The Dedicated Platform to Showcase the Latest Breakthroughs in Fiber Optic Technology and Subsea Cable Deployment
February 10 - 13, 2026 I Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
Main Conference Day Two
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Morning Refreshments & Registration
8:50 am - 8:55 am
Welcome Address by Subsea Nexus 2026
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Opening Remarks from the Chair
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Panel Discussion: Subsea Cybersecurity – Protecting Digital Infrastructure
- AI-driven threat detection securing subsea networks
- Blockchain-enhanced cybersecurity for offshore operations
- Investment trends in subsea cybersecurity
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Morning Break & Refreshments
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Welcome Address by Subsea Networks 2026
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Opening Remarks by Chairperson
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Driving Enterprise Connectivity Through Subsea Investments
Bhupinder Singh -
President, Asia Pacific,
Vodafone Business
- Aligning carrier backbone strategies with enterprise demand
- Multi-cloud and sub-sea network integration
- Scaling resilience for Asia’s digital infrastructure
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm
Industry Thought Leadership
12:50 pm - 1:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Designing Subsea Infrastructure Around Hyperscaler Edge & Compute Zones
Vinod Samarawickrama -
Global Program Head – Network Infrastructure & Ecosystems - VAMOS & OCASO,
Meta
Chan Tuck Han - COO, Super Sistem Group
- Aligning landing locations with energy, cooling and compute availability
- Building network resilience around data centre hotbeds
- Coordinating across terrestrial and submarine networks for seamless interconnection
Vinod Samarawickrama
Global Program Head – Network Infrastructure & Ecosystems - VAMOS & OCASOMeta
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
Lunch Break
2:20 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Redesigning the Subsea Stack: Open Cables, Fibre Density & AI-Driven Infrastructure
Chan Tuck Han -
COO,
Super Sistem Group
- Unlocking new capacity through open cable systems and advanced optical configurations
- Scaling fibre density to meet the explosive bandwidth demands of AI factories and GPU clusters
- Rethinking cable design for next-gen applications like holographic communication and real-time AI compute
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Carrier-Neutral Cables & Landing Stations: Who Builds, Who Benefits?
- How hyperscalers and infra funds are driving neutral facility adoption
- Market implications for incumbents and Tier 2 carriers
- Real-world examples from APAC
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Afternoon Break & Refreshments
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Panel Discussion: Subsea-as-Infrastructure: Redefining Value in the AI Age
- Subsea as the foundation layer of AI and cloud scale-out
- Financial models shifting from bandwidth resale to ecosystem enablement
- Who owns what? Infra funds, hyperscalers, carriers, and the new stack
4:40 pm - 5:10 pm
What's Next: Integrating Subsea, Satellite & Edge for AI Compute Anywhere
- Future convergence of LEO, subsea, and terrestrial for AI
- Cable system planning with multi-orbit, multi-cloud resilience in mind
- Breaking through bottlenecks of traditional telco ownership models
