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Programming Highlights -- Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition -OFC- and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference -NFOEC- 2005

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:00 CST

OFC/NFOEC 2005 -0- *T

Register and Attend OFC/NFOEC 2005 the Premier International

Optical Communications Event

With Business Focused-Programming and More Than 1,000 Technical

Paper Presentations OFC/NFOEC is This Year's Most Influential

Technical and Business Forum

What: OFC/NFOEC 2005

When/Where: March 6 - 11 (Exhibits Open March 8 - 10) at the

Anaheim Convention Center

Details: As the largest and most comprehensive

international event for optical communications, this

year's combined OFC/NFOEC will for the first time

host the entire scope of optical communications,

providing programming, exhibit and educational

activities for all audiences from researchers

working in the laboratories to service providers and

carriers to equipment manufacturers. Featuring a

broad spectrum of optics and electronics exhibitors,

with 40 percent from outside the U.S., OFC/NFOEC is

the most time-efficient, cost-effective opportunity

to see the latest products and get a first-look at

the technology of the present and future. The

technical program, now featuring both the OFC and

NFOEC programs, will feature hundreds of sessions,

including workshops, short courses and paper

presentations, giving a broader spectrum of

participants the opportunity to network and

customize their learning experience in one event.

Highlights: Business and Technical Programming include:

-- Plenary Session discussions on the history and

global impact of low-loss optical fiber and

Broadband Expansion in Japan. Featuring

presentations by Dr. Donald B. Keck, retired

vice president and research director of Corning

and Hiromichi Shinohara, director, NTT Access

Network Service Systems Labs., Japan.

-- The Service Provider Summit, March 9 - a

day-long program shaped around the needs and

interests of carriers and service providers and

including keynote presentations by Greg Evans,

vice president, Services & Access Technologies,

Verizon, and Brian Van Steen, senior analyst,

RHK.

-- The third annual Market Watch: Business and

Technology(TM), March 8 - 10, a three-day series

that will focus on the applications and business

trends that impact the future of the optical

communications industry.

-- Hundreds of educational workshops and tutorial

sessions.

Private media events will include:

-- A media lunch panel at noon on Tuesday, March 8,

OFC/NFOEC representatives and participating

panelists from the scientific, corporate and

analyst communities will provide a high-level

view of the industry and present an

international perspective of FTTx. More details

to be released soon.

Registration: Registration for OFC/NFOEC 2005 has begun and can be

accessed online at http://www.ofcconference.org/media_center/MediaRegistrationForm.aspx.

Contact: Please contact us or visit the event Web site at

www.ofcconference.org for additional information,

including travel arrangement details.

Leah Wilkinson, 703-892-8080, leah@wilkinsonshein.com

Keira Shein, 410-363-9494, keira@wilkinsonshein.com

Colleen Morrison, 202-416-1437,

media@ofcconference.org

About OFC/NFOEC: Since 1985, the Optical Fiber Communication

Conference and Exposition (OFC) has provided an

annual backdrop for the optical communications field

to network and share research and innovations. In

2004, OFC joined forces with the National Fiber

Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) creating the

largest and most comprehensive international event

for optical communications. By combining an

exposition of more than 600 companies, with a unique

program of peer-reviewed technical programming and

special focused educational sessions, OFC/NFOEC

provides an unparalleled opportunity reaching every

audience from service providers to optical equipment

manufacturers and beyond.

OFC/NFOEC, www.ofcconference.org, is managed by the

Optical Society of America (OSA) and co-sponsored

by OSA, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics

Engineers/Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc) and

the Institute of Electrical and Electronics

Engineers/Lasers and Electro-Optics Society

(IEEE/LEOS). Acting as non-financial technical

co-sponsors are Telcordia Technologies, Inc. and the

International Conference on Integrated Optics and

Optical Fiber Communication (IOOC). *T

Source: Business Wire

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