OFC Daily Wrap - Thursday

OFC
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, California  92802 USA

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Registration

Wednesday, 23 March
07:00 – 17:00 
Exhibit Hall A

Badges and conference materials can be picked up at Registration.

OFC Highlights: Thursday

Coffee Break
07:30 – 08:00
Level 3 Foyer

Technical Sessions
8:00 – 17:30 
see schedule-at-a-glance >>

Interactive Demo and Poster Session II
10:00 – 12:00 
Exhibit Hall B

Exhibition
10:00 – 16:00 
Exhibit Halls A – C

Postdeadline Papers
18:00 – 20:00 
Ballrooms A – C

Satisfying Bandwidth Demands

Vendors used OFC this week to announce and demonstrate their latest solutions designed to satisfy the next wave of increased bandwidth demands. With the industry rapidly moving beyond the capabilities of 10G and into main stream deployment of 100G services, it is clear that switching capacities and port densities on existing packet optical transport platforms will be stressed.
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Watch: OFC Plenary Speakers

Andre Fuetsch, Senior Vice President of Architecture & Design, 
AT&T, US
Watch an interview about The Open and Flexible Optical Revolution >>
View the Plenary Session >>

Yasuhiko Arakawa, Director, Institute for Nano Quantum Information and Director, Center of Photonics Electronics Convergence at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Watch an interview about Silicon Photonics and Quantum Dot Lasers >>
View the Plenary Session >>

Today’s Not-to-Miss Programming

Show Floor Session: POF Symposium
10:00 – 13:00
Exhibit Hall Theater III

The Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization (POFTO) presents the POF Symposium, covering recent developments in POF technology, applications, technical standards, industry progress and new markets. Speakers from around the world will review opportunities for POF in areas such as Gigabit POF, 4K/8K ultra high definition television (UHDTV), home networking, IPTV, consumer devices, aerospace and automobile applications, POF sources and sensors; and high-temperature POF, among others.

Show Floor Session: IoT Industrial Deployment 
13:30 – 14:30
Exhibit Hall Theater II

This panel discussion will take a look at the “Internet of Things” (IoT) and the challenges that it presents to businesses and end-users assuming adoption of the TCP/IP model. Invited panelists will discuss the impact on applications, security, big data, IPv6 and optical networking.