Invited & Tutorial Speakers

Ali Ghiasi, Ghiasi Quantum LLC, United States
400G/Lane Ecosystem and Standard Tutorial

Barak Freedman, NVIDIA Corporation, Israel
CPO Technology for AI Applications

John Osenbach, Nokia Corporation, United States
Thermal and Co-Design Challenges of Advanced Optical Subsystem Packaging

Luca Poti, CNIT, Italy
AI in Performance Optimization of Short Reach Optical Interconnects

Tolga Tekin, Fraunhofer IZM, Germany
High Performing Photonics Systems – CPO, Towards Photonics Chiplets

Hung-Pin Xiao, WIN Semiconductors Corp., Taiwan
Mass Production of VCSELs for Datacom and Sensing Applications

S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California Davis, United States
3D Hybrid Bonded EIC-PIC Integration and Packaging Technologies

Quan Yuan, FormFactor Inc, United States
Fully Automated Wafer-Level Edge Coupling Measurement System for Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuits

Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University, United States
Inverse Design of High Performance Photonic Integrated Components Tutorial

Claire Autebert, Cailabs, France
Multiplane Light Conversion (MPLC) Technology for MDM Fiber Optic Communication

Tymon Barwicz, Taara Connect, Inc., United States
Integrated Optical Phase Arrays for Wireless Optical Communication

Daoxin Dai, Zhejiang University, China
Low Loss Athermal TFLN PICs for Next Gen PON

Inna Krasnokutska, Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., Canada
Ultra-low Loss Fiber-to-PIC Coupling Solutions for Scalable Quantum Computing Infrastructure

Peter Rakich, Yale University, United States
Chip-Scale Non-Magnetic Wideband Reconfigurable Optical Isolators

Tae Joon Seok, nEye Systems Inc, United States
High Port Count Silicon Photonic MEMS Circuit Switch

Takuo Tanemura, University of Tokyo, Japan
Functional and Opto-Electronic Metasurface Devices for High-Speed Communication and Computing

Kyoungsik Yu, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Tech, Republic Of Korea
Programmable Photonic Arrays Based on MEMS Elements with Femtowatt-Level Standby Power Consumption

Juerg Leuthold, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
High-Speed Plasmonic Modulator and Detector for Data Communication Tutorial

Bozhang Dong, Université Laval, Canada
Optical Frequency Combs Using Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Lasers for Ultra-Broadband Optical Interconnects

Tatsurou Hiraki, NTT Device Technology Labs, Japan
Membrane Photonic Devices for Chip-to-Chip Interconnection

Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan
Dynamic and Static Properties of Photonic-Crystal Surface-Emitting Lasers (PCSELs)

Nobuo Ohata, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
High-Speed EMLs for AI/ML Applications

David Patel, NVIDIA Corporation, United States
Si Microring Resonator Modulators at >200Gb/s

Taketsugu Sawamura, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan
Ultra-High Optical Output Power External Laser Sources for Co-Packaged Optics

Sarah Uvin, Ghent University - imec, Belgium
Active Devies for Micro-Transfer Printing

Yuya Yamaguchi, National Inst of Information & Comm Tech, Japan
EO-Equalized High Slope Efficient 100-GHz-Bandwidth TFLN Modulator

Ming-Jun Li, Corning Inc., United States
Past, Present and Future Fiber Technology for Optical Transmission Systems Tutorial

Martina Cappelletti, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Distributed Measurement of Polarization and Coupling Characteristics of SDM Fibers

Songnian Fu, Guangdong University of Technology, China
High-Performance Fusion Splicing Technique for Anti-Resonant Hollow-Core Fiber

Jie Luo, Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable Co, China
Low-Loss and Low-IMI HCFs

Eric Rodrigue Numkam Fokoua, Microsoft Research Cambridge, United Kingdom
Understanding and Monitoring the Ultralow Loss of Hollow-Core Fiber

Madoka Ono, Tohoku University, Japan
Suppression of Rayleigh Scattering Loss in Silica Glass Formed by the Compression of its Melted Phase

Georg Rademacher, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Few-Mode and Multicore Fiber for Spatial Division Multiplexing: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Pierre Sillard, Prysmian Group, France
Few-Mode Fibers: Why Do They Still Matter?

