Aqua Comms to Speak at Subsea EMEA & CAPRE Ireland

June 27, 2018 — Aqua Comms DAC (“Aqua Comms”), the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, announces today that its Chief Executive Officer, Nigel Bayliff will speak at Subsea EMEA, taking place 10-11 July 2018, in Marseille, France.  The company also announces that Mr. Bayliff will speak at CAPRE’S Ireland and Emerging European Markets Data Centre Summit, taking place on 26 July in Dublin.

At Subsea EMEA, on Tuesday, 10 July, Mr. Bayliff will join other subsea cable and technology sector executives on the panel discussion, “The New Consortium – Forever Altering the Traditional Subsea Cable Business Model?”  Mr. Bayliff, who has more than 30 years of experience encompassing senior executive, operational and technical roles in the global telecommunications industry, will discuss the future of the thriving subsea cable market.

At CAPRE’s Ireland and Emerging European Markets Data Centre Summit, on Thursday, 26 July, Mr. Bayliff will join other active infrastructure developers, investors, and end-users on the panel discussion, “Ireland Data Centre Market 360: What Firms are Developing, Investing and Why? And, Analysis of Continued Hyperscale Development and Enterprise IT Flight-To-Cloud on Future Investment.” On this panel, Mr. Bayliff will discuss Ireland’s growth in the data centre arena and share his analysis of demand levels for IT services providers versus infrastructure providers.

WHERE:

Subsea EMEA

  • World Trade Center
  • Marseille, France

CAPRE Ireland

  • The Westin Dublin
  • Dublin, Ireland

WHEN:         

Subsea EMEA

  • Tuesday, 10 July 2018 at 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m
  • Panel Discussion: “The New Consortium – Forever Altering the Traditional Subsea Cable Business Model?”

CAPRE Ireland

  • Thursday, 26 July 2018 at 9:15  – 10:00 a.m.
  • Panel Discussion: “Ireland Data Centre Market 360: What Firms are Developing, Investing and Why? And, Analysis of Continued Hyperscale Development and Enterprise IT Flight-To-Cloud on Future Investment”

WHO:

Subsea EMEA

“The New Consortium” panel members include:

  • Nigel Bayliff, Chief Executive Officer, Aqua Comms DAC
  • Andrew Lipman, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Keith Shaw, Business Development EMEA, Equinix
  • Steve Grubb, Global Optical Architecture, Facebook
  • Dave Crowley, Senior Director of Global Network Acquisition Group, Microsoft
  • Mohamed Nasr, Assistant Vice President, Cable Development, EMEA, PCCW Global
  • Larry  Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer, Seaborn Networks

CAPRE Ireland

“Ireland Data Centre Market 360” panel members include:

  • Nigel Bayliff, Chief Executive Officer, Aqua Comms DAC
  • Marcus Doran, Vice President & General Manager, Rahi Systems       Europe
  • Eddie Kilbane, Chief Executive Officer, DataPlex Ireland
  • Maurice Mortell, Managing Director Ireland and Emerging Markets, Equinix EMEA
  • Val Walsh, Vice President, Global Asset Management, Digital Reality

About Aqua Comms DAC

Aqua Comms DAC is an Irish Carriers’ Carrier specialising in building and operating submarine cable systems and supplying fibre pairs, spectrum and capacity networking solutions to the global media, content and carrier markets.  It is the owner/operator of America Europe Connect-1 (AEC-1) and CeltixConnect-1 and continues to build on its vision of efficient submarine infrastructure ownership with membership of the HAVFRUE consortium and development of CeltixConnect-2 and North Sea Connect, bridging the Northern Atlantic between North America and Northern Europe. To learn more about Aqua Comms and its portfolio of subsea cable systems visit www.aquacomms.com.

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