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Category 1. Optical Network Applications and Services
Category 2. Network Technologies and Applications
Category 3. FTTx Technologies, Deployment, and Applications
Category 5. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
Category 6. Fiber and Waveguide-Based Devices: Amplifiers, Lasers, Sensors, and Performance Monitors
Category 7. Optical Devices for Switching, Filtering and Interconnects
Category 8. Optoelectronic Devices
Category 9. Digital Transmission Systems
Category 10. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
Category 11. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
Category 12. Core Networks
Category 13. Access Networks
Category 14. Optical Networking, Technologies, and Applications for Datacom and Computercom
Additional Short Course Category: Industry Best Practices

Category 1. Optical Network Applications and Services

SC102 WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems
Neal S. Bergano; TE SubCom, USA

SC171 Introduction to Optical Control Plane Concepts, Technologies and Practices
Greg Bernstein; Grotto Networking, USA

SC176 Metro Network: The Transition to Ethernet
Loudon Blair; CIENA Corp., USA

SC203 40/100 Gb/s Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs
Benny Mikkelsen¹, Martin Birk²; ¹Acacia Communications, USA, ²AT&T Labs, USA

SC243 Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets
Ori A. Gerstel; Cisco Systems, USA

SC261 ROADM Technologies and Network Applications
Thomas Strasser; Nistica Inc., USA

SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Juniper Networks, USA

SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
René-Jean Essiambre; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

SC328 New Developments in Optical Transport Networking (OTN)
Stephen Trowbridge; Alcatel-Lucent, USA

SC356 40G/100G Ethernet Technologies and Applications
Osamu Ishida; NTT, Japan

New Course! SC371 Multi-Layer Control Plane Technologies - Managing Hybrid Networks
Lou Berger, Labn Consulting, USA; Wes Doonan, Adva Optical, USA

Category 1 Invited Speakers | Category 1 Tutorial Speakers | Category 1 Workshops and Panels


Category 2. Network Technologies and Applications

Sold Out SC101 Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing
Caroline Connolly¹, Chris Heisler¹, Joseph Bos², Michelle Collier³, ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Luna Technologies, USA, ³AFL Telecommunications, USA

SC176 Metro Network: The Transition to Ethernet
Loudon Blair; CIENA Corp., USA

SC178 Test and Measurement of High-Speed Communications Signals
Greg LeCheminant; Agilent Technologies, USA

SC185 Hands-on Polishing, Inspection and Testing of Connectors
Jerry Renville1, Steve Baldo2, Neal Wagman3; 1Light Brigade Inc., USA, 2Seikoh Giken Co. Ltd., USA, 3Norland Products, USA.

SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA

SC203 40/100 Gb/s Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs
Benny Mikkelsen¹, Martin Birk²; ¹Acacia Communications, USA, ²AT&T Labs, USA

SC210 Hands-on Polarization-Related Measurements Workshop
Daniel Peterson1, Tasshi Dennis2, Brian Teipen3, Christine Tremblay4; 1Verizon, USA, 2NIST, USA, 3ADVA Optical Networking, USA, 4École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada.

SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Juniper Networks, USA

SC266 Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Information
Richard Hughes¹, Thomas Chapuran²; ¹Los Alamos Natl. Lab, USA, ²Telcordia, USA

SC291 Hands-on Fiber Optics for Engineers Designing for Military, Aerospace, Shipboard and Industrial Harsh Environmental Applications
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA

New Course! SC312 Parametric Optical Processing and Systems
Stojan Radic; UCSD, USA

SC314 Hands-on Fiber Characterization for the Engineering of Long Haul and Metro Deployments
Daniel Peterson¹, Christine Tremblay²; ¹Verizon, USA, ²École de technologie supérieure, Université. du Québec, Canada

SC347 Reliability and Qualification of Fiber-Optic Components
David Maack; Corning, USA.

SC360 Hands-On Fiber Optic Terminations and Measurements with Emphasis on MTP Connectorized Ribbon Fiber
Caroline Connolly¹, Loïc Cherel², Tony Nicholson³, Mike Hughes4, Brian Teague4; ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Data-Pixel SAS, France, ³Connected Fibers, USA, 4Conec Ltd., USA

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 2 Invited Speakers | Category 2 Tutorial Speakers | Category 2 Workshops and Panels


Category 3. FTTx Technologies, Deployment, and Applications

Sold Out SC101 Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing
Caroline Connolly¹, Chris Heisler¹, Joseph Bos², Michelle Collier³, ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Luna Technologies, USA, ³AFL Telecommunications, USA

SC114 Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Technologies
Frank J. Effenberger; Huawei Technologies, USA

SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA

SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Juniper Networks, USA

SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA

SC347 Reliability and Qualification of Fiber-Optic Components
David Maack; Corning, USA.