Radan Slavik, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Making Hollow Core Fibers Compatible with Current Fiber Infrastructure

Peter Andrekson, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
Optical Parametric Amplifiers and their Applications Tutorial

Haoshuo Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Building and Characterizing Multicore Amplifiers

Aleksandr Donodin, Aston University, United Kingdom
Bismuth-Doped Fiber Amplifiers for Optical Communications and Silicon Photonics Applications

Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, Radiantis, Spain
Optical Parametric Oscillators

Wladek Forysiak, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Multi-Wavelength Band Amplification-Progress and Challenges

Ivana Gasulla Mestre, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Harnessing Spatial and Dispersion Diversity: Multicore and Few-Mode Fibers for Advanced Signal Processing

Eleonora Polini, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France
Precision Interferometry for Gravitational Waves: How Squeezed States Can Improve Astrophysical Observation Range

Stefan Rothe, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
High-Power Single-Frequency Multimode Fibre Amplifier with Suppressed Nonlinearity and Controlled Output Profile

Hitoshi Takeshita, NEC Corporation, Japan
Multicore Amplifiers for Submarine Networks

Ezra Ip, NEC Laboratories America Inc., United States
Transceiver DSP Based Sensing and Monitoring Tutorial

Katarzyna Balakier, European Space Agency, United Kingdom
Interoperability in Optical Space Networks

Alexis Carbo Meseguer, Alcatel Submarine Networks Inc., France
Toward Multi-Petabit Submarine Cables: Opportunities and Challenges of Multi-Band, Multi-Core Fibers and Hollow-Core Fibers

Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios Giménez, Telefónica Innovación Digital S.L.U., Spain
Drivers, Requirements and Performance Analysis of Next Generation Optical Pluggables from an Operator Perspective

Dawei Ge, China Mobile Research Institute, China
Real-Time High Speed Transmission Over Deployed AR-HCFs: Challenges, Enabling Technologies, and Future Perspectives

Heather Goodnight, T-Mobile USA Inc, United States
Infrastructure Security in Carrier-Grade Networks

Yuyang Liu, China Telecom Corp Ltd, Beijing Res Inst, China
Research and Practice of Optical Network Technology for High Reliability Interconnection of Large Scale Data Centers

Ramon Mata Calvo, European Space Agency, Netherlands
Converged Optical Satellite and Terrestrial Networks

Mikael Mazur, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Real-Time Coherent OFDR Over Live Networks: From Access to Subsea

Giuseppe Rizzelli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Analysis and Demonstration Future Coherent Metro PON Converged Networks

Jose Capmany, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Programmable Photonics Tutorial

Darius Bunandar, Lightmatter, United States
Universal Photonic Artificial Intelligence Acceleration

Bowei Dong, A*STAR RESEARCH ENTITIES, Singapore
In-Memory Computing with Photoncis

Katsumi Fukumitsu, 1Finity Inc., Japan
Programmable Network Interface Card Technology Enabling High-Bandwidth Low-Latency Data Transfer for Distributed AI Systems

Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University, Canada
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Photonics and AI

Giannis Patronas, NVIDIA Corporation, Greece
Optical Switching for AI Factories

Anand Ramaswamy, Broadcom Corporation, United States
Scale-Out and Scale-Up Photonic Interconnects

Apostolos Tsakyridis, Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, Greece
Hyperdimensional Photonic AI Computing

Kevin Yasumura, Google LLC, United States
Recent Advancements in Optical Circuit Switches for AI Applications

Filippo Cugini, CNIT, Italy
Convergence of Optical Networks and Computing: The Potential of Smart NICs with Pluggable Optics Tutorial

Giulio Cossu, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Non-Terrestrial Networks: Time-Variant Impairments and Recovery Strategies Upon Outages

