OFC 2020 PREVIEW
and how their requirements may impact the future of the industry. Everyone in the supply chain, from equipment manufacturers to components, will have the opportunity to hear what’s next in meeting the needs of all network operators. This year’s Data Centre Summit will feature a keynote from Jeffrey L. Cox, partner director Network Architecture, Microsoft Corporation, U.S.A., moderated by Karen I. Matthews, technology and market development manager, Science and Technology at Corning Incorporated, U.S.A. The panel presentation will examine the contributing causes of the growing network infrastructure power trend and investigate some of the proposed solutions to address the issue. Educational programs on the show floor will cover market trends, new technologies and insight into the future. Hear from industry groups such as COBO, Ethernet Alliance, IEEE, OIF, Open Eye, OpenConfig, TIP and more. Returning to OFC is the interactive Lab Automation Hackathon. Technology
traditional approach to building optical network infrastructures. Also, the Demo Zone will feature live demonstrations of research projects and proof-of- concept implementations of optical communication devices, systems and networks, including SDN/NFV as well as software tools and functions. BUSINESS PROGRAMMING This year’s business-focused show floor programming includes Market Watch, Network Operator Summit and Data Centre Summit and 25 other sessions. Market Watch is a three-day, six-session series of panel discussions on the latest application topics and business issues in the field of optical communications, including the popular “State of the Industry” analyst panel. Presentations and panel sessions feature esteemed guest speakers from industry, research and the investment community. The Network Operator Summit presents the inside perspective from service providers and network operators, their issues, drivers
leaders from Nokia Bell Labs, Acacia Communications and the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden will hold an interactive session demonstrating how to use open source software to demonstrate the power of using Python to quickly get a lab experiment running and display the measurements in a browser or GUI. With one of the largest exhibit floors in recent years, OFC will feature more than 700 exhibitors from leading global companies such as Broadcom, CIENA Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Corning Incorporated, II-VI, Infinera, InnoLight, Lumentum, Molex and Semtech Corporation. Technologies on display include network and test equipment, optical transport systems and optical components, data centre interconnects, fibre cables and specialty fibre manufacturers. More information can be found at http://conference.ofc2020.org/
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