Category 3 Invited Speakers | Category 3 Tutorial Speakers | Category 3 Workshops and Panels


Category 5. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effect

SC208 Optical Fiber Design for Telecommunications and Specialty Applications
David J. DiGiovanni; OFS Labs, USA.

SC210 Hands-on Polarization-Related Measurements Workshop
Daniel Peterson1, Tasshi Dennis2, Brian Teipen3, Christine Tremblay4; 1Verizon, USA, 2NIST, USA, 3ADVA Optical Networking, USA, 4École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada.

SC288 Fundamentals of Polarization, PDL, and PMD
Nicholas Frigo Ph.D; US Naval Academy, USA

SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser¹,²; ¹PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA, ²Natl. Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan

SC360 Hands-On Fiber Optic Terminations and Measurements with Emphasis on MTP Connectorized Ribbon Fiber
Caroline Connolly¹, Loïc Cherel², Tony Nicholson³, Mike Hughes4, Brian Teague4; ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Data-Pixel SAS, France, ³Connected Fibers, USA, 4Conec Ltd., USA

New Course! SC373 Specialty Fiber Splicing and Interconnection
Andrew Yablon; Interfiber Analysis, USA

Category 5 Invited Speakers | Category 5 Tutorial Speakers | Category 5 Workshops and Panels


Category 6. Fiber and Waveguide-Based Devices: Amplifiers, Lasers, Sensors, and Performance Monitors

SC208 Optical Fiber Design for Telecommunications and Specialty Applications
David J. DiGiovanni; OFS Labs, USA.

SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 6 Invited Speakers | Category 6 Tutorial Speakers | Category 6 Workshops and Panels


Category 7. Optical Devices for Switching, Filtering, and Interconnects

SC265 Passive Optical Components and Filtering Technologies
Bruce Nyman1, Christi Madsen2; 1TE SubCom, USA, 2Texas A&M Univ., USA

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 7 Invited Speakers | Category 7 Tutorial Speakers | Category 7 Workshops and Panels


Category 8. Optoelectronic Devices

SC177 High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers and Modulators
John Bowers; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA

SC178 Test and Measurement of High-Speed Communications Signals
Greg LeCheminant; Agilent Technologies, USA

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Thomas Huser; Univ. of California at Davis, USA

SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser¹,²; ¹PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA, ²Natl. Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan

SC325 Highly Integrated Monolithic Photonic Integrated Circuits
Christopher R. Doerr Ph.D; Acacia Communications, Inc., USA

Category 8 Invited Speakers | Category 8 Tutorial Speakers | Category 8 Workshops and Panels


Category 9. Digital Transmission Systems

SC102 WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems
Neal S. Bergano; TE SubCom, USA

SC203 40/100 Gb/s Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs
Benny Mikkelsen¹, Martin Birk²; ¹Acacia Communications, USA, ²AT&T Labs, USA

SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser¹,²; ¹PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA, ²Natl. Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan

SC314 Hands-on Fiber Characterization for the Engineering of Long Haul and Metro Deployments
Daniel Peterson¹, Christine Tremblay²; ¹Verizon, USA, ²École de technologie supérieure, Université. du Québec, Canada

SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
René-Jean Essiambre; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

SC342 Digital Coherent Optical Systems
Maurice O'Sullivan; Ciena, Canada

New Course! SC369 Test and Measurement of Complex Modulated Optical Signals
Bernd Nebendahl & Oliver Funke, Agilent Technologies, Germany

New Course! SC370 FEC Technology in Optical Communications
Takashi Mizuochi and Yoshikuni Miyata; Mitsubishi Electric, Japan

New Course! SC372 Energy-Efficiency Networking
Rod S. Tucker, and Kerry Hinton, Univ. Melbourne, Australia

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 9 Invited Speakers | Category 9 Tutorial Speakers | Category 9 Workshops and Panels


Category 10. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements

Sold Out SC101 Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing
Caroline Connolly¹, Chris Heisler¹, Joseph Bos², Michelle Collier³, ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Luna Technologies, USA, ³AFL Telecommunications, USA

SC105 Modulation Formats and Receiver Concepts for Optical Transmission Systems
Peter Winzer, Chandrasekhar Sethumadhavan, Xiang Liu; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA.

SC141 (course has been changed to SC384)
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA.

