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Upcoming Events
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SubOptic 2025
June 2nd - June 5th 2025
SubOptic 2025 asks the question ‘What’s on the horizon?’ and challenges the subsea community to look into the future and determine how best to address the variety of in-coming demands on-land, at-sea and in the cloud.
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One Ocean Science Congress 2025
June 3rd - June 6th 2025
The Congress will feature a mix of plenary sessions, including opening and keynote speeches, alongside parallel oral and poster presentations. To enhance interactions between science and society, action and policy, and to engage civil society more broadly, 'townhalls' such as panels and roundtables will also be arranged.
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Blue Economy and Finance Forum
June 7th - June 8th 2025
By gathering experts, policymakers, investors and innovators from around the world, the Forum will highlight and promote the critical role that sustainable investment, cutting-edge innovation, and forward-thinking policies play in ensuring the long-term health and prosperity of our oceans and economies alike.
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AGU 2024
This December, AGU24 returns to Washington, D.C. with the theme “What’s Next for Science.” We can’t wait to see you there.
2nd UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami Symposium: Two Decades After 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29)
Ask the Expert Session – Smart Submarine Cables: The future of disaster management
Participation is open to the ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates, ITU Academia, and to any individual from a country that is a member of the ITU and who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations. Participation is free of charge.
Chile - Antarctic Cable Project with SMART capability
Chile with SUBTEL as leading institution and CAF as finance entity are betting on SMART capability caring about the science and society. The goal is to strengthen connectivity and scientific collaboration among multiple countries, promoting regional integration, research, and the advancement of scientific knowledge. The SMART capability is included in the call for public tender.
Earth's Pulse SMART Cables in the Northern Hemisphere
ANACOM hosted the meeting ‘Earth's Pulse SMART Cables in the Northern Hemisphere’ on 4 October 2024, organised jointly by ANACOM and JTF SMART Cables . This globally significant event emphasised the potential of submarine cables that goes beyond simply transporting communications data.
2024 Science and Technology Workshop of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel DBCP Contribution to Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 8:00 AM - Friday, October 25, 2024 5:00 PM
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Theme of the Day: Empowering the next generation for a resilient future
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Polar Connect: Opportunities for a long-term Arctic Observatory
Join an exciting webinar on Monday, 7 October 2024 from 14:00-16:00 CEST to explore science opportunities with Polar Connect.
Earth's Pulse: SMART Cables in the Northern Hemisphere
An international meeting entitled “Earth's Pulse: SMART Cables in the Northern Hemisphere” will be co-organised by JTF SMART Cables (The SMART Cables Joint Task Force - SMART Cables) and ANACOM (ANACOM - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações) on 4 October 2024, in Lisbon.
ASN Announces Pioneering Collaboration With Nanometrics And RBR On Smart Cable
Exciting news for SMART Cables! A collaboration between ASN, Nanometrics (NMX), and RBR was announced, which will work to provide the latest technology for sensing ocean bottom temperature, pressure, and seismic motion.
SMART Cables Officially Become an Emerging Network, Contributing to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
SMART Cables has officially become an emerging network, contributing to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).
2024 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series
2024 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series
New Documentary: "Ready for the Tsunami?"
New Documentary: "Ready for the Tsunami?"
We are excited to share an eye-opening new documentary from Goat Knight that delves into the imminent threats posed by climate change and natural disasters.
Thank you for joining us at the SMART Cables side event at the Immersed in Change conference!
Thank you for joining us at the SMART Cables side event at the Immersed in Change conference!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in the Immersed in Change conference side event on 7 June 2024 in Costa Rica. The event had a wonderful turnout and sparked great discussions about the future of the SMART Cables Initiative.
SMART Cables at the High Level Event on Ocean Action: Immersed in Change
SMART Cables is excited to participate as a side event in the Immersed in Change conference 7-8 June 2024 in Costa Rica, one of the planning activities in advance of the Third UN Ocean Conference in June 2025 in Nice, France.
Submarine Networks EMEA
The SMART Subsea Cables team was thrilled to participate in the annual Submarine Networks EMEA conference, held in London, UK, from May 29-30.
“Observing the Ocean and Earth with SMART Subsea Cables” seminar at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science – IRIDeS, Tohoku University.
Bruce Howe from the ITU/WMO/UNESCO-IOC Joint Task Force on SMART Subsea Cables Initiative gave the seminar “Observing the Ocean and Earth with SMART Subsea Cables” on 3 June at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science – IRIDeS, Tohoku University.
SMART Cable Visit to the National University of Vanuatu
The SMART Cable team had a wonderful visit to the National University of Vanuatu (NUV), where we met with 30 students to brief them about getting a master degree on topics related to SMART cables, from ocean and geophysics science to early warning to telecom and management.
ICG/PTWS Scientific meeting of experts in Port Vila, Vanuatu
The SMART Cable team attended the ICG/PTWS Scientific meeting of experts in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
The region from Papua New Guinea to Vanuatu is one if not the most complicated tectonic region of the world, with a number of “high speed” (10-15 cm/year) tectonic plates colliding producing megathrust subduction zones, all giving rise to high earthquake and tsunami risk. The #goal of the workshop is to quantify seismic risk as an input to tsunami inundation models.