Photo Image: Joel Ogren (left) and Lay Khuan Soh (right)
Vint Hill, Virginia – Sept. 10, 2026 – Assured Communications, a strategic firm specializing in advisory and implementation of end-to-end telecommunications systems, announced today that Joel Ogren, CEO & Founder, and Lay Khuan Soh, Business Development, APAC, will participate in panel discussions at Submarine Networks World 2026, taking place September 23–24 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.
Joel Ogren, September 23
Ogren will serve as moderator for a panel examining the evolving relationship between submarine cable systems, cable landing stations (CLS) and data centres. Titled, “Data Centre Direct, bypassing the CLS, fad or the future? (CLS viewpoint),” the discussion will explore whether direct connections between submarine cable systems and data centres could become a more prominent infrastructure model, and what that shift could mean for CLS, network architecture, resilience and the broader subsea ecosystem. Ogren will bring his experience developing subsea infrastructure and resilient networks to the discussion.
WHAT: Data Centre Direct – bypassing the CLS – fad or the future? (CLS viewpoint)
WHERE: Sands Expo and Convention Centre | 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
WHEN: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 2:40 p.m. SGT
WHO: Moderator:
- Joel Ogren, CEO & Founder, Assured Communications
Speakers:
- Mike Cunningham, CEO, Crosslake Fibre
- Prenesh Padayachee, Group Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Digital Infrastructure, SEACOM
- Avinash Verma, Director, Systems Engineer, Hyperscaler and Subsea Network Infrastructure, Nokia
- Kai Wang, Submarine and Land Cable Operation Director, China Unicom Global
Lay Khuan Soh, September 24
Later in the conference, Soh will join industry leaders for a panel focused on extending the useful life of existing submarine network infrastructure while meeting growing demand for data and connectivity. The session, “Legacy system lifespans in the face of delivering the demand for data – when to upgrade or replace?,” will examine when to maintain, upgrade or replace legacy systems as bandwidth requirements grow, balancing existing infrastructure investments with network performance, reliability and evolving connectivity demands.
WHAT: Legacy system lifespans in the face of delivering the demand for data – when to upgrade or replace?
WHERE: Sands Expo and Convention Centre | 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
WHEN: Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 4:20 p.m. SGT
WHO: Speakers:
- Lay Khuan Soh, Business Development, APAC, Assured Communications
- Anuradha (Anu) Udunuwara, Senior Engineer, Sri Lanka Telecom
- Jayne Stowell, Trustee & Advisor, Jayne Stowell Advisory
- Stacie Pascale, Head of Infrastructure Development, Telstra Digital Infrastructure
Moderator:
- Todd Rahimi, Founder & Director, Lambda Consulting LLC
To register to attend Submarine Networks World 2026, please visit this link.
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About Assured Communications:
Driven by a desire to create meaningful solutions to connectivity, Assured Communications (Assured) brings decades of public and private sector experience to mission-critical advisory. Assured offers strategic advisory services, project management, owner’s representation, and facility management to deliver highly reliable, assured communications to its clients. Assured identifies and orchestrates the right partners to navigate complicated political, regulatory, economic, and/or technical barriers to entry to create opportunities in areas thought too costly or complex to develop. No matter the environment- land, sea, or sky – Assured thrives on overcoming obstacles to create ICT solutions worldwide. Assured Communications knows the human impact technology can bring and works to connect the under-connected by serving its clients. Connect with Assured Communications on LinkedIn to learn more.
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