• A Hybrid Conference – In-Person and Virtual Presentations
  • Technical Conference:  24 – 28 March 2024
  • Exhibition: 26 – 28 March 2024
  • San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA

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OFC NetOFC's high-speed optical network, OFCnet, will enable select demonstrations of networking products, solutions and architectures.

This live network is built to showcase emerging technologies including quantum networking, network element interoperability, SDN and programmability, and networking for big data/big science applications.

OFCnet saw first light in 2022 in partnership with CENIC and Lumen. CENIC, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, connects California to the world, advancing education and research statewide by providing the world-class computing network essential for innovation, collaboration and economic growth. Lumen is a multinational technology company enabling companies to capitalize on emerging applications and power the 4th Industrial Revolution. In 2022, Lumen laid the final piece to OFCnet and brought dark fiber into the San Diego Convention Center.

OFCnet will enable booth-to-booth fiber connectivity for on-site optical demonstrations while also extending CENIC to the OFC Exhibitor show floor. This connectivity will provide new opportunities for exhibitors who collaborate with affiliated academic institutions to highlight advancements and capabilities in a live real-time, fully operational network environment. Exhibitors participating in OFCNet may also have the opportunity to present their demonstrations to an audience in the Show Floor Theaters.

In its pilot year, OFCnet is looking for partners to help build the network and join CENIC and Lumen as founding partners by contributing equipment, services and demonstrations suited to OFCnet's objectives. OFCnet is looking for equipment vendors in fiber test sets, transport, switching and switching routing, as well as service providers, cloud providers and R&E companies.

Companies interested in participating please contact OFCnet@ofcconference.org for more information.

OFCnet Committee

Marc Lyonnais, Ciena, Canada, Chair
Randy Giles, Optica, USA, Chair
Gwen Amice, EXFO, Canada
Sana Bellamine, CENIC, USA
Dave Brown, Nokia, USA
Cees de Laat, UVA, Netherlands
Rich Finlinson, UETN, USA
Casey Foulds, UTD, USA
Maurizio Gazzola, Cisco, USA
Eve Griliches, Cisco, USA

Scott Kohlert, Ciena, Canada
Reza Nejabati, University of Bristol, UK
Kevin Quire, UETN, USA
Tunde Sanda, CENIC, USA
Jim Stewart, UETN, USA
Sergey Ten, Corning, USA
Chris Tracy, Esnet, USA
Carl Williams, CJW Quantum Consulting, USA
Rodney Wilson, Ciena, Canada

2023 live demonstrations by:  

Adtran/ADVA
Ciena
Coherent
ESnet
Ethernet Alliance
IDQuantique
Keysight
NuCrypt
Qunnect
Qubitekk
Northwestern University - ICAIR

NTT Labs
Nokia
NEC
OIF
Open ROADM MSA
SDSC
University of Amsterdam
University of Bristol
UCSD
Verizon

OFCnet equipment provided by:
Cenic
Ciena
Cisco
corning
https://www.es.net/
Exfo
Huber+Suhner
Lumen
Viavi