techUK, in partnership with DSIT, is convening a closed roundtable to bring together security and resilience stakeholders from across the UK technology sector to discuss the risks posed by disruption to subsea cable infrastructure and how industry can best prepare.
This is a closed event for techUK members. The roundtable will operate under Chatham House rules and the content of discussions will not be shared publicly. techUK members wishing to attend should register their interest using the button above. Places are limited and attendance will be confirmed by the techUK team.
Subsea cables carry the vast majority of the world's international data traffic, underpinning everything from financial transactions and cloud services to communications and critical national infrastructure. For the UK tech sector, the resilience of this infrastructure is an operational risk that demands serious planning and cross-sector collaboration.
techUK is pleased to be hosting this roundtable jointly with DSIT, providing a trusted forum for industry and government to engage openly on subsea cable risk, share preparedness approaches, and explore where deeper collaboration could strengthen the UK's collective resilience.
The roundtable is designed to both inform government through current approaches and industry perspectives, as well as provide techUK members the context needed to plan effectively.
By the end of the session, we aim to have provided industry with a substantive update on DSIT's current thinking on subsea risk to inform tech sector resilience and preparedness planning. The session will also help gather evidence for DSIT on how organisations currently approach severe disruption scenarios, where additional government support would be welcomed, and the level of industry appetite for further collaboration in this space.
Who should attend?
This event is open to techUK member organisations and is particularly relevant to those with responsibilities for security, resilience, operational continuity or infrastructure risk. We encourage attendance from:
- Security and resilience leads within tech firms
- Chief Risk Officers and operational continuity teams
- Telecoms providers and network operators
- Cloud and data centre operators
- Financial services technology leaders
- Critical national infrastructure stakeholders
- Government affairs and policy professionals
- Senior technology executives with oversight of digital resilience
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Tales Gaspar
Programme Manager, UK SPF and Satellite, techUK
Tales has a background in law and economics, with previous experience in the regulation of new technologies and infrastructure.
In the UK and Europe, he offered consultancy on intellectual property rights of cellular and IoT technologies and on the regulatory procedures at the ITU as a Global Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).
Tales has an LL.M in Law and Business by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and an MSc in Regulation at the London School of Economics, with a specialization in Government and Law.
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Sophie Greaves
Associate Director, Digital Infrastructure, techUK
Sophie Greaves is Associate Director for Digital Infrastructure at techUK, overseeing the Telecoms Programme, the Data Centres Programme, and the UK Spectrum Policy Forum.
Sophie leads our work across telecoms networks, security and resilience, supply chain diversification, advanced communications technologies, spectrum policy, and data centres - bringing these areas together into a dedicated Digital Infrastructure unit. She was previously Head of Telecoms and Spectrum Policy.
Prior to joining techUK, Sophie completed a masters in Film Studies at University College London; her dissertation examined US telecoms policy relating to net neutrality and content distribution.
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Josh Turpin
Programme Manager, Telecoms and Net Zero, techUK
Josh joined techUK as a Programme Manager for Telecoms and Net Zero in August 2024.
In this role, working jointly across the techUK Telecoms and Climate Programmes, Josh is responsible for leading on telecoms infrastructure deployment and uptake and supporting innovation opportunities, as well as looking at how the tech sector can be further utilised in the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.
Prior to joining techUK, Josh’s background was in public affairs and communications, working for organisations across a diverse portfolio of sectors including defence, telecoms and infrastructure; aiding clients through stakeholder engagement, crisis communications, media outreach as well as secretariat duties.
Outside of work, Josh has a keen interest in music, painting and sailing.
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