2026 SPEAKERS

Piush Agarwal is a senior telecommunications professional with extensive experience in commercial strategy, international connectivity and submarine cable infrastructure. His career combines technical understanding, commercial expertise and strategic thinking developed through years of working in...

Danielle Agress is the Senior Manager for the Indo-Pacific Region at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. In this capacity, she is responsible for business development, project preparation and evaluation, and supervision of USTDA activities in the region, with a focus on connectivity and AI. She...

Ashish Ahuja is a global technology leader shaping the future of digital infrastructure. With over three decades of experience spanning the US, UK, Europe, India, APAC, the Middle East, and Africa, he has built, scaled, and transformed critical networks powering modern connectivity - from subsea...

Gwennaël Amice is a Senior Member of Technical Staff and Technical Lead for the Americas at EXFO with more than 30 years of experience in optical networking and telecommunications. He works with operators, hyperscalers, cloud providers, and equipment manufacturers and actively contributes to...

Romina Bandura is a senior fellow with the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Ms. Bandura is an economist with 25 years of experience in international development research, policy analysis, and project management. Her current research ...

Dr Samuel Bashfield is Research Fellow at the La Trobe Centre for Global Security, La Trobe University, Australia. His research examines how Australia and its partners respond to global geopolitical developments, new technologies and changing power distributions, with particular focus on maritime...

Life is all about connection - across teams, industries, and ideas. With over two decades in telecommunications and subsea infrastructure, I’ve built my career creating impact at the intersection of strategy, marketing, events, and culture. As Founder & CEO of Team Bax, I work with telecom...

With over 30 years in the global telecommunications and subsea cable industry, Andy has dedicated his career to building and enhancing the digital infrastructure that connects our world. His experience spans the full lifecycle of terrestrial and submarine network systems — from feasibility and...

Amb. Dr. Fabrizio Bozzato is a Senior Research Fellow (tenured) at the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Tokyo), where his work focuses on maritime security, critical undersea infrastructure, ocean governance, and strategic developments across the Indo-Pacific. He...

Kent Bressie is Partner and Head of International Practice with the law firm HWG LLP in Washington DC and the Legal Adviser to the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), the world’s leading nongovernmental organization dedicated to submarine cable protection and resilience.  Kent has...

Eckhard Bruckschen is the CEO/Owner of IOEMA-1 Holding B.V.. He is a Master Mariner and MBA with more than 35 years of experience in the offshore submarine cable industry. He has operational experience of plough and trenching/ROV operations; fibre optic, power, umbilical, and flexible pipe...

Graduated in 1993 with a MBA obtained in Lyon School of Managment, Laurent Campagne has more than 30 years of experience in industrial area mainly in project management and commercial activities. In particular, he has worked more than 15 years in Submarine Cables industry with a specific experience ...

Mr. Christopher Case is the senior intelligence analyst for Hybrid Threats and Emerging and Disruptive Technologies assessments at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). He is a career intelligence officer with over twenty years’ experience in strategic, operational, and tactic...

Cheng Ting-Fang is the Chief Tech Correspondent with Nikkei Asia, Nikkei Inc.’s flagship English publication. She is primarily based in Taipei and covering the global semiconductor industry, all the things about tech supply chain. Ms Cheng has been intensively covering the tech supply chain across...

Mike is co-chair of the international telecoms pracice at global law firm DLA Piper. He is rated in the "Hall of Fame" by the Legal 500, as one of the leading telecoms lawyers in the world and is the editor of two books on telecoms regulation. The legal guide Chambers and Partners says of ...

Infra-Analytics is a strategic advisory firm catering to investment banks, private equity infrastructure funds and other orgganisations across the subsea cable and digital infrastructure ecosystem. Mike Constable has over 30 years experience in the subsea cable sector, having held senior leadership ...

As an undersea cable industry veteran that acquired both cable supplier and cable owner experience spanning more than three decades, with involvement in over 20 different submarine fiber optic cable projects, Mr. Crawford has developed comprehensive expertise across all facets of submarine cable...

Mike Cunningham is the founder and CEO of Crosslake Fibre and has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications and investment industries. Previously, Mr. Cunningham was on the board of Quintillion Subsea, and CEO of Arctic Fibre. Mr. Cunningham began his career in the investment...

Dr Tara DAVENPORT Co-Head, Oceans Law and Policy, Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore; Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL); Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, NUS   Dr. Tara Davenport holds a Bachelor of Laws from the London...

Didier DillardChief Executive Officer of Orange Marine and Elettra Tlc Didier Dillard is a seasoned executive in the telecommunications industry. He has spent most of his career with the Orange Group (formerly France Telecom), as well as several years in the wholesale division of the U.S. operator ...

