Date: Tue, 3rd October 2013 Location: HALL 1, SEC Glasgow, Scotland
08:00 Registration
08:30 Welcome by Carol Monaghan MP (UK Parliament)
Session 1: OPTICAL MIGRATION IN HYPERSCALE Session Chair: Richard Pitwon
08:40 Craig Thompson (NVIDIA) The impact of AI/ML on the optical transceiver market
09:00 Antonio Tartaglia (Ericsson) Co-packaged optics for radio access networks: opportunities and challenges
09:20 Keren Bergman (Columbia University) Petascale photonic connectivity for energy efficient scaling of AI computing
09:35 Xin Chen (Huawei) The high baudrate InP integrated platform for optical interconnect application
09:50 Roshene McCool (Corning) Emerging fiber and cable requirements in data center application
10:05 – 10:30 Coffee Break
Session 2: PIC N MIX Session chair: Lidia Galdino
10:30 Nick Psaila (Intel) Detachable Optical Chiplet Connectors for High-bandwidth Optical Compute Interconnects
10:50 Helene Debregeas (Almae Technologies) High-speed 100 to 200 Gb/s transmitters for datacom
11:10 Anna O’Dowd (Vector Photonics) Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers (PCSELs): Innovation through simulation
11:25 Adam Carter (OpenLight) The benefits of heterogeneous integration of III-V actives for next generation optical interconnects
11:40 Kazuhiko Kurata (AIO Core) Reliable silicon photonics optical transceiver “IOCore” in high temperature operation and immersion cooling systems
11:55 Marylise Marchenay (Scintil Photonics) Advanced photonic fully integrated circuits relying on the heterogeneous integration of lasers on the back side of standard silicon photonics: benefits for Direct and Coherent detection communications
12:10 – 13:30 Lunch Break
Session 3: QUANTUM AGE OF DATA CENTRES Session Chair: Anke Lohmann
13:30 Catherine White (BT) Quantum secured data centre interconnect – feasibility and roadmap
13:50 Segolene Olivier (CEA Leti) QPICs
14:10 Michael Geiselmann (Ligentec) Low loss PICs for quantum: every photon counts
14:25 Ryan Vallance (Senko) Metallic Fiber-Optic Connectors for Quantum PICs
14:40 Claudia Hössbacher (Polariton) New Tricks with Light: Advancements in Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics
14:55 Charlotte Ovenden (Aegiq) Quantum light for next generation optical communication
15:10 15:30 Coffee Break
Session 4: LIGHT IN THE BOX Session Chair: Richard Pitwon
15.30 Ana Gonzalez (IPRONICS) Enabling ultra-low energy and secure optical networks
15:45 Robert Palmer (Huawei) Project ADOPTION – Advance co-packaged optics enabling high-efficiency cloud computing
16:00 Katherine Bryant (VTT) Silicon photonics-based fast tunable laser development in the Horizon Europe DYNAMOS project
16:15 Pawel Wiatr (Infinera) XR Technology in datacentres
16:30 Cyriel Minkenberg (Lumiphase) BTO enabling high-speed IMDD and coherent optical communications
16:45 Christian Reimer (Hyperlight) Integrated Photonics in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate
17:00 Takaaki Ishigure (Keio University) Polymer optical waveguides for high-density 3-D optical packaging
17:15 Lewis Johnson (NLM Photonics) Transatlantic partnerships for hybrid electro-optic modulation
17:30 End of Symposium
Organising Committee: Tolga Tekin (Fraunhofer IZM, Germany), Richard Pitwon (Resolute Photonics, United Kingdom), Alison McLeod (Technology Scotland, United Kingdom) Nikos Pleros (AUTH, Greece), Dimitris Apostolopoulos (ICCS / NTUA, Greece), Paraskevas Bakopoulos (NVIDIA, Greece)
Supporters: ADOPTION EU Project, DYNAMOS EU Project, ALLEGRO EU
ALMAE TECHNOLOGIES, VTT, Ligentec, Institute of Physics, Resolute Photonics, Fraunhofer IZM