Technical Conference: 15 - 19 March 2026
Exhibition: 17 - 19 March 2026
Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California, United States

Technical Conference: 15 - 19 March 2026
Exhibition: 17 - 19 March 2026
Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California, United States

Technology Showcases

Technology Showcase

11:45 AM
17 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: Data Center Reliability in Crisis: Why Past Validation Breaks at 1.6T

As AI workloads drive Ethernet speeds to 224G SerDes and 1.6T links, data center reliability challenges are no longer dominated by silicon logic or protocol design, but by interconnect behavior under compounded stress. Nearly 80% of failures occur at interconnects, where a single weak link can...

Technology Showcase

12:30 PM
17 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: Lightera Presents Smart Infrastructure Monitoring with Advanced Fiber Optics

Discover how DataSens™ Enhanced Optical Fiber, integrated into the versatile Fortex® cable platform, is transforming distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) applications.


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Technology Showcase

1:15 PM
17 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: SUNA Presents Silicon Micro Lens: The Optical Heart of AI-Driven CPO and OCS Ar

This presentation introduces SUNA’s silicon-based micro-lens technology for CPO and OCS. Designed to address the growing demand for high-density, low-loss optical coupling in AI-driven data centers, the lens arrays achieve low coupling losses with high alignment tolerance. Utilizing...

Technology Showcase

2:00 PM
17 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: SUNA Presents Semiconductor-Enhanced Passives: The Evolutionary Path Towards Hi

As transceivers evolve toward higher integration and data rates, traditional passive components face challenges in performance, miniaturization, integration, and reliability. Silicon-based passive components, leveraging stable physical properties and advanced semiconductor processes, offer...

Technology Showcase

10:45 AM
18 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: Leading the Way – Future Ready Test Strategies for PIC and CPO Manufacturing

PICs and CPO will deliver higher bandwidths and power efficiencies across AI networks, but ramping manufacturing of these critically important technologies requires new test capabilities. Hear practical strategies for scalable opto-electrical testing from wafer to module and how designing...

Technology Showcase

3:15 PM
18 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: Hitachi Presents Open-Tooled Gold Box Kit for ELSFP applications: Unlocking Hig

Discover Hitachi High‑Tech’s innovative Gold Box Kit—an open‑tooled,  supplier‑co‑designed platform that dramatically streamlines the integration of high‑power laser chips (up to 3mm × 0.5mm). Engineered to simplify development and reduce upfront engineering costs.
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Technology Showcase

10:15 AM
19 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: Ciena | Stäubli Presents Designing for Density: Direct-to-Plug Liquid Cooling

As optical interconnect speeds climb, advanced optics and DSPs are pushing air cooling beyond its limits. This session examines a shift to direct-to-plug liquid cooling for pluggable optics, enabling scalable interconnects with blind-mate, dripless connections and cooling beyond 100 watts...

Technology Showcase

1:45 PM
19 March 2026

Expo Theater III

Technology Showcase: Lightspeed Photonics Presents Near-Package Optics: The Practical Path Beyond CP

LightSpeed Photonics is developing solderable Near-Package Optics (NPO) solutions that bring compact, high-bandwidth optical connectivity closer to compute without embedding optics inside the ASIC. As interconnect channel rates scale to 112G and 224G, this approach provides a practical...