SubOptic 2007 Oral Presentation Schedule (Provisional)

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Maryland USA, May 14-17

SubOptic is a non-profit organization www.suboptic.org

 

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Enabling Global Communications - From Risk to Reward: Why must we learn our own lessons before we change risk management behaviour?

Keith Schofield (Dotdash Consulting)

ThA1.4

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Going Deep: Marine Services & Operations

Chaired by Mick Green (BT)

TuA1

Tuesday, May 15

2-4 PM

Grand Ballroom V

Aspects of Submarine Cable Retirement

Jürgen Ridder (DTAG)

TuA1.1

Cable Route Planning and Installation Control: Recent Advances

Jose M Andres, Tie Fang , Michael A. Nedbal

(Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.)

TuA1.2

The Future of the Universal Joint Consortium

Joel Whitman (Global Marine Systems Limited)

TuA1.3

Advances in Deepwater Cable Maintenance Through New Grapnel Technology

Jeremy Featherstone (Blue Ocean Projects Ltd.) and Andrew Thomas (Ocean Cable Technologies Ltd.)

TuA1.4

Is BAS Still Necessary, and If So, Where and How?

Mark Jonkergouw (Alcatel-Lucent)

TuA1.5

Re-Installation of Recovered Submarine Cables: Case Histories of Success

Chris Willey, Philip J. Footman Williams, Paco Rego, Javier de la Cruz (Tyco Telecommunications)

TuA1.6

Charting the Course: The System Supply Market

Chaired by Mike Rieger (Tyco Telecommunications)

TuB1

Tuesday, May 15

2-4 PM

Grand Ballroom VI

Blips on the Radar Screen: The Case for Sustained Stability in New Subsea Systems Development Market

Thomas A. Soja, John Manock, S. Hansen Long (T Soja & Associates, Inc.)

TuB1.1

Cost ahead of technology? Are purchasers buying criteria equivalent in the current market segmentation?

Marc Fullenbaum, Stéphane Delorme, Jean-Marie Beaufils (Alcatel-Lucent)

TuB1.2

The Emergence of Affordable Broadband Services for Remote Locations Using SFOC Technology

William J. Barattino and Nicholas Koopalethes (Global Broadband Solutions, LLC)

TuB1.3

Drivers for Building New Systems: Speed and Versatility. Oceans, like the world, are flat but very deep.

Benoit Duguet (Tyco Telecommunications)

TuB1.4

The Impact of Convergence on Submarine Cable System Deployment

Edward West and Stephen J. Dawe (Cable & Wireless)

TuB1.5

Undersea Market Trends: What’s New and What’s Next?

Elaine Stafford, John Mariano, David Ross (The David Ross Group, Inc.)

TuB1.6

Non-Telecom Applications

Chaired by Steve Scott (Global Marine Systems Ltd.)

TuA2

Tuesday, May 15

4:30-6:30 PM

Grand Ballroom V

Unique Marine Operations: Oil and Gas and Scientific Applications

Frank Cuccio and Ronald J. Rapp (Tyco Telecommunications)

TuA2.1

Drivers and Technologies for Next Generation Digital Connectivity in Offshore oil and Gas Production Facilities

Greg Otto (BP America Inc.) and Wayne Nielsen (WFN Strategies)

TuA2.2

Repeaterless fiber optic telecommunication solutions as a powerful tool to overcome the challenges in the offshore oil and gas business

Winfried Rutzen, Rudolf Stahl, Clemens Unger, Heiko Dirks (Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH & Co. KG)

TuA2.3

Cabled Science Observatories Solutions: Bringing Power and Broadband Communication to the Ocean Depths

Antoine Lecroart (Alcatel-Lucent), Nazeeh Shaheen (L-3 Communications MariPro), Peter Shawyer (Texcel Technology)

TuA2.4

Seismic Observation Systems Utilizing Significant Telecommunication Technology in Japan

Kenji Hishiki and Wakana Kobayashi (NEC Telenetworx, Ltd.)

TuA2.5

NEPTUNE Canada (NEPTUNE Stage I) and the Opportunities Presented

Peter Phibbs (University of Victoria) and Stephen Lentz

TuA2.6

Design of the scientific cabled network between Ireland and Porcupine Seabight and Abyssal Plain, study site of the European Seafloor Observatory Network Implementation Model (ESONIM)

Jean-François Rolin (IFREMER), Gary Waterworth (Alcatel-Lucent), Mick Gillooly (Marine Institute Galway), Imants G. Priede (University of Aberdeen), Olaf Pfannkuche (IFM-Geomar), Glen Nolan (Marine Institute Galway)

TuA2.7

Carrier Essentials: The Undersea Bandwidth Market

Chaired by Yves Ruggeri (France Telecom)

TuB2

Tuesday, May 15

4:30-6:30 PM

Grand Ballroom VI

Future Broadband Applications: What Would the Impact Be, If Any, on the International Bandwidth Industry?

Zvika Caspy (Mediterranean Nautilus Ltd.)

