2009 Market Watch

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

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Tuesday:
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.	Panel I: State of the Optical Industry Moderator: Myo Ohn, Director, Business Development, Avanex Corp., USA
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.	Panel II: More Wavelengths, Higher Bit Rates, More Spectrum…The Path to Harnessing Maximum Fiber Capacity at the Lowest Cost Moderator: Niall Robinson, Vice President, Product Marketing, Mintera Corp., USA
Wednesday:
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Panel III: Photonic Integration: Mainstream at Last? Moderator: Vijay Vusirikala, Director, Technical Marketing, Infinera, USA
Thursday:
10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.	Panel IV: Optical Switching and Reconfigurable Networks: Balancing Agility, Reliability, and Economy as Networks Evolve Moderator: Dana Cooperson, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, Ovum, USA
1:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.	Panel V: 100G Standards Update Moderator: Rod Smith, Tyco Electronics, USA

Panel I: State of the Optical Industry

Moderator: Myo Ohn, Director, Business Development, Avanex Corp., USA

The goal of this session is to provide more insight into the state of the optical industry by having the suppliers and users of bandwidth share their views on the drivers, applications and deployment plans in the coming years. This panel will have representatives from the various stakeholders, ranging from Tier-1 Telco and Enterprise users, and fiber suppliers, equipment vendors to optical component vendors. To complement the views of the stakeholders, this panel will also have speakers from the market and equity research world to provide a Wall Street view of the industry.

Speakers

	Network Traffic, Cost and Revenue: Putting the Relationship in Perspective Dana Cooperson, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, Ovum, USA Traffic growth projections over the next 10 years vary only in the degree to which they predict we will be awash in video. Network capacity is often viewed purely as a cost to be contained rather than an asset to be used to support new services that could more closely couple service value to revenue received (and bandwidth used). This is not surprising, given how hard it is to predict the Next Big Thing in services and who will profit from it. Bandwidth will never be free, however, and although increased network agility and intelligence make it more useful as an enabler for whatever new services might arise, they do not inherently make bandwidth cheaper. This introduction will be to provide some context for the opportunities as well as threats of continued strong traffic growth. As head of Ovum’s Networks practice, Dana is responsible for managing Ovum’s broadband access, IP services, carrier Ethernet, optical networks, and mobile infrastructure research and advisory team. Her personal area of expertise is in optical networking, where she does much of her research and consulting. Her most recent custom research collaborations include opportunity and competitive analysis regarding specific ON and Ethernet markets in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, the GPON market, the CWDM market, the ON enterprise market, and specific Ethernet services country markets and road-mapping next-gen optical networks. She also is called to help clients with product launch and product line strategy questions. Before becoming practice leader, Dana had various analyst roles within Ovum and RHK. She has been an industry analyst for 10 years. Dana brings 16 years of telecoms vendor and service provider experience to her role as industry analyst. Prior to becoming an industry analyst, Dana was a marketing manager for Tektronix, where she was responsible for its high-speed WDM/SONET/SDH test and measurement products. Before Tektronix, she was a product manager at Telco Systems, with responsibility for its MX3 and SONET OC-3 multiplexers. She began her telecoms career as a network engineer at NYNEX (now part of Verizon Communications), where she managed the first 100%-fiber-optic connection to a major business customer in New York City. Dana was awarded an M.S. in management from MIT and a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University.

	Perspectives on the Worldwide Optical Fiber Marketplace Brad M. Boersen, Manager, Business Stategy, Corning Optical Fiber, Corning Inc., USA The market for optical fiber posted an industry record and grew an average of 15% year over year between 2002 and 2007. This was driven by a) positive public policy, b) consumers’ appetite for bandwidth-consuming applications, and c) facilities-based competition. This presentation will highlight and give more insight into future deployment rates and patterns in all segments of the fiber market. Brad has 20 years of professional experience, 7 with Corning. Presently he manages Market & Strategic Analysis for Corning Incorporated's Optical Fiber business. Brad holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University and an S.M. degree in engineering and management from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

	Bandwidth Drivers in Carrier Networks and Technology Solutions Joe Huggins, Director, Access and Transport Technology Management, Qwest Communications, USA Network traffic grows at an ever-increasing rate and carriers must find solutions to keep pace with the increasing demands. It is a challenge the industry faces as a whole and carriers and vendor partners will need to find innovative ways to increase network capacity and improve network efficiency while driving costs down so end users can continue to benefit from current and emerging services without dramatic increases in cost. I will discuss bandwidth drivers and potential strategies for managing the increasing network requirements in order to economically deliver the services customers want today and in the future. Joe Huggins is the Director for Access and Transport technologies within the Technology Management organization at Qwest. He is responsible for the evaluation, selection, and certification of these technologies for Qwest’s Local and National networks; as well as driving the overall strategy of the Qwest Access and Transport networks. He has held positions in network engineering, planning, strategy and economic analysis. He has experience in transport, packet technologies, switching and finance. Mr. Huggins graduated from The Colorado College in 1977 with a degree in geology and received a Masters of Business Administration - Finance degree from Regis University in 1985. He holds three patents related to VDSL and ATM.

	Title To Be Announced Steven Gringeri, Verizon Communications, USA

	State of the Optical Industry: A Wall Street Perspective Paul A. Bonenfant, Communications Components Analyst, Vice President - Equity Research, Morgan Keegan & Co., USA At last year's OFC/NFOEC Market Watch session, the topic of consolidation was discussed as a potential means to help restore profitability in a market that has long suffered since the Optical/Internet bubble burst in the early 2000s. Subsequently, we have witnessed several announced mergers and acquisitions leading to perhaps the most pronounced changes in the competitive landscape in almost a decade. In this presentation, we will discuss recent consolidation efforts along with demand shifts and levers for business model improvement that we think may contribute to improved operating models. Paul A. Bonenfant joined Morgan Keegan in January 2005 as Associate Analyst for Communications Equipment, and in February 2008 assumed the role of Senior Analyst for Communications Components. Prior to his move to Wall Street, Paul spent over 15 years in the telecommunications industry. He was Principal Network Architect at Mahi Networks, Chief Architect at (and a founding member of) optical networking start-up Photuris, and a business development manager for mergers and acquisitions in Lucent’s Optical Networking Group. Before joining Lucent, he led requirements and standards development for optical transport systems at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore, now Telcordia Technologies). Paul received both his B.S. in engineering and applied science and his M.S. in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and serves on the Technical Program Committee for OFC/NFOEC and Globecom.

Panel II: More Wavelengths, Higher Bit Rates, More Spectrum…The Path to Harnessing Maximum Fiber Capacity at the Lowest Cost

Moderator: Niall Robinson, Vice President, Product Marketing, Mintera Corp., USA

Continued solid capacity growth in core, metro, access and submarine networks has researchers and product developers once again looking at strategies to maximize the transmission capability of optical networks. Of course, an eye to maximizing revenue and profits is critical too. We’ll explore how these key factors are influencing commercial solutions and directing forward-looking research aimed at powering the next decade of optical networking. This session will feature leaders from companies in the carrier space to the component space sharing their views of tomorrow’s high capacity networks.

Speakers

	Market View from 10G to 40G to 100G Michael Howard, Principal Analyst and Co-Founder, Infonetics, USA With over 35 years of network industry experience, Michael is recognized worldwide as one of the industry’s leading experts in emerging markets, service provider network market trends and user buying patterns. In the 1960s, he worked on operating systems and programming language compilers for ARPAnet, the first operational packet switching network and predecessor of the Internet. He co-founded Infonetics Research in 1990 and now focuses on optical, routing and metro Ethernet.

