EXORIDUM FROM THE PUBLISHER WELCOME TO ISSUE 126, OUR OFFSHORE ENERGY EDITION, FEATURING EVOLVING SUBSEA TECHNOLOGIES! FINDING WINSTON
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eg and I traveled to England this summer, stayed in our village with friends in the New Forest, played tourists in London, and had an awesome long-awaited visit. Our friends arranged tickets to Blenheim Palace where my personal hero Churchill was prematurely borne 148 years ago. After spending the day touring the home and grounds, we found ourselves down the road a few miles to a small church in a nearby village where among others his father, Randolph, and immediate family were buried, including Winston and wife Clementine. I must admit I had assumed he would be buried in some more auspicious location like Westminster, but instead in the end he had chosen to lie simply with his family in Oxfordshire. I am reminded of that scene from “The Darkest Hour” when he is talking with FDR in his ‘WC’ on an encrypted phone transmitted via radio waves and am in awe of what a cool and important industry we support. And with the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I am reminded anew of how much an individual can indeed shape the world in so many positive ways.
11TH ANNUAL INDUSTRY REPORT
The analysts here are busy writing and graphing their way towards our 11th annual edition of the Submarine Cable Industry Report, which will be published in October. We are in the process of reaching out to industry experts and doers and adding their comments and thoughts as available. A lot has happened in the last year and a lot will be happening going forward; so, we are excited to see where things will end up in the report.
YEARLY INDUSTRY SENTIMENT SURVEY
We are also accomplishing our annual industry sentiment survey, which is embedded in this issue and on our website,
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the results of which will be highlighted in our upcoming Industry Report. We hope the results will continue to be a barometer, albeit imperfect, of future industry activity. Please do participate in the survey, which is linked below:
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE INDUSTRY SENTIMENT SURVEY SINGAPORE RECAP
It was thrilling and wonderful to see so many industry friends last week at SNW, and yes, it was incredibly useful to talk and catch-up in person about current and future projects. I had a marvelous dinner with Julian, Laurent and Kristian following the Ciena reception at Raffles Long Bar where we talked not about business, but instead about our families, how we had all fared over the last many months, our aspirations for the evolving future and so on – it was a most memorable and special evening with old friends.