Presentations from TOP Conference 2025
We are pleased to share some of the excellent presentations from TOP Conference 2025 where we have permission to do so.
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Tuesday 25th February 2025
| Time | Title | Speaker | |||||||
| 08:30 | 09:30 | Registration and coffee | |||||||
| 09:30 | 10:15 | Keynote Speaker – The future of optical communications is massively parallel – and non-quantum | Peter Winzer (Nubis Communications) | ||||||
| 10:15 | 11:00 | Keynote Speaker – The Optical Network: A Foundation for the Intelligent Immersive Future | David Neilson (Nokia Bell Labs) | ||||||
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Coffee break and Exhibition time | |||||||
| 11:30 | 13:00 | Impacts of AI/ML on future telecoms and data centre networks | Moderator: Jose Pozo (Optica) Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay (Meta) Julian Watson (Omdia) Pedro Freire (OFCOM) Michael Hochberg (Cambridge University Centre for Geopolitics) | ||||||
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Lunch, Exhibition time and Posters | |||||||
| Stream 1: Telecommunications I | Stream 2: Data Centres | ||||||||
| Title | Speaker | Time | Title | Speakers | |||||
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Numerical simulations and experimental assessments of ultra-wideband optical fibre communication systems | Robert Killey (University College London) | 14:00 | 14:30 | Re-engineering coherent DSP for lower power applications | Domaniç Lavery (Infinera) | ||
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Extending the Capacity of Spatial Division Multiplexing Systems | Ruben Luis (NICT) | 14:30 | 15:00 | ADOPTION Project – Advancing Data Centre and AI Cluster Interconnects with Co-Packaged Optics for High-Efficiency Cloud Computing. | Cleitus Antony (Tyndall Institute) | ||
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Challenges in scaling a global network infrastructure | Ligia Zorello (Meta) | 15:00 | 15:30 | Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling AI with Silicon Photonics | Filippo Ferraro (IMEC) | ||
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Exhibition, Coffee and Posters | |||||||
| Stream 3: Photonics for RAN | Stream 4: Free Space Optics | ||||||||
| 16:00 | 16:30 | Integrated radio over fiber systems | Antonella Bogoni (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – CNIT) | 16:00 | 16:30 | MWIR and LWIR FSO Communications with Unipolar Quantum Optoelectronics | Xiaodan Pang (ZJU/RTU) | ||
| 16:30 | 17:00 | Can Plasmonics have a role in Future Radio Access Networks? | Laurenz Kulmer (ETH Zurich) | 16:30 | 17:00 | Satellite-based Quantum Communications | Jasminder Sidhu (University of Strathclyde) | ||
| 17:00 | 17:30 | Reimagining High-Speed Interconnects: 100Gb/s Analog CDR Technology for Data Centers and 6G Fronthaul | Raza Khan (Semtech) | 17:00 | 17:30 | Mode-division multiplexing free-space optical communications: capacity and turbulence resiliency | Yiming Li (Aston University) | ||
| 17:30 | 18:30 | Drinks reception | |||||||
Wednesday 26th February 2025
| Time | Title | Speaker | |||||||
| 08:30 | Registration and coffee | ||||||||
| 09:00 | 09:45 | Keynote – Quantum Networks and the Integrated Quantum Networks Hub | Gerald Buller (Heriot-Watt University) | ||||||
| 09:45 | 10:30 | Keynote Speaker – The long, winding and hollow road of waveguided data transmission | Francesco Poletti (University of Southampton) | ||||||
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Coffee break, Exhibition time and Posters | |||||||
| 11:00 | 12:30 | UKRI Future Telecoms Research Hubs: recent progress, highlights and future vision | Moderator: Andrew Lord (BT) Harald Haas (University of Cambridge) Dominic O’Brien (Oxford University) Dimitra Simeonidou (Bristol University) Syed Zaidi (Leeds University) | ||||||
| 12:30 | 13:30 | Lunch, Exhibition time and Posters | |||||||
| Stream 5: Photonic Components I | Stream 6: Telecommunications II | ||||||||
| Title | Speaker | Time | Title | Speakers | |||||
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Modulator and Receiver PICs for High Data Rate Optical Networks | Daniel Jalo (Lumentum) | 13:30 | 14:00 | Scalable Optical Access Architectures in 6G Front-Haul | Alexandros Stavdas (OpenLightComm Ltd) | ||
| 14:00 | 14:30 | CORNERSTONE, your opensource silicon photonics platform for photonic components design | Ramsey Selim (Cornerstone) | 14:00 | 14:30 | Advanced Characterization of Optical Modulators and Coherent Receivers for Multi-Band Transmission Systems Beyond C- and L-Band | Robert Emmerich (HHI) | ||
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Enhancing Photonic Integrated Circuits: Advanced Testing and Automation Strategies | Sophie Lange (EXFO) | 14:30 | 15:00 | End-to-End Learning based Probabilistic Constellation Shaping in High-Capacity Optical Fibre Communication Systems | Tianhua Xu (University of Warwick) | ||
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Exhibition, Coffee and Posters | |||||||
| Stream 7: Photonic Components II | Stream 8: Quantum Communications | ||||||||
| 15:30 | 15.50 | CMOS-compatible process for fabricating high speed moduators in BTO | Steven Tan (Rapid Photonics BB) | 15:30 | 16:00 | AlGaAsSb-based Single Photon Avalanche Photodiodes for 1550 nm wavelength photons | Jo Shien Ng (University of Sheffield) | ||
| 15:50 | 16:10 | Metallic Interconnects for Co-Packaged Photonic Integrated Circuits | Andrew Meek (Senko) | 16:00 | 16:30 | Continuous-Variable QKD for Flexible and Efficient Quantum Secure Optical Communications | Michela Svaluto Moreolo (CTTC) | ||
| 16:10 | 16:30 | Industry Proven Photonic Integration Using Photonic Wire Bonds & Facet Attached Micro-Lenses | Dr Laura Horan, (Vanguard) | 16:30 | 17:00 | Quantum Networks: from Quantum Key Distribution to Entanglement Distribution | Rui Wang (Bristol University) | ||
| 16:30 | 16:50 | 3D Printed Optical Interconnects via 2-Photon Grayscale Lithography for Enhanced Vertical Coupling | Dr. Stephan Dottermusch (Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG) | ||||||
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