ECOC 2026

September 21 - 23, 2026
FYCMA, Málaga, Spain
Booth 2100

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Connect with our technology leaders, product experts, and business strategists at ECOC 2026. Whether you're designing next-generation AI fabrics or upgrading transport networks, our team is ready to collaborate.

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Featured Technologies

Scale-Up:
CPO & NPO Enabling Technologies

Scale-Out:
Datacom Transceivers

Scale Across:
DCI Transceivers and Wavelength Management

Datacenter & Communication Brochure

Hear from Our Experts at ECOC 2026

Papers, workshops, talks, and poster presentations

Date	Topic	Events	Speaker	Venue	Notes
Sunday, 20 Sep 9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Light sources for next-generation optical communication systems for AI datacenters	Workshop	Dr. Wilfried Maineult	A1 Auditorium 1	Organizer
Sunday, 20 Sep 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Hybrid Solutions for Very High Speed PON – the best (or worst) of Coherent and IMDD worlds	Workshop	Dr. Noriaki Kaneda	C2.1 Conference room 2.1	Speaker
Sunday, 20 Sep 4:30 pm - 4:42 pm	Can fast narrow channels keep rising without limit or will slow and wide become the winner	Workshop	Dr. Chris Kocot	PV-R Multipurpose room	Speaker
Monday, 21 Sep 11:40 am - 11:55 am	Cooling Smarter: How Advanced Materials Unlock Data Center Efficiency	Market Focus	Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Speaker
Monday, 21 Sep 3:20 pm - 3:35 pm	Beyond 1.6T: Enabling AI Datacenter Scale with Coherent-Lite Optics	Market Focus	Shawn Esser	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Speaker
Tuesday, 22 Sep 10:00 am - 10:15 am	Scaling the Optical Future: Technologies Enabling Scale-Up, Scale-Out, and Scale-Across AI Infrastructure	Market Focus	Dr. Julie Eng	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Speaker
Tuesday, 22 Sep 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm	Fireside Chat: Discussing the increasing role of photonics in next generation AI/ML interconnects, the related challenge and opportunities, plus the related new photonics ecosystem that has emerged.	Market Focus	Dr. Giovanni Barbarossa	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Speaker
Tuesday, 22 Sep 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Panel session: Realistic check of AI interconnect scaling solutions for post 1.6T era	Market Focus	Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Panelist
Tuesday, 22 Sep 11:00 am - 11:15 am	Co-Packaged Optics: From Industry Promise to Reality	Market Focus	Justin Abbott	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Speaker
Wednesday, 23 Sep 9:00 am - 10:30 am	Advanced integrated modulators and transmitters: Discrete photonic devices and technologies	Technical Presentation	Dr. Wilfried Maineult	E1 Exhibition room 1	Chair
Wednesday, 23 Sep 10:20 am - 10:35 am	Scaling ground station connectivity for satellite constellations	Market Focus	Jessica Wang	Market Focus Theatre: Pavillion 2	Speaker
Wednesday, 23 Sep 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	PAM4 448 Gb/s per Lane InP MZM-SOA Array PIC for Next-Generation CPO	Poster Presentation	Anna Tatarczak	PV-P Multipurpose Poster area	Speaker
Wednesday, 23 Sep 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm	2.3 Tbit/s Backside-Emitting 1060 nm VCSEL Array on Silicon Interposer for CPO Applications	Public Presentation	Marc Ganzhorn	PV-R Multipurpose room	Speaker
Thursday, 24 Sep 9:00 am - 10:30 am	Novel modulators: Discrete photonic devices and technologies	Technical Session	Dr. Wilfried Maineult	A1 Auditorium 1	Chair

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