Jeff Schmidt of Telstra presented on evolving networks for 5G. Currently, networks have physical nodes with manual configuration and provisioning that limits ability to prioritize different traffic types. The presentation discussed using network slicing to create logical partitions of network resources dedicated to different services like mobile broadband, IoT, and mission critical applications. This would allow isolating resources, selective feature enablement, and dedicated resources to guarantee service level agreements. Key points included using network slicing concepts from 4G in 5G core networks, challenges around orchestration, addressing, scaling, latency and throughput requirements.