Exhibit Hall Displays and Activities

OFC/NFOEC is your one-stop information, networking, and business solutions center for advancing optical communications and networking. All events on the exhibit floor are free to registered attendees.

Visit More Than 500 Exhibitors—The Most Comprehensive Exhibit Hall in The Industry

  • See what's new
  • Build and maintain professional contacts
  • Identify technology “must-haves” for your business
  • Broaden your knowledge about the companies that lead the industry

View the 2009 OFC/NFOEC Exhibitor and Sponsor List .

Show Floor Activities and Events

Unparalleled education focused on providing real life solutions to your current business challenges. Don’t miss this free show floor programming that will enable you to make informed decisions about your future business development.

  • Market Watch – This three-day series of panel sessions engages the applications and business communities in such emerging areas as 100G standards, ROADMs, DWDM, and other optical communications network applications. Presentations and panel discussions feature esteemed guest speakers from industry, research, and the investment community.
  • Service Provider Summit – Join your colleagues for this dynamic program with topics and speakers of interest to CTOs, network architects, network designers, and technologists within the service provider and carrier sector.
  • Hot Topics – Within these programs, hear discussions of the field’s hottest topics, including 100G, datacomm, next-generation networks, FTTx, and beyond.
  • FTTx Resource Center – A combination demonstration and resource center, The Light Brigade’s FTTx Resource Center offers “one-stop shopping” for all things related to fiber to the home. The FTTx Resource Center features a live GPON system and a preview of a next-generation (NGPON) network.
  • OSP/Fiber Technology Showcase – This on-floor theater features special presentations and demonstrations on topics of interest in today’s fiber optic technology. Demonstrations include an emergency restoration performed live on a working fiber-optic system.
  • POF Market Opportunities Presentation – The Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization (POFTO) is organizing a POF Symposium to review recent developments in POF markets, technology, and applications. In addition, POFTO is organizing a POF DAY, POF Press conference, and POF Applications Center which is open throughout the show and features the latest POF Industry products.
  • Video Theater – Installation and system footage are combined with animations and graphics to give an in-depth look into the world of fiber optics at the educational Video Theater. The Video Theater features DVDs produced by The Light Brigade. New features to the theater include fiber-optic devices and connectors and cable management products.
  • New Product Introductions – A show floor theater in which individual exhibitors will be highlighting their newest developments, products, and services in 30-minute showcase presentations.

Poster Presentations

Poster presentations are an integral part of the technical program and offer an opportunity for lively discussion between the poster presenters and attendees.

Special Opportunity – Job Fair

Looking for a job? Or interested in exploring career options? The OFC/NFOEC Job Fair connects employers and skilled job seekers from all areas of optical communications.

 

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Registration opens in October 2009. Attend 1 day or all 5 days.