IIC Australia Chapter meeting – Critical Connections – Part 2: Secure and Sovereign?
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Date: Monday 24 August 2026
Time: Evening
Venue: Mallesons, Level 27, Collins Arch, 447 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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A two-part series on the future of telecommunications: infrastructure, access and sovereignty.
Australia’s telecommunications sector stands at a regulatory crossroads. The physical infrastructure underpinning our digital economy, from mobile towers and fibre to subsea cables, data centres and now low-earth-orbit satellites, has never been more strategically significant, yet much of the framework governing it was built for a different era. At the same time, the sector’s long-standing model of co-regulation is being tested.
The series examines two of the most consequential questions facing the sector: one about how telecommunications is regulated at home, the other about how Australia secures the infrastructure it increasingly relies on from beyond its borders. Critical Connections brings this conversation to audiences in Sydney (Part 1) and Melbourne (Part 2).
Part 2: Secure and Sovereign? (Melbourne)
From satellites overhead to cables beneath the sea, the infrastructure carrying Australia’s data has never been more critical, or more exposed. As we come to depend on connectivity that sits beyond the reach of domestic regulation, hard questions arise about sovereignty, security and resilience. This session explores the expanding role of satellite connectivity under the new Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation, the strategic weight of subsea cables and data centres, and spectrum as a strategic national security asset. What does it mean to rely on critical infrastructure that may be owned, operated or routed offshore, and what frameworks do we need to respond?
Please visit here to learn more about Part 1.
Registration Fees for delegates
Monday 24 August 2026
IIC Australia Chapter Meeting
IIC Members – Free
Non-Members – £25 GBP (excluding VAT *)
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