OFC 2026
As a global event, OFC provides startups with the opportunity to debut while industry leaders set the pace for the future. It includes unveiling pioneering trends that will define the industry’s trajectory and offer solutions to critical global issues such as quantum networking, artificial intelligence (AI), space optics and data center connectivity.
Acacia Experts Presenting at OFC 2026
Workshop: Will Coherent Pluggables Take Over Everything
Acacia Speaker: Timo Pfau, Principal Engineer
Date/Time: Sunday, March 15; 13:00-15:30 pm
Location: Room 408B
Optica Executive Forum: Scale Across Data Center Networks
Acacia Speaker: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
Date/Time: Monday, March 16; 8:50-10:10 am
Location: JW Marriott Los Angeles
Invited Speaker: Transmission Systems: Next-Generation Coherent Optical Transmission Systems and Practical Optimizations
Acacia Speaker: Wenting Yi, Optical Engineer
Date/Time: Monday, March 16; 10:30-11:00 am
Location: Room 408A
Symposium: Beyond the Atmosphere: Architectures and Technologies for Optical Space: Commercial Transceivers for Spaceborne Optical Networks
Acacia Speaker: John Jacobs, Senior Product Manager
Date/Time: Monday, March 16; 17:30-18:00 pm
Location: Room 515A
NOS Panel: Realizing IP over DWDM: Benefits, Challenges and Customer Deployments
Acacia Moderator: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Management & Strategy
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18; 10:45-12:15 pm
Location: Expo Theatre I
Special Event: Advanced Packaging and Co-Packaging for Efficient Optical Systems
Acacia Speaker: Ricardo Aroca, Distinguished Engineer
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18; 14:15-15:45 pm
Location: Expo Theatre I
Special Event: Architecting the AI Network Infrastructure at Scale
Acacia Speaker: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18; 16:00-17:00 pm
Location: Expo Theatre I
