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The
NetWork to NetWork conference hopes to see you
among the 13,000+ expected in Anaheim, March 25-29,
2007, where you will
find:
•Welcome
to The Optical Fiber Communication Conference &
Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers
Conference (OFC/NFOEC) 2007 -- the largest
all-optical business exhibition in the
world.
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The
Optical Fiber Communication Conference &
Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers
Conference (OFC/NFOEC) is the premier international
event for both the science and business of optical
communications, with a comprehensive technical
program and the largest all-optical business
exhibition. There's no greater value in the
industry.
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- High
Quality Science
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Invited presentations given by experts in the
field
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Peer-reviewed technical
presentations
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Up-to-the-minute research presented in
postdeadline sessions
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Half-day short courses providing Continuing
Education Units (CEUs)
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- Comprehensive
Programming
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More than 85 invited presenters
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More than 45 short courses offered with 7 new
titles
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Our not-to-be-missed Plenary
Session
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Overview of the day's technical sessions at the
Morning Technical Briefings
- • 12
interactive workshops and panel discussions as
well as 15 tutorials
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Technical sessions and posters across two
extraordinary sessions
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Trends, insights and analyses by leaders in the
field on what's in store for networks and telcos
at the free-access-for-all Service Provider
Summit and Market
- WATCH AND SEE THE SHOW
As a result of
participant feedback, a number of program
schedule changes have been made to the OFC/NFOEC
Schedule. Please refer to Schedule-at-a-Glance
below for event and program times and dates.
Watch
World Class Exhibition
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Nearly 550 exhibitors expected
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Industry and service provider programming on the
show floor
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Interactive demonstration
stations
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New product introductions
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Earliest previews of the most innovative new
services
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Career Center available to employers and job
seekers
Part
02
/ Timeline
- History of Fiber
The World's Most Comprehensive Optical
Communications Event OFC/NFOEC 2006 Anaheim, CA
March 5 &endash; 10 www.ofcnfoec.org OFC and NFOEC
joined forces in May 2005 to create one
comprehensive optical communications event to reach
every audience from service providers to optical
equipment manufacturers and beyond. Now in its
second year, OFC/NFOEC offers the optical
communications community one conference and
exhibition that addresses every level of the field.
Milestones
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• 1975 -- The
first OFC, known then as Optical Fiber Transmission
(OFT), takes place in Williamsburg,
Virginia.
• 1979
-- OFT changes its name
to Optical Fiber Communication
(OFC).
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1985 -- The first
National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC)
was hosted by the newly formed RBOCs and what was
then Bellcore. 1995 &endash; The Commercial
Technology program was introduced at OFC to provide
a high level take on industry
developments.
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2000 - 2002 --
OFC was named Tradeshow Week's fastest growing
association show in North
America.
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2003 -- OFC launches the
Service Provider Summit and OFC's Market Watch:
Business and
Technology™.
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2005 -- OFC and NFOEC
join forces to create the world's most
comprehensive optical communications
event.
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2006 -- OFC/NFOEC
continues to serve as industry bellwether,
delivering ground-breaking programming and the
latest in technological
innovation.
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About the Sponsors Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers/Communications Society
(IEEE/ComSoc) --
IEEE/ComSoc is a Community comprised of
a diverse group of industry professionals with a
common interest in advancing all communications
technologies. To that end, the Society sponsors
publications, conferences, educational programs,
local activities, and technical
committees.
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Visit IEEE/ComSoc at www.comsoc.org.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers/Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
(IEEE/LEOS) --
IEEE/LEOS is focused on advancing the
interests of its members and the laser,
optoelectronics, and photonics professional
community by: providing opportunities for
information exchange, continuing education, and
professional growth; publishing journals,
sponsoring conferences, and supporting local
chapter and student activities; formally
recognizing the professional contributions of
members; representing the laser, optoelectronics,
and photonics community and serving as its advocate
within the IEEE, the broader scientific and
technical community, and society at large. Visit
IEEE/LEOS at
www.i-leos.org.
