SubOptic 2023, the industry-renowned submarine telecoms conference, will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 13-16 March 2023. A triennial event, the SubOptic conference is the longest running and most comprehensive conference series in the world for the submarine cable industry.
The event promises to be the best yet with a comprehensive world class agenda, an exhibition showcasing the latest subsea technologies and a multitude of networking opportunities. All set in the vibrant and exciting city of Bangkok, an Asian hub and gateway to the East.
Urs Hölzle
Senior VP of Technical Infrastructure
Google
Thomas E. Abell
Chief of Digital Technology for Development
Asian Development Bank
Steinar Bjørnstad is strategic competence and research manager at Tampnet AS, Stavanger, Norway. He is also Senior research scientist at Simula MET, Oslo - Norway. He holds a Ph.d. in optical communication from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway and has published more than 60 papers and patents within optical ...
Alexis Carbó Meseguer joined ASN in 2018 after 4 years in Nokia Bell Labs. Since then, he worked in the modeling and characterization of subsea systems.He pioneered the development of an automated technique to reduce the time dedicated to Subsea Open Cable commissioning. In the meantime, he studied ...
Dr Mike Clare is a Principal Researcher in Ocean Biogeoscience at the National Oceanography Centre, UK. His research focuses on deep sea processes, the influence of climate change and human activities on the seafloor, and assessing risks to seafloor infrastructure. He has published >70 papers in ...
René oversees the global business development of services provided by Fugro to the subsea cable industry such as desktop studies and route surveys. René has been an employee of Fugro for over 20 years. In 2009 he became responsible for managing Fugro Hydrographic Services in Asia Pacific. In this...
James Francis is a Cable Route Engineer within Alcatel Submarine Network’s Marine Operations Department in Greenwich, London. He joined ASN four years ago after previously working as a surveyor, and a small vessel skipper on the River Thames. James’ role oversees the planning, surveying, and marine ...
Zhao Hongcai (Andy Zhao), Network Solution Manager of HMN Technologies, Co Ltd. He joined HMN Tech and is engaged in the network planning and design of marine cable systems since 2015. He has rich experience in the end-to-end process of the marine cable business, network system design, and marine...
Scott Mabin is a Chartered Mechanical engineer with over 18 years experience in heavy industry. Scott began his career as an engineer in the power generation sector before moving into developing equipment for offshore and subsea applications. Scott has spent the last 11 years creating bespoke and...
Eduardo Mateo received his Ph.D. degree in Physics in 2005 in the field of Integrated Nonlinear Optics. He was a Research Scientist at the CREOL (Orlando, FL) conducting pioneering research in nonlinear fiber communications and digital signal processing. In 2009, he joined NEC Laboratories America...
Serguei Papernyi is a Senior Research Scientist with MPB Communications Inc. Serguei received his doctorate in physics and mathematics from Vavilov State Optical Institute in 1984. His work in Vavilov, was related to high-peak-power Nd lasers, pulse compression and optical phase conjugation using...
Oli Pope is the Founder of Route Position, a marine consultancy specialising in subsea cable landing site assessment, Desktop Study (DTS), marine route planning and risk mitigation. Oli is driving Autonomous implementation in the subsea cable sector and undertakes Business Development consultancy...
Madanagopal Ramachandran received the B.E.degree in computer science and engineeringfrom Bharathiar University, Coimbatore,India, in 2002 and the M.S. and Ph.D.degrees in computer science and engineeringfrom the Indian Institute of Technology,Madras, India, in 2008 and 2020. He iscurrently a Senior ...
Siddharth Varughese is a Principal Optical Engineer with Infinera Corporation’s subsea division. He is an experienced researcher and development engineer specializing in performance analysis for optical communication systems. In his current role, he is responsible for designing and conducting field ...
Stuart WilsonRoute Engineering and Survey ManagerOceanIQ (part of the Global Marine Group)Stuart joined the Global Marine Group, a leading worldwide submarine cable installation and maintenance provider, almost 25 years ago. Following other roles across the business including managing the Group’s...
Fatih Yaman received his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from The Institute of Optics at University of Rochester in 2006. After postdoctoral research at CREOL, he joined NEC Laboratories of America in 2010 as a research staff member. His current research interests include performance optimization of...
Laurent Campagne is a Senior Consultant at AQEST, a French consultancy company created more than 10 years ago and specialized since its creation in Telecommunication Submarine Networks. AQEST provides its experience and expertise for all types of activities related to optical submarine cables from...
JOHN HEDGPETH is Worldwide Applications Engineering Manager at Corning, supporting optical fiber products, inclusive of submarine optical fiber. John has held several positions during his 10-year tenure at Corning, including manufacturing support, quality management and product line management for...
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If you want to position your brand and company as a leader in the subsea industry, contact Adam Ball now to discuss remaining positions. Adam.ball@terrapinn.com or book a meeting
Remember SubOptic only comes around every 3 years, lock your position in early, premium packages sell fast
Remember SubOptic only comes around every 3 years, lock your position in early, premium packages sell fast