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VALENTIA ISLAND SYMPOSIUM ON SUBSEA CABLE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE
Restoration and Repair: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
22-24 APRIL 2026, VALENTIA ISLAND TRANSATLANTIC CABLE STATION, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland
The 2026 Valentia Island Subsea Cable Symposium was the second such event to bring together stakeholders from across public and private sectors to discuss the topic of subsea cable security and resilience, this time with a specific focus on restoration and repair and the repair eco-system. It was hosted by the Valentia Transatlantic Cable Foundation and organised by a loose consortium of Irish and international research institutes and industry actors. Its strong emphasis on the past as well as the present and the future was a recognition of the rich, yet complicated history of these transmission technologies and the geographies involved, as well as an acknowledgement of the need to ensure greater understanding of what security and resilience means for the different actors and communities involved in the repair eco-system.
The 2026 Symposium proceedings are available to download here.
The inaugural Valentia Island Symposium on Subsea Cable Security and Resilience was a three day event held at the historic Cable Station on 10-12 October 2024. The event brought together stakeholders from across government, industry and academia to discuss efforts underway to strengthen the security and resilience of subsea telecommunications cables. It was hosted by the Valentia Transatlantic Cable Foundation and organised by Irish and international researchers as well as Irish and global industry actors.
The Symposium proceedings are available to download here.
Over 150 years ago, the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable was laid between Foilhammerum Bay, Valentia Island in Ireland and Heart's Content in Newfoundland, Canada, thereby reducing the time to communicate between the Old and New Worlds from weeks to minutes. The technology revolution had begun which had a profound effect on commerce around the globe. It all started here!
The 2026 Valentia Island Symposium on Subsea Cable Security and Resilience is sponsored and supported by a range of entities including:
