• 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

Panels

The panels provide an interactive learning environment and are open to all conference registrants. Similar to invited and tutorial speakers, panel topics and organizers are chosen through a highly selective nominations process.

Monday, 25 March
10:30 - 12:30

The Role of Digital Twins in Optical Networking

Organizers: Kostas Christodoulopoulos, University of Athens, Greece; Yvan Pointurier, Huawei, France; Chongjin Xie, Alibaba Group, USA

Monday, 25 March
14:00 - 16:00

The Road Towards 3.2 Tb/s Intra-Data Center Communications

Organizers: Juthika Basak, Nokia Corp., USA; James Chien, Marvell, USA; Stephan Pachnicke, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Germany

Monday, 25 March
16:30 - 18:30

Wideband Optical Amplifiers for Datacenters, Hyperscale Networks and Telecom Networks

Organizers: Vladimir Gordienko, Aston University, UK; Michael Vasilyev, University of Texas at Arlington, USA; Raja Ahmad, Cisco Systems Inc., USA; Seongwoo Yoo, University of Glasgow, UK

Tuesday, 26 March
14:00 - 16:00

Beyond Two-Core Fibers: Single-Core vs Multi-Core Amplifiers in Long-Haul SDM Links

Organizers: Atsushi Nakamura, NTT, Japan; Victor Kopp, Chiral Photonics, USA; Masato Tanaka, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Japan; Bera Pálsdóttir, OFS Fitel Denmark I/S, Denmark

Tuesday, 26 March
14:00 - 16:00

Can New Access Technology and Architectures Support the Beyond 5G Network Vision

Organizers: Annachiara Pagano, TIM, Italy; Chatu Ranaweera, Deakin University, Australia; Lihua Ruan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Shenzhen, China; Marco Ruffini, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Tuesday, 26 March
16:30 - 18:30

Cutting-Edge Technologies for Interconnecting AI/ML Clusters

Organizers: Brandon Buscaino,Ciena, USA; Norman Swenson, Infinera, USA; Qiong Zhang, Amazon, USA

Wednesday, 27 March
08:00 - 10:00

Photonic Components for In-Physics Computing

Organizers: Joyce Poon, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany; Patrick Runge, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany; Wei Shi, Laval University, Canada

Wednesday, 27 March
08:00 - 10:00

Next Generation Disaggregated Data Centers Using Future Chip to System Photonic Technologies

Organizers: George Michelogiannakis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA; Liam Barry, Dublin City University, Ireland

Wednesday, 27 March
14:00 - 16:00

Role of Optics for Space Communication

Organizers: Chi-Wai Chow, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan; Stephen Ralph, Gatech, USA; Katherine Newell, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, USA; Yi Sun, OFS Fitel LLC, USA