Camille Delezoide, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Practical Digital Twin for Optical Networks / Lessons From the Field; Detection, Modelling, and Mitigation of Anomalous QoT Fluctuations in Optical Networks; Machine Learning to Reduce Network Margins

Sebastien Gareau, Ciena, Canada
The Role of Pluggables vs. Embedded Transponders in Optical Networks

Lluis Gifre Renom, Centre Tecnològic Telecom de Catalunya, Spain
Vision 2030: Autonomous Network Control in an All‑Optical World

Memedhe Ibrahimi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Emerging Network-Wide Use Cases for Hollow Core Fibers

Aleksandra Knapińska, Politechnika Wroclawska, Poland
Dynamic ML Models for Evolving Networks: What, Where and How?

Zhengye Liu, AT&T Corp, United States
Design of Generative AI Analytic Agents for Fiber Network Optimization

Zhizhen Zhong, Netpreme Corporation, United States
Networked Memory Tiering for AI Systems

Elaine Wong, University of Melbourne, Australia
Future Intelligent and Immersive Access Networks Tutorial

Nicola Calabretta, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Applications of Optical Switching in the Access Network

Paola Iovanna, Ericsson, Italy
AI-Orchestrated Access Transport Networks for 6G

Denis Khotimsky, Verizon Communications Inc, United States
Optical Access Networks Roadmap

Daniel Kilper, University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
Radio-Optical Confluence in Intelligent Edge Networks

Yuanqiu Luo, Futurewei Technologies Inc, United States
PON Applications in Industry 4.0

Cláudio Rodrigues, Altice Labs, Portugal
An Industrial Perspective on the Selection Between Coherent and IMDD Technologies for Next-Generation Access Networks

Takahiro Suzuki, NTT Corporation, Japan
Virtualisation in Optical Access Networks: Challenges and PHY Softwarization

Dora van Veen, Nokia Corporation, United States
Technologies for Very High Speed PONs

Robert Woodward, Toshiba Europe Ltd- Cambridge Research, United Kingdom
Building Blocks of QKD: A Tutorial on Hardware, Protocols, and Post-Processing Tutorial

Chawina De-Eknamkul, IonQ Quantum, Inc., United States
Low Loss Photonic Quantum Interconnects

James Grieve, Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates
Developments in Quantum within UAE

John Jarman, Nu Quantum, United Kingdom
Entanglement Networks for Datacentre-Scale Quantum Computing

Imran Khan, KEEQuant GmbH, Germany
Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

Galan Moody, University of California Santa Barbara, United States
PIC Platforms for Quantum Networking

Xiaosong Yu, Beijing University of Posts & Telecom, China
Standardization Progress on Networking Technologies of Quantum Key Distribution Networks (QKDN)

Val Zwiller, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan Kista, Sweden
Generation, Manipulation and Detection of Single Photons

Clint Schow, University of California Santa Barbara, United States
Analog Coherent Optics Inside the Data Center Tutorial

Andrew Alduino, Meta Platforms Inc, United States
Technology for AI Interconnect Scale-Up Solutions

Eric Kimber, Semtech Limited, United Kingdom
200G LPO: Design Challenges and Latest Test Data

Cedric Lam, Google LLC, United States
Optical Architecture and Interconnection for AI/ML Networks

Thomas Liljeberg, Intel Corporation, United States
Integrated Optical I/O Chiplets for Bandwidth Scaling in AI Infrastructure

Anna Tatarczak, Coherent Corp, United States
Technologies for 400G/Lane IM/DD Interconnects

Luisma Torres, KD for POF, S.L., Spain
Optical Automotive Ethernet: IEEE Std 802.3cz / Optical Communications Requirements for Automotive Applications

David Welch, AttoTude, United States
Intra-Data Center THz Interconnects

Tom Wettlin, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany
Modulation Formats and Advanced DSP for Next-Generation Data Center Intraconnects

Di Che, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Coherent Optics in the 2030s: Emerging Technologies and Subsystem Architectures Tutorial

