Industry Resources

Program

See below for access to Keynote Speakers videos and Speaker presentations ( pdf).

Keynote Speakers:

• Najam Ahmad, Vice President, Infrastructure, Facebook- View the presentation video and download the slides .
• Pieter Poll, Senior Vice President – National Network Planning, Engineering, and Construction, CenturyLink - View the presentation video and download the slides .

Panel 1: Building Massively Scalable Optical Networks

Speakers

• Stuart Elby, Chief Technologist of Digital Media Services, Verizon (view the slides )
• Mattias Fridstrom, Vice President & Head of Technology, TeliaSonera International Carrier (view the slides )
• Vijay Gill, General Manager, Global Foundation Services, Microsoft
• David Welch, Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer – Infinera (view the slides )

Panel 2: The Future of Broadband Access Networks: Towards 1Gbps and Beyond?

Speakers

• Ed Harstead, Leader, Technology Excellence Center, Chief Technology Office, Fixed Networks Division, Alcatel-Lucent (view the slides )
• Milo Medin, Vice President, Access Services, Google
• Jorge D. Salinger, Vice President, Access Network Architecture, Comcast Cable

Panel 3: The Adaptable Optical Layer: Software’s Impact on Optical Communications

Speakers

• Stephen B. Alexander, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Ciena (view the slides )
• David Husak, CEO and Founder, Plexxi (view the slides )
• Robert Keys, Chief Technology Officer – BTI Systems (view the slides )
• Bikash Koley, Principal Architect and Manager, Network Architecture, Google Inc. (view the slides )
• David Ward, Chief Architect & CTO, Engineering, Cisco

Panel 4: The Future of the Optical Component Industry – Driven by Technology Challenges or in Need of a Business Model Tune-Up

Speakers

• Alain Couder, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Oclaro, Inc. (view the slides )
• Bill Gartner, Vice President and General Manager of High End Routing & Optical Group, Cisco (view the slides )
• Jim Hjartarson, CEO, OneChip Photonics Inc. (view the slides )
• Karen Liu, Principal Analyst, Components, Ovum (view the slides )
• Jerry Rawls, Executive Chair, Finisar (view the slides )

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