IPC: The Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society
2020-09-28 - 2020-10-01 | Online
The IEEE Photonics Conference offers technical presentations by the world’s leading scientists and engineers in the areas of lasers, optoelectronics, optical fiber networks and associated lightwave technologies and applications. IPC will be held as a virtual conference during its originally planned dates, 28 September – 1 October 2020.
The virtual program will be accessible on the conference website. Advance registration is strongly suggested.
Don’t miss Acacia’s Chris Doerr, present in the Coherent Optics in the Data Center workshop.
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CableTec Expo
2020-10-12 - 2020-10-16 | Online
This event will mark the first all-digital presentation of the largest cable telecommunications and technology event in the Americas. Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, and the SCTE Foundation (others to be announced) have joined together as presenting sponsors to make Cable-Tec Expo 2020 free for all attendees.
This virtual format will enable a larger, more diverse group of professionals to take part in the industry’s signature event from their homes and offices around the world. This year’s Fall Technical Forum, the educational heart of the show, draws on a record of 267 thought leadership abstracts exploring artificial intelligence, operational transformation, advancements to cable’s 10G platform, lessons learned from COVID-19, and more.
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5G Transport & Networking Strategies
2020-11-03 - 2020-11-05 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
With the completion of 3GPP Release 16 this summer, 5G moves into an exciting new phase of advanced use cases and rich possibilities for consumers and, increasingly, enterprises. To meet these demands, however, operators must invest in the network connectivity that will underpin 5G, for both today’s and tomorrow’s services. For the last three years, 5G Transport & Networking Strategies has focused on this critical topic and has been one of Light Reading’s fastest growing and most engaging live events. This year, the event moves to a virtual format, but it retains the same commitment to high-quality and tightly focused content that Light Reading uniquely delivers.
Don’t miss the Transport Architecture Evolution for 5G Phase 2 Services session featuring Acacia’s own Tom Williams, VP of Marketing at 1:20 pm – 2:00 pm ET on Thursday, November 5, 2020.
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NGON & DCI World
2020-12-01 - 2020-12-03 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
This is the only event that brings together all the key players in optical networking. Make sure that you do not miss out on meeting the right people, gain the right exposure for your solution or build decision maker contacts for your network.
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Don’t miss the Next Generation Optics for Increased Capacity session on Tuesday, Dec 1 at 9:40 am ET featuring Acacia’s VP of Marketing, Tom Williams.
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ECOC
2020-12-06 - 2020-12-10 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
ECOC is the leading European conference in the field of optical communication, and one of the most prestigious and long-standing events in this field. Here, the latest progress in optical communication technologies will be reported in selected papers, keynotes, presentations and special symposia.
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Don’t miss the Market Watch Session: A Path to Next Generation Coherent on Monday, Dec 7th at 11am ET featuring Acacia’s VP of Marketing, Tom Williams.
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Webinar: Pluggable Coherent Modems: The Future is Here
2021-05-13 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
Join Omdia, Acacia and others for a free webinar “Pluggable coherent modems: The future is here” to learn how coherent pluggables can enable network operators to expand network bandwidth and lower their capex and operating costs.
Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021
Time: 8 am San Francisco / 11 am New York / 4 pm London
Duration: 45 min + Q&A
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Free Report
Everyone who registers for this webinar will receive a special report by Senior Principal Analyst Timothy Munks. A download link will be sent to you and the report will also be available to download from the live webinar console.
If you are unable to attend this session, feel free to register and a link to the recording will be sent to you afterwards.
Key Topics for Discussion

Understand use cases and applications for coherent pluggable modems
Learn about efficient, application-optimized IP-optical solutions
Gain insights into networking, operational, and deployment considerations for pluggable coherent modems
Access research on how pluggable modems are forecast to grow over the period of 2020-2025
Answers to audience questions during live Q&A

OFC 2021
2021-06-06 - 2021-06-10 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
The Premier Event in Telecom and Data Center Optics
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.
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Acacia, now part of Cisco, experts will present during the following sessions:
Status of Optoelectronics Multi-chip Modules in Acacia, Long Chen
Sunday, June 6, 2021 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
Market Watch Panel III: Terabit WDM Channels: Beyond 100GBaud Operation, Tom Williams
Tuesday, 08 June 14:30 – 16:00 PDT
Challenges of Coherent Transponders Approaching the Shannon Limit, Christian Rasmussen
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Next Generation Optical Interfaces, an IEEE and Industry Update, Tom Williams
Wednesday, 09 June 13:30 – 14:30 PDT
400ZR Deployment and What’s Next – an OIF Update, Tom Williams
Friday, 11 June 11:30 – 13:00 PDT
Silicon Photonic Based Stacked Die Assembly, Ying Zhao
Friday, June 11 6:30 AM PDT
Silicon Photonic ZR/ZR+ DCO-CFP2 Interface for DCI and Metro-Regional 400G Optical Communications, Orange Labs
Date and Time TBD