	All of the Above… Glenn Wellbrock, Director of Optical Transport Network Architecture and Design, Verizon, USA Traffic growth continues across all applications forcing operators to employ higher bit rates, higher degree ROADM counts and higher channel counts. This presentation will focus on how Verizon is taking steps to stay ahead of the curve while creating network architectures that are both more robust and easier to operate than conventional transport infrastructures. Glenn Wellbrock is the Director of Optical Transport Network Architecture and Design at Verizon, where he is responsible for the development of new technologies for both the metro and long haul transport infrastructure. Previous positions include running the advanced technology lab, establishing evaluation criteria and setting engineering guidelines for all backbone transport equipment as well as various positions within network operations. In addition to his 20+ years at Verizon (1984–2001 and 2004–present), Glenn was responsible for product architecture within the USA focused optical networks group at Marconi and product planning at Qplus Networks with a specific focus on developing alternative modulation techniques.

	Providing Cost Effective DWDM Solutions for High Volume and High Growth Alan Gibbemeyer, Head of Solution Sales and Product Management, Nokia Siemens Networks, North America Fixed Networks Business, USA High volume customers for DWDM solutions are looking for ways to extend the life of their DWDM system investments. Systems providers with products offering higher capacity per fiber of 3.2Tb today are winning in these applications and are successful in providing the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in these applications. Key technologies are 40G per wavelength today and 100G per wavelength in the near future. Nokia Siemens Networks would like to present the key technologies, standards and product attributes today and those on the near-term horizon. Alan Gibbemeyer has played a key role in business development and strategy execution in Nokia Siemens Networks’ fixed network solutions in North America. He has 17 years of international experience in telecommunications network infrastructure and semiconductors. His previous role was General Manager for the optical business line in North America, where he was responsible for strategy and sales execution in optical network solutions across the region. Other roles with Siemens Information and Communications included Vice President and General Manager for Optisphere Networks a Siemens optical start-up company based in North America. Previously, Gibbemeyer worked for Lucent Technologies and Digital Equipment Corp., focused on portfolio and product management for global SDH/SONET, network management systems products and semiconductors. He earned a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from University of Cincinnati and an M.B.A. from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and is currently based in Iselin, New Jersey.

	Photonic Integrated Circuits as a Key Enabler to Effective Scaling of High Capacity Fiber Networks Stephen Grubb, Senior Director, Optical Systems, Infinera, USA The three metrics of total fiber capacity scaling will be discussed: increasing the bit rate per channel, increasing the channel density and increasing usable fiber spectrum. The ability of photonic integration to address these three key areas while simultaneously lowering the cost per bit and increasing reliability will be outlined. Dr. Grubb is currently a Senior Director in the Optical Systems Group at Infinera. He has previously held positions at Corvis, SDL, and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He led R&D that was responsible for the first commercial deployment of Raman amplification in a network, and developed several novel high power fiber lasers and amplifiers. He received his Ph.D. in chemical physics from Cornell University. Dr. Grubb has authored well over 100 publications and conference presentations and is an inventor on over 60 issued U.S. patents.

	The Never-Ending Quest for Bandwidth on Real World Fiber Stephen Carlton, Vice President, Planning and Product Management, Fujitsu Network Communications, USA The ever increasing need for more bandwidth is pushing the industry towards yet another period of bandwidth growth. The fiber in the ground today has survived three generations of such growth but current technologies are pushing many limits; can it accommodate yet another generation of growth? Can we push to higher wavelength counts and higher bit rates on the installed infrastructure or do we need a massive investment in new fiber? This talk will explain why Fujitsu believes we can use the installed fiber base for at least one more generation of optical technologies, what these technologies are and what they will mean to the network. Stephen Carlton is vice president of Planning and Product Management at Fujitsu Network Communications. In this role, Stephen is responsible for planning and writing of requirements for new product developments and also product line management of FLASHWAVE products. Stephen’s career in telecommunications began in 1982 at Bell Northern Research (now Nortel) as a design engineer. In this position, he helped develop pointers, a key innovation on the SONET standard. Stephen moved to Rockwell International (now Alcatel) in 1986 to be a system designer of fiber optics transmission and progressed to the position of director of development where he was responsible for 140 developers engaged on the design of SONET and WDM systems, hardware, and software. Stephen joined Fujitsu in 1998 as an individual contributor to assist planning of SONET system requirements. He eventually became vice president responsible for product line management and planning of SONET and WDM products developed by Fujitsu. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. He holds seven patents relevant to the field of transmission engineering.

Panel III: Photonic Integration: Mainstream at Last?

Moderator: Vijay Vusirikala, Director, Technical Marketing, Infinera, USA

As optical networking systems evolve to meet rapidly growing bandwidth requirements, there is an increasing focus on photonic integration as a key enabler of cost-effective scalability, richer functionality, higher density and lower power consumption. This panel will review the breadth of photonic integration technologies and discuss current deployment status, application scenarios and commercial implications for the optical component and systems companies. Topics ranging from active opto-electronic devices (InP integration), passive optics integration (PLCs) to silicon PICs will be discussed. The panel will comprise key industry players representing optical component companies, system vendors, market analyst firms, and academia/corporate R&D labs to provide perspectives not only on near-term commercialization successes and challenges but also on exciting developments in the labs and the transition path to commercial products.

Speakers

	Redefining Optical Cost, Scale and Performance with Optical Integration Sterling Perrin, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading, USA Photonic integration, with the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) at the center of it, is quickly emerging as the best way to resolve the high-bandwidth/low-profits dilemma that is affecting the entire communications industry. A small number of PIC devices are available today, but a major development effort is underway to drive down their cost. This presentation will discuss new developments in photonic integration, including innovation that is available today, as well as a realistic roadmap for the future. Sterling Perrin has more than 12 years' experience in telecommunications as an industry analyst and journalist. His coverage areas at Heavy Reading include optical networking, cable MSO infrastructure and services, and digital content. Perrin joined Heavy Reading after five years at IDC, where he served as lead optical networks analyst, responsible for the firm's optical networking subscription research and custom consulting activities. Prior to IDC, Perrin worked for Standard & Poor's, where he delivered global industry analysis on a range of IT segments. He is a former journalist and editor at Telecommunications Magazine, and has also done consulting work for the research firm Current Analysis. Perrin is a frequent speaker at telecom industry events and is a highly sought-after source among the business and trade press.

	Next Generation of Optical Integration—The Impact of CMOS Photonics Dave D’Andrea, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales, Lightwire Inc., USA Imagine a basic CMOS Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) modulator where the figure of merit (VπLπ = 2V*mm) is 150 times more efficient than Lithium Niobate. Then take that extremely efficient modulator and drive it directly with a simple CMOS inverter. Add all the optical circuits to connect them in any configuration required and the applications are unlimited. CMOS photonics is currently used to provide standards based products such as SFP+ ER and LR. These modules consume one third to one half the power of existing solutions with the added benefit of zero dispersion. CMOS photonics can also be used to replace the vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) for multi-channel applications. A single DC laser power source is mounted on a photonic IC with all the optical circuits and modulators integrated. Future applications exist for complex modulation techniques, such as DQPSK where all of the modulators are on the same IC. This CMOS photonics platform is realized by leveraging the vast investments made in silicon integrated circuits over the past several decades. Just as CMOS structures in the IC industry have replaced bipolar structures where power is critical, so will CMOS photonic structures play an important part in the fiber optic industry. This will enable the fiber optic industry in its quest to increase integration and manufacturing capacity, while reducing size, power and cost. Dave D’Andrea has been in the fiber industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining Lightwire, Dave was the Marketing Director for the Fiber Optic Product Division of Avago Technologies. He has served in various roles at Avago Technologies (formerly Agilent Technologies and Hewlett Packard) and AMP Inc. (Tyco), including design engineering, test engineering, and applications engineering. In addition he has had management roles in marketing, sales and R&D. Dave has a B.S.E.E. in microprocessor systems and a M.S.E.E. in computer networking, both from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

