UPCOMING EVENTS
NGON & 5G Transport 
May 30-June 1, 2023 – Cote d’Azur, France
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 – 9:00am-10:30am CEST
OIF Workshop – “OIF: Bringing Order to Chaos”
Presenters: Dave Brown, OIF Dir of Communications, Nokia and Karl Gass, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Optical Vice Chair
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 – 5:10pm-5:40pm CEST
OIF Panel – “IP-Optical with Coherent Optics”
Panelists: Karl Gass, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Optical Vice Chair; Edward Echeverry, Telefonica; Ian Redpath, Omdia
ECOC 2023
October 2-4, 2023 – Glasgow, Scotland
Stand #304
RECENT EVENTS
OFC 2023
March 7-9, 2023 – San Diego, CA
More info
Show Floor Program
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 – 1:00pm-2:00pm PT – Theater II
OIF Panel – “Defining 800ZR and 800LR; An OIF Update“
Moderator: Karl Gass, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group, Optical Vice Chair
Panelists: Josef Berger, Marvell; Sebastien Gareau, Ciena; Scott Wilkinson, Cignal AI; Tom Williams, Cisco Systems
Presentations:
Sebastien Gareau, Ciena
Scott Wilkinson, Cignal AI – click here to download
Tom Williams, Cisco Systems
Technology Showcase
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 – 3:00pm-4:00pm PT – Theater III
“Bringing Order to Chaos – OIF“
Join this dynamic session with Stephen Hardy, editorial director of Lightwave, and a panel of industry analysts and OIF experts as they discuss how OIF has helped bring order to a chaotic marketplace over the past 25 years and debate the challenges ahead for OIF and the optical networking industry.
Attendees will learn:
– How OIF’s member-driven model leverages collaboration and consensus to solve complex industry challenges
– What current and trending challenges are in play
Panelists:
Karl Gass, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Optical Vice Chair
Vladimir Kozlov, Founder and CEO, LightCounting
Sterling Perrin, Senior Principal Analyst, Optical Networks and Transport, Heavy Reading
Nathan Tracy, OIF Market Awareness & Education Committee Co-Chair, PLL; Technologist, System Architecture Team and Manager of Industry Standards, TE Connectivity
Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst, 650 Group
Show Floor Program
Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 12:15pm-1:15pm PT – Theater II
OIF Panel – “Enabling Next Generation Co-Packaging Solutions“
Moderator: Jeff Hutchins, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Co-Packaging Vice Chair and Board Member, Ranovus
Panelists: Kenneth Jackson, Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, USA; Yi Tang, Cisco Systems; Nathan Tracy, OIF Market Awareness & Education Committee Co-Chair PLL, TE Connectivity; Richard Ward, Astera Labs
DesignCon 2023 
January 31-February 2, 2023 – Santa Clara, CA
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – 4:45pm-6:00pm PT – Ballroom D
OIF Panel – “Enabling Next Generation Co-Packaging Solutions”
Moderator: Jeff Hutchins, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Co-Packaging Vice Chair and Board Member, Ranovus
Panelists: Kenneth Jackson, Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, USA; Yi Tang, Cisco; Nathan Tracy, OIF Market Awareness & Education Committee Co-Chair PLL, TE Connectivity; Richard Ward, Astera Labs
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 4:00pm-5:15pm PT – Ballroom G
OIF Panel – “Enabling Next Generation Architectures: 224 Gbps Electrical Interfaces”
Moderator: Nathan Tracy, OIF Market Awareness & Education Committee Co-Chair PLL,TE Connectivity
Panelists: John Calvin, Keysight Technologies; Mike Klempa, OIF PLL Interoperability WG Chair, Alphawave Semi; Mike Li, OIF Board Member, Intel; Cathy Liu, OIF President, Broadcom Inc.
