Optical Communication Industry to Convene in San Diego for OFC/NFOEC

OFC/NFOEC 2010

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OFC/NFOEC:

“Delivering Bandwidth to New and Emerging Markets.”

What:

OFC/NFOEC 2010, optical communication’s largest conference and exposition, will feature high technology and business discussions.

Leading California-based companies will be among more than 500 international exhibitors displaying technologies and discussing topics of interest, such as ways to provide a stronger technical backbone for the public network, including advancements in optical systems, devices and equipment.

When:

March 21 - 25 (Exhibits open March 23– 25)

Where:

San Diego Convention Center

WHO:

Approximately 30 exhibiting companies are from Southern California. OFC/NFOEC 2010 is the place to be to hear the latest news from the leaders of the optical communication industry. More than 100 California-based companies will participate in the exhibition and technical programming. Technical presentation highlights include:

Polychromatic Sampling for High-Speed Real-Time Processing

Andreas O. J. Wiberg, et al.

Advances in MLSD-Equalized Incoherent Transmission

University of California at San Diego

Jay W. Dawson, et al.

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, Calif.

An Ultra Low Power CMOS Photonics Technology Platform for H/S Optoelectronic Transceivers at Less than $1 per Gbps

Adithyaram Narasimha, et al.

Luxtera Inc., Carlsbad, Calif.

Ted Schmidt, et al.

Opnext Subsystems, Opnext, Inc., Los Gatos, Calif.

For an advance copy of these presentations, contact media@ofcconference.org.

BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS:

OFC/NFOEC will deliver exclusive and timely programming for the 10,000 people expected to attend the conference. Here’s a preview:

-- OFC/NFOEC 2010 Plenary Session

Tuesday, March 23

Featured keynote speakers:

-- Brian Herlihy, president, SEACOM, Mauritius
Presentation: Broadband in Africa

-- Philippe Keryer, executive vice president, Carrier Product Group, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Presentation: Beyond Today’s Broadband Networks

-- Hideo Miyahara, president, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
Presentation: Challenges for New Generation Networks

Join these industry leaders for a unique perspective into today’s business realities.

-- Special Dedication: Charles Kao

OFC/NFOEC 2010 is being dedicated to Charles Kao, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics. Kao will be honored at the OFC/NFOEC Plenary and Awards Session on March 23 with a special address by Tingye Li, retired AT&T research scientist and lightwave communications pioneer. A special symposium on Kao’s life and the influence of his work will be held March 24 at 6 p.m. The OFC/NFOEC Exhibit Hall will feature a video tribute to Kao in its Video Theater. The video is an interview with Dr. Kao how he and his staff at STL and ITT Corporation researched the potential use of optical fibers as technology and the challenges they faced. The video will be shown daily at noon, March 23– 25.

-- Market Watch: Business and Technology

March 23-25

This three-day series of panel sessions engages the applications and business communities in the field of optical communications. Presentations and panel discussions feature esteemed guest speakers from industry, research and investment communities. Featured business and universities include Fujitsu, Huawei, JDSU, Ovum, Verizon and more.

-- Service Provider Summit

March 24

This is a dynamic program with topics and speakers of interest to CTOs, network architects, network designers and technologists within the service provider and carrier sector. The Service Provider Summit will feature a keynote presentation from Vijay Gill, senior manager, engineering and architecture at Google. Other speakers include executives from AT&T, NeoPhotonics and Verizon.

-- Hundreds of educational workshops and tutorial sessions.

Private media events will include:

-- A media lunch panel at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23 Participating panelists from Avago Technologies, IBM, Ovum and SEACOM will discuss “Delivering Bandwidth to New and Emerging Markets.”

Media Contact:

Angela Stark, OFC/NFOEC, 202.416.1443, astark@osa.org or Keira Shein, WilkinsonShein Communications, 410.363.9494, keira@wilkinsonshein.com

About OFC/NFOEC:

Since 1979, the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) has provided an annual backdrop for the optical communications field to network and share research and innovations. In 2004, OFC joined forces with the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), creating the largest and most comprehensive international event for optical communications. By combining an exposition of approximately 500 companies with a unique program of peer-reviewed technical programming and special focused educational sessions, OFC/NFOEC provides an unparalleled opportunity, reaching every audience from service providers to optical equipment manufacturers and beyond. OFC/NFOEC is managed by the Optical Society (OSA) and co-sponsored by OSA, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc) and the IEEE Photonics Society. Acting as non-financial technical co-sponsor is Telcordia Technologies, Inc.