OptiNet China
2021-06-16 - 2021-06-17 | JW Marriott Hotel Beijing Central, No. 18 Xuanwumenwai Street, Xicheng District., Beijing, 100052, China
Optical networking, transport, and DCI technologies are now more essential than ever to support and meet the growing needs of 5G, cloud services, and other major infrastructure projects. Join leading industry experts to discuss their latest developments at the upcoming OptiNet China Conference 2021.
Explore how the wide array of systems, sub-systems, modules, components, and DCI’s are evolving. An educational program spotlights these exciting innovations.
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At the event, Fenghai Liu, Director of Product Line Management at Acacia will present “Coherent Evolving to Shorter Reaches”
Date: June 17, 2021
Time 14:15
Once considered a long-haul technology, coherent is now firmly entrenched in the metro and moving to even shorter reaches. Today’s coherent technology solutions offer a smaller footprint and lower power consumption driven by advancements in silicon photonics and by leveraging infrastructure utilizing high-volume manufacturing processes from the electronics world, applying integration and co-packaging techniques.
To meet the rising consumer demand for bandwidth in a cost-effective and operationally efficient way, network operators are looking to both pluggable and co-packaged optical coherent solutions at shorter reaches depending on their application requirements. As data rates are increasing from 400G to 800G and even 1.6T, these coherent solutions can provide the scalability, flexibility, operational simplicity and cost advantages that network operators need to address their evolving network needs.
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ECOC 2021
2021-09-13 - 2021-09-16 | Palais de l’Atlantique (P2A) – Porte C, Cours Charles Bricaud, Bordeaux, 33300
ECOC is the largest conference on optical communications in Europe, and one of the most prestigious and long-standing events in this field worldwide. After the Brussel 2020 virtual edition, ECOC returns to France for its 47th edition. The ECOC 2021 conference, along with the exhibition, will take place in the city of Bordeaux at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre, in the heart of the wine region, less than 2 hours away from most European capitals.
Don’t miss Acacia’s Market Focus presentation:
Title: Next Steps in Coherent Interface Standardization
Speaker Name: Tom Williams, Director of Marketing
Day: Wednesday 15th September
Time slot: 11:30:00 AM – 12:00:00 PM
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IPC Conference
2021-10-18 - 2021-10-21 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
As the IEEE Photonics Society’s flagship meeting, the IEEE Photonics Conference’s topics cover vast technical areas within the photonics community and the interests of our members. Attendees will be able to participate in Plenaries, Invited Talks, Panel Discussions, Tutorial Sessions, Special Symposia and Industry Day, and Virtual Outreach Events across the conference’s topical areas.
Don’t miss Acacia’s workshop presentation:
Workshop: Feeding the Beast: the Constant Need for Higher Bandwidth Optical Interconnects
Panelist: Tom Williams, Marketing Director
Day: Tuesday, 19 October
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm EDT
Tom will share details on extending optical bandwidth with coherent technologies and Acacia’s vision to drive the industry forward in this area.
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LightReading Optical Networking Digital Symposium
2022-02-08 - 2022-02-10 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
In this Light Reading online two-day event, Heavy Reading optical analysts will lead a discussion among leading edge CSPs and network hardware and software suppliers to discuss the most significant trends driving optical networking in 2022 and beyond.
Acacia is a Gold Sponsor on Day 1- Session 1:
DCI and Metro Connections in the Coherent Pluggable Age at 11:00 am ET.
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OFC 2022
2022-03-06 - 2022-03-10 | reduce
OFC is the Premier Event in Telecom and Data Center Optics
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. For over 40 years, OFC has drawn attendees from all corners of the globe to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move the industry forward.
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Acacia, now part of Cisco, experts will present during the following sessions:
Single-Carrier Versus Multi-Carrier for >800G Coherent Optics: A Revived Debate After a Decade
Sunday, 06 March Time 16:00 – 18:30
Ian Dedic, Distinguished Engineer
How will 200G (and beyond) per Lambda IM/DD Compete with Coherent Technology for Intra-DC Applications
Sunday, 06 March Time 16:00 – 18:30
Mark Heimbuch, Principal Engineer
What are the Parallelization Technologies for Cost and Energy Efficient 1.6Tb Links?
Tuesday, 08 March 14:00 – 16:00
Hongbin Zhang, Principal Engineer
What are the Parallelization Technologies for Cost and Energy Efficient 1.6Tb Links?
Tuesday, 08 March 14:00 – 16:00
Long Chen, Director of Engineering
Deployment of 400ZR and the Ongoing OIF Work to Define 800ZR/LR
Wednesday, 09 March 12:00 – 13:00
Theater II
Tom Williams, Sr. Director of Marketing
Market Watch Panel V: Evolution of Coherent Transceiver Architectures for Specific Applications
Thursday, 10 March 10:30 – 12:00
Theater I
Anuj Malik, Director, Product and Strategy
OpenZR+: Enabling High-performance Router-based Optics
Thursday, 10 March 11:30 – 12:30
Theater III
Tom Williams, Sr. Director of Marketing

