The IGN, together with the CSIC's Marine Technology Unit and under the guidance of JTF SMART Cables, is organizing this meeting with the Spanish authorities to expand the initiative already started in Portugal, leveraging the enormous benefits of SMART Cables.
This initiative seeks to foster a global effort among telecommunications companies, as key players, since these organizations play a fundamental role in global digital connectivity by providing innovative solutions such as edge computing, submarine cables, and comprehensive broadband services, and by opening up a cutting-edge technological option for what is possibly the greatest revolution in ocean observation of the century. We will collaborate with national and international agencies and scientific services, with an undoubtedly significant impact on global change and disaster risks within the United Nations Ocean Decade of Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
The objective of this meeting is to present the latest advances in SMART cables with emphasis on Portugal’s Atlantic CAM SMART system and the expansion to the Iberrian Connection. We believe that Spain cannot miss this opportunity for digital connectivity, making submarine telecom cables a multipurpose infrastructure for ocean monitoring beyond the primary telecom mission. SMART Cables with seismometers and acelerometers (ground motion) and ocean bottom pressure and temperatures sensors will represent a true revolution in ocean and earth monitoring.
Spanish-Portuguese collaboration could place the Iberian Peninsula at the forefront of European Ocean Observation Systems, with immense socioeconomic and research/monitoring benefits both in the area of geological hazards, and in the environmental field, with the continuous recording of Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) such as temperature and pressure. In this regard, both countries maintain an excellent level of collaboration in both telecommunications and scientific research, especially in earth sciences and oceanography, with strong institutional ties and all types of collaborations in the government, industrial, and private sectors
As new potential SMART Cables projects have recently been announced that will land on the Iberian Peninsula from the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Basin, it is essential to encourage collaboration to achieve synergies and optimize costs.
The “Iberian Connection: SMART Cables around Iberian Peninsula” meeting will last one day and will be held at Real Observatorio de Madrid. It will cover a diverse range of topics, such as the presentation of new projects as potential SMART Cables, the technologies to be used, the identification of the benefits for science, and regulation and the funding methods for the respective observation parts in each system.
Agenda
1. Welcome and Opening (09:15 – 09:30)
- Juanjo Dañobeitia (CSIC, UNESCO)
- Juan V. Cantavella (IGN)
- Carmen Lopez-Moreno (IGN). Hosting Institution
2. Presentation of SMART Cables (09:30-09:45)
- Bruce M. Howe, Chair of JTF SMART Cables
3. The Portuguese Case (09:45 – 10:25)
Moderator: Juanjo Dañobeitia
- Augusto Fragoso (ANACOM). The opportunity for Portugal to have a SMART
Cable - Alberto Passos. (IP Telecom). Atlantic CAM as a SMART Cable
- Fernando Carrilho (IPMA). Monitoring the North East Atlantic
- José Barros (JTF-SMART Cables). Portuguese plus Spanish contributions to the Iberian SMART Cables Network
4. SMART Cables contribution to the Monitoring and Surveillance of Submarine Cables in Territorial Waters (10:25-11:00)
Moderator: Augusto Fragoso
- Miguel Miranda (AIR Centre). The trade-o between security and open science
- Antonio Pazos (ROA). SMART CABLES: Surveillance and Security
- Erik Martínez-Westley. Introduction to the Video “Race to Connect”
COFFEE BREAK (11:00 – 11:30)
5. Identifying future potential SMART Cables landing in Spain, (11:30-12:25) Moderator: José Barros
- Diego Otero & Jorge Infante (CNMC). Opportunities in domestic routes in Spain:
existing and planned submarine cables, actors and regulation - Norman-Albi (AFR-IX). Medusa Submarine Cable System
- Enrique Martín Gullón (VDPC). Barracuda Submarine Cable Systems
- Nöel Buttin (Pacific Peering). MISTS subsea cable
- Thomas Kuepper (DG Connect). CEF2
6. Science and Society Services (12:25 - 13:55)
Moderator: Bruce M. Howe
- Jaime Rey Vidaurrazaga (AEMET). The role of ocean observation in climate monitoring
- Carlos González (IGN). Earthquake and Tsunami monitoring in Spain
- Ignacio Aguirre Ayerbe (IHC/NEAMTWS). The NEAMTWS: Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System for the North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Connected Seas
- Joaquin Tintoré (SOCIB/CSIC). ICTS SOCIB: Integrated Multi-Platform Ocean Observing and Digital Twins of the Ocean responding to Science and Society Needs: synergies with SMART Cables
- Eric Delory (PLOCAN). Scientific Use Cases for the Installation of SMART cables and Mobilisation of Fibre between the Iberian Peninsula and the Canaries for Ocean Health and Coastal Safety
- Fernando Bohoyo (IGME-CSIC) The Role of Smart Submarine Infrastructure for the IGME
- Adelina Geyer (Geo3BCN-CSIC). European Plate Observing System: A European Research Infrastructure for the Study of the Solid Earth
- Arantza Ugalde (ICM-CSIC). Fiber-optic monitoring: A smart complement to smart cable systems Group Photo at the Royal Observatory
LUNCH (14:00-15:00)
7. Technology providers (15:00 - 16:15)
Moderator: Ceci Rodriguez & Carlos González
- Marian Jusko (Nanometrics). Evolving challenges and opportunities in ocean
bottom sensing - Greg Johnson (RBR).
- Praveen Ingale (Paroscientific)
- Francisco M. Lopez Torres (Aragonphotonics).
- Antoine Queval (ASN).
- Matt Fouch (Subsea Data Systems). SMART Cable Technologies
- Jose Luis Gilabert (Konsberg).
- Will S. Reis (Sonardyne). AZA Pressure and Beyond: bridging the gap to full Ocean Observation
8. Governance and data management (16:15 - 17:00)
Moderator: Juanjo Dañobeitia
- Bernardo Aliaga (IOC-UNESCO), 270 years after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: science-based multilateral solutions for a cross-border natural hazard
- Augusto Fragoso (ANACOM). Blue-Data
- Esther Robles (RED IRIS).
- Rafael Gonzalez- Quiros (IEO-CSIC). World Ocean Assessment and its potential links to SMART Cables
9. Final Assessments and Roadmap towards the Iberian SMART Cables Network. 17:00 - 17:30)
- Bruce M. Howe (JTF SMART Cables)
- Q&As
10. Conclusions and Closing (17:30- 17:45)
- Juanjo Dañobeitia (CSIC, UNESCO)
- Juan Cantavella (IGN)