Day 1 – Wednesday 21st February 2024

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08:3009:00Registration / coffee
09:0009:45PlenaryHarald Bock (Infinera)
09:4510:30PlenaryBen Puttnam (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
   
10:3011:00Coffee break and Exhibition time
   
11:0012:30UKTIN SessionTBC (UKTIN)
   
12:3013:30Lunch, Poster Sessions and Exhibition time
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13:3014:00TelecommunicationsJoerg-Peter Elbers (Adtran)13:3014:00Quantum CommunicationsMelchior Aelmans (Juniper Networks)
14:0014:30Martyn Fice
(University College London)		14:0014:30Siddarth Joshi (University of Bristol)
14:3015:00Integrating Hollow Core fibres with SMFsRadan Slavik (University of Southampton)14:3014:45Characterisation of Faint-Pulse-Sources for QKDPeter Schlosser (Fraunhofer UK)
14:4515:00An Integrated Fibre and Satellite QKD Network OptimisationVasileios Karavias (University of Cambridge)
      
15:0015:45Exhibition + Coffee + Posters15:0015:45Exhibition + Coffee + Posters
  
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15:4516:15Photonic ComponentsPump Lasers for Optical Amplification in Telecommunication Network Design, Reliability and ApplicationsNadhum Zayer (Coherent)15:4516:15Free Space OpticsMehul Malik (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)
16:1516:45Components for – and system demonstrations using spatial division multiplexingGeorg Rademacher (University of Stuttgart)16:1516:45Abderrahmen Trichili (University of Oxford)
16:4517:00How Does Optical Networking Fit in Telecoms Network ArchitectureAndy Reid (University of Bristol)16:4517:15A micromirror array- based streak camera for multi-channel, multi-spectral LIDAR.David Benton (Aston University)
17:0017:15Very Small Fibre Optic Interconnect Solutions Supporting the Exponential Bandwidth DemandTiger Ninomiya (Senko)
    
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Day 2 – Thursday 22nd February 2024

Start End TopicSpeakers
08:3009:00Registration / coffee
   
09:0009:45PlenaryGraham Reed (University of Southampton)
09:4510:30Dominic O’Brien (University of Oxford)
   
10:3011:00Coffee break and Exhibition time
11:0012:30Panel / WorkshopAndrew Lord (BT)
James Regan (Oriole Networks)
Chris Davies (CSA Catapult)
   
12:3013:30Lunch, Poster Sessions and Exhibition time
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13:3014:00Data CentresPatrick Anderson (Microsoft)13:3014:00Photonics for RANtbc (tbc)
14:0014:30George Zervas (University College London)14:0014:30Optical fibre fronthaul for the disaggregated 6G RANNathan Gomes (University College London)
14:3015:00Richard Hogg (Aston University)14:3015:00Evolution of FTTx beyond 50G towards converged access solutionsMaxim Kuschnerov (Huawei)
        
15:0015:45Exhibition + Coffee + Posters15:0015:45 Exhibition + Coffee + Posters
  
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15:4516:15Network PlanningVersatile Optical Network PlanningAndre Richter (VPIphotonics)15:4516:15Telecommunications / Free Space OpticsSteven Alleston (OpenLight Photonics)
16:1516:45Pedro Freire (OFCOM)16:1516:45Fibre optical parametric amplifiers for optical communicationsVladimir Gordienko (Aston University)
16:4517:00Modeling, Processing and Detection of Optical Signals in Advanced Communication SystemsTianhua Xu (University of Warwick)16:4517:00Mode division multiplexing technology: from ground to spaceFeng Wen (UESTC)
17:0017:15GPU-Accelerated Framework for Optical Communication System Design and AnalysisEgor Sedov (Aston University)17:0017:153.52 Tbps Dynamic Demultiplexing of Low-loss Spatial Modes in Strong Turbulence Using Reconfigurable PhotonicsUltan Daly (University of Glasgow)
    
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