OSA NEWS
February 25, 2005
**MEDIA ADVISORY**
2005 OSA Executive Forum: Driving Fiber to the User – Annual Executive-Level Telecom Event to Feature Industry Luminaries
What: The optical communication industry's top senior executives provide unique insights into bringing fiber optics to customers' buildings and to their local area networks at the OSA 2005 Executive Forum: Driving Fiber to the User.
http://www.osa.org/partner/network/
When/Where: March 6 – 7, 2005 at the Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA
Event Details: OSA 2005 Executive Forum: Driving Fiber to the User - Communications industry executives and financial market leaders gather to analyze today's business environment and share projections on tomorrow's trends.
The advent of bringing fiber to nodes, homes and premises will offer users innovative telecommunications services beyond what we can only imagine today. Outside the U.S. – from Israel to Japan , China and the U.K. – the development and growth of fiber optic networks continues to rise.
The drive to push optical technology doesn't stop when the fiber reaches the building. Growing demand for Ethernet, IP and video services in businesses around the world are creating opportunities for new fiber, connector and system technologies for premises applications, including SANs and data centers.
Unlike other “executive-level” events, the Forum's topics and speakers are organized by a diverse group of business leaders working in the industry and hosted by the Optical Society of America. Session topics include:
- Cabling Advances for FTTx
- Component Opportunities in FTTx
- RBOC Approaches to FTTx: Verizon and SBC
- State of the Industry
- Investors Panel
These panels feature preeminent names in FTTx advancements. Join us to hear those on the pulse of the technology speak about how advancements in FTTx will change the way we live, work and do business. Speakers include:
- Brian Whitton, executive director, Access Technologies, Verizon
- Andrew Vought, CEO, Broadlight
- Scott Wilkinson, assistant vice president, Hitachi Telecom
- Ariel Maislos, president and co-founder, Passavé
- Gene Edmon, executive director, Broadband Access, SBC
The 2005 Executive Forum is presented by OSA and LIGHTWAVE magazine and sponsored by Intel Capital and Morgenthaler Ventures.
Registration: Registration for the 2005 Executive Forum: Driving Fiber to the User is open and can be accessed online here
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