	Photonic Integration on Silicon John Bowers, Director, Energy Efficiency Inst., and Profesor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA The evolution of optical networks is requiring increasing complexity in photonic integrated circuits (PICs), together with continual pressure to reducing the cost and power consumption of PICs. Silicon CMOS foundries have the maturity and process control to allow larger PICs with greater yield and reliability with substantially lower cost. Recent developments have allowed the premier performance of passive silicon PICs to be integrated with active components for optimum results. This will allow new markets and opportunities to be exploited for both higher performance and high volume applications. John E. Bowers is Director of the Energy Efficiency Institute and a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is also CTO and co-founder of Calient Networks and Chairman of the Board of BioIQ. His research interests are primarily concerned with silicon photonics, optoelectronic devices, optical switching and transparent optical networks. Prof. Bowers is cofounder of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Management, and founder of Terabit Technology (sold to Ciena). Prof. Bowers received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He worked for AT&T Bell Labs and Honeywell before joining UCSB. Dr. Bowers is a fellow of the IEEE, OSA and the American Physical Society, and a recipient of the IEEE LEOS William Streifer Award and the South Coast Business and Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He was an elected member of the IEEE LEOS Board of Governors, a LEOS Distinguished Lecturer, and Vice President for Conferences for LEOS. He has published eight book chapters, 450 journal papers, 700 conference papers and has received 52 patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He and co-workers received the ACE Award for Most Promising Technology for the hybrid silicon laser in 2007.

	Photonic Integrated Circuits for Optical Communications with High Spectral Efficiency Christopher R. Doerr, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA As the demand for bandwidth increases on each optical fiber, there is significant pressure for optical transceivers to be cheaper, smaller, more power efficient, yet generate and receive increasing numbers of bits per second. As the bit rate increases, factors such as optical dispersion tolerance, optical filtering tolerance and spectral occupation become more important, requiring more complex transmitters and receivers. A potential solution to having all these characteristics is monolithic integration of the various functions onto a single photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The only material platform known today that can provide all the necessary optical functions for a transceiver on a monolithic PIC at wavelengths in the fiber low-loss wavelength window is InP. This presentation discusses InP PIC transmitters and receivers with advanced features. Christopher R. Doerr earned a B.S. in aeronautical engineering and a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He attended MIT on an Air Force scholarship and earned pilot wings in 1991. Since coming to Bell Labs in 1995, Doerr’s research has focused on integrated devices for optical communication. He was promoted to Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 2000, received the OSA Engineering Excellence Award in 2002, and became an IEEE Fellow in 2006. Doerr is Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. He is married to Neriko Musha and has two children.

	Photonic Integration in the Real World: Scaling Optical Networks with PICs David F. Welch, Founder and Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Infinera Corp., USA Sustained bandwidth growth and emerging high speed services (40/100G) are spurring optical network deployments with a strong focus on capacity scaling while lowering the cost and power per bit. This talk describes how Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology enables cost-effective and flexible optical transport networks compared to solutions based on multiple discrete optical components. The talk describes exciting PIC technology advances and highlights PIC evolution beyond today’s commercially deployed 100 Gb/s PICs. Future PICs and PIC-based optical systems incorporate higher capacity (400 Gb/s and higher), higher data rates per channel, integrated optical amplification and advanced modulation schemes—all of which drive network costs lower and simplify network operations. David Welch is a co-founder of Infinera and his original role was CTO. Currently, Dr. Welch is the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. Dr. Welch’s responsibilities include direction and management of technology development, product management and marketing, business development for Infinera—a leading supplier of optical systems based on innovative Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology. Dr. Welch was previously CTO and VP of Corporate Development of SDL and JDS Uniphase, where he was responsible for technology and acquisition strategies. Dr. Welch has published over 250 articles and has over 80 patents in the area of optical components and systems. Dr. Welch has been awarded the 1992 Adolph Lomb Award from OSA, the 1998 Engineering Achievement Award from LEOS, and the 1999 OSA Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burley Award, and his contributions have been acknowledged in over 17 product of the year awards while at SDL. Dr. Welch is on the board of directors of OSA and is a fellow of the IEEE. Dr. Welch earned his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Cornell University.

Panel IV: Optical Switching and Reconfigurable Networks: Balancing Agility, Reliability, and Economy as Networks Evolve

Moderator: Dana Cooperson, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, Ovum, USA

Network operators must do a difficult balancing act: They must support existing services and customers while planning and evolving networks for new services and keeping expenditures reasonable and networks reliable. How can ROADMs/optical switches help balance infrastructure needs and financial requirements? What tradeoffs need to be made and how can new technologies help operators optimize choices? How are ROADMs/optical switches being used today, and what new applications do we foresee in the future? This session will discuss ROADM/optical switch-based networks from multiple angles.