SC178 Test and Measurement of High-Speed Communications Signals
Greg LeCheminant; Agilent Technologies, USA

SC205 Integrated Electronic Circuits and Signal Processing for Fiber Optics
Y. K. Chen, Noriaki Kaneda; Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent, USA.

SC239 Short-Reach Optical Interconnects
Steve Joiner; Finisar, USA

SC259 Electronic and Optical Impairment Mitigation
Chris Fludger1, Seb Savory2; 1CoreOptics GmbH, Germany, 2Univ. College London, United Kingdom.

SC289 Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM
Gerd Keiser¹,²; ¹PhotonicsComm Solutions Inc., USA, ²Natl. Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan

SC341 OFDM for Optical Communications
Sander L. Jansen; Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany

SC360 Hands-On Fiber Optic Terminations and Measurements with Emphasis on MTP Connectorized Ribbon Fiber
Caroline Connolly¹, Loïc Cherel², Tony Nicholson³, Mike Hughes4, Brian Teague4; ¹OptoTest Corp., USA, ²Data-Pixel SAS, France, ³Connected Fibers, USA, 4Conec Ltd., USA

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 10 Invited Speakers | Category 10 Tutorial Speakers | Category 10 Workshops and Panels


Category 11. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems

SC160 Microwave Photonics
Keith Williams; Naval Research Lab, USA.

SC217 Hybrid Fiber Radio – The Application of Photonic Links in Wireless Communications
Dalma Novak, PhD; Pharad, LLC, USA

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 11 Invited Speakers | Category 11 Tutorial Speakers | Category 11 Workshops and Panels


Category 12. Core Networks

SC171 Introduction to Optical Control Plane Concepts, Technologies and Practices
Greg Bernstein; Grotto Networking, USA

SC216 An Introduction to Optical Network Design and Planning
Jane M. Simmons; Monarch Network Architects, USA

SC243 Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets
Ori A. Gerstel; Cisco Systems, USA

SC261 ROADM Technologies and Network Applications
Thomas Strasser; Nistica Inc., USA

SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Juniper Networks, USA

SC327 Modeling and Design of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
René-Jean Essiambre; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

SC328 New Developments in Optical Transport Networking (OTN)
Stephen Trowbridge; Alcatel-Lucent, USA

New Course! SC372 Energy-Efficiency Networking
Rod S. Tucker, and Kerry Hinton, Univ. Melbourne, Australia

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 12 Invited Speakers | Category 12 Tutorial Speakers | Category 12 Workshops and Panels


Category 13. Access Networks

SC114 Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Technologies
Frank J. Effenberger; Huawei Technologies, USA

SC217 Hybrid Fiber Radio – The Application of Photonic Links in Wireless Communications
Dalma Novak, PhD; Pharad, LLC, USA

SC264 Introduction to Ethernet Technologies
Jeffrey Cox; Juniper Networks, USA

SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA

New Course! SC372 Energy-Efficiency Networking
Rod S. Tucker, and Kerry Hinton, Univ. Melbourne, Australia

New Course! SC384 Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems
Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Category 13 Invited Speakers | Category 13 Tutorial Speakers | Category 13 Workshops and Panels


Category 14. Optical Networking, Technologies, and Applications for Datacom and Computercom

SC187 Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA

SC267 Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation
Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA

SC291 Hands-on Fiber Optics for Engineers Designing for Military, Aerospace, Shipboard and Industrial Harsh Environmental Applications
Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA

SC356 40G/100G Ethernet Technologies and Applications
Osamu Ishida; NTT, Japan

SC357 Computercom Interconnects: Circuits and Equalization Methods for Short Reach Power-Efficient Optical and Electrical Links
Alexander Rylyakov, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

SC358 Data Center Cabling: Transitioning from Copper to Fiber
Lisa Huff; DataCenterStocks.com, USA, ²Discerning Analytics, LLC, USA

SC359 Datacenter Networking 101
Cedric Lam and Hong Liu; Google Inc., USA

New Course! SC371 Multi-Layer Control Plane Technologies - Managing Hybrid Networks
Lou Berger, Labn Consulting, USA; Wes Doonan, Adva Optical, USA

New Course! SC374 Cloud Computing and Dynamic Networks
George Clapp, USA; Douglas Freimuth, IBM Research, USA

Category 14 Invited Speakers | Category 14 Tutorial Speakers | Category 14 Workshops and Panels


Additional Short Course Category: Industry Best Practices

SC347 Reliability and Qualification of Fiber-Optic Components
David Maack; Corning, USA.