2026 SPEAKERS
Piush Agarwal, VP Submarine Cable Partnership Development & Global Sourcing, Reliance Jio
Danielle Agress, Senior Indo-Pacific Manager, Global Connectivity Sector Lead, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
Ashish Ahuja, Founder & CEO, Sloka Partners
Hazzaa Alhazzaa, Submarine Expert, Mobily
Hasnain Ali, Director Permitting & Regulatory Affairs, Pioneer Consulting
Gwenn Amice, Senior Member of Technical Staff, EXFO
Sithisakdi Apichatthanapath, Deputy Regional Manager for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Alex Aquino, Advisor, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development, Infinivan
Ravindra Bajpai, Director of Engineering, FLAG
Adam Ball, General Manager, Submarine Networks World
Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Samuel Bashfield, Research Fellow, La Trobe University, Australia
Naaz Bax, Founder & CEO, Team Bax
Andy Bax, Strategic Cable Builds, EXA Infrastructure
Robert Beckman, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, Senior Advisor, Ocean Law & Policy Programme, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Pál Béres, Vice President Strategic Projects, Azertelecom International
Sean Bergin, President & CoFounder, APTelecom
Rohitash Bhaskar, Head International Infrastructure, Batelco
Fabrizio Bozzato, Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Kent Bressie, Partner - HWG LLP / Legal Adviser, International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
David Brewster, Senior Research Fellow, National Security College, Canberra
Mark Brownscombe, Senior Director - Commercial & Sales Ops, Ooredoo Group
Eckhard Bruckschen, CEO, IOEMA-1 Holding B.V.
Anna Butchart, International Security Expert | Retired Diplomat, Independent Consultant
Laurent Campagne, Senior Consultant, AQEST
Paul Carpenter, Partner, Asia, Hardman Telecommunications
Christopher Case, Hybrid Threats Analyst, NATO - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
Ting-Fang Cheng, Chief Tech Correspondent, Nikkei Asia
Mae Chow, Research Assistant, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Paul Clark, Managing Director, Asia, Terrapinn
Byron Clatterbuck, President, Dragonwood Consulting Limited
Bertrand Clesca, Partner, Pioneer Consulting
Mike Conradi, Co-Chair Telecoms Practice, DLA Piper LLP
Mike Constable, Operating Partner, Infra-Analytics
Mr Erick Contag, Founder & Principal, StratWorks Inc.
Olivier Courtois, Director of Product Strategy & Marketing, ASN
Andy Cowan, VP Business Development, FiberSense
Brian Crawford, Director of Program Management, Telequity Group
Mike Cunningham, CEO, Crosslake Fibre
Antonius Daryanto, Technology & Development Head, Super Sistem Group
Tara Davenport, Co-Head, Oceans Law and Policy, Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore
Captain Brett Dawe, Chief of Navy Liaison Officer to the Republic of Singapore Navy, Royal Australian Navy
Sandra Delany, General Counsel, EXA Infrastructure
Didier Dillard, CEO, Orange Marine
Kelly Donohue, Global Head of Network Infrastructure Policy, Meta
Pan Duan, Solution Director, Fiberhome
Wilfried Dudink, Senior Director - Strategy & Development, Digital Realty
Loizos Economides, Head of International Submarine Cables, CYTA
Mark Englund, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FiberSense
Alberto Espedido, Advisor for Network Planning, Infinivan
Graham Evans, Vice Chairman, ICPC
Jim Fagan, CEO, EXA Infrastructure
Paul Gabla, President, SubOptic Association
Adam Gibson, Managing Partner, Techvox
Matthew Goh, Director, KKR
Anup Gupta, President - India and SAARC, APTelecom
Amajit Gupta, Group CEO and MD, Lightstorm
Andrew David Hankins, Head of Network Engineering, Telstra Digital Infrastructure
Peter Harvey, Senior Product Manager, Starboard Maritime Intelligence
Asha Hemrajani, Senior Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Raymond Hernandhi, Director of Data Center, Super Sistem Group
Steve Holden, Chairman, European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA)
Alex Hu, Managing Director, ShinewayTech (USA) Inc.
Dora Juan Juan Hu, Principal Scientist, Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (IAIC), A*STAR
Vlad Ihora, SVP Global Sales, EllaLink
Dedi Iskandar, Regional Director – Asia Pacific, datacenterHawk
Raoul Jacquand, VP Strategic Alliances & External Affairs, Alcatel Submarine Networks
Kapil Kumar Jain, VP, Core & Next Gen Connectivity Services, Tata Communications Intl PTE Ltd
Jocelinn Kang, Managing Director, Nodalys
Andrew Kao, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Mohamad Izani Karim, Group Head Subsea Business Development, Telin
Takeshi Kawasaki, Director – Network Services, NTT
Rajesh Kheny, Senior Associate Partner, DRG Undersea Consulting
Emily Kiernan, Head of Strategy and Investments, Telstra Digital Infrastructure
Dion Kristadi Leksono, VP Product Infrastructure Orchestration, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International - Telin
Nadia Krivetz, Director, Cable Connectivity and Resilience Centre, DFAT Australia
Yan Kun, Senior Manager, International Submarine Cable Resource Optimization Management, China Unicom Global
Andy LaBrunda, Senior Vice President of Data Centers, GTA
Geraldine Le Meur, Managing Director, GreenLink Marine
Jimmy Liang, Senior Maintenance Manager, China Telecom Global
Woon Sien Loh, Senior Director, Infrastructure Planning & Market Development, Info-Communications Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Jonny Lundin, Head of Operations, NORDUnet
Amit Malik, Vice President, APJI Sales, Ciena
Diego Matas, COO, EllaLink
Alan Mauldin, Research Director, TeleGeography
Kathlene Mayuman, Senior Conference Manager, Terrapinn
Thembi Mazibuko, Group Chief Strategy and Business Management Officer, Seacom
Tansy McCluskie, Network Investments - EMEA, Meta
Ian McLean, Vice President – Southeast Asia & Oceania, APTelecom
Nelson McMillan, Royal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Adviser, Southeast Asia, UK Ministry of Defence
Cynthia Mehboob, PhD Candidate, Australian National University
Nadya Melic, VP - Product & Marketing, FLAG Telecom UK Limited
Ambrogio Michetti, Chief Corporate & Revenue Officer, Sparkle
Douglas Midland, Regional Managing Director, Philippines & Pacific Islands, US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Sarah Mills, Global Commercial Advisor, Subsea and Digital Infrastructure, .