Speakers

	Road towards Next Generation Optical Transport Networks (OTN) Hans-Martin Foisel, Head of Hybrid Technology Department,Deutsche Telekom, Germany For facing the carrier challenges of today, DT has started a comprehensive network transformation project, including Next Generation Layer 2 and Layer1 transport network technologies. In this presentation a short introduction to DT’s network transformation efforts will be given, focusing on the OTN platform characteristics and features. Hans-Martin Foisel is Head of Hybrid Technology Department in the Technical Engineering Center at Deutsche Telekom. Currently he serves as President and Chair of Carrier Working Group of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF). At Deutsche Telekom his work is focused on multi-layer and multi-domain networks, their architectures, functions, standardization and interoperability aspects. Prior to joining Deutsche Telekom, he has worked at Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin for 19 years in R&D of optical transmission systems.

	Network Transparency Helps in an Unclear Future Environment Kazuo Hagimoto, Executive Director, NTT Network Innovation Labs, Japan This talk provides an overview of current traffic trends in Japan and the recent transport network development using ROADMs and 40G transmission technologies. High-speed transmission technologies with the line-rate of 40G or 100G are reviewed, and the advanced modulation format suitable for constructing the metro-core network from the viewpoints of impairments is discussed. Finally the advanced functionalities that enhance ROADM network agility are described. Kazuo Hagimoto joined the NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Yokosuka, Japan, where he has led R&D on high-speed optical communications systems including 10G and higher EDFA repeatered systems. After serving as the Operation Support Systems group leader of the Network business unit of NTT Communications, he is currently the Executive Director of NTT Network Innovation Laboratories. His current research interests include very large capacity optical network systems and media networking technologies utilizing these systems. Mr. Hagimoto is a fellow of IEEE and the IEICE of Japan and a member of OSA. He has served as a program co-chair of OAA'93 in Yokohama, Japan, a general co-chair of OAA'94 in Colorado, and the general chair of APCC2008. He received the Sakurai Memorial Prize from the Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association in 1989, the Oliver Lodge premium from the IEE in 1991, the Kenjiro Takayanagi memorial award in 1994, and the achievement award from the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication of Engineers of Japan (IEICE) in 1994 and 2006.

	Reconfigurable IP over DWDM Networks; Building Blocks of the Service Provider Next-Generation Network Jeffrey Maddox, Director, Product Line Management, Optical Transport Business Unit, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA The networking industry, as with the global economy, is facing a serious conundrum. Consumer price points are decreasing as the high-definition video demands on the network are rapidly increasing, threatening that in the very near future service providers will be losing revenue on these latest-generation networks. Fortunately, this convergence of IP, video and optical technologies has expedited the migration toward a much more highly integrated network architecture. OMNI-Directional ROADM technology allows for “optimal optical routing” to be realized and when integrated with IP routing products has led to dramatic cost and operational savings. This presentation will focus on how the combination of advanced ROADM technologies, when combined with IP products and the necessary monitoring and software capabilities, will offer a more efficient, operationally friendly and cost-effective network for the future. As Director of the Optical Transport Business Unit’s product line management group, Jeffrey Maddox is a member of the leadership team implementing Cisco’s vision and strategy for next generation optical networking.Cisco’s optical team introduced the industry’s first next-generation multiservice transport platform (MSTP) and led the growth to #1 marketshare worldwide for deployment of ROADM technologies. Today, the MSTP DWDM product is the cornerstone of Cisco’s IP over DWDM strategy, which is changing the way service providers, cable operators, and enterprise companies build their networks. Mr Maddox has more than 14 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Cisco, he worked at Nortel Networks. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University in Canada.