Graham has 47 years’ experience as a marine geoscientist and is Managing Director Global Subsea Cable Business for the EGS Survey Group of companies, and co-founder and Director of EGS Survey, Australia and EGS Americas, USA.  Graham has specialized in submarine cable route planning and survey...

Dr Dora Hu Juanjuan is currently Principal Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Sustainability Directorate, Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (IAIC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. She is an adjunct associate professor at school of Electrical...

Vlad joins EllaLink after several years as Sales Director Global Cloud and Strategic Sales at Colt. Previously Vlad has worked for Lumen, Arelion, Vodafone and Huawei BC. Vlad is at the helm of a dynamic sales team cultivating new business opportunities whilst growing existing client relationships...

Raoul Jacquand joined ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks) in early 2025 as VP Strategic Alliances & External Affairs, with the mandate to lead the company’s alliances, M&A and partnerships strategy, as well as its engagement with the industry-wide ecosystem of public & private...

Jocelinn Kang is the founder and managing director of Nodalys, a boutique national security consultancy working across cyber security, geopolitical risk, and digital resilience. Jocelinn has authored and co-authored several papers on different aspects subsea cables in the Indo-Pacific including...

Mr. Kheny is currently the Managing Director at Solis Ventures LLC, specializing in providing consulting services for the SubSea Industry. He is based out of the New York – New Jersey metropolitan area. Solis Ventures works, as an Associate Partner, with DRG Undersea Consulting and other industry...

Ms Krivetz assumed the role of Director of Australia's Cable Connectivity and Resilience Centre, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in November 2025. Prior to this, she served four years as Political Counsellor at the Australian Permanent Mission to the UN New York, leading...

Amit Malik, Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan & India Amit Malik leads Ciena’s business in Asia Pacific, Japan and India, where he is responsible for driving the sales strategy in this key growth region for Ciena. Amit also served as Sales Leader for India before his...

Alan Mauldin is a Research Director at TeleGeography. He manages the company’s infrastructure research group, focusing primarily on submarine cables, terrestrial networks, international Internet infrastructure, and bandwidth demand modeling. He also advises clients with due diligence...

Ian McLean is the Vice President for Southeast Asia & Oceania at APTelecom, where he leads business development and strategic client engagement across the Asia-Pacific region. With more than a decade of experience in the telecommunications and digital infrastructure sectors, Ian has built a...

Lieutenant Commander Nelson is the Royal Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness Adviser at Singapore’s Information Fusion Centre and the Assistant Defence Adviser to the British High Commission. He is a Harvard Business School and King’s College London alumnus with 26 years of maritime operational and...

Nadya leads FLAG’s global product portfolio, Go-To-Market & marketing teams. Since joining FLAG in April 2024, she has played a key role in evolving FLAG’s propositions, sustainability strategy, values and brand, reinforcing its position as one of the world’s largest privately owned submarine...

Douglas Midland is the founding Managing Director of the DFC’s Manila office, overseeing the agency’s business development and origination activities across debt, equity, and political risk insurance products in the Philippines & Pacific Islands. He is based in Manila. Prior to his appointment...

Global Commercial Leader with 20+ years of experience building, scaling, and resetting commercial engines across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas—$bn P&Ls across the digital infrastructure, cloud, AI, and enterprise technology sectors.Strategic GTM Architect adept at building multi-billion-dollar...

Farhan Mohamed Bouh serves as Senior Executive Advisor to the Managing Director of Djibouti Telecom, the leading carrier in the Horn of Africa. He shapes the company's digital transformation agenda, building the partnerships and infrastructure arrangements that keep the region connected, with a ...

Tony Mosley specializes in Telecommunications Operations specifically Wireless, Wireline, Broadband and Wholesale markets. He has been in the Telecommunications industry for 25 years having worked for MCI International, GTE International and Verizon Business as General Manager of Micronesian...

Adrian Moss is a seasoned professional in the global submarine cable telecommunications industry and currently serves as Head of Submarine Cable Investments at Reliance Jio. With more than 34 years of experience, Adrian has been instrumental in the development, deployment, and evolution of...

Josh Munro is Chief Commercial Officer at SUBCO, where he leads commercial strategy and drives growth across the company's subsea cable and connectivity portfolio. He brings deep telecoms and digital infrastructure experience, including senior commercial leadership roles at FiberSense and...

Joel Ogren is the CEO and founder of Assured Communications (ASSURED). A retired U.S. Marine, Joel has over 38 years of experience working within the Information and Communications Technology industry in both public and private entities. Joel has spent much of his career working with and for...

Heiner Ottersberg is Technical Director for submarine telecom cable systems at Prysmian. He has more than 25 years of experience in the submarine cable industry and has been involved in numerous projects worldwide. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for a broad and diverse portfolio of...

