ECOC 2020 CONFERENCE & EXPO
MARKET FOCUS One of the biggest attractions at the ECOC expo every year is inevitably the Market Focus. Now in its fourteenth successful year, the ECOC Market Focus has grown to become one of the focal points of the show and a popular platform to gain industry knowledge and insight into the latest technologies available. This year’s event will again feature a full speaker line up, covering everything from datacentres, photonics integrations and digital silicon photonics to fibre access, service and content provision, optical transmission, transportation sensing and 5G delivered by industry professionals. Market Focus, sponsored by Inphi, showcases the very latest news and developments from leading organisations within the fibre optics community. Last year’s Market Focus featured 30 presentations from some of the top names in the industry and attracted 3,600 visitors across the three-days. More details can be found on page 30.
There’s always a queue for Market Focus
ECOC AWARDS To celebrate 25 years of the ECOC
feature area within the exhibition hall. Live demonstrations will also take place within the FTTx Centre including Air Blown Fibre Technology and Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON), fibre blowing, microduct calibration and testing, fibre splicing and activation testing, as well as explanation and demonstration of key ISP and OSP equipment deployed in the modern FTTH networks. Exhibitors can also display products within the FTTx Centre free of charge. Find full details here. TRAINING ZONE A mixture of practical, hands-on sessions and expert advice, the Training Zone gives you the chance to cover some of the key techniques of fibre optic testing and fusion splicing. Run in conjunction with CTTS, our expert training team bring their years of industry experience to ECOC to share their knowledge. Small group sizes, with a maximum of 12 attendees per session, mean you get more one to one support, so you can ask questions and get advice and take away new skills that you can put to use back at your workplace. Sessions were fully booked in 2019, so make sure you secure your space early. You can book a space here.
Exhibition and the return to the exhibition’s spiritual home in Brussels, this year’s show will feature the ECOC Exhibition Industry awards in conjunction with Optical Connections. The awards will celebrate the significant achievements that have been made in advancing the business of optical communications, transport, networking, fibre-based products, photonic integration circuits and related developments. For a list of award categories, see page 31.
The ever-popular FTTx Centre, ECOC 2019
FTTX CENTRE The FTTx Centre, created in association with CTTS Training, brings together the very latest fibre to the ‘x’ in eleven dedicated zones each focusing on a specific area of fibre, showcasing a range of products in specially-designed
Training session at ECOC 2019
COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES
against pathogenic organisms, particularly viruses and other diseases of bacterial origin, eliminating them from the air and on surfaces. The purifiers, which use a range of technologies to make them safe for use in public areas, are most commonly used to disinfect hospital rooms, operating theatres, ambulances and public transport. The measure will be in addition to required regulations including the use of face masks, disinfecting gel and the limitation and organisation of visitor flow.
safe environment to ensure the safety of delegates, exhibitors and visitors have been put in place, with additional precautions implemented by Expo organiser Nexus Media Events. In a world first, Brussels Expo will be equipping every part of the 120,000 m2 venue with UV-C germicidal air purifiers, including the exhibition facilities, the Palais 12 concert venue, meeting rooms, offices, access corridors, backstage facilities and toilets. Brussels Expo says UV-C purifiers are effective
Earlier this year, organisers took the decision to reschedule the ECOC 2020 Conference and Expo to the new dates in December due to the Corvid-19 pandemic. This has proved to be a wise move as bookings for exhibition space and attendees have continued much as usual, while travel restrictions have been eased across Europe and other parts of the world. Thanks to the management and staff at the Brussels Expo venue however, further measures to create a
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