ECOC FOCUS
ECOC 2015, the 41st edition of ECOC, will be held in Valencia, Spain, from Sunday 27th September to Thursday 1st October. T he largest convention on optical communications in Europe and one of the most prestigious and long- standing in the field worldwide, This year’s technical programme, supervised by a committee of world renowned experts and chaired ¡Bienvenido a Valencia!
Over 300 exhibitors and 5,500 attendees are expected for ECOC 2015.
evolution of the Internet, and why they will play an ever- increasing role in tomorrow’s communication networks. The exhibition’s Market Focus, providing attendees with business-focussed market presentations, will this year cover mass-market broadband access, optics in cloud computing, photonic integration and digital silicon photonics, service provider optical transmissions, optical network agility and packet optical transport. Over the next few pages, you can find detailed timetables for the conference, including Sunday workshops and the exhibition Market Focus sessions. We have also highlighted the key manufacturers launching new products to market at ECOC.
be held on Sunday afternoon and will have two sessions of two hours each, including a panel for interactive discussion. Participating speakers include representatives from universities in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, UK and USA, plus key organisations like Alcatel Lucent, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Facebook, Google, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Vodafone. To celebrate 2015 being the International Year of Light, this year’s event includes a special commemoration symposium, ‘Light: Enabling the Global Internet Era’, where distinguished keynote speakers will address
by distinguished scientists, includes over 400 oral and poster presentations. Hot topics include advanced modulation formats, data centre communications, DSP post-processing in coherent systems, network function virtualization (NFV) and spatial division multiplexing. The programme also includes ‘rising star topics’, like access and in-home networks, advanced Silicon and InP integrated optics, flexgrid and superchannels, multicore fibre technologies and MIMO communications and radio over fibre technologies for emerging 5G. Workshops, open to all conference registrants, will
ECOC 2015 is taking place from Sunday 27th September until Thursday 1st October, in Valencia, Spain. ECOC’s conference provides a pivotal platform for telecommunications professionals to deliver emerging topics, research results and market developments. The exhibition, which runs from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th September and is celebrating technology innovation and an arena for key industry staff to network, exchange ideas and conduct business. its 20th anniversary, is a melting point of high
how optical technologies have been responsible for the transformation in communications and the
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