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5th Workshop on "SMART Cable Systems: Latest Developments and Designing the Wet Demonstrator Project"
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 17-18 April 2016

Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Day 1, 17 April 2016

08:30 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:15	Opening Remarks Reinhard Scholl, Deputy to the Director, ITU/TSB [Biography]
09:15 - 09:40	Progress of the ITU/UNESCO-IOC/WMO Joint Task Force (JTF) on SMART Cable Systems Outline of the SMART Cable concept; developments since the 4th JTF Workshop (Singapore, October, 2014); Functional Requirements, Wet Demonstrator, and Green Cable Funding studies posted on website in 2015-16; environmental threats; business opportunities; objectives of this Dubai Workshop "Recent progress of the ITU/UNESCO-IOC/WMO Joint Task Force (JTF) on SMART Cable Systems" : Chris Barnes, Chairman of the JTF and Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada [Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation]
09:40 - 10:40	Session 1: Science, Engineering, and Data Management: Requirements and Advances Scientific and societal benefits (building on Science and Society (2014) white paper). Engineering developments and latest sensor innovations (building on NASA Workshops report (2015). New environmental users. Moderators: Bruce Howe, Research Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa: "Science, Engineering, and Data Management: requirements and advances" [Biography \| Presentation] Speakers: "EMSO, a Long Term European Commitment for Long Term Seafloor and Water Column Monitoring: Programmatic Progress as Pertains to JTF": Jean François Rolin, Ifremer/EMSO, Brest, France [Biography \| Presentation] "Benefits and Requirements for Ocean Bottom Measurements for Tsunami Early Warning and Earthquake Science": Frederik Tilmann, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany [Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation] "Contribution of SMART Cable Systems to Ocean and Climate Science": Jérome Aucan, IRD-LEGOS, France and New Caledonia [Biography \| Presentation]
10:40 - 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:00	Session 2: Funding and Business Plan Funding Issues: Costs and Revenues; Potential Sources of Funding; Business Plan Moderator: John Mariano, President, David Ross Group: "Funding and Business Plan" [Biography \| Presentation] Speakers: "The Business Case for Inclusion of Sensors in Commercial Undersea Systems": *David Ross*, Chairman, David Ross Group [Presentation] "Implementation Topics to Support Business Plan Development": Ryan Wopschall, Marketing Manager, Submarine Cable Systems, Fugro [Biography \| Presentation] Khaled Naguib Sedrak, NxtVn Group, Netherlands
12:00 - 13:00	Session 3: Permitting and Legal Issues Permitting Issues (USA, India) and Other Legal Issues Speaker: Graham Evans, EGS Survey [ Presentation ]
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Session 4: Broad Industry Perspectives The Opportunities, Challenges and Business Case for SMART Cables – Views and Advice from Owners, Suppliers and Operators. Moderators: Nigel Bayliff, Owner & Principal Consultant, SIN Medida Limited: "ITU-UNESCO:IOC-WMO Joint Task Force on SMART Submarine Cable Systems" [Biography \| Presentation] Speakers: "A Cable Owners Perspective on SMART Cables": Andy Palmer-Felgate, Int. IP Core & Submarine Cable, Verizon, UK [Presentation] "Tsunami Detection?": Stuart Barnes/Joerg Schwartz, Xtera (TBC next week): [Presentation]
15:00 - 16:00	Session 5: Open Discussion Response to contributions in Session 1. Potential new SMART Cable System deployments: Announcements, Reports and Updates from Other Company Representatives. New Repeater designs to accommodate sensor package. Deployment challenges. Market Opportunities. Moderator: Laurie Doyle, Technical Marketing Director, APAC, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks [Presentation]
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00	Session 6: Open Discussion on Day 1 sessions and ideas for Day 2 Sessions Moderator: Nigel Bayliff, Owner & Principal Consultant, SIN Medida Limited [Biography]

*To be confirmed

Day 2, 18 April 2016

08:30 - 10:00	Session 7: Wet Demonstrator Project Scope and Design of Project. Industry-UN Agencies Management Consortium. Generic Engineering Development and Specific Sensor Testing. Location for Demonstration: Industry Site or Scientific Ocean Observatory Facility. Desired Schedule for Development and Testing. Legal and Proprietary Issues. Funding: Anticipated Capital and Operating Costs; Business Plan. Moderator: Nigel Bayliff, Owner & Principal Consultant, SIN Medida Limited [Biography] Speakers: "Wet Demonstrator Objectives": Steve Lentz, Director Network Development, Ocean Specialists Inc. [Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation \| Paper] "How the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory Can contribute to Smart Cable System Development and testing": Paul Gaughan, EMSO, Irish Marine Institute [Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation} "Ocean Networks Canada supporting a Wet Demonstration Project": Adrian Round, ONC, University of Victoria [Biography \| Abstract \| Presentation] "The ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) and the JTF SMART Cable Wet Demo": Bruce Howe, ALOHA Observatory , University of Hawaii [Biography \| Presentation]
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30	Session 8: Open Discussion on Day 2 Session and Link to Day 1 Sessions Moderator: Nigel Bayliff, Owner & Principal Consultant, SIN Medida Limited [Biography]
11:30 - 12:00	Wrap-up, Future Steps, and Closing Comments Summary of workshop; action items; next steps with assignments and schedule; planning for next JTF workshop in 2017; changes within JTF. Chris Barnes, Outgoing JTF Chairman and Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada [Biography] and Bruce Howe, Incoming JTF Chairman, Research Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Biography] ITU: Reinhard Scholl, Deputy to the Director, ITU/TSB [Biography]

*To be confirmed