Cisco Live
2022-06-12 - 2022-06-16 | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Cisco Live is the place to be to meet, greet, learn, and share ways of solving some of the biggest challenges out there. Let’s get back together to build community, share experiences, and discover solutions. We can’t wait to see you!
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Don’t miss “Coherent Pluggables: Revolutionizing Optical Infrastructure – PSOSPG-2010” presented by Tom Williams, Director, Product Management and Strategy
Network switch capacity continues to double every 2-3 years. Cisco’s announcement of the Silicon One™ G100 boasts a 25.6T switching capacity! Over the last 10 years, coherent technology has advanced at an even faster pace, with cost, power and size per bit improvements of over 40x. The transition to Routed Optical Network architectures requires support for coherent interconnects in the same form factors as client optics to satisfy growing bandwidth demands in a cost-effective and operationally efficient way. 400G coherent interfaces in QSFP-DD have enabled this form factor parity. This session will provide an overview of coherent technology innovations that will support this model going forward.
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NGON & DCI World
2022-06-21 - 2022-06-23 | Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 144, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
NGON & DCI World provides the global go-to meeting place for optical networking professionals to formulate and benchmark strategic and technical frameworks, learn about new technologies on the horizon and equipping their network with the best possible operating strategy and technology advancements, to operate ahead of the competitive curve.
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OptiNet China
2022-08-03 - 2022-08-04
At the upcoming OptiNet China Conference 2022, you have an unparalleled opportunity to explore them along with the cutting-edge research, new product innovations, and optical developments that you need to consider adopting for your future performance and efficiency requirements. Join the thought leaders and global optical industry experts over two exciting days of knowledge sharing and discussion by registering today!
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ECOC 2022
2022-09-18 - 2022-09-22 | Congress Center Basel, Messepl. 21, Basel, 4058, Switzerland
The ECOC Exhibition is the largest optical communications exhibition in Europe, held each September in a different European city, the event is the key meeting place for decision makers from across the fibre optic communications technology industry.
Now approaching its 25th year, the exhibition now attracts over 6,000 decision makers from all around the world – bringing together manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to networking, gain insights on the latest developments, new products and trends in the industry.
Alongside over 300 international exhibitors, the exhibition is full with interactive features and seminars. Live demonstrations are provided in the FTTx Village and free training sessions cover fusion splicing and fibre preparation tools. The extremely popular Market Focus theatre includes thought provoking presentations from some of the most innovative and forward-thinking companies working in optics today discussing the key issues facing the market.
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Cisco Live
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-09 | Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Service Provider Summit Day 2
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Eureka Rooms 1 & 2, MCEC
9:15am – 10:00am
Innovations in Coherent Optics for Efficient Network Architectures
Anuj Malik – Director, Product Management & Strategy, Cisco
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Webinar: Pluggable Coherent Beyond the DCI Universe
2022-12-13 12:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
Webinar Overview:

Date / Time: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 12:00 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. London
Network operators are now embracing the promise of coherent pluggables to enable new architectures including IP over DWDM that help reduce capex and opex. Newer coherent pluggable options such as Bi-Directional, 400ZR+ and high launch power solutions are expanding applications. In this webinar, representatives from several network operators explain the real-world applications for 100G, 200G and 400G coherent pluggable modules in their networks.
Topics will include:

Network operator perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of deploying coherent pluggables
Key applications for new Bright high launch power (i.e., 0 dBm) pluggable optics v
Use cases and architecture approaches for DCI, metro, and access application

Speakers:
Sterling Perrin, Senior Principal Analyst – Optical Networks & Transport, Heavy Reading | bio
Tom Williams, Sr. Director of Marketing, Acacia | bio
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OFC 2023
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-09 | reduce
OFC is the Premier Event in Telecom and Data Center Optics
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.
A Hybrid Conference – In-Person and Virtual Presentations
Technical Conference: 05 – 09 March 2023
Exhibition: 07 – 09 March 2023
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Cisco Live
2023-06-04 - 2023-06-08 | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Cisco Live is the place to be to meet, greet, learn, and share ways of solving some of the biggest challenges out there. Let’s get back together to build community, share experiences, and discover solutions. We can’t wait to see you!
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Don’t miss “Coherent Pluggables: Revolutionizing Optical Infrastructure – PSOSPG-2010” presented by Tom Williams, Director, Product Management and Strategy
Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Time: 10:30 – 11:00 am PT
Location: PSO Theater 1
Network switch capacity continues to double every 2-3 years. Cisco’s announcement of the Silicon One™ G100 boasts a 25.6T switching capacity! Over the last 10 years, coherent technology has advanced at an even faster pace, with cost, power and size per bit improvements of over 40x. The transition to Routed Optical Network architectures requires support for coherent interconnects in the same form factors as client optics to satisfy growing bandwidth demands in a cost-effective and operationally efficient way. 400G coherent interfaces in QSFP-DD have enabled this form factor parity. This session will provide an overview of coherent technology innovations that will support this model going forward.
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OptiNet China Conference 2023
2023-06-14 - 2023-06-15 | JW Marriott Hotel Beijing Central, No. 18 Xuanwumenwai Street, Xicheng District., Beijing, 100052, China
At the upcoming OptiNet China Conference 2023, you have an unparalleled opportunity to explore them along with the cutting-edge research, new product innovations, and optical developments that you need to consider adopting for your future performance and efficiency requirements. Join the thought leaders and global optical industry experts over two exciting days of knowledge sharing and discussion.
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ECOC 2023
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-05 | Scottish Event Campus Ltd, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 8YW
The ECOC Exhibition is the largest optical communications exhibition in Europe, held each fall in a different European city, the event is the key meeting place for decision makers from across the fibre optic communications technology industry.
Now running for over 25 years, the exhibition attracts over 6,000 decision makers from all around the world – bringing together manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to networking, gain insights on the latest developments, new products and trends in the industry.
Alongside over 300 international exhibitors, the exhibition is full with interactive features and seminars. The extremely popular Market Focus theatre includes thought provoking presentations from some of the most innovative and forward-thinking companies working in optics today discussing the key issues facing the market and Product Focus theatre covering the latest innovative products, live demonstrations and technology announcements.
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Don’t miss Acacia’s session:
Market Focus
Coherent Optics – Changing architectures and emerging market segments
Monday, October 2, 13:00-13:15
Tom Williams
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OFC 2024
2024-03-24 - 2024-03-28 | reduce
OFC is the Premier Event in Telecom and Data Center Optics
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.
A Hybrid Conference – In-Person and Virtual Presentations
Technical Conference: March 24 – 28, 2024
Exhibition: March 26 – 28, 2024
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA
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Acacia Experts Presenting at OFC 2024
Are Coherent Transceivers About to Experience a Bandwidth Crunch?
Speaker: Long Chen, Acacia
Date/Time: Sunday, March 24, 13:00 – 15:30
Where: Room 6E
Coherent Optics for Next Generation 100G/200G PON: Single-Carrier or Multi-Carrier?
Speaker: Tom Williams, Acacia
Date/Time: Sunday, March 24, 16:00 – 18:30
Where: Room 6E
Executive Forum at OFC 2024
Status of Photonic-enabled Modules and Interconnects
Speaker: Tom Williams, Acacia
Date/Time: Monday, March 25, 10:45-12:00
Where: Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel
Data Center Summit Panel II: Lowering Power Consumption in Optical Solutions
Organizer: Tom Williams, Acacia
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 26, 14:15 – 15:45
Where: Theater II
CableLabs: Empowering Access Networks with Coherent Optics
Speaker: Tom Williams, Acacia
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 27, 11:30 – 12:30
Where: Theater II
10 Years of Coherent DWDM Pluggables: Past, Present and Future
Speaker: Christian Rasmussen, Acacia
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 27, 3:00-4:00 pm
Where: Room 3E
Coherent Optics Unleashed: From 400ZR Success to 800ZR/LR Advancements and 1600ZR Kick-off
Speaker: Tom Williams, Acacia
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 27, 4:00-5:00 pm
Where: Theater I
Acacia Accepted Papers at OFC 2024
M3I. Transmission Optimization
Title: Optical Network Design with High Symbol Rate Flexible Coherent
Transceivers
Authors: Philippe Jennevé, Valeria Arlunno, Acacia
Date/Time: Monday, March 25, 2024; 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Room 7
W3H. Large Capacity Interconnect
Title: Real-Time 1.2Tb/s Large Capacity DCI Transmission
Authors: Hongbin Zhang, Shaoliang Zhang, Timo Pfau, Ahmed Awadalla,
Mehmet Aydinlik, Jonas Geyer, Acacia
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 27, 2024; 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Room 6F

