SubOptic has always been proud to present relevant and interesting Roundtable Plenary sessions at our events. SubOptic 2010 - to be held in Yokohama, Japan, from May 11-14th, 2010 - will be no exception.

The first of our Roundtables will be presented on Wednesday May 12th, 2010, and will examine the critical elements of the environment surrounding submarine cables from a political, regulatory and physical viewpoint.

The details of the Roundtable, including panelists, is given below:

Moderator:  Graham Evans (EGS Survey)

Panelists:  Mick Green (BT), Mohamed Elnawawy (Telecom Egypt, TE), John Hibbard (Hibbard Consulting), John Russell (Verizon Business), Laura Andrew (Australian Government Attorney-General's Department)

Executive Summary:  In a world where some 96% of all global communications pass through submarine cables; it is the intent of this Round Table to look at the Submarine Cable Environment in a multifaceted way and within the broadest definition of the word Environment.

It is not the intent of this roundtable to avoid being provocative or controversial, or maybe even politically incorrect.  The environments to be explored include:

    * The environment within which the world financial institutions and commerce operate

    * The political, legal and regulatory environment that controls and in some cases impedes the planning and construction of new submarine cable systems

    * The environment of Information Technology considering global geopolitics and social responsibility

    * The physical environment within which submarine networks need to survive

    * The ICPC through their Chairman Mick Green will provide both an insight into recent initiatives of the ICPC and provide a thread that will link the Submarine Cable Environment theme of this Round Table.

Our Final Program will be published next week and will include full details of this Roundtable, the panelists and all the other elements of our event.