SubOptic 2007 Oral Presentation Schedule
(Provisional)
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 |
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Aspects of Submarine Cable Retirement Jürgen
Ridder (DTAG) |
TuA1.1 |
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Jose M Andres, Tie Fang , Michael A. Nedbal
(Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.) |
TuA1.2 |
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The Future of the Universal Joint Consortium Joel Whitman (Global Marine Systems Limited) |
TuA1.3 |
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Advances in Deepwater Cable Maintenance Through New
Grapnel Technology Jeremy Featherstone (Blue Ocean Projects Ltd.) and Andrew
Thomas (Ocean Cable Technologies Ltd.) |
TuA1.4 |
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Is BAS Still Necessary, and If So, Where and How? Mark Jonkergouw (Alcatel-Lucent)
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TuA1.5 |
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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 |
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Charting the Course:
The System Supply Market Chaired by Mike Rieger
(Tyco Telecommunications) |
TuB1
Tuesday,
May 15 2-4
PM Grand
Ballroom VI |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Emergence of Affordable Broadband Services for Remote
Locations Using SFOC Technology William J. Barattino and
Nicholas Koopalethes (Global Broadband Solutions,
LLC) |
TuB1.3 |
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Drivers for Building New Systems: Speed and Versatility.
Oceans, like the world, are flat but very deep. Benoit Duguet (Tyco
Telecommunications) |
TuB1.4 |
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The Impact of Convergence on Submarine Cable System
Deployment Edward West and Stephen J. Dawe
(Cable & Wireless) |
TuB1.5 |
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Undersea Market Trends: What’s New and What’s Next? Elaine Stafford, John Mariano, David Ross (The David Ross
Group, Inc.) |
TuB1.6 |
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Non-Telecom Applications Chaired by Steve Scott (Global Marine
Systems Ltd.) |
TuA2
Tuesday,
May 15 4:30-6:30
PM Grand
Ballroom V |
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Unique Marine Operations: Oil and Gas and Scientific
Applications Frank Cuccio and Ronald J. Rapp
(Tyco Telecommunications) |
TuA2.1 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Seismic Observation Systems Utilizing Significant
Telecommunication Technology in Kenji Hishiki and Wakana Kobayashi (NEC Telenetworx,
Ltd.) |
TuA2.5 |
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NEPTUNE Peter Phibbs ( |
TuA2.6 |
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Design of the scientific cabled network between 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 |
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Carrier Essentials:
The Undersea Bandwidth Market Chaired by Yves Ruggeri ( |
TuB2
Tuesday,
May 15 4:30-6:30
PM Grand
Ballroom VI |
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Future Broadband Applications: What Would the Impact Be,
If Any, on the International Bandwidth Industry? Zvika
Caspy (Mediterranean Nautilus Ltd.) |
TuB2.1 |
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Demand Drivers for Carriers - Evolution of Ethernet Jeffrey Stark, Robert Thomas and Momtchil
Petrov (Tyco Telecommunications) |
TuB2.2 |
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Trend in Submarine Maintenance as IP and DWDM Converge Ken Herrmann (VSNL International) |
TuB2.3 |
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Enhanced Resilience for Terrestrial Restoration Capacity Dave Pinion (BT Global Services) |
TuB2.4 |
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Refresh Operation and Maintenance Training Voahangy
Rakotomanana, Pierre Fidry,
Christian Ausanneau, Stéphanie
Rousseau (Alcatel-Lucent) |
TuB2.5 |
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Undersea Cable Markets and the Developing World Michael Ruddy (Terabit Consulting) |
TuB2.6 |
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Evolution & Revolution: Equipment
& Component Technologies Chaired by Colin Anderson (NEC
Corporation) |
WeB1
Wednesday,
May 16 1:30-3:30
PM Grand
Ballroom VI |
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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 |
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The 10Gigabit Ethernet Impact on Submarine Networks Ken Reynolds, Andy Aitken, Joerg Schwartz, Stuart Barnes (Azea
Networks Ltd.) |
WeB1.2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A long-span repeater for regional submarine systems Patrice Le Roux, Mélanie Jaouen and Ghislaine Vareille (Alcatel-Lucent) |
WeB1.5 |
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Advanced Fibers for Submarine
Networks Sergey Ten ( |
WeB1.6 |
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Trevor Taylor (BT Global Sevices)
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WeB1.7 |
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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 |
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How Fast Can An Undersea Telecommunication System Upgrade
Be Implemented? Debra Brask (Tyco
Telecommunications) |
ThA1.1 |
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Advanced Enhancements of the SAm-1 Submarine Cable System Eduardo Saravia, Guillermo Canete, Miguel Angel Martinez (Telefonica
International Wholesale Services) |
ThA1.2 |
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A Standard Set of Terms of Contract for the Submarine
Telecommunications Industry Michael S. Carter (Alcatel-Lucent) |
ThA1.3 |
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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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Structuring for Successful Financings of Submarine Fiber Optic Networks Glenn S. Gerstell (Milbank, |
ThA1.5 |
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The Yellow Cable System- Development, Implementation and
Post Project Experience Bob Kelly and Mike Saunders (Level 3 Communications) |
ThA1.6 |
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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 |
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Overview of Submarine System Upgrades M. André and N. Brochier ( |
ThB1.1 |
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Predicting the Unpredictable Tony Frisch and Joerg Schwartz (Azea Networks) |
ThB1.2 |
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All-Raman Technology Roadmap for High-Performance Unrepeatered DWDM Systems Herve
Fevrier, A. Puc, P.
Perrier, D. Chaires (Xtera
Communications) |
ThB1.3 |
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40 Gb/ Yoshihisa Inada, Toshiharu Ito, Kiyoshi Fukuchi, Tadashi
Koga and Takaaki Ogata (NEC Corporation) |
ThB1.4 |
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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 |
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The RZ-DPSK Modulation Format in Long-Haul Transmission
Systems Alexei Pilipetskii, Morten Nissov and Neal S. Bergano (Tyco Telecommunications) |
ThB1.6 |
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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 |