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ISSUE 130 | MAY 2023

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5 QUESTIONS WITH KERRY MERRITT

INTEGRATING MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES TO SECURE SUBMARINE CABLES

By Jan Petter Morten, Martin Connelly, Steinar Bjørnstad, Jan Kristoffer Brenne, and Andrew Desforges

SUBMARINE NETWORKS EMEA PREVIEW

22 32 26 35 28 42

SOMETIMES “ENOUGH” IS NOT ENOUGH

By Nigel Parnell & edited by Julian Rawle with contributions from John Murray

2023 GLOBAL SUBSEA INDUSTRY HEADWINDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

By Sean Bergin and Tom Soja

CONVERGED OPEN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

By Chris Wood

By John Tibbles

62 SUBOPTIC 2023 BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD

WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT VOLCANIC HAZARDS FOR SUBSEA CABLES FROM THE 2022 HUNGA TONGA-HUNGA HA’APAI ERUPTION?

By Keith Shaw

By Michael Clare, Isobel Yeo, James Hunt (National Oceanography Centre, UK), Sally Watson Richard Wysoczanski, Sarah Seabrook, Michael Williams, Emily Lane, Kevin Mackay (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand), Peter Talling, Edward Pope (Durham University, UK), Shane Cronin (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Marta Ribó (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), Taaniela Kula (Tonga Geological Services, Kingdom of Tonga), David Tappin (British Geological Survey, UK), Samiuela Fonua, James Panuve (Tonga Cable Ltd), Dean Veverka (Southern Cross), Ronald Rapp (SubCom), Valey Kamalov (Google)

68 SUBOPTIC 2023 BEST POSTER AWARD

COMPARING SENSITIVITY OF STATE OF POLARIZATION

By Kristian Nielsen

MONITORING AND DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING IN THE SVALBARD ARCTIC SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION CABLE

By Brian Lavallée

By Kristina

Shizuka Yamase Skarvang (NTNU), Steinar Bjørnstad (Tampnet), Robin André Rørstadbotnen (NTNU), Kurosh Bozorgebrahimi (SIKT), Jan Kristoffer Brenne (ASN), Dag Roar Hjelme (NTNU)

72 SUBOPTIC 2023 BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTATION AWARD

PRICE IS RIGHT: IN(TERNAL)VESTING IN CARBON PRICING FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

By Nancy Cai (Telstra)

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