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Optical Society of America (OSA)
-- Representing more
than 15,000 members from approximately 100
different countries, OSA promotes the worldwide
generation, application and dissemination of optics
and photonics knowledge through its meetings,
events and journals. Since its founding in 1916,
OSA member benefits, programming, publications,
products and services have set the industry's
standard of excellence. Visit OSA at
www.osa.org.
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FACTS ABOUT OFC/NFOEC
2006
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Exhibitors: Approx. 565 (Approx. 40 percent
International from 25 countries) Exhibit Space:
127,000 net square feet Paper Submissions: 1,068
(122 NFOEC-specific
submissions)
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Speakers: Keynotes by Bran Ferren Chief
Creative Officer Applied Minds, Inc.,
USA;
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Henry J. Kafka Chief
Architect
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BellSouth Corporation, USA; and G. Keith
Cambron
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Senior Vice
President
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AT&T Labs, USA Sessions: 105 General
Chairs: Patrick Iannone, AT&T Labs - Research,
USA Thomas Strasser, Nistica, Inc.,
USA
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Technical Program
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Committee Chairs: Loudon Blair, Ciena Corp.,
USA
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Joseph Ford, Univ. of California at San
Diego, USA
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Rolf Frantz, Consultant,
USA
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Sponsors: IEEE/ComSoc, IEEE/LEOS, OSA
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Editor's Note / The Optical Fiber
Communication Conference & Exposition and
the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
(OFC/NFOEC) is the premier international event
for both the science and business of optical
communications, with a comprehensive technical
program and the largest all-optical business
exhibition. There's no greater value in the
industry.
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Conference
agenda, abstracts, and key to authors now
available to download in pdf format.
- Searchable
Conference Program Available Online
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Browse
OFC and NFOEC speakers, short courses and the
agenda of sessions. Please see the choices on
the blue menu bar.
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Build your own itinerary using the Online
Conference Program.
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Use Browse to search sessions by type, category
or day
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Use Advanced Search to search by author, title,
category and more
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Plan and print your personal itinerary before
coming to the conference
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Download your personal itinerary to your
PDA
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You
may search the session information without
creating an account; however, you will not be
able to create or save a session schedule. We
strongly recommend that you create a user
account
first.
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Download
the OFC/NFOEC Conference Brochure for an
overview of the
program.
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Comprehensive
Programming
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More than 85 invited presenters
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More than 45 short courses offered with 7 new
titles
- •
Our not-to-be-missed Plenary Session
- • 12
interactive workshops and panel discussions as
well as 15 tutorials
- •
Technical sessions and posters across two
extraordinary sessions
- •
Trends, insights and analyses by leaders in the
field on what's in store for networks and telcos
at the free-access-for-all Service Provider
Summit and Market
Watch
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Morning
Technical
Briefings
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Come
have coffee with OFC/NFOEC Subcommittee Chairs
and get a general overview of the day's
technical sessions. Learn what is being covered
and why it is significant to the program.
Developed for newcomers and other attendees who
are new to a subject area, these briefings are
open to all registrants! Light food and coffee
will be served. View the abstracts online.
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10G NETWORKS HELP BROADBAND SERVICES GROW
FASTER THAN
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MOORE'S
LAW
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Bob Harris of Time Warner Cable will discuss
the architecture of large-scale fiber-optics-based
10G networks able to deliver such services as
voice, video, and Internet service to regional,
community, and government customers. High-bandwidth
networks operating with multiple optical channels,
where each channel is 10G-enabled, Harris says,
offers compelling economics in the delivery of
services across local, metropolitan, and regional
networks.
Providers are now able to offer new services and
support the rising traffic demands that are
increasing at a rate greater than Moore's law
(i.e., more than doubling every 18 months). Paper
OTuJ1, "10G-Enabled Optical Network Architecture
Directions for Video, Voice and Data: An MSO
Perspective."
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