SubOptic 2010 Session Programme

Tuesday, May 11 2010

• Registration Open, 8am - 6pm
• Tutorial 1, 12:30pm - 2pm
  • Undersea Cable Regulation
  • Key Commercial Contracts
• Tutorial 2 - Benefits of Proper Route Engineering to Mitigate Risk During system Design Life, 12:30pm - 2pm
• Tutorial 3 - Global Capacity Demand Drivers and Network Development Trends, 2:30pm - 4pm
• Tutorial 4 - Understanding submarine Cable Project Permitting, 2:30pm - 4pm
• Tutorial 7 - Capacity Upgrades: Extracting Max Capacities from Existing Systems, 2:30pm - 4pm
• Tutorial 5, 4:30pm - 6:15pm
  • Digital Coherent Transmission
  • Forward Error Correction
• Tutorial 6 - Lessons Learned in Oil and Gas, 4:30pm - 6:15pm
• Welcome Reception, 6:15pm - 8pm

Wednesday, May 12 2010

• Registration Open, 7:30am - 6pm
• Conference Opening and Welcome, 9am - 9:30am
• Keynote Presentation: Yoshio Utsumi, ex-ITU, 9:30am - 10:30am
• Oral Session Wednesday 1, 11am - 12:30pm
  • Global & Geographical Markets: Growth Opportunities
  • Special Markets: Energy / Oil & Gas
  • Equipment and Component Technology: Network Elements
• Round Table 1 - The Submarine Cable Environment's Criticality to Global Economics, 2pm - 3:30pm
• Workshop 1 - The SubOptic Construction Contract Workshop, 2pm - 3:30pm
• Poster Session and Cocktails, 4pm - 6pm
  • Group SM: Special Markets (Energy /Oil and Gas; Observatories)
  • Group RF: Finance, Legal, Regulatory and Environmental
  • Group PD: Project Development and Implementation
  • Group MN: Marine Services and Marine operations
  • Group SD: System Design and Applications
  • Group EC: Equipment and Component Technologies

Thursday, May 13 2010

• Registration Open, 8am - 6pm
• Keynote Presentation: Michael T Jones, Google Inc, 9am - 10am
• Oral Session, 10:30am - 12:15pm
  • Global Markets: New Directions
  • Special Markets: Observatories
  • System Design: Terabit Transmission Solutions
• Oral Session, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
  • System Design: Network Topologies
  • Finance and Legal
  • Operations and Maintainenance
• Oral Session, 3:45pm - 5:30pm
  • Technology: Optical Communications (40G, 100G, fiber)
  • Environmental and Regulatory
  • Marine: Tools of the Trade

Friday, May 14 2010

• Registration Open, 8am - 3pm
• Keynote Presentation - Jeffrey Cole, USA, 9am - 10am
• Invited Speaker - Christopher Field, A Triumph of Will: Cyrus Field and the Laying of the First Trans-Atlantic Cable, 10:30 - 11am
• Round Table 2 - Over the Horizon - The Future of the Industry: An Industry Leaders Forum, 11am - 1pm
• Oral Session, 2pm - 3:45pm
  • Marine: Special Topics
  • Project Development and Implemetation
• Closing Ceremony, 4:15pm - 5pm
• Gala Dinner, 6pm - 10:30 pm