Optical Connections Magazine Autumn 2023

EVENT FOCUS ECOC 2023 PREVIEW

ECOC 2023 COMES TO SCOTLAND! 2 – 4 October 2023, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, is playing host to this year’s ECOC Expo and Conference Expo. ECOC 2023 will be a full-on experience this year at the Scottish Event Campus. The exhibition will once again showcase the latest products and services, as well as providing an unrivalled opportunity to meet and network with key suppliers and industry leaders. Join colleagues, customers and peers, along with international exhibitors, for three days of networking, sharing ideas, learning and developing new business leads. Visitors to ECOC 2023 can expect the full panoply of events including the ever-popular Market Focus, the FTTx Focus, Industry Awards and the Product Focus.

The FTTX Focus area will showcase a range of fibre-related products and brings together the very latest fibre to the ‘x’ in eight dedicated zones each focusing on a specific area of fibre, where exhibitors will display new and existing products.

Now in its 17th year the Market Focus Theatre, sponsored by Acacia, now part of Cisco, has become one of the highlights of the ECOC Exhibition attracting the world’s best speakers from the industry globally. Every year the Market Focus is a focal point of the show and has become a key event to get up-to-date knowledge from across the industry in key technical areas and discover the latest commercial trends in optical communications. The topic areas for the 2023 Market Focus sessions are divided into four categories, plus two panel sessions.

The Industry Awards return for 2023 once again emphasise technology and product commercialisation; they highlight significant achievements in advancing the business of optical communications, transport, networking,

fibre-based products, photonic integration circuits and related developments.

THE CONFERENCE The ECOC 2023 Conference will be 49th edition and is taking place in Glasgow, in the heart of Scotland on 1st – 5th October 2023. The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) is the continent’s largest event in the field and one of the most prestigious and traditional events on optical communications worldwide. ECOC, as one of the leading conferences on optical communications, attracts scientists and researchers from across the world. Not only top universities, but also the world’s biggest and most influential companies present their astonishing breakthroughs from materials and devices to systems and networks, and their insightful visions for the future. ECOC is the key meeting place to share knowledge, exchange ideas, foster innovation and start collaborations on a global level. Situated on the River Clyde, Glasgow is famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture. It’s a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and National Theatre of Scotland, as well as acclaimed museums and a thriving music scene.

The award categories for 2023 include: Most innovative Product Best Fibre/Fiber Component Product Award Data Centre Innovation/ Best Product Award Most Innovative PON/5G/ FTTx Product Award Optical Transport Award Most innovative product Award – Pluggable Transceiver/ Co-Packaged Module Most innovative Product Award – Innovative Test Equipment Most innovative Product Award – Innovative Photonics Component Most innovative Product Award – Chip- Scale Packaging/Optical Sub Assembly The 2023 winners will be announced live at the Product Focus theatre live at ECOC Exhibition on Tuesday 3rd October, from 11:40.

The Product Focus theatre, sponsored by Open XR Forum, will once again be one of the focal points of the exhibition hall and a place to hear about the latest innovations and product announcements. Product Focus features presentations covering the latest innovative products, live demonstrations and technology announcements. The Product Focus sessions will run parallel to Market Focus. Each 15 - 20 minute session can be for any use- a live product demonstration, panel discussion, presentation, a pre-recorded video or a Q&A session. The Product Focus theatre is also home to the ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards.

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