	Leveraging Directionless and Colorless Upgrade to Existing ROADM-Based Networks Kim Papakos, Senior Product Manager, Tellabs, USA The presentation will focus on how directionless and colorless upgrades can be leveraged to increase network flexibility and offer enhanced optical protection mechanisms. The presentation will highlight how recent advances in optical technology are making directionless and colorless options economically attractive and also provide some options on upgrading existing ROADM-based networks. Kim Papakos is senior product manager for optical networking and DWDM technology at Tellabs. In this role, he is responsible for product planning and business development for Tellabs transport platform. Previously, Papakos worked for numerous carriers including Telstra and Optus communications where he was part of the team that designed and implemented Australia’s second telephone network. He also worked in numerous countries designing SDH/SONET, GSM and two-way cable networks. Papakos has more than 16 years of telecommunications industry experience specializing in optical communications. He holds a Bachelors of Electronics Engineering and a Bachelors of Optical Engineering from Melbourne, Australia. Papakos has published numerous papers and has 14 patents granted or pending.

	Flexible Wavelength Selective Switches for Advanced Network Architectures and Modulation Formats Simon Poole, Director, New Business Ventures, Finisar, Australia The increasing requirements for higher bit rates, higher channel density, greater network transparency and increased ease of operation are placing great demands on the development of next generation ROADMs. This presentation will discuss how liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS)-based wavelength selective switches provide a powerful, flexible platform for ROADM deployments and how they can assist in providing a “future-proof” platform for network architectures and transmission of advanced modulation formats. Dr. Simon Poole has over 30 years of experience in communications and has been involved in many of the key developments in optical communications from both a research and commercial perspective. He was a member of the team that developed the first EDFA at Southampton University in 1985 and has founded several successful start-ups in the optical communications space including Indx Pty. Ltd. (acquired by JDSU) and Engana Pty. Ltd. (now Finisar Australia). He has published over 150 papers in journals and conferences and is currently Director of New Business Ventures at Finisar Australia.

	Economy of Key Optical Modules in Agile Optical Networks Doug Alteen, Senior Director, Product Line Management, Subsystems, Communications and Commercial Optical Products, JDSU, USA The cost pressures that network equipment manufacturers are under in order to support and build out their transport infrastructures is at an all-time high. Today’s agile optical transport node includes critical modules such as amplifiers, ROADMs and monitoring elements. A cost pareto will arrange these in order, starting with the highest cost element, WSS modules, amplifiers and monitors. WSS’s are the newest of these technologies and hence subject to the highest cost pressures. Even so, today’s annual cost reduction expectations by NEMs for these products is unprecedented. This talk will cover the drivers behind these targets and why they are a critical measure for the health of our industry, what is realistically possible, and a forecast of impact to technology development. Doug Alteen is the Senior Director of Product Line Management for Subsystems in the Communications and Commercial Optical Products business segment at JDSU. He is responsible for overseeing JDSU’s optical amplifier and circuit packs business. Doug and his team have recently focused on developing innovative solutions that include the AON Super Transport Blade and the Photonic Integrated Amplifier. Doug has spent more than 20 years in the telecommunications arena, holding a number of senior positions in sales, marketing, R&D and product line management. For the past 10 years, he has worked specifically in the optical components modules and subsystems industry.

Panel V: 100G Standards Update

Moderator: Rod Smith, Global Industry Lead, Data/Communications, Tyco Electronics, USA

This session will provide an update on the status of 100G standards and associated implementation agreements. Standards work for 100G Ethernet is underway in the IEEE, while the ITU-T is well along on a coordinated activity to standardize a new signal format to transport 100G across global networks. Building on the IEEE and ITU-T standards, the OIF has several projects focused on a specific implementation for 100G transport across ultra long haul DWDM networks. Speakers will provide their perspectives on the work in these three bodies.

