Welcome to the 2010 OFC/NFOEC Blog!

We are delighted to offer this blog to you as a way to stay up to date on what is happening with OFC/NFOEC 2010, as well as hear directly from your colleagues about what is hot in optical fiber communications today.

First off, we want to mention how excited we are for this year’s conference.  Innovation in the field of optical communications continues to thrive and we are looking forward to hearing from top researchers around the world making breakthroughs in areas like datacom, green networking, next-generation PON systems, quantum communications, coherent systems and beyond 100G Ethernet.  Additionally, hundreds of leading companies in the field will be on hand to showcase the latest products and services in all sectors of the field.  The show floor will be hopping with the latest in 100 G standards and development, wireless network evolution beyond 3G, packet and optical integration in next-generation systems, and photonic integration in networks.

We were also happy to announce last month that the 2010 conference will be dedicated to Nobel Laureate and industry pioneer Charles Kao.  Kao is known as the “Father of Fiber Optics” and was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to long-distance transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.   A series of events and activities in his honor are being planned – be sure to check back for more information soon.

We hope you are as excited as we are to kick off OFC/NFOEC 2010 on March 21.  Stay tuned to the blog for plenty of information and insights over the next few months.  We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!

Bert Basch
John Cartledge
Ekaterina Golovchenko

OFC/NFOEC 2010 General Co-Chairs