Andrew Parsons is a commercial and strategy leader in subsea and digital infrastructure, with more than twenty-five years commercialising technology at every level of the OSI model at major carriers including BT, Easynet, Level 3, CenturyLink Lumen and Colt. His work spans wholesale, terrestrial...

Stacie Pascale oversees Telstra’s global and domestic new infrastructure investment strategy and execution. Prior to joining Telstra, Stacie worked at Aqua Comms as the Chief Product Officer, overseeing the Product, Vendor Management, Sales Engineering, and Marketing functions. Stacie is also a...

Sasha Pearson is a Policy Analyst in the Digital Economy and Governance team at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), specialising in European digital policy and critical digital infrastructure. With a background spanning policy analysis and international digital...

Robert Pepper is a Senior Fellow at the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP) where he advises governments, international organizations, private sector players and NGOs on connectivity and digital infrastructure technology, trends and policy. Before joining GDIP, Pepper helped lead Meta’s...

Oli is the Managing Director of Route Position, a multinational & independent subsea cable consultancy providing cable system owner’s program management, engineering, and marine risk advisory services. With over 20 years' experience in marine and subsea telecoms industries, he leads new...

Mark Procter is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in developing markets. As the Deputy CEO of Stavian HighTech Infrastructure, Throughout his career, Mark has demonstrated a deep understanding of the complexities of building start up businesses in FIntech and the...

27 years’ experience in the submarine fiber optic industry, together with a business development track record in emerging markets going back to 1990. Developed several new businesses in countries of the former Soviet Union, latterly with Cable & Wireless. Went on to lead international marketing ...

Philippe Recco is a seasoned telecommunications professional with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Currently serving as the ACE MC Chairman at Orange, representing Orange in several other consortiums or maintenance agreements, and Executive Committee member at ICPC (International Cable...

Mr. SHIMADA, Shinya, the Deputy Director-General for Emerging Technology Strategy at Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), leads policy initiatives related to digital infrastructure, economic security, and international cooperation in the areas of 5G/Open RAN, AI...

Bevan Slattery is recognised as one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs having founded some of Australia’s most successful technology companies.   In 2002, Slattery co-founded PIPE Networks which grew to become Australia’s largest Internet Exchange and Australia’s third-largest metropolitan fibre ...

Jayne Stowell is the Managing Director of Jayne Stowell Advisory Limited.   Her company provides non-executive director and advisory services to the digital and subsea cable industries.  Environmental sustainability is at the core of all of Jayne’s activities. Her board activities include: ·     ...

Ilaria Tani is Policy & Legal Lead of the UN-GGIM–IHO Joint Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information and Liaison Legal Counsel to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). She is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca, in Milan, Italy, where...

Rosalind is currently the MD of SAEx International Management Ltd, Mauritius (SIML).  SIML is the Sponsor of the SAEx Southern Oceans Network (“SAEx SON”) subsea fibreoptic cable projects – where SAEx East is the 1st phase of these projects between Singapore and South Africa.  SAEx West, the 2nd...

Anders Tysdal is the Chief Infrastructure Officer (CTO) at Tampnet, overseeing the company’s extensive telecommunications networks, including 5,500 km of submarine fibre optic cables in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Tampnet’s network provides international connectivity and provides critical ...

Anuradha is an expert in Telecom & Technology, presently serving as a Senior Engineer at Sri Lanka Telecom. With over two decades in the industry, he excels in strategy, architecture, engineering, design, planning, and the intricacies of CSP/DSP Networks. As a key contributor to R&D and...

Valentin Velichkov is CEO and Member of the Board of Vestitel, a position he has held since 2017, following three years as the company’s CFO. He also serves as a Board Member of the Bulgarian Society for Electronic Communications. With a career spanning senior leadership roles in...

Currently the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the 45,000km Southern Cross Cable Network (SX1, SX2 and NEXT) and is responsible for all Regulatory, Engineering and Operational aspects of the Network. This Network connects Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tokelau, Kiribati, Hawaii and the West Coast...

Savy Wei is proficient in submarine cable system design and technical solutions. She takes charge of end-to-end network solution design for submarine cable systems, covering system architecture planning, undersea equipment configuration and customized technical scheme development for subsea...

Alasdair joined the STC (now Alcatel Submarine Networks) in 1985 having left Newcastle University with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Whilst at STC he worked on UK-Belgium 5, the first international optical submarine cable and subsequently numerous other submarine...

With over 25 years of experience, Zaalouk has served as TE international projects management Director since 2020, overseeing global Subsea projects for Telecom Egypt investments, network Implementation, and state of the art terrestrial infrastructure development within and outside Egypt. From 2014 ...

Haitham Zahran is a seasoned professional in the telecommunications industry with over 20 years of experience. Currently serving as the Vice President of Global Subsea Cable Business at PCCW Global, Haitham is a strategic leader known for driving business growth and innovation in the submarine...