Technical Conference: 07 - 11 March 2027
Exhibition: 09 - 11 March 2027
Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California, United States

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Technical Conference: 07 - 11 March 2027
Exhibition: 09 - 11 March 2027
Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California, United States

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Show Floor Programming

Explore the technologies, trends and collaborations moving the industry forward in OFC’s three show floor theaters. Experts from major global brands and influential industry organizations share perspectives on the business of networking and the future of optical communications.

Featured consortia, forums and standards organizations unite members across the ecosystem—from component suppliers to network operators—to address industry needs, develop solutions and shape the standards that enable global connectivity. Featured programming by these industry collaborators offers valuable insights into shared needs, advancement of global standards and accelerating solutions shaping optical networking and communications.

Show Floor

10:15 AM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater III

Open CPX Presents Accelerating the Commercial Adoption of CPO/NPO

Co-packaged and near packaged optics (CPO/NPO) have long promised dramatic improvements in power efficiency and front-panel density. While several industry initiatives have advanced the underlying technologies, significant challenges around serviceability, manufacturability, interoperability, and...

Show Floor

10:30 AM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater II

IOWN Global Forum Presents Open Optical Circuit Switches for AI Infrastructure: From Use Cases to Mu

IOWN and OCP are collaborating to accelerate the deployment of Optical-Circuit-Switch (OCS) based AI infrastructure. This session will present the results of their complementary efforts: IOWN has developed practical OCS use cases and a system-level reference implementation for AI infrastructure...

Show Floor

11:45 AM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater II

ITU-T SG15 Presents Standards Update on New Fibre Technology and the Impact of AI on Access and Tran

The international standards (ITU-T Recommendations) developed by ITU-T Study Group 15 provide technical specifications giving shape to global communication infrastructure. The group’s standards define technologies and architectures of optical transport networks enabling long-haul global...

Show Floor

1:15 PM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater II

OpenROADM Presents Recent Developments in OpenROADM MSA

This panel explores recent progress and future directions within the OpenROADM MSA. Key topics include the evolution of data models, open interoperable optical specifications, and real-world network architecture use cases. Attendees will also receive progress updates on the open-source...

Show Floor

2:45 PM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater III

OIF Presents Developing Energy-Efficient AI Optical Interconnect Standards at AI Scale and Speed

Power-efficient, low-latency, optical interconnects are critical to enabling next-generation High-Performance Computing hardware supporting AI training and inference. Our panel of experts will examine the requirements and standards needed to deliver dense, reliable, and energy-efficient...

Show Floor

4:00 PM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater I

OCP Presents Photonics for AI at Scale: Fast, Reliable Light from PICs to Pods to Factories

Building on last year's OFC panel, "Future Photonics for AI: From PICs to Pods to Factories," this session will delve into the optical technologies and market dynamics essential for next-generation AI data center infrastructure. The race to exascale AI and beyond continues to...

Show Floor

4:00 PM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater II

MOPA Presents Mobile Optics in the World of AI

As the mobile operators and system vendors are focused on the introduction of 6G in 2028-2030, the landscape is fundamentally changed by AI. The AI impact includes: 1) Gen AI applications are starting to drive significant growth in uplink capacity, resulting in the need for higher data-rate...

Show Floor

4:00 PM
09 March 2027

Expo Theater III

AIM Photonics Presents AI-Enabled Quantum Technology and Applications

AIM Photonics will explore the latest advances in silicon photonics and packaging, from manufacturing infrastructure to AI-driven PDK development and emerging quantum technologies. This session highlights the innovations and design approaches enabling next-generation photonic, quantum, and...

Show Floor

10:15 AM
10 March 2027

Expo Theater III

OIF Presents OIF 1600ZR/ZR+ and Beyond: The Next Leap in Coherent Optics

The completion of the 1600ZR and 1600ZR+ Implementation Agreements mark a pivotal milestone in the evolution of high-capacity coherent links for Data Center Interconnect and Scale-Across applications, giving network leaders a clearer path to higher-capacity transport. Building on the success of...

Show Floor

12:30 PM
10 March 2027

Expo Theater III

OCP Presents AI Scale-up with Short-Reach Optical Interconnects: From Requirements to Reality

The OCP’s Short-Reach Optical Interconnects Initiative (SROI) is advancing the market for short-reach optics, focusing on scale-up connectivity in AI pods and clusters. Following last year's OFC panel introducing this consensus-based effort, the workstream has now published its second...

Show Floor

4:00 PM
10 March 2027

Expo Theater III

APC Presents Silicon Photonics and Co-Packaged Optics Standardized Open Ecosystem and Innovation Hub

Explore how Advanced Photonics Coalition's Innovation Hub and Standardized Supply-Chain Open Ecosystem is the path forward to ensure the industry's success for high-volume manufacturing of Co-Packaged Optics and Silicon Photonics system-level architectures for integration into Al-driven...

Show Floor

10:30 AM
11 March 2027

Expo Theater II

CableLabs Presents Does Quantum Need Its Own Fiber? Deploying Quantum Communications Alongside Live

Quantum communication is leaving the laboratory. National quantum communication infrastructures are under construction in Europe, Asia and North America, and metropolitan QKD links now secure traffic in major cities on three continents. Most of these links still run on dedicated or dark fiber...

Show Floor

11:45 AM
11 March 2027

Expo Theater III

IPEC Presents How Will Optical Interconnects Meet AI Demand for the Post-1.6T Era?

There have been unprecedented AI compute demands for optical interconnect products especially high-speed optical transceivers for recently years. With computing power doubling every 3-4 months, AI scaling advances much faster than before and may require our industry to evolve at a much faster...

Show Floor

12:00 PM
11 March 2027

Expo Theater I

IEEE Future Directions Presents The Network and System Implications of Using OCS in the New Photonic

The investment in AI/ML infrastructure, which for 2027 is projected to exceed $1 trillion and, by some estimates, would reach $1.5 trillion, has led to an equally explosive growth in data center optics and to a new photonics technology ecosystem optimized for AI/ML interconnects. As discussed in...

Show Floor

12:00 PM
11 March 2027

Expo Theater II

ITU-T and ETSI Present ION-2030 for Ubiquitous Intelligence in the AI Era

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established a new strategic framework – International Optical Networks towards 2030 and Beyond (ION-2030) – to guide the evolution of global optical connectivity in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). ION-2030 sets...

Show Floor

1:30 PM
11 March 2027

Expo Theater I

XPO Presents Optics for AI Data Centers

Leading vendors will discuss the full palette of optics solutions and form factors for the AI data center, including slow&wide, fast&narrow, CPO, CPX, NPO, OCI, XPO, and other variants...