OFC is the largest global conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals. The program is comprehensive — from research to marketplace, from components to systems and networks and from technical sessions to the exhibition. OFC draws attendees from all corners of the globe to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move the industry forward.

Exhibition booths:

• JePPIX – 2216
• Ficontec – 4725
• Fraunhofer HHI – 4519
• Photon Design – 4239
• VLC Photonics – 2131
• SMART Photonics – 5217
• LioniX International – 4916
• VPIphotonics – 4039
• Synopsys – 2229
• Ansys – 4708
• Luceda Photonics – 4920

Conference activities:

• Short Courses
  Monday / March 6 / 9:00-12:00: Peter O’Brien, Tyndall National Institute, “Design, Manufacturing, and Packaging of Opto-electronic Modules
• Invited Speakers:
  Monday / March 6 / 8:00-8:30 / Room 3: Yuqing Jiao, TU/e, “Polarization-Insensitive Isolators and Circulators on InP Photonics”
  Wednesday / March 8 / 9:30-10:00 / Room 1AB: Patrick Runge, Fraunhofer HHI, “High-Speed Photodetectors”
• Rump SessionTuesday / March 7 / 19:30-21:30 / Room 6F: Martin Schell, Fraunhofer HHI, “Is the Silicon Photonics Platform about to be Standardized, Diversified or Supplanted?”
• Special Session ‘Photonics for Visible Wavelenghts’Wednesday / March 8 / 14:00-14:20 / Room 2: Douwe Geuzebroek, LioniX International, “From Device to Module: Silicon-Nitride for Visible Light”