Farhan MOHAMED BOUH, Managing Director — Senior Executive Advisor, Djibouti Telecom
Su Wai Mon, Research Fellow (Oceans Law & Policy), Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Tony Mosley, Consultant for Subsea, APTelecom
Adrian Moss, Head of Submarine Cable Investments, Reliance Jio
Josh Munro, Chief Commercial Officer, SUBCO
Doug Naprta, Global Head of Business Development & Solutioning, FLAG Telecom UK Limited
Quynh Nguyen, Next Generation for Environmental Awareness Award Winner, ESCA 2025
Douglas Njenga, Director Regulatory and Strategic Affairs, WIOCC
Vuyokazi Nomvalo, Head of the Infrastructure Finance Unit, Infrastructure Finance and Implementation Support Agency (IFISA) South Africa
Richard Norris, Senior Director, Global Submarine Systems Engineering, Ciena
Rebecca Nottingham, Director, Bright Subsea Consulting
Joel Ogren, Chief Executive Officer, Assured Communications (ASSURED)
Tim O'Neill, Campaign Lead for Subsea Intelligence, BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Heiner Ottersberg, Submarine Telecom Technical Director, Prysmian
Andy Palmer-Felgate, Submarine Cable Engineer, Meta
Andrew Parsons, CCO/Strategy (Co-Founder), IOEMA
Stacie Pascale, Head of Infrastructure Development, Telstra Digital Infrastructure
Sasha Pearson, Policy Analyst, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Robert Pepper, Senior Fellow, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP)
Oli Pope, Director - Cable System Planning, Route Position
Mark Procter, Deputy CEO, Stavian HighTech Infrastructure
Todd Rahimi, Founder & Director, Lambda Consulting LLC
Julian Rawle, Senior Consultant, Cambridge Management Consulting
Philippe Recco, ACE MC Chairman, Orange
Carine Romanetti, Founder, Deep Dive Consulting Subsea
Daniel Ropski, Managing Director, Mission Critical Engineering (MCE)
Michael Ruddy, Director of International Research, Terabit Consulting Inc.
Max Salsi, ON Systems Product Manager, Nokia
Mohamed Saro, Vice President Infrastructure Deployment and Presales, Zain Omantel International (ZOI)
Pichit Satapattayanont, Chief Executive Officer, International Gateway Co.;Ltd.
Francois-Xavier Schaeken Willemaers, VP Large Projects Sales, Orange Wholesale International
Hongli Shi, Senior Route Engineer, HMN Tech
Shinya Shimada, Deputy Director-General for Emerging Technology Strategy, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
Bhupinder Singh, President, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and India, Vodafone Business International
Bevan Slattery, Founder and Co-CEO, SUBCO
Laykhuan Soh, Business Development APAC, Assured Communications (ASSURED)
Ankur Sood, Principal Investment Officer & APAC TMT Lead, International Finance Corporation
Mr Verne Steyn, Director Subsea Networks, WIOCC
Jayne Stowell, Trustee & Advisor, Jayne Stowell Advisory
Anjali Sugadev, Co-Founder & CEO, OceanJuris Subsea Consultancy Limited
Takahiro Sumimoto, Senior Consultant, Cambridge Management Consulting
Sunil Tagare, Chief Executive Officer, OpenCables,Inc
Ilaria Tani, Policy & Legal Lead, UN-GGIM–IHO Joint Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information, United Nations
Corrine Teng, Editor, Subsea Cables
Diego Teot, Head of OTT, Media & Telco, Retelit
Rosalind Thomas, Managing Director, SAEx International Management
RAdm Roy Vincent Trinidad, AFP Spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, Philippine Navy
Anders Tysdal, Chief Infrastructure Officer (CIO), Tampnet
Anuradha (Anu) Udunuwara, Senior Engineer, Sri Lanka Telecom
Rezeki Adyana Utomo, Commercial Director, SOLWAKE
Vinay V, Chief Technology, Planning & Operations Officer, Lightstorm
Giuseppe Valentino, VP Backbone & Infrastructure Solutions, Sparkle
Barbora Valockova, Research Fellow, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Valentin Velichkov, CEO, Vestitel
Avinash Verma, Director, Systems Engineer, Hyperscaler and Subsea Network Infrastructure, Nokia
Dean Veverka, CTO, Southern Cross Cables Limited
Walid Wakim, Chief Technology Officer of Systems, Nokia
Neil Wang, Vice President, Huawei Optical Transmission Network Domain, Huawei
Savy Wei, Senior Network Solution Manager, HMN Tech
Alasdair Wilkie, Chairman, Atlantic Cable Maintenance & Repair Agreement (ACMA)
Matthew Woodward, Product Manager - Trenching, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD)
Hany Zaalouk, Global Network Project Management Director, Telecom Egypt
Haitham Zahran, VP, Global Subsea Cable Business, PCCW Global
Simon ZETTL, CEO, Subconnex
Franny Zhang, Deputy General Manager of Network Solution, HMN Tech
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