Presenters

Ahmad Abdo, Senior Consultant, Ciena

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ABRIAL, Marine Bus Dev Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Henry Adjer, Deepfake Cartographer and Founder, Latent Space Ventures

Hayley Adlam, Technical Interface Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Hasnain Ali, Director of Permitting & Regulatory Affairs, Pioneer Consulting

Rhys Ambrose, Principal Submarine Cable Engineer, Vodafone

Gwennael Amice, Senior member of technical staff, EXFO

Erlend Alexander Andersen, Technical Manager - Submarine Fibre Solutions, Nexans Norway

Erlend Alexander Andersen | Technical Manager - Submarine Fibre Solutions | Nexans Norway » speaking at SubOptic

Jean-christophe Antona, Research & Technology Projects, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Chris Atherton, Senior Research Engagement Manager, Géant

Shaun Atkinson, Project Engineering Manager, Global Marine

Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah, A/Prof, University of Cape Town

Rafiah Ayandipo, Project Engineer, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Fernando Azevedo, Start Campus

Jean-Francois Baget, Product Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Kasyapa Balemarthy, Technical Manager, OFS

Andy Bax, Senior Partner - Digital Infrastructure, Cambridge MC

Ciprian Bejenaru, Product Line Marketing Manager SLTE, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Afrim Beka, Systems Engineer Director, Nokia

Alain BISTON, President & Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Steinar Bjørnstad, Strategic Competence and Research Manager, Tampnet AS

Jean-pierre BLONDEL, Project Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Stuart Blythe, Partner, BAKER BOTTS (UK) LLP

Claire Boggis, Director, CLB Advisory Ltd

EMILIE BOULAY, Head of Marine GIS Team, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Michael Brand, Researcher Assistant, Sustainable Subsea Networks / University of California, Berkeley

Michael Brand | Researcher Assistant | Sustainable Subsea Networks / University of California, Berkeley » speaking at SubOptic

Emilio Bravi, Sr. Director, Network Solutions Group, Nokia

Fernando Brazil, Business Development Director, BLUE MARINE TELECOM S A ZMAX GROUP

Jan Kristoffer Brenne, R&D Manager - Fiber Sensing, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Kent Bressie, Partner, HWG LLP

Kim Bridge, Director Marine EIA, Ramboll

Owen Bryant, Head of Global Infrastructure & Deployment, Vodafone

Owen Bryant | Head of Global Infrastructure & Deployment | Vodafone » speaking at SubOptic

Dean Bubley, Founder, Disruptive Analysis

Lane Burdette, Senior Analyst, TeleGeography

Alexis Carbo Meseguer, Researcher, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Nuno Carreira, Subsea Lead Engineer, Nokia

Yonglin Cen, Engineer, China Mobile International Ltd

Yonglin Cen | Engineer | China Mobile International Ltd » speaking at SubOptic

Malte Cesson, Global Key Account Manager, Telecoms Cables, Fugro Germany Marine GmbH

weiguo chang, Industry Visionary, Freelancer

weiguo chang | Industry Visionary | Freelancer » speaking at SubOptic

Hongying Chao, Technical solution engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Hongying Chao | Technical solution engineer | HMN Technologies Co., Ltd. » speaking at SubOptic

Shaiju Cheruvathur, Director, Product Line Management, Ciena

Shaiju Cheruvathur | Director, Product Line Management | Ciena » speaking at SubOptic

Mike Clare, Principal Researcher, National Oceanography Centre

Kieran Clark, Senior Analyst, Submarine Telecoms Forum

Robert Clarke, Strategy Manager, Global Network Investments, Meta

Robert Clarke | Strategy Manager, Global Network Investments | Meta » speaking at SubOptic

Mike Conradi, Partner, DLA Piper

Mike Constable, Principal, Infra-Analytics Pte Ltd

Mike Constable | Principal | Infra-Analytics Pte Ltd » speaking at SubOptic

Mike Constable, Principal, Infra-Analytics

Erick Contag, President, SubOptic Foundation

David Coughlan, Chief Executive Officer, SubCom

Michael Cuddington, Submarine Cable Systems Engineer, Meta

Jonathan Dames, Partner, CMS Cameron Mckenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Andrea D'Amico, Researcher, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.

