• Technical Conference:  15 – 19 March 2026
  • Exhibition: 17 – 19 March 2026
  • Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Wednesday, 02 April, 11:30 – 12:30

Theater II

Session Description:

This session provides an update on the latest Open XR Optics Ecosystem developments, from standardization and use cases to testing and deployments. 

Join us to discuss one of the key challenges in our industry and the diversity of management approaches. Is there a path towards converging management architectures and interfaces in our industry?

Agenda:

  • Open XR Optics Update 
  • Deployment Scenarios and Proof of Concepts 
  • Panel: Paths to Managing Advanced Pluggable Transceiver in a Diverse and Disaggregated Ecosystem 

Organizers

David Hillerkuss, Infinera, Germany

Yusuke Kai, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Japan

Andrew Lord, BT Applied Research, United Kingdom

Panelists

Maurizio Gazzola, Cisco, Italy

Andrew Lord, BT Applied Research, United Kingdom

Annachiara Pagano, Fibercorp, Italy

José Manuel Rivas-Moscoso, Telefonica, Spain

Walid Wakim, Nokia, United States

Mark Watts, Verizon, United States

Yueping Zhang, Verizon, United States