcos, cloud communications platforms and AI-native companies on strategy and go-to-market, and hosts CASA, the annual summit for the Intelligent Engagement ecosystem.
Longer bio
Rob Kurver is a strategist, storyteller and ecosystem builder at the crossroads of telco, cloud communications and AI. As Founding Partner of The Next Cloud he works directly with founders, leadership teams and boards on positioning, commercial models and market entry. He took KPN’s API Store from concept to launch, co-founded CPaaSAA — now 100+ members worldwide — and hosts its annual CASA summit. He writes regularly on where AI runs, who captures the value, and what that means for telcos and platforms. Based in Amsterdam, working globally.
Photos
On stage at CASA26 → (photo: Moon Jansen)
Headshot →