Autonomic networks enable product innovation, network services innovation, operational efficiency for networks and services and smart and intelligent networks that exhibit self-* features such as selfconfiguration, self-repair/healing, self-protection, self-optimization and self-awareness. The industry consensus is that as networks evolve to future networks, networks and services need to be operated based on principles for dynamically adaptive “automated” and “autonomic” management & control of networks and services. A recent industry workshop organized by IWPC, dubbed “Forging a Path to Autonomous 5G Networks” [29], is another example of the growing calls for evolution of management and control of networks and services through autonomics. GANA and efforts in ETSI NTECH AFI on standards for autonomics were presented at this IWPC workshop.