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27 February 2013
OSA's 2013 Executive Forum to Feature Optical Communications Leaders on Network Growth, Software-Defined Networking, Future of Broadband and More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Lyndsay Meyer
The Optical Society
+1.202.416.1435
lmeyer@osa.org
OSA's 2013 Executive Forum to Feature Optical Communications Leaders on Network Growth, Software-Defined Networking, Future of Broadband and More
Gathering of senior-level telecom executives includes keynotes from Facebook, CenturyLink
WHAT: The 15th annual Executive Forum, sponsored by the Optical Society (OSA) and collocated with OFC/NFOEC, brings together optical communications industry leaders to discuss opportunities and challenges in the field. Attendees gain insight and analysis on emerging trends and financial outlooks, while networking and connecting with fellow industry executives. Topics this year include software-defined networking, massively scalable optical networks, optical components, and the future of broadband access networks.
WHEN/WHERE: Monday, March 18, 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Hilton Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif.
- Keynote Addresses: 8:45 – 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
- Panels: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- Program includes breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and evening reception.
- Keynote Presentation, featuring
- Najam Ahmad, director, Network Engineering, Facebook
Ahmad will address how the inner-workings of a social network's infrastructure drives network technology choices and evolution.
- Najam Ahmad, director, Network Engineering, Facebook
- Keynote Presentation: The Optical Backbone – What do we need?, featuring
- Pieter Poll, senior vice president, National Network Planning, Engineering, and Construction, CenturyLink
Poll will discuss traffic demands and trends that carriers are observing. The current marketplace dictates that optical unit costs must scale to provide for relatively flat capital expenditure. Does this remain true in the near future, and what does that mean for the carrier industry and the equipment and component supplier industries? What technologies do the carriers want to deploy into the network that they can’t today?
- Pieter Poll, senior vice president, National Network Planning, Engineering, and Construction, CenturyLink
- Building Massively Scalable Optical Networks, featuring:
- Stuart Elby, chief technologist of digital media services, Verizon
- Mattias Fridstrom, vice president & head of technology, TeliaSonera International Carrier
- Vijay Gill, general manager, Global Foundation Services, Microsoft
- David Welch, executive vice president & chief strategy officer, Infinera
- The Future of Broadband Access Networks: Towards 1Gbps and Beyond?, featuring:
- Ed Harstead, leader, Technology Excellence Center, Chief Technology Office, Fixed Networks Division, Alcatel-Lucent
- Milo Medin, vice president, Access Services, Google
- Jorge D. Salinger, vice president, Access Network Architecture, Comcast Cable
- The Adaptable Optical Layer: Software’s Impact on Optical Communications, featuring:
- Stephen B. Alexander, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Ciena
- David Husak, CEO and founder, Plexxi
- Robert Keys, chief technology officer, BTI Systems
- Bikash Koley, principal architect and manager, Network Architecture, Google
- David Ward, chief architect & CTO, Engineering, Cisco
- The Future of the Optical Component Industry – Driven by Technology Challenges or in Need of a Business Model Tune-Up?, featuring:
- Alain Couder, chairman of the board and CEO, Oclaro, Inc.
- Bill Gartner, vice president and general manager, High-End Routing and Optical Group, Cisco Systems
- Jim Hjartarson, CEO, OneChip Photonics Inc.
- Karen Liu, principal analyst, Components, Ovum
- Jerry Rawls, executive chairman, Finisar
PRESS/ANALYST REGISTRATION: Members of the press and analyst community who are interested in attending should contact Lyndsay Meyer at lmeyer@osa.org.
