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  The Industry Talks to the Industry-In Three Exhibit Hall Theaters.
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• Be Part of the Event That Brings Together
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  Experience OFC/NFOEC

  OFC/NFOEC is the premier forum where you'll want your research, products, ideas and innovations to be seen and heard. Grab your chance to gain credibility with the industry's most influential audience. Watch Now!

  

• OFC/NFOEC 2012 Plenary Session
  to Feature Keynote Addresses from
  Industry Leaders

   

  Google’s Milo Medin, Former Sun Microsystems CTO Greg Papadopoulos, and Japan’s Isao Sugino address hot topics—from datacom and FTTx to disaster recovery and rebuilding of telecom networks.

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• See Exhibit Hall Displays & Programming – Free To All Attendees

  More than 500 Exhibitors, Service Provider Summit, Market Watch & More!
  
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• Learn About Cloud Computing as a Service

  
  

  Service Provider Summit Keynote Speaker

  Stuart Elby, Ph.D., Vice President, Network Architecture and Technology & Chief Technologist, Verizon Digital Media Services, Verizon, USA
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• Experience the New Downtown L.A.

  If you haven't been to downtown L.A. in the last few years you haven't seen it. The area surrounding the Convention Center has undergone and exciting makeover.
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High Quality Science & Comprehensive Programming Invited Presentations given by experts in the field Peer-reviewed technical presentations Up-to-the-minute research presented in Postdeadline Sessions Variety of presentation formats Short Courses with a broad range of topic areas Notable Plenary Session features exceptional keynote speakers Interactive Workshops and Panel Discussions Many technical sessions and numerous posters across two extraordinary sessions Trends, insights, and analyses by leaders in the field on what's in store for networks and telcos at the free-access-for-all Service Provider Summit and Market Watch Extensive free Show Floor Business Programming World Class Exposition Over 500 Exhibitors Industry and Business programming on the show floor New product introductions Earliest previews of the most innovative new services

Hot Topics - Watch Interviews with OFC/NFOEC's Organizers Hot Topics for 2012–It's All Here! 100G and beyond Green networks Spatial multiplexing Coherent detection for high spectral efficiency Data center networking Wireline-wireless networking High-speed photonic integration And More! Read OPN’s OFC/NFOEC Preview Article: Optical Communications in 2012