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Why Attend
Gear up for OFC with focused perspectives from optical industry leaders discussing technology strategy, tradeoffs, and how the future is being shaped now. The three day series features:
- Flexible Format – Join one session or all – no commitment.
- Unfiltered Discussion – Candid discussion provides a window on strategy and the optical market in a tight 15-minute format. Minimal slides frame an analyst-moderated conversation rather than a scripted presentation.
- Key Insight – Hear what’s driving the big architecture changes underway and what are companies doing to accelerate them. Learn how power, cost, and deployment timing are changing – and what the impact is on near-term roadmaps.
- Executive Expertise – Learn from industry leaders and get their perspective on the latest developments in the industry.
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See Agenda & Speakers
- TUESDAY
- Tom Williams – VP Marketing – Acacia
- Vipul Bhatt – VP Strategic Marketing – Coherent
- Nikita Parikh – Global Commodity Manager – Google
- Bo Zhang – Sr. Principal Engineer – Marvell Technology
- George Notter – MD Equity Research – Wolfe Research
- Sri Venkat – SVP and GM Components Division – Lumentum
- WEDNESDAY
- Nick Benvenuti – Vice President, Product Line Management – Ciena
- Ron Johnson – Vice President and General Manager of Optical Networks – Nokia
- Magnus Grenfeldt – CEO – SmartOptics
- Russ Esmacher – SVP/GM, Data Center Interconnect BU – Marvell
- Lorenzo Ghioni – VP of Product Management – Cisco
- THURSDAY
- Peter Winzer Vice President, Product Line Management – Ciena
- Ashish Vengsarkar – CEO – nEye
- Ken Jackson – Product Marketing Director – Sumitomo Electric
- Andreas Bechtolsheim – Co-Founder and Chief Architect – Arista Networks
- Frank Effenberger – Fellow – Huawei
- Dr. Rang-Chen (Ryan) Yu – VP of Marketing – Terahop