Cisco Live
2024-06-02 - 2024-06-06 | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Cisco Live ignites creativity, delivers practical know-how, and accelerates the connections that fuel the digital future. Join us in person, digitally, or on demand.
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Acacia Expert Presenting at Cisco Live 2024
Transform the Cost Structure of High- Bandwidth Transport Networks with Converged Optical and Routing
Speaker: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Strategy & Management
Date/Time: June 4, 2024; 4:30-5:00 pm
Transform how you architect high-traffic networks using coherent pluggable optics. With Cisco Routed Optical Networking, today’s dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) functionality can be implemented directly in 400G QSFP-DD router and switch ports. It enables you to benefit from dramatically lower cost-per-bit and improved sustainability. This session will explore use cases across data center interconnect, metro, and WAN that can help simplify, scale, and increase the efficiency of your transport network.
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OptiNet China Conference 2024
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-20 | JW Marriott Hotel Beijing Central, No. 18 Xuanwumenwai Street, Xicheng District., Beijing, 100052, China
We stand at the precipice of an exciting new era in optical networking, where innovation and advancements hold the key to unlocking a future of unparalleled connectivity and performance. The 2024 OptiNet China Conference is proud to be a catalyst for this advancement, bringing together a diverse community of experts and professionals passionate about shaping the future of this vital technology.
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ECOC Exhibition
2024-09-22 - 2024-09-26 | Messe Frankfurt – Frankfurt, Germany, Germany
The ECOC Exhibition is the key meeting place for everyone in the fiber optic communication technology industry, attracting over 6,500 decision-makers from across the industry.
Acacia Experts Presenting at ECOC 2024
Workshop: How Will AI Affect Future Transmission Systems?
Acacia speaker: Timo Pfau, Principal Engineer
Date/Time: Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 14:00
Market Focus: CMIS – Is Plug-and-Play Possible?
Acacia speaker: Doug Cattarusa, Technical Marketing Engineer
Date/Time: Monday, September 23, 2024, 14:40 – 14:55

Cisco Live
2025-02-09 - 2025-02-14 | RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AI takes center stage at Cisco Live 2025 Amsterdam, empowering you to expand your horizons and immersing you in the next wave of Cisco’s transformative technologies. Learn to work faster, safer, and smarter and become part of the movement that will Go Beyond what’s possible.
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Acacia Expert Presenting at Cisco Live 2025 Amsterdam

