• Technical Conference:  30 March – 03 April 2025
  • Exhibition: 01 – 03 April 2025
  • Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA

This three-day series of panel discussions engages the latest application topics and business issues in the field of optical communications.  Presentations and panel sessions feature esteemed guest speakers from industry, research and the investment community.

N5 Network Operator Summit and Market Watch Sub-Committee Chair:

Werner Weiershausen, Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH, Germany

Tuesday, 01 April
10:45 - 12:15

MW Panel I: State of the Industry: Now and in 2030

Moderator: Vipul Bhatt, VP Marketing, Datacom Vertical, Coherent, USA

Tuesday, 01 April
12:30 - 14:00

MW Panel II: New Technologies Driving Spectral Efficiency Gains in Next-Gen Networks - Beyond Modems

Moderator: Paulina Gomez, Ciena, USA

Tuesday, 01 April
14:15 - 15:45

MW Panel III: Optical Modules, Transceivers and Applications

Moderator: Tim Doiron, Infinera, USA

Wednesday, 02 April
14:15 - 15:45

MW Panel IV: Inside Data Centers: Pluggable Optics Evolution

Moderator: Di Liang, University of Michigan, USA

Thursday, 03 April
10:15 - 11:45

MW Panel V: Optical Network Evolution for AI/ML, Architectures and Drivers

Moderator: Dirk Breuer, Fujitsu, Japan

Thursday, 03 April
12:00 - 13:30

MW Panel VI: Digital Twin, Telemetry, Monitoring and Testing

Moderator: Martin Birk Curbius, UK