SMART News
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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CTBTO SnT2023
As the seventh event in the CTBT: Science and Technology conference series, SnT2023 will bring together well over 1000 scientists, technologists, academics, students, and representatives of the CTBTO’s policy making organs. In addition, representatives from the fields of research and development, science diplomacy, science advisory, media and advocacy are invited to attend the conference.
International Program Office Releases New SMART Cables Website
The SMART Cables International Program Office (IPO) released the completely redesigned JTF website.
ESCAP Issues Report on Seamless and Sustainable Connectivity
The U.N. Economic and Societal Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) issued a report entitled, “Strengthening regional cooperation for seamless and sustainable connectivity.”
Alcatel Submarine Networks Confirms Development is Ongoing to Integrate Scientific Sensors in Telecom Cables
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) issued a press release affirming their continued commitment to the development of scientific sensing technologies on telecom cables, including SMART and DAS.
Subsea Data Systems Completes First SMART Cable Sensor System Prototype
With funding from NSF’s Small Business Innovation Research program, Subsea Data Systems announce the completion of the first-ever SMART Cable sensor system prototype.
Joint Task Force / U. Hawaii Awarded $300K From Schmidt Marine Technology Partners
Schmidt Marine Technology Partners (SMTP), a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation, has awarded U. Hawai`i a $300K grant to support the continued coordination and development of SMART Cables.
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Issues Call for Proposals
A call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of “Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways” under the Digital strand of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has been released.
LEA Releases Atlantic SMART CAM Technical Requirements
Portugal’s Listening to the Earth under the Atlantic (LEA) team, which includes the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), and Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), released a comprehensive and detailed document describing the requirements for the Atlantic SMART CAM system.
SMART Cables Featured in AGU’s Eos
SMART Cables were featured in the American Geophysical Union’s science news magazine, Eos. The article is entitled, “Making Underwater Cables SMART with Sensors.”
Global Ocean Observing System Accepts Ocean Bottom Pressure as an Essential Ocean Variable and SMART as a GOOS Project
The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) announced that Ocean Bottom Pressure is a declared Essential Ocean Variable. It also announced SMART as a formal GOOS Project.
TeleGeography Publishes Sustainable Subsea Networks Map
The map is designed and produced by TeleGeography, in partnership with the SubOptic Foundation's Sustainable Subsea Networks research initiative, and funded by an Internet Society Foundation grant.
Portuguese Council of Ministers Approves Initial Atlantic sMART CAM Funding
The Council of Ministers authorized expenses for pre-contractual procedures within the scope of the implementation of the submarine cable system that make up the Atlantic SMART CAM (system of submarine cables for electronic communications between the territory of mainland Portugal and the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira).
Char Rowe and Colleagues Publish SMART Cables Summary Paper
Dr. Char Rowe and colleagues, including several members of the SMART Cables JTF, published a paper in Marine Technology Society summarizing the current global state of affairs for SMART Cables.
Vanuatu and New Caledonia Leaders sign Memorandum of Understanding for New international cable
Government leaders of Vanuatu and New Caledonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 29 July 2022 to facilitate the installation of a second international marine cable from Interchange Limited (ICL).
Plans Announced for Developing Arctic Fiber Cable
Far North Digital/True North Global Networks and Cinia are developing the first long-haul submarine fiber system, Far North Fiber (FNF), through the Northwest Passage connecting Asia to North America and Europe.
NORDUnet Summarizes Plans for Trans-Arctic Fiber Cables
NORDUnet has supported the recommendation of Trans-Arctic networking cables to connect Europe, Asia, and the west coast of North America.
ITU News publishes article describing efforts to develop standards for SMART Cables
ITU News published an extensive article describing the effort to develop standards for SMART Cables and cables dedicated to scientific sensing.
Data Center Dynamics Publishes Article About SMART Cables and Global Climate Change
Data Center Dynamics published an comprehensive article describing how SMART Cables can help the fight against global warming.
Vitor Silva and Colleagues Publish Earthquake Early Warning Paper
Dr. Vitor Silva and colleagues published a detailed paper entitled “Earthquake early warning for Portugal: part 1 - Where does it matter?” in the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.
Government of Portugal Formally Commits to CAM SMART Cable System
The announcement can be considered the formal launch with full government commitment of the submarine cable linking the Continent, the Azores and Madeira (CAM) in a ring system with sensors for earthquake and tsunami early warning and climate and ocean monitoring (SMART CAM).