TOP Conference 2026 took place at The Kia Oval in London on 24 and 25 February.
Now in it’s fifth year, TOP Conference welcomed delegates, speakers and exhibitors to the conference for two days of talks and networking. Attendees came mainly from the UK (74%) but the conference also attracted those from Europe (19.6%) including France, Greece, Italy, Belgium and Ireland, as well as delegates from USA and Japan.
The conference featured an exhibition area with 20 companies exhibiting and students were invited to showcase their research, with 24 poster presentations.
Highlights from TOP Conference 2026
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“The conference was excellently organized. It’s clearly becoming a flagship event for optical communications in the UK, and it is now attracting attention and participation from across borders.”
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“The quality of the agenda was impeccable. Organization and support during the conference were also high. Location was perfect.”
Attendee, 2026
Attending companies at TOP Conference 2026
Accenture
ADTRAN Networks SE
Albion
Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies
Aston University
Avirata Defence Systems Ltd
AVoptics Limited
Bristol University
Brunel University London
BT Group
Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Cardiff University
Carrousel Digital
Chalmers University of Technology
CHUNE LTD
Ciena
CIP
COMSOL
CORNERSTONE
CSA Catapult
CTO
Data Centre and Network News
Dexerials Europe B.V
Diamond UK
Digital Catapult
DMOptics Ltd
Dublin City University
Electro Optics
Elliot Scientific
EPIC-European Photonics Industry Consortium
Epoxy Technology Europe Ltd
ESA
Exail-Photonics
EXFO
ficonTEC
ficonTEC Ireland
Finchetto Ltd
Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd
G&H
GBICS
Ghent University
Greystone Solutions Ltd
Hamamatsu Photonics UK Ltd
HEBREW UNIVERSITY
Heriot-Watt University
Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
Huawei Technologies R&D UK
HUBER+SUHNER
Inseto
iPRONICS
JX Advanced Metals Corporation
KETS Quantum Security
Keysight Technologies
Kyocera Fineceramics Limited
Lambda Photometrics Ltd
Laser 2000 UK Ltd
Laser Components UK Ltd
Luceda
Lumai
Lumentum
Lumino Technologies
Mbryonics
Meta
Microsoft
National Dark Fibre Facility (NDFF)
National Physical Laboratory
NICT
Nokia
Nokia Bell Labs
NQCC/Uni Edinburgh/CNRS
NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Nu Quantum
NVIDIA
Obsidian
Optica
Optical Connections
Optoelectronics Research Centre
Oriole Networks
Oxford Ionics
Page White Farrer
Paraform
Phlux technology Ltd
Photon Delta
Pilot Photonics
Proactive International PR
PSI Group Ltd
Senko Advanced components
Shin-Etsu Polymer Europe B.V.
Sivers Photonics Ltd
Sorbonne University
South Devon College
StarTech Trieste
Technical University of Denmark
The Conversion Group
The IET
The University of Warwick
UCL
UK Space Agency
University College London
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Glasgow
University of Patras Address
University of Southampton
University of Warwick
Vanguard Automation
VIAVI Solutions
Wave Photonics
Yokogawa
Zepren
“The program was well balanced between high level topics and detailed technical topics.”
Attendee, 2026
Exhibiting companies at TOP Conference 2026
