Invited Speakers

P1. Photonic Switching Devices, Systems and Networks

TITLE
SPEAKER
COMPANY
ML Approaches for SOP-based Sensing of Optical Fiber Security
Leyla Sadighi
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Wavelength Selective Switching Systems
Lauren Dallachiesa
Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Scaling the Optical Future
Chris Kocot
Coherent, USA
Ultra-High Capacity Long-Distance SDM Systems
Besma Kalla
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Virtualization of wavelength switching function in mixed granularity routing optical networks
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Nagoya University, Japan
Photonics for Convergent 6G Networks from mmWave to sub-THz
Beatriz Ortega
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), SPAIN
Advances in B5G Radio-Power over Fiber Fronthaul and Switching capabilities
Maria Carmen Vazquez
Universidad Carlos 3 Madrid (UC3M), SPAIN

P2. Photonics for Advanced Computing Systems and Applications

TITLE
SPEAKER
COMPANY
Photonic platforms' renaissance for future switching applications
Alfonso Ruocco
UCL, UK
Photonic computing and switching with BTO
Cristina Catalá Laoz
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Biologically Inspired Gradient-Free Training for Physical Deep Learning
Dr. Hidetaka Nishi
NTT Device Technology Labs, Japan

P3. Quantum technologies for networks and computing

TITLE
SPEAKER
COMPANY
Multi-partite entanglement distribution networking and applications
Alessandro Fedrizzi
Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Software orchestration for quantum network testbed
Rajkumar Kettimuthu
Argonne National Lab, USA
All-photonic quantum repeaters
Koji Azuma
NTT, Japan
Planning cost-effective QKD networks
Mario Wenning
ADVA Security, Germany
A Field-Deployed Heterogenous Quantum Key Distribution Testbed – QuCT NL
Simon Rommel
TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Temporal photonic processing for quantum state analysis and enhancement
Jose Azana
INRS, Canada
Recommendations for deploying QKD in coexistence with classical communications in optical networks
Jose Manuel Rivas Moscoso
  Telefónica, Spain
High-Dimensional Quantum Information
Meritxell Cabrejo Ponce
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics (IOF), Germany