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Join us August 24th thru the 26th in Richmond, VA for IPF (International Partnering Forum) 2021 Offshore Wind Conference. The conference brings together all the major stakeholders in the industry making it the premier offshore wind conference in North America. This will be a perfect place to network, collaborate, learn about the latest industry developments, and come together in person once again.

As temperatures continue to climb in the US, the arrival of Summer comes as a welcome reprise from the Winter of COVID-19. But the balmy weather brings another, all-too-familiar threat: Hurricanes. The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 (and runs through November 30) and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has already warned communities up and down the eastern seaboard and in and around the Gulf of Mexico to expect “above normal” storm activity this year.

On June 30, Steve Lentz, Director of Network System Science and Engineering, Ocean Specialists Inc. (OSI) gave a presentation at a Total Telecom webinar entitled, Building the Submarine Networks of the Future with SMART Cables.

Offshore Wind (OSW) is set to become a multi-billion-dollar market in the United States. However, as the industry transitions from policy pledges to the mobilization of a robust supply chain, offshore wind power projects are confronted with the potential for significant insurance claims.

The legal implications of submarine cables have been reviewed by the ITU/WMO/UNESCO Joint Task Force, which published a study in 2012. The topic has been further examined by the International Submarine Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), whose legal counsel, Kent Bressie, provided an excellent summary.