TuB2.1

Demand Drivers for Carriers - Evolution of Ethernet

Jeffrey Stark, Robert Thomas and Momtchil Petrov (Tyco Telecommunications)

TuB2.2

Trend in Submarine Maintenance as IP and DWDM Converge

Ken Herrmann (VSNL International)

TuB2.3

Enhanced Resilience for Terrestrial Restoration Capacity

Dave Pinion (BT Global Services)

TuB2.4

Refresh Operation and Maintenance Training

Voahangy Rakotomanana, Pierre Fidry, Christian Ausanneau, Stéphanie Rousseau (Alcatel-Lucent)

TuB2.5

Undersea Cable Markets and the Developing World

Michael Ruddy (Terabit Consulting)

TuB2.6

Evolution & Revolution: Equipment & Component Technologies

Chaired by Colin Anderson (NEC Corporation)

 

WeB1

Wednesday, May 16

1:30-3:30 PM

Grand Ballroom VI

Multi-Service Integrated Platform (MSIP) Solution and Its Impact on Submarine Cable System

Daiki Miwa, Taka-aki Ogata, Yoshitaka Kanno, Yoshinori Chiba, Satoru Hadano, Masataka Goto and Yu Aoki (NEC Corporation)

WeB1.1

The 10Gigabit Ethernet Impact on Submarine Networks

Ken Reynolds, Andy Aitken, Joerg Schwartz, Stuart Barnes (Azea Networks Ltd.)

WeB1.2

DQPSK Modulated Turbo Code FEC for Cable Capacity Upgrades

Takashi Mizuochi, Yoshiaki Konishi, Kazuhide Ouchi, Kiyoshi Onohara, Kazuyuki Ishida, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Kazuo Kubo, Shunsuke Mitani, Hitoyuki Tagami (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)

WeB1.3

Novel Undersea Line Monitoring Technology Enables Improved Performance and OTDR Capability

Brian Jander, Hongbin Zhang, Ram Engira, Bill Ruthrauff, Yan Jiang, Angelo Giordano, Boris Bark, Richard Kram, Sam Sabet, Brian Li, Jonathan Liss, Charles Breverman (Tyco Telecommunications)

WeB1.4

A long-span repeater for regional submarine systems

Patrice Le Roux, Mélanie Jaouen and Ghislaine Vareille (Alcatel-Lucent)

WeB1.5

Advanced Fibers for Submarine Networks

Sergey Ten (Corning Optical Fiber)

WeB1.6

Rating Subsea Cables for Resistance to External Agression

Trevor Taylor (BT Global Sevices)

WeB1.7

Before You Dive In: Project Development & Implementation

Chaired by Fiona Beck (Southern Cross Cable Network)

ThA1

Thursday, May 17

1:30-3:30 PM

Grand Ballroom V

How Fast Can An Undersea Telecommunication System Upgrade Be Implemented?

Debra Brask (Tyco Telecommunications)

ThA1.1

Advanced Enhancements of the SAm-1 Submarine Cable System

Eduardo Saravia, Guillermo Canete, Miguel Angel Martinez (Telefonica International Wholesale Services)

ThA1.2

A Standard Set of Terms of Contract for the Submarine Telecommunications Industry

Michael S. Carter (Alcatel-Lucent)

ThA1.3

Enabling Global Communications - From Risk to Reward: Why must we learn our own lessons before we change risk management behaviour?

Keith Schofield (Dotdash Consulting)

ThA1.4

Structuring for Successful Financings of Submarine Fiber Optic Networks

Glenn S. Gerstell (Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP)

ThA1.5

The Yellow Cable System- Development, Implementation and Post Project Experience

Bob Kelly and Mike Saunders (Level 3 Communications)

ThA1.6

Weaving the Worldwide Web: System Design & Applications

Chaired by Olivier Gautheron (Alcatel-Lucent)

ThB1

Thursday, May 17

1:30-3:30 PM

Grand Ballroom VI

Overview of Submarine System Upgrades

M. André and N. Brochier (France Telecom R&D)

ThB1.1

Predicting the Unpredictable

Tony Frisch and Joerg Schwartz (Azea Networks)

ThB1.2

All-Raman Technology Roadmap for High-Performance Unrepeatered DWDM Systems

Herve Fevrier, A. Puc, P. Perrier, D. Chaires (Xtera Communications)

ThB1.3

40 Gb/S Dwdm Transmission Technologies for Future Repeatered and Non-Repeatered Submarine Cable Systems

Yoshihisa Inada, Toshiharu Ito, Kiyoshi Fukuchi, Tadashi Koga and Takaaki Ogata (NEC Corporation)

ThB1.4

A Study of Upgradeability Using the RZ-DPSK Format on Existing WDM Transmission System

Hiroshi Nakamoto, Kenji Ohta, Akira Sugiyama, Takeo Osaka, Izumi Yokota (Fujitsu Limited)

ThB1.5

The RZ-DPSK Modulation Format in Long-Haul Transmission Systems

Alexei Pilipetskii, Morten Nissov and Neal S. Bergano (Tyco Telecommunications)

ThB1.6

DPSK Transmission Experiments over DSMF and NZDSF

Philippe Plantady, Laurent du Mouza, Sébastien Dupont, Pierre Marmier, Clement Lange, Patrick Bollaert, Mélanie Jaouen, Ghislaine Vareille & Vincent Letellier (Alcatel-Lucent)

ThB1.7