Astrid Barreiro, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Nonlinear Fiber Propagation: Models and Challenges

Francesco Da Ros, DTU Electro, Denmark
Machine Learning Tools for Optical Communications and Computing

Guilhem de Valicourt, Nubis Communications, United States
Co-Design of Electronic and Photonic Systems for Future LPO, NPO, and CPO

Callum Deakin, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Optical Arbitrary Waveform Generation Using Spectro-Temporal Unitary Transforms

Wei-Ren Peng, Omattrix Ltd., Co, United States
Dynamic EEPN Impulse Response Modeling and DSP Compensation for Single-Carrier Coherent Receivers

Yohei Sobu, PETRA, Japan
High Speed and Low Power Consumption Optical DAC Transmitter Using Fully Integrated CMOS and Silicon Segmented Modulator

Alvin Sukmadji, University of Toronto, Canada
High-Performance and Low-Power Decoding of Concatenated RS and BCH Codes

Lin Sun, Soochow University, China
Advanced SMART Techniques for the Hollow-Core Fiber Submarine ISAC

Vittorio Curri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Toward Ultra-Wideband Optical Infrastructure: Challenges in Modeling and Deploying Multiband Transmission Tutorial

Abdallah Ali, Microsoft, United Kingdom
Unrepeatered Links Using HCFs

Hussam Batshon, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Coded Modulation Targeting High Power Efficiency in High Speed Transmission Systems

Maria Vasilica Ionescu, Nokia Corporation, Sweden
Advanced Technologies in Coherent Pluggables and Use Cases

Andre Richter, VPIphotonics, Germany
Fiber Transmission Dynamics in Wide-Band Systems

Shimpei Shimizu, NTT Corporation,
Multiband Transmission Supported by Wavelength Conversion and Parametric Amplification

Wenting Yi, Cisco Systems Inc., United States
Next-Generation Coherent Optical Transmission Systems and Practical Optimizations

Xiaohui Zhao, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Wideband SOA for WDM Systems and Datacenter Interconnects

Tadao Nagatsuma, Univ of Tokyo Butsuri-Kogaku Toshokan, Japan
Integration Platforms for Generation, Transmission, and Detection of THz Signals Tutorial

Elie Awwad, Télécom Paris, France
Distributed Fiber Sensing: Opportunities and Challenges

Andrew Barbour, U.S. Geological Survey, United States
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing in Earthquake Hazard Response: Recent Earthquakes and Future Goals in Northern California

Maurizio Burla, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Plasmonics for Microwave Photonic Systems

Andreas Fichtner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Fiber-Optic Sensing for Cryosphere Research

Paolo Ghelfi, CNIT, Italy
Integrated Microwave Photonics for Sensing Systems

William Loh, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, United States
Low Noise Microwave Generation with Stable Lasers

Erlend Rønnekleiv, Alcatel Submarine Networks Norway AS, Norway
DAS Technology Breakthroughs Enabling Ultra-Long Range

Zack Spica, University of Michigan, United States
Safe Guarding Subsea Infrastructure through Sensing

Nan Chi, Fudan University, China
Visible Light Communication:Device, System and Applications Tutorial

Michael Butterfield, GoLion Company, United States
Overview of the DARPA Space BACN Program

Marco Fernandes, Meta Platforms Technologies UK Ltd, United Kingdom
Latest Development of High-Capacity Coherent FSO Systems for Terrestrial and Satellite Applications

Hao Hu, DTU Electro, Denmark
Photonic Integrated Circuit for Optical Beam Steering

Maria Morant, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Next-Generation Optical Fronthaul for High Speed Wireless Links

Oskars Ozolins, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Analog Fronthaul for Distributed MIMO

Vincent van Vliet, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
High-Capacity Urban Terrestrial Free-Space Optical Communication Links at km-Scale

Xiaoxiao Xue, Tsinghua University, China
Large-Scale True-Time Delay Beamforming for Integrated Sensing and Comms