Emmanuel Danjou, Head of Business Development, Alcatel Submarine Networks

René d'Avezac de Moran, COO, OMS Group Sdn Bhd

Benoit Denis, Senior Economist Digital Infrastructure, European Investment Bank

Varun Deshpande, Submarine Cable Engineer, Meta

Didier Dillard, Chief Executive Officer, ORANGE MARINE

John Downie, Research Fellow, Corning Incorporated

Mei Du, Engineer, Tata communications

Mei Du | Engineer | Tata communications » speaking at SubOptic

Wilfried Dudink, Senior Director- Strategy and Development, Digital Realty

Zachary Dunnigan, Optical Engineer, Ciena

Zachary Dunnigan | Optical Engineer | Ciena » speaking at SubOptic

Geoffroy Dupont De Dinechin, Director Operations and Engineering, ORANGE MARINE (FT MARINE)

Geoffroy Dupont De Dinechin | Director Operations and Engineering | ORANGE MARINE (FT MARINE) » speaking at SubOptic

Laure DUVERNAY, Head of Financing and Treasury, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Sumudu Edirisinghe, Principle Engineer, Nokia

Jody Edmunds, Network Environmental Manager, Meta

Katherine Edwards, Snr Manager Subsea Investments, Vodafone

Darwin Evans, Senior Director, Product Line Management, Ciena

Darwin Evans | Senior Director, Product Line Management | Ciena » speaking at SubOptic

Graham Evans, Managing Director Global Subsea Cable Business, EGS Survey Group

Ivan Fernandez de Jauregui, Principal Optical Engineer, Nokia

Herve Fevrier, President, Landelles Consulting

Herve Fevrier | President | Landelles Consulting » speaking at SubOptic

Joshua Forman, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Leigh Frame, COO, Xtera Ltd

James Francis, Project & Offshore Operations Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Tony Frisch, CTO, Xtera

Paul Gabla, VP Sales & Marketing, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Paul Gabla | VP Sales & Marketing | Alcatel Submarine Networks » speaking at SubOptic

Lidia Galdino, System Engineering & Innovation Manager, Corning Incorporated

Lidia Galdino | System Engineering & Innovation Manager | Corning Incorporated » speaking at SubOptic

Clément Galic, CEO, Unseenlabs

Nestor Garrafa, Planning Engineer, Telxius

Lara Garrett, Director - Product Management, subcom

Vincent Gatineau, SVP Subsea Infra Development, EllaLink

Willy George, HOD Networks, Zain Omantel International (ZOI)

Lorraine Gray, Director of Permitting, Pioneer Consulting

Lorraine Gray | Director of Permitting | Pioneer Consulting » speaking at SubOptic

Terry Griffiths, Director, Aurora Offshore Engineering

Monica Guo, Marine Sysytem Associate, Seagard

Monica Guo | Marine Sysytem Associate | Seagard » speaking at SubOptic

Liu Haiming, Material engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Liu Haiming | Material engineer | HMN Technologies Co., Ltd. » speaking at SubOptic

Stephen Hall, Head of Partnerships, Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

liu hao, Delivery Techinical Manager, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Nick Harrington, Submarine Cable Engineer, Meta

Takemi Hasegawa, R&D Manager, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Silas Lasak Hedeboe, Ph.D-Student, DTU Electro

Florian Hillenhagen, Product Manager, Makai Ocean Engineering

Mark Hinds, Photonic Systems Development, Ciena Canada

Masaaki Hirano, Product line manager, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Masaaki Hirano | Product line manager | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. » speaking at SubOptic

Alan Hollander, VP Subsea Systems Engineering, Nokia

Bruce Howe, Researcher, JTF SMART Cables, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Yue Hu, Principal Optical Engineer, Nokia

Arif Hussain, Network Development Manager, Meta Platforms Inc.

Vlad Ihora, SVP Global Sales, EllaLink

Vlad Ihora | SVP Global Sales | EllaLink » speaking at SubOptic

Mary Jackson, VP Human Resources, subcom

Tom Janssen-Manning, Global Lead Marine Strategy & Innovation, Google

Adrian Jelffs, Submarine Cable Group Manager, Makai Ocean Engineering Inc.

Adrian Jelffs, Submarine Cable Group Manager, Makai Ocean Engineering Inc.

Guangqiang Ji, Technical Manager, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Shuaishuai Jiang, Senior Route Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Li Jingjing, Senior Hardware Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Craig Jones, Managing Principal, Integral Consulting Inc.

