Workshop 1: Has the Time Come for Quantum-Secure Optical Networks?
Laurent Schmalen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Matthias Gunkel (Deutsche Telekom)
Hannes Hübel (Austrian Institute of Technology)
Workshop 2: Massively Parallel Optical Transceivers and Interfaces – Where Are We on This Path?
Xi (Vivian) Chen (Nokia Bell Labs)
Dan Kuchta (IBM Research)
Workshop 3: What Is the Best Wavelength for Free-Space Optical (FSO) Communication?
Oskars Ozolins (RISE)
Herwig Zech (Tesat-Spacecom)
Nicolas Perlot (Fraunhofer HHI)
Workshop 4: When Could Multi-Band Systems Become More Cost-Effective Than Parallel C-Band Systems?
Gabriel Charlet (Huawei)
Jeremie Renaudier (Nokia Bell Labs)
Chongjin Xie (Alibaba Cloud)
Workshop 5: What Can Digital Twins Fueled With Generative AI Offer to Optical Networks?
Behnam Shariati (Fraunhofer HHI)
Shoichiro Oda, (Fujitsu Limited)
Workshop 6: 6G in Buildings: Head Against the Wall?
Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer HHI)
Maxim Kuschnerov (Huawei)
Workshop 7: Overhyped or the Real Deal: Which Photonics Integration Platform Will Lead the Way?
Eric Bernier (HiSilicon OE)
Martijn Heck (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Lars Zimmermann (IHP Microelectronics)
Workshop 8: Is QKD Technology Ready to Become a Standard for Secure Communications?
Haissam Hanafi (Quantum Business Network)
Linus Krieg (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
Imran Khan (KEEQuant)
Workshop 9: Intra-Datacenter Connectivity: Bottlenecks & Trends for AI Clusters
Peter Winzer (Nubis Communications)
Shu Namiki (AIST)
Laurent Schares (IBM)
Workshop 10: Is There a Gold Standard Fiber Optic Sensing Technology to Monitor the Environment Around Us?
Sander Jansen (Adtran)
Paola Parolari (Politecnico di Milano)
Workshop 11: Beyond 50G-PON – Can We Still Use IMDD?
Derek Nesset (Huawei)
Fabienne Saliou (Orange)
Jochen Maes (Nokia)
Workshop 12: How Will AI Affect Future Transmission Systems?
David Millar (Infinera)
Lidia Galdino (Corning)
Workshop 13: Emerging From Under the Sea – Where Will SDM Land?
Georg Rademacher (University of Stuttgart)
Ruben Luis (NICT)
Gabriele Di Rosa (Adtran)
Workshop 14: Mobile Optics for 6G and Open Cloud RAN: New Concepts or More of the Same?
Stefan Dahlfort (Ericsson)
Philippe Chanclou (Orange)
Xiaodan Pang (KTH)