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SUMMARY:European Conference on Optical Communication
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110918
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The 37th edition of the European Conference on Optical Communi
 cation (ECOC) will be held this year at Palexpo in Geneva\, Switzerland. T
 his annual event is the largest conference on optical communication in Eur
 ope\, and one of the largest and most important events in this field world
 wide. The conference travels from one European country to another each yea
 r and in its long history it is only the third time\, that Switzerland can
  host this prestigious event. The conference is co-sponsored by EPFL\, ETH
 Z\, SNF\, and organized by Electrosuisse.\nThis year’s programme feature
 s a plenary session on Monday morning (Sept. 19th) with talks on the FTTH 
 activities in Switzerland and Japan\, by Carsten Schloter (CEO of Swisscom
 ) and Hiromich Shinoharu (NTT)\, on optical communications in a Trading Ce
 nter (Andrew Bach\, NYSE)\, perspectives of EU research in optical communi
 cations (T. Skordas\, EC)\, and on quantum communication (N. Gysin\, U. Ge
 neva). Highlights from the devices sessions are\, e.g.\, novel type of fib
 ers with opto-mechanical or MEMS-type functionality\, new hybrid integrati
 on concepts allowing fabrication of ultra-compact coherent receivers opera
 ting at 28 Gbaud\, advanced sub-system devices for light processing (such 
 as wavelength conversion) operating at an ultrahigh data rate of 320Gbit/s
 . Hot topics in the network and transmission system sessions will include\
 , e.g.\, the demonstration of record receiver sensitivity and its use in u
 n-repeatered transmission\, significant progress on flexible and elastic n
 etwork solutions in the area of backbone and core networks\, and outstandi
 ng scientific results and technological innovations related to broadband o
 ptical access and local-area networks. \nThe ECOC Exhibition featuring app
 roximately 300 exhibitors will take place in the same building.  
LOCATION:Palexpo Geneva
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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