Sonia Jorge, Executive Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership

AKIRA KAGEYAMA, Section Chief, kddi cableships & subsea engineering inc

Valey Kamalov, Consultant, Valey Kamalov LLC

Takahiro Kashima, Senior Professional, NEC Corporation

Takahiro Kashima | Senior Professional | NEC Corporation » speaking at SubOptic

Camino Kavanagh, Visiting Senior Fellow, Dept. of War Studies, King’s College London

Yuki Kawaguchi, Assistant General Manager, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Shun Kayamori, Section Chief, kddi cableships & subsea engineering inc

Ola Khaled, Senior Manager, Business Development for International Network and Digital Infrastructure, Telecom Egypt

Eoghan Kieran, subcom

Dmitriy Kovsh, Senior Director, System Design and Product Management, subcom

Benoit Kowalski, Global Subsea Architect, Nokia (CX Webscale Optics Architecture)

Marta Lahuerta Escolano, Partner, Jones Day

Siu-Kei Lee, Product Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Kim Lefebvre, System Engineer, Ciena

ZHEN LI, Route Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Shuang Lin, process engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Jiang Lin, Test Manager, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Andrew Lipman, Partner and Practice Group Leader, Morgan Lewis

ZHUOYU LIU, Energy Solution Manager, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Ben Lovegrove, Submarine Cable Engineering, Meta

SIMIN MA, Permit Manager, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Luciano Maniglio, Business Development, Poliservizi

Juan Maranesi, QHSE Systems & Audit Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Matthew Marchant, Principal Engineer, Submarine Engineering, Vodafone Group

Ronan Marec, Marine strategy officer, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Giuseppe Marra, Principle Scientist, National Physical Laboratory

Diego Matas, COO, EllaLink

Eduardo Mateo, Director, NEC Corporation

Luis Manuel Matias, Dr., 1Instituto Dom Luiz, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal

Yuushi Matsuo, Developer, NEC

Alan Mauldin, Research Director, TeleGeography

Sandra Maximiano, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Communications Authority of the Republic of Portugal, ANACOM

Mikael Mazur, Member of Technical Staff, Nokia Bell Labs

Mick McGovern, Deputy VP Marine Operations, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Priyanth Mehta, Senior Manager, Optical Engineering, Ciena

Jamie Merrett, Deputy Director, Permits, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Pierre Mertz, Fellow, Nokia

Francesco Milazzo, Rear Admiral (UH) - Marina Militare, Commander of the Submarines - Head of the Submarine Department at the Navy General Staff, Italian Navy

Francesco Milazzo | Rear Admiral (UH) - Marina Militare, Commander of the Submarines - Head of the Submarine Department at the Navy General Staff | Italian Navy » speaking at SubOptic

Mariachiara Mizzi, Presales ( Senior) Expert, Retelit

Teresa Monteiro, Director Solutions Marketing, Nokia

Jan Petter Morten, Principal Engineer, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Gabriela Muller Sampaio Bexiga, Director, EGS Survey Group

Gabriela Muller Sampaio Bexiga | Director | EGS Survey Group » speaking at SubOptic

Sho Nakayama, staff, OCC Corporation

Mohamed Nasr, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Egypt

Quynh Nguyen, Lead Environmental Officer, Oceanic Environment Cables GmbH

Kristian Nielsen, Chief Revenue Officer, WFN Strategies, LLC

Alexander Nikolaidis, Network Planner, Meta

JING NING, Senior Optical Simulation Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Miki Nishioka, System Engineer, NEC Australia

Richard Norris, Senior Director, Sales Engineering, Ciena

Gabriele Olivieri, Phd Student, Università di Roma La Sapienza / Oceans & Cables Limited

Alex Overstall, Technical Business Developer, AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.

Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Professor, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe | Professor | Danmarks Tekniske Universitet » speaking at SubOptic

Andy Palmer-Felgate, Submarine Cable Engineer, Meta

Bera Palsdottir, Manager R&D, OFS

Bera Palsdottir | Manager R&D | OFS » speaking at SubOptic

Mike Pan, PLM, cisco

Pascal Pecci, Engineer, Meta

Philippe Perrier, Submarine Cable Systems Engineer, Meta

Jonathan Perry, Partner, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

Chiara Petrioli, WSense, WSense

Chiara Petrioli | WSense | WSense » speaking at SubOptic

Alexei Pilipetskii, subcom

Alexei Pilipetskii |  | subcom » speaking at SubOptic

Ulises Pin, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Ben Plimmer, Technical Program Manager, Google

Oli Pope, Managing Director, Route Position

James Porter, Cable Route Engineer, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Luca Possidente, Product Line Manager, Nokia

Luca Possidente | Product Line Manager | Nokia » speaking at SubOptic

Xiaoyong Qin, R&D Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Xiaoyong Qin | R&D Engineer | HMN Technologies Co., Ltd. » speaking at SubOptic

Xiaoyong Qin, R&D Engineer, HMN Tech

Julian Rawle, Associate, Cambridge MC

Elaine Reed, Senior Manager - Submarine Engineering, Vodafone

Aldo Righetti, Founder, Subphoton srl

Kim Roberts, VP, Wavelogic Science, Ciena

Nico Roehrich, Director, Network Investments APAC, Meta

Jane Ruffino, PhD Student, Södertörn University

HE RUI, Fiberhome Marine Network Equipment Co.,LTD.