Advancements and Applications of Coherent Pluggable Technology in High Bandwidth Transport Networks
Speaker: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Strategy & Management
Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb 12 at 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CET in session room D203
Coherent pluggable technology has emerged as a pivotal solution, integrating coherent optics into pluggable transceivers. This innovation offers a scalable, flexible, and cost-effective approach to meet the increasing demand for bandwidth. This presentation will delve into the technical underpinnings of coherent pluggable technology, including key components such as tunable lasers, high-speed ADC/DACs, and sophisticated DSP algorithms. It will also explore the performance metrics, such as data rates, reach, and power consumption, comparing them with traditional coherent solutions. Furthermore, the session will highlight real-world deployment scenarios, case studies, and future trends, underscoring the transformative impact of coherent pluggables leading to convergence of IP and Optical layers.
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Light Reading Optical Networking Digital Symposium: Driving Coherent Pluggables Across Data Centers and Metro Networks
2025-02-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event
Optical networking innovation continues at a rapid pace as the industry moves into 2025. This symposium focuses on two important areas of innovation for the coming years, each at different levels of maturity.
Globally, operators are under tremendous pressure to boost revenues, a requirement that is becoming particularly urgent as operators invest heavily in networks and spectrum licenses for 5G. Transport networks have a vital role to play in differentiated services and new revenue opportunities supporting 5G mobility and the edge and underpinning advanced wireline services.
Coherent pluggables have come a long way since the first 400ZR modules were introduced in late 2019. The development of ZR+ modules and open specifications for longer reach, and more flexible applications, has added to the attraction of coherent pluggable modules for use in data center interconnect, metro and even long-haul networks.
As the second generation of coherent pluggables are being deployed in Networks, this session will explore the opportunities and challenges for service providers both today, and into the future.
This session will address:

Coherent pluggables today and the state of disaggregation.
Pushing coherent pluggable boundaries 800G ZR+ and Open ROADM
Interoperability, automation and the role of AI
The future of coherent pluggables including 1600ZR and 1600ZR+

Speakers

Simon Stanley, Analyst at Large, Components & Subsystems, Heavy Reading
Moran Roth, Director, Product Management, Juniper
Marc Stiller, VP Product Line Management, Lumentum
Anuj Malik, Director, Product Management and Strategy, Acacia

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OFC 2025
2025-03-30 - 2025-04-03 | Moscone Center, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
The 2025 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) is back to solidify its status as the premier global event for optical networking and communications. With over 13,500 expected registrants from 83+ countries, a showcase of more than 700 exhibiting global companies, and hundreds of sessions with industry-renowned and invited speakers, OFC 2025 is the main event and unparalleled gathering for industry professionals and the global hub for innovation and collaboration.

Technical Conference: March 30 – April 3, 2025
Exhibition: April 1 – 3, 2025
Moscone Center, San Francisco, California,, USA
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Acacia Experts Presenting at OFC 2025
Optica Executive Forum: Status of Photonic-enabled Modules and Interconnects
Acacia Speaker: Tom Williams, Vice President
Date/Time: Monday, March 31 at 10:35 – 11:50 am
Market Watch: Optical Modules, Transceivers and Applications
Acacia Speaker: Tom Williams, Vice President
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 1 at 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Network Operator Summit: NOS Panel I: Interoperation of Optical Pluggable Transceivers and IP/Optical Integration
Acacia Moderator: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Management & Strategy
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 2 at 10:45 – 12:15 pm
Show Floor Theater Session: Coherent Optics Unleashed: 400ZR Success to 800ZR/LR Advancements and 1600ZR/ZR+ Kick-Off
Acacia Speaker: Doug Cattarusa, Technical Marketing Engineer
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 2 at 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Market Watch: Optical Network Evolution for AI/ML, Architectures and Drivers
Acacia Speaker: Tom Williams, Vice President
Date/Time: Thursday, April 3 at 10:15 – 11:45 am
Poster/Demo: Demonstration of 400G Optical Interoperability in IP Over WDM Network Scenarios Over Single Span WDM System With and Without Optical Amplifiers (Th2A.63)
Acacia Organizer: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Management & Strategy
Date/Time: Thursday, April 3 at 10:30 am
Coherent Moving to Client Optics
Acacia Speaker: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
Date/Time: Thursday, April 3 at 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Acacia Accepted Papers at OFC 2025
Multi-rate PAM4 Silicon Photonic Based Receiver Assembly with -10dBm iFEC Sensitivity at 226Gb/s/λ and 125mW/Ch CMOS TIA
Presenting Author: Mahdi Parvizi, Principal Engineer
Date/Time: March 31, 2025 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location: Rooms 211-212 (Level 2)

OptiNet China
2025-06-04 - 2025-06-05 | JW Marriott Hotel Beijing Central, No. 18 Xuanwumenwai Street, Xicheng District., Beijing, 100052, China
As the digital age accelerates, optical networks are the critical backbone, powering industry connectivity and driving economic growth. OptiNet China has been at the forefront of optical networking innovation for a quarter-century. Our 25th annual event in Beijing brings together industry leaders to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and strategic partnerships.
