Asia's Leading Platform for Critical Underwater Infrastructure Protection 25 - 26 February 2027 l Singapore
Subsea Security & Defence: Main Conference
Subsea Security & Defence 2027
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Morning Refreshments & Registration
8:50 am - 8:55 am
Welcome Address by Subsea Security & Defence 2027
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Opening Remarks by Chairperson
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Opening Keynote: Preparing for Future Risks Across an Increasingly Connected Maritime Ecosystem
• Anticipating new risks arising from offshore renewable energy, digitalisation and AI
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Industry Thought Leadership
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Strengthening Sovereign Strategies for Subsea Infrastructure Defense
Jagannath Panda -
Head, Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs,
Institute for Security & Developmental Policy
Bhupinder Singh - President, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Vodafone Business
Farhan Mohamed - Managing Director - Senior Executive Advisor, djibouti telecom
• Exploring national resilience and critical infrastructure protection frameworks
Jagannath Panda
Head, Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific AffairsInstitute for Security & Developmental Policy
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Morning Break & Refreshments
Take a break and use this time to network with your fellow industry peers at our Exhibition Hall!
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Speed Networking Session
Join us in this Speed Networking Session where you will be able to meet other participants at the Conference! During this session, you will have the opportunity to engage with several leaders in a short amount of time and exchange business cards to take the conversation beyond the Conference.
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
The Baltic-to-Malacca Sandbox: Translating NATO’s CUI Strategy to Indo-Pacific Shallow Choke Points
Ivo Schneider -
Captain of German Navy,
Defence Attaché
• Comparative Shallow-Water Security: Applying lessons from Baltic Sea cable/pipeline monitoring
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
Industry Thought Leadership
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
Translating the Surface Standard: Adapting the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) Model to Subsea Critical Infrastructure
Nelson McMillan -
Maritime Strategy Expert, Assistant Defence Attache to UK Government,
British High Commission
• The IFC Subsea Template: Operational blueprints for scaling multinational surface intelligence models
Nelson McMillan
Maritime Strategy Expert, Assistant Defence Attache to UK GovernmentBritish High Commission
1:10 pm - 1:40 pm
Panel Discussion: Building Trusted Information-Sharing Networks Across the Subsea Ecosystem
Dr. Su Wai Mon -
Research Fellow,
NUS Centre for International Law
Nazerey Khalid - ELITE@UM Fellow, University Malaya, University Malaya
• Improving intelligence sharing between defence and industry
• Establishing trusted public-private partnerships
1:40 pm - 2:40 pm
Lunch Break
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Expanding Maritime Domain Awareness Through Integrated Surveillance
• Combining satellite, sonar, unmanned systems and intelligence data
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Governing the Uncrewed Horizon: Integrating Autonomous Underwater Systems into Multi-Agency Maritime Security and Subsea Infrastructure Defence
Christopher Trelawny -
Deputy Secretary General,
INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)
• Operationalizing Uncrewed & Autonomous Platforms for Subsea Surveillance
Christopher Trelawny
Deputy Secretary GeneralINTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm
Panel Discussion: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Underwater Security Operations
• Applying AI for threat detection and anomaly identification
4:10 pm - 4:50 pm
Afternoon Break & Refreshments
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Geopolitical Risk, Consortium Governance, and Multi-Carrier Resilience Models for Trans-Regional Subsea Networks
Mohamad Izani Karim -
Group Head Subsea Business Development,
Telin
• Navigating Cross-Border Geopolitical and Sovereign Bottlenecks
5:20 pm - 5:50 pm
Building Resilient Offshore Energy & Communications Infrastructure
Chan Tuck Han -
COO,
Super Sistem Group
• Strengthening infrastructure against natural hazards and deliberate attacks
