Submarine Network World

Day 1 Programme, 02-Sep-2009

Summary : The first day of the conference will be focusing on identifying the opportunities and challenges in the industry which will be discussed through Keynote presentations, panel sessions etc.

08:45 AM  -  0:0 AM
Chairman's opening remarks
Mr. Alan Mauldin, Research Director, Submarine Networks, Telegeography Research, Alan Mauldin is a Research Director at TeleGeography. He has been working here since 2000 & has served as a principal analyst in many areas including international Internet infrastructure, submarine cable systems & bandwidth demand modeling.

09:00 AM  -  0:0 AM
Opening keynote panel: Identifying the opportunities and challenges present in the face of the global financial downturn and how it can benefit/impact your business.
Mr. Alan Mauldin, Research Director, Submarine Networks, Telegeography Research

09:45 AM  -  0:0 AM
Identifying strategies for successfully enhancing capacity demand - upgrading of existing infrastructure vs. new fiber
Mr. Tarique Haque, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Bangla Trac Communications

10:15 AM  -  0:0 AM
Reviewing the impact of new technologies and new demand drivers and how they impact capacity demand across the world
Mr. William So, Group Vice Chairman and President, China Unicom, Mr. William So is Group Vice Chairman and President at China Unicom. Previously, he worked as General Manager to an European Telecom Equipment manufacturer and helped the company to establish Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFE).

11:45 AM  -  0:0 AM
Building a bridge between East & West
Mr. Nicola Tordela, Senior Vice President, Global IP & Data Sales, Telecom Italia Sparkle, Since 2003, Nicola Tordela has been working as Senior Vice President at Telecom Italia Sparkle. He has also worked with Sprint International as Head of IP & Data Sales for Southern Europe, being also Managing Director of Sprint Italy.

12:15 PM  -  0:0 AM
Case study panel - Mediterranean region: Two network outages in 2008, What's happening over there?
Mr. Nicola Tordela, Senior Vice President, Global IP & Data Sales, Telecom Italia Sparkle, Since 2003, Nicola Tordela has been working as Senior Vice President at Telecom Italia Sparkle. He has also worked with Sprint International as Head of IP & Data Sales for Southern Europe, being also Managing Director of Sprint Italy.

14:00 PM  -  0:0 AM
Evaluating the opportunities in Oil and Gas applications of Submarine cable
Dr. Inge Vintermyr, Technical Manager, Telecom, Building & Telecoms Cables Division, Nexans, Inge Vintermyr joined Nexans in 1989 after completeing Ph.D in Materials Science from Norwegian Institute of Technology. He has been working with research, development & engineering of fibre optic cables with special emphasis on offshore application.

14:30 PM  -  0:0 AM
Panel discussion: The right technology for each market and customer: Making an intelligent choice between submarine cable, terrestrial cable and satellite
Mr. Dan Hughes, Sales & Marketing Director, Apollo Submarine Cable System, Daniel Hughes has been working with Apollo since January 2008 as Sales & Marketing Director. Prior to this, he worked for Verizon Business and was involved in the development of the Verizon Business global network, through private acquisition.

15:45 PM  -  0:0 AM
How can system operators add value on competitive routes?
Mr. Dan Hughes, Sales & Marketing Director, Apollo Submarine Cable System, Daniel Hughes has been working with Apollo since January 2008 as Sales & Marketing Director. Prior to this, he worked for Verizon Business and was involved in the development of the Verizon Business global network, through private acquisition.

16:15 PM  -  0:0 AM
Successfully providing network owners enormous flexibility in configuring their networks with a seamless migration to 100G
Dr. Joe Parker, Chief Technology Officer, Glimmerglass, Joe is the Chief Technology Officer at Glimmerglass. Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Opthos. He also led the Optical Networking research at Optivision. Concepts developed by Joes team led to the founding of ONI Systems.

16:45 PM  -  0:0 AM
Cable permitting, piracy and programs - Current challenges, meeting cable route survey milestones in the Indian ocean, Gulf of Aden & Red Sea
Mr. Graham Evans, Director, International Business Development, EGS Survey Group, Having more than 30 years experience as a marine geologist and applied geophysicist, Graham is the Director of EGS Survey, Australia at present. He is a graduate in Science & Arts from rom the University of Manchester & Open University respectively.

17:15 PM  -  0:0 AM
Special one-on-one dialogue session with the regulators
Associate Professor Sudharma Yoonaidharma, Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission, Associate Professor Sudharma Yoonaidharma is the Commissioner at National Telecommunications Commission. Earlier, he taught business & economic law at the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University where he was a Vice Dean for Academic Affairs.

Day 2 Programme, 03-Sep-2009

Summary : The second day will focus on the issues like: Middle East - why the sudden surge of cable projects? Challenges with the current routes, Does the current model of charging owners on a per km basis still the most equitable way to serve carriers? etc.

08:45 AM  -  0:0 AM
Chairman opening address
Mr. Pierre Tremblay, Managing Director, Aletheia, Pierre is the Managing Director at Aletheia having 15 years of global experience in sales, marketing, project management, and engineering of turn key undersea cable networks. He greatly enjoys working with telecom operators.

09:00 AM  -  0:0 AM
Opening keynote address: The global network is now builtend of story?
Mr. Jean Devos, (Founder, Sub-Optic), Consultant, Submarcom Consulting

09:30 AM  -  0:0 AM
Field test report: Photonic integrated circuit-based SLTE upgrade to double capacity of existing undersea system
Mr. Rick Dodd, Global Vice President of Product Marketing, Infinera

10:00 AM  -  0:0 AM
Highlighting the submarine cable connectivity in the Middle East, Africa and Caribbean
Mr. Michael Ruddy, Managing Director, Terabit Consulting

11:00 AM  -  0:0 AM
Successfully utilizing submarine cables to fulfill recent capcity demand in the Middle East
Mr. Andrew Grenville, Executive Vice President, International & Wholesale, Du

11:30 AM  -  0:0 AM
EASSy
Mr. John Sihra, Chairman, West Indian Ocean Cable Company

12:00 PM  -  0:0 AM
Seahorse -1
Ms. Joanne J Negron, Chief Executive Officer, Triton Telecom, Cobian International Group

12:30 PM  -  0:0 AM
Calypso 1 and 2
Mr. Mike Singh, Chairman, Carribbean Digital Divide Initiative

14:00 PM  -  0:0 AM
Sydney to Hawaii
Mr. Allan Griffin, Vice President, Carrier & Service Provider ASEAN Markets, Telstra International

14:30 PM  -  0:0 AM
Trans-Pacific Express (TPE)
Ms. Yali Z. Liu, Director, Asia Pacific Network Planning, Verizon

15:00 PM  -  0:0 AM
Reliance HAWK cable system
Mr. Fabrizio Civitarese, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific, Reliance Globalcom

16:00 PM  -  0:0 AM
Intra Asia (IA) Submarine Cable
Mr. Ravindran Mahalingam, General Manager, Business Management, Hutchinson Global Communications

16:30 PM  -  0:0 AM
Panel discussion: Evaluating new opportunities in marine maintenance agreements and the potential cost savings for the carriers/cable owners
Mr. Thomas Soerensen, Regional Director, North Asia and South Pacific, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks