Speaker Biographies
Sebastian Skacel Sebastian Skacel is Head of Applications Engineering, Support and Services at Vanguard Automation GmbH, overseeing customer engagements including
Active Products Research at Oclaro (now Lumentum), a major supplier of photonic components for optical communications. His experience encompasses many different aspects of research, development and manufacturing of photonic devices and systems, with emphasis on photonic integrated circuit technology. He is author or co-author of more than 250 scientific and technical papers. Professor Wale is a member of the Executive Board of the European Technology Platform, Photonics21, and chair of its Core Photonics Working Group. He is a Member of Optica and a Life Member of IEEE.
systems and networks, intelligent signal processing, optical sensing systems and opto- electronics. He is a Senior Member of the American Physical Society (APS), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access and Journal of the European Optical Society-RP. He has been the Chair of Optics in Digital Systems Technical Group in Optical Society of America (Optica), and the TPC co-chair/members of over 20 IEEE conferences, e.g. GLOBECOM, ICC etc. He has published over 160 journal and conference papers (including over 30 invited) and 2 invited book chapters.
technical demonstrations, delivery of products and solutions as well as customer success. He also spearheads many of Vanguard’s business development and strategic marketing efforts. Prior to joining Vanguard, Sebastian worked in academia as well as in the automotive industry (Harman International) in Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Russia. Sebastian holds a PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) degree in Physics from Karlsruhe Institute of Technologies (KIT) for which he was granted a scholarship of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. His PhD was in the field of superconducting quantum circuits such as qubits.
Philip Ward Phil Ward presently holds the position of VSFF Strategic Market Manager at SENKO Advanced Components. Armed with a wealth of expertise exceeding two
Nadhum Zayer Nadhum Zayer is Senior Director, R&D Engineering at Coherent corporation. He holds a PhD in Physics from Loughborough University. He worked as
Radan Slavik Prof. Radan Slavík is the head of the Coherent Optical Signals group at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, UK. His
decades, he stands as a seasoned professional in the realm of fiber management systems. His acumen extends to the intricacies of Very Small Form Factor (VSFF) connectivity, renowned for its transformative influence on the landscape of next-generation networks. Phil recognizes connectivity's intrinsic role in kindling innovation. His profound comprehension of its multifaceted applications speaks volumes about his influence in shaping the future. Notably, Phil has extensively traversed the Data Center and FTTH markets, donning various hats such as market developer, product specialist, and solutions architect. With a Bachelor of Law LLB degree complementing his technical background, Phil Ward exemplifies a holistic approach to industry leadership.
a postdoctoral research fellow at Southbank Bank university researching OLED and at Kent University researching “in-fibre acousto- optic modulators”. He joined Nortel networks in 2000 (subsequently Bookham, Oclaro, II-VI, currently Coherent) as R&D design engineer. He is responsible for the design and development of industry leading, high performance pump lasers and other optical components. He has many publications and patents covering a wide range of technologies.
group deals with the generation, control, and detection of optical signals and their precise characterisation. It also deals with use of hollow core optical fibres (HCFs) in next-generation fibre systems, especially those sensitive to changes in optical phase or signal distortion. Radan is a former EPSRC Early Career Fellow and current holder of the RAEng Research Chair, he is Topical Editor of the journal Optics Letters and Fellow of Optica Society.
George Zervas George Zervas is an EPSRC Fellow and Professor of optical networked systems at UCL. George has made significant contributions to optical switching
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Feng Wen Dr. Feng Wen is an
Associate Professor at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), who has built and led the Optical Signal
Abderrahmen Trichili is a UK IC Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow at the Department of Engineering Science of
and networking as well as architectures and control of data centers and telecommunication networks. His work has contributed to over 275 peer-reviewed papers. Professor Zervas is leading the Optical Networked Systems research team that focuses on optical switching and networking technologies for large-scale computing systems, as well as compute & network co-design. He has been acting as a TPC member and chair on leading conferences such as OFC, ICC, Globecom, ONDM. George has been participating as PI/Co-I in numerous funded collaborative research projects.
the University of Oxford. His awarded research project, titled ``Where does light fit within the wireless future?'' focuses on optical wireless channel sounding and physical layer security modelling. He is also an elected research fellow of the Wolfson College. He authored several papers in highly reputed journals on optical wireless communication and free space optics and filed four international patent applications. Prior to joining the University of Oxford in December 2022, he was a research scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Processing Laboratory (OSPLAB) since 2019. Dr. Feng received the Ph.D. degree in optical engineering from UESTC in 2014. He was a Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT), Aston University from 2016 to 2018. He works on optical signal processing technologies, including the all-optical signal processing, the photonics neural networks in single-, few- or multi-mode fibers-based optical transmission networks, or the free-space networking systems. As a PI/Co-PI, he has led over 10 projects, such as NSFC, National Key R&D Program of China, Sichuan Science and Technology Program. He has published over 140 journal and conference papers and delivered invited talks at ICTON, ICOCN, PIERS, ICAIT, IEEE SUM. He serves as a guest editor of the journals MDPI Photonics, Sensors and Nanomaterials.
Ning Zhang Ning is the principal
engineer in CSA Catapult's Future Telecoms Hub. She earned a PhD in electronic engineering from the University of Bristol,
Michael Wale Michael (Mike) Wale is Professor of Integrated Photonics at University College London and Full
UK, and has been deeply involved in the UK's photonics industry since then. With experience in research institutions, plasma equipment suppliers, and startups such as Zero Point Motion, Ning is now leading R&D collaborations in the Future Telecoms Hub with academic researchers and SMEs to boost the commercialisation of research results and support the establishment of the UK's semiconductor supply chain."
Professor Emeritus at Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, where he was previously part- time Professor of Photonic Integration - Industrial Aspects. He is also Honorary Professor of Photonic Communications at the University of Nottingham. Mike received his B.A., M.A. and D. Phil. degrees in physics from the University of Oxford. He subsequently spent more than 35 years in industry, most recently as Director
Tianhua Xu Dr. Tianhua Xu is an Associate Professor in School of Engineering at University of Warwick, UK. He received his PhD degree in School of Information and
Communication Technology, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His research interests include optical communication
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