Stefano Russo, Program Manager, Retelit

Max Schneider, Senior Project Manager, Global Marine

Viktor Schwarz, RD Engineer, Prysmian

Viktor Schwarz | RD Engineer | Prysmian » speaking at SubOptic

Patrick Scully, Chief Product Officer, Quantum Corridor

Susan Shen, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Susan Shen |  | HMN Technologies Co., Ltd. » speaking at SubOptic

Bevan Slattery, Founder, SODA

Nick Smith, Technical Programme Manager, google

Nick Smith | Technical Programme Manager | google » speaking at SubOptic

Lindsay Smith, Business Development Manager, SMD

Ruben Soares Luis, Chief Senior Reseacher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Zack Spica, CEO, Lumetec

Nicole Starosielski, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Matthias Stegmaier, Senior Development Engineer, Lightera

Marc Stephens, Director System Engineering, Nokia

Tim Stronge, Vice President of Research, TeleGeography

Xianpu Su, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Ryuichi Sugizaki, Specialist, Furukawa Electric

Yunpeng Sun, R&D Engineer, Jiangsu HMN Technologies Group Co., Ltd

shengjie sun, assistant software development engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Hitoshi Takeshita, Researcher, NEC Corporation

Pushkar Tandon, Corporate Fellow, Corning Incorporated

Pushkar Tandon | Corporate Fellow | Corning Incorporated » speaking at SubOptic

Frankie Targett, Principal Submarine Cable Engineer, Vodafone Group

Lynsey Thomas, Director, SubSea Networks Ltd

Lynsey Thomas | Director | SubSea Networks Ltd » speaking at SubOptic

Olly Thomson, Regional Services Commercial Manager, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Denise Toombs, Principal, Toombs Marine Consultancy LLC

Anders Tysdal, Tampnet

Cedric Vandenweghe, PLM, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Siddharth Varughese, Principal Optical Engineer, Nokia

ALEXANDRE VAZQUEZ MARTINEZ, PHD STUDENT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

ALEXANDRE VAZQUEZ MARTINEZ | PHD STUDENT | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela » speaking at SubOptic

Alexandre Vázquez Martínez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Govind Vedala, Sr. Member of Technical Staff, System Research, subcom

Maximilliam Vieira, Technology Advisor, Petrobras

Jeff Wabik, CTO, DC BLOX

Cecile Walch Sousa, Deputy General Counsel, Alcatel Submarine Networks

David Walker, Cable Route Engineer, Alcatel Submarine Networks

DAVID WALTERS, Consultant, Independent

Yanpu Wang, Senior Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Simon Webster, Director, Submarine Networks EMEA, NEC Australia

Quanying Wen, engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Matthew West, Route Planning Manager, OceanIQ

William Wilcock, Professor, University of Washington

Denise Wood, Partner/Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Ryan Wopschall, General Manager, ICPC

Ryan Wopschall | General Manager | ICPC » speaking at SubOptic

Sophie Wright, Technical Program Manager, Google

Sophie Wright | Technical Program Manager | Google » speaking at SubOptic

John Wrottesley, Operations Manager, ICPC

John Wrottesley | Operations Manager | ICPC » speaking at SubOptic

Zhang Xiaolong, Senior Route Engineer, HMN Technologies Co.,Limited

Jiachao Xu, Software Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Hideki Yamaguchi, Senior Manager, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Yoshinori Yamamoto, Manager, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Fatih Yaman, Senior Research Staff Member, N.E.C Labs America

Fan Yang, API Specialist Developer, Indigo

Keisuke Yasuhara, Staff, OCC Corporation

Kwok Yau Ho, Route Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Isobel Yeo, Senior Research Geoscientist, National Oceanography Centre

Hesham Youssef, Senior Transmission Engineer, Telecom Egypt

jingying yu, Technical solution engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Hany Zaalouk, Director international infrastructure management, Telecom Egypt

Mengmeng Zhang, Senior Technical Solution Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Mengmeng Zhang | Senior Technical Solution Engineer | HMN Technologies Co., Ltd. » speaking at SubOptic

FANG ZHANG, Deputy Director of Network Solution Dept, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Donghai Zhang, Director Of Business Innovation, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Zhaopeng Zhang, Route Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Ling Zhao, Simulation Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Qian Zhong, Subsea Quality Lead, Google

Kuan Zhu, Engineer, HMN Technologies Co., Ltd.

Benyuan Zhu, DMTS, OFS

Benyuan Zhu | DMTS | OFS » speaking at SubOptic