Speakers

	40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet: An Update on the IEEE P802.3ba Project John D’Ambrosia, Senior Scientist, Components Technology, Force10 Networks, USA The goal of this session will be to provide the audience with an overview on 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. The author will give a update on developments efforts within the IEEE P802.3ba Task Force, and review the technical discussions and decisions that are shaping 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. As a senior scientist at Force10 Networks, John D’Ambrosia focuses on components technology and leads the company's involvement in industry groups. John has been an active participant in the development of Ethernet-related technologies since 1999. At the present time, he is the chair of the IEEE P802.3ba Task Force, which is driving the standards development process for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet. John served as secretary for the IEEE 802.3ap Backplane Ethernet Task Force, and participated in the development of XAUI for 10 Gigabit Ethernet. John is a founder of the Ethernet Alliance and has served as a director, secretary. John was the chair of the XAUI Interoperability work group for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance. For all of his efforts related to Ethernet, John was recognized by Network World in 2006, as part of its “50 Most Powerful People in Networking” list. John also acted as secretary for the High Speed Backplane Initiative and chair of the Optical Internetworking Forum's Market Awareness & Education committee. Prior to joining Force10, John was with Tyco Electronics for 17 years.

	ITU-T Optical Transport Network (OTN) Support for 100 Gigabit Ethernet Mark Jones, Staff Product Manager, Tellabs, USA This presentation describes the status of ITU-T developments related to transport of 100 GbE using the OTN. Reasons why service providers are requesting OTN support for transporting 100 GbE provide relevance for this work. Details on the items already agreed for inclusion in ITU-T standards are included along with a summary of the items still being debated. Mark Jones is Staff Product Manager for optical transport products at Tellabs. He is responsible for marketing and assisting in product planning. He has more than 12 years of telecommunication industry experience. Prior to joining Tellabs, he was Principal Technology Strategist in the CTO’s organization and Chief Architect of Sprint’s optical transport network at Sprint Nextel. He represents Tellabs at industry standards development organizations, currently serving as a rapporteur in ITU-T Study Group 15. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech.

	Review of OIF Work on 100G Long Distance DWDM Transmission Joseph Berthold, Vice President, Network Architecture, Ciena Corp., USA This presentation will review the projects the OIF has underway to specify an implementation approach for 100G transmission in core backbone networks. It will review application objectives, the chosen modulation approach, and provide an overview of the OIF work in photonic module integration, forward error correction, and the physical and electromechanical specification of a transceiver module. Joseph Berthold is Vice President, Network Architecture, at Ciena, where he has worked since 1997. There he contributes to the understanding of future network architecture directions, the definition of CIENA's networking products, and is responsible for coordination of CIENA's work in industry standards. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) and a member of the Science Council for the National Science Foundation’s GENI (Global Environment for Networking Solutions) Program. He chaired the Technical Committee of the Optical Internetworking Forum from 1998–2001, and was its’ President from 2002–2007. Prior to Ciena he held various research and development positions at Bell Labs and Bellcore from 1977–1997. He received a Ph.D. in physics from Brown University in 1976, and did postdoctoral research at Cornell University from 1975–1977.

	100Gb/s Standards: A Case for Progress Bill Gartner, Vice President and General Manager, Optical Transport Business Unit, Cisco Systems Inc., USA This presentation summarizes one vendor's experience with 40Gb/s and draws on lessons learned to discuss several industry goals as we progress towards 100Gb/s solutions. Drivers for 100Gb/s will be discussed as well as the motivation for standards around modulation formats and footprints emerging earlier in the product lifecycle. Bill leads Cisco Systems’ Optical Transport Business Unit (OTBU), which includes Cisco’s portfolio of DWDM and TDM Optical Networking products. Bill has P&L responsibility for this business and is responsible for strategic direction, product development, product positioning and new product introduction. Prior to joining Cisco, Bill was Chief Operating Officer of Meriton Networks (acquired by Xtera Networks). Prior to Meriton, Bill served as President and COO of Mahi Networks and COO of Photuris. Before joining Photuris, he was Vice President and General Manager of Lucent's Optical Networking Systems business, responsible for Metro, Access, and Long Haul DWDM Products. In this role, he was responsible for well over $1B of revenue, with 500 employees in 5 worldwide locations. His earlier tenure in the industry included roles at AT&T Bell Labs and Paradyne. Bill has served on the boards of OptronX (acquired by JDSU) and CyOptics. Bill has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, a Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and an Executive Master’s in technology management from University of Pennsylvania/Wharton. He is a University of Pennsylvania Moore Fellow and holds three patents.