Forum encourages participants to partake in an open dialogue about
the optics industry

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/OSA?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#OSAlt;/agt;–The Optical Society (OSA)
in conjunction with OFC
will hold the annual OIDA
Executive Forum, an exclusive event for business leaders in
networking and communications technology. OIDA Executive Forum is the
premier event for leaders in optical communications and networking.

The OIDA Executive Forum features industry executives in an informal,
uncensored setting discussing the latest issues facing companies in the
business. More than 200 senior-level executives will attend the event to
discuss recent technology advancements, opportunities and challenges
facing the next generation in optical networking and communications.

What: OIDA Executive Forum
When: Monday, 4 March
2019, 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Where: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Hotel – Indigo Ballroom, San Diego, CA, USA

Members of the press may attend the OIDA Executive Forum free of charge.
Please register by contacting: [email protected]

A keynote address will be delivered by Buddy Bayer, Chief Network
Officer, Windstream.

Attendees will also hear from industry leaders in the following panel
presentations:

• The Path to 400G and Beyond, moderated by Shamim Akhtar, Chief Optical
  Network Architect, Apple, with panelists Wenhua Lin, Intel Corp.;
  Vijay Vusirikala, Google; Tom Williams, Acacia
  Communications; Martin Zirngibl, Finisar Corp.
• Action in the Access Network, moderated by Stephen Hardy, Lightwave,
  with panelists Curtis Knittle, CableLabs; Lucy Lombardi, Telecom
  Italia; Toby Redshaw, Verizon; Sachin Vasudeva, Calix
• Views from the APAC Region, moderated by Heidi Adams, IHS Markit, with
  panelists Junjie Li, China Telecom; Sun Min, Tencent; Ankit Agarwal,
  Sterlite; Yongwook Lee, KT
• Commercial QKD & Encryption, moderated by Vladimir Kozlov,
  LightCounting, with panelists Jörg-Peter Elbers, ADVA Optical
  Networking; Michele Mosca, Institute for Quantum Computing, University
  of Waterloo; John Prisco, Quantum Xchange; Lily Chen, NIST
• Fireside Chat: The View from the Top, moderated by Natarajan
  Subrahmanyan, AO Asset Management with panelists Basil Alwan, Nokia;
  Andreas Bechtolsheim, Arista Networks; Bill Gartner, Cisco Systems,
  Inc.; Richard Jin, Huawei

View the forum
schedule and speaker
profiles.
Sponsored by: Synopsys, Cisco, and MRSI Systems

OSA Industry Development Associates (OIDA)
serves and represents the optics and photonics community of more than
270 corporate members. Members include the leading providers of optics
and photonics components and systems and leading universities and
research institutions. OIDA provides roadmap reports and market data for
the industry, serves as the voice of the industry to government and
academia, acts as a liaison with other trade associations worldwide and
provides a network for the exchange of ideas and information within the
optics and photonics community. To learn more about a corporate
membership with OIDA, visit osa.org/industry.

About The Optical Society

Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional
organization for scientists, engineers, students and business leaders
who fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate
achievements in the science of light. Through world-renowned
publications, meetings and membership initiatives, OSA provides quality
research, inspired interactions and dedicated resources for its
extensive global network of optics and photonics experts. For more
information, visit osa.org.

Contacts

Bill Schulz
[email protected]
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