OIDA Photonics Manufacturing Workshop at OFC/NFOEC 2012
Opportunities and Trends in Optoelectronic Manufacturing
An OIDA Communications workshop
Monday, 5 March 2012 (collocated with OFCNFOEC2012) - Los Angeles, California
The North American optoelectronics industry has undergone significant changes over the course of the last decade. The escalating end-user demand for bandwidth coupled with the attendant pricing pressures continues to pose significant challenges to the industry. To stay competitive, the industry has addressed this challenge by off-shoring optoelectronic component and board level packaging and assembly. Recently, the US Government has announced a string of initiatives in manufacturing to facilitate development of advanced manufacturing technologies as well as to provide impetus to growth of jobs.
The goal of this one day industry-centric workshop is to determine what manufacturing technologies and business incentives are needed to facilitate manufacturing, and to delineate topics of technology focus in optoelectronics that might be used to address government manufacturing initiatives.
The first part of the workshop will feature talks from experts in the industry (public & private companies), academia, and the financial community discussing their perspectives on optoelectronic manufacturing. This will be followed by presentations from leaders representing agencies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Photonics21 (European technology platform for photonics), National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Research Council of Canada discussing their initiatives/programs in optoelectronic manufacturing. There will be a panel session featuring the speakers following this.
The second part of the workshop will feature talks from industry and government experts delivering technology focused presentations of relevance to optoelectronic manufacturing. Topics to be covered range from advanced device design and fabrication technologies to advanced packaging and assembly technologies for next generation photonic devices.
Special Guest, Commissioner Dan Slane, to Announce a New Photonics Manufacturing Initiative at OIDA's Workshop
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Commissioner Slane of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will present a new initiative designed to create jobs in North America and promote photonics manufacturing and research.Featured speakers include:
Views on optoelectronic manufacturing from the industry, academia, & financial community
- Infinera Corporation - David Welch, Co-Founder, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
- Corning Incorporated - Waguih Ishak, VP & Director, West Coast Research
- Carnegie Mellon University - Erica Fuchs, Assistant Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
- Discovery Semiconductors - Abhay Joshi, President and CEO
- The Juda Group - Scott Juda, Chief Executive Officer
International government programs & initiatives in manufacturing
- DARPA - Tom Lee, Director, Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
- Photonics21 (EC) / Oclaro - Mike Wale, Director Active Products Research for Oclaro
- NIST - Kent Rochford, Chief, Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division, and Acting Director of NIST-Boulder Labs
- National Research Council Canada - Sylvain Charbonneau, Executive Director
Advanced device design / fabrication & packaging technologies
- Aurrion - Eric Hall, Vice President of Business Development
- DARPA - Scott Rodgers, Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
- Finisar - Charles Roxlo, Vice President of Active Devices
- Infinera - Fred Kish, Vice President, Optical Integrated Components Group
- Kotura - Mehdi Asghari, Chief Technology Officer
- National Research Council Canada - Frank Shepherd, Group Leader, CPFC
- US Conec - Darrell Childers, Director of Development
Registration includes admission to the program, a free pass to the OFC/NFOEC exhibit, as well as associated meals and refreshment breaks. In addition, OIDA members and all registered attendees will receive copies of available presentations as well a summary report of the workshop.
Online Registration >>
Sponsored by:
Corning Incorporated
Supporting Sponsor:
National Research Council Canada / Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
Venue/Travel
Rooms have been set aside for OIDA attendees under the OFC/NFOEC room block for Saturday, March 3rd and Sunday, March 4th at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live. The nightly rate for a single or double occupant room is $246 nightly plus tax. If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please click here. Please note that this hotel is currently sold out for all other nights of the OFC/NFOEC 2012 Conference.
JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live
900 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90015 USA
Tel: (213)-765-8600, Fax: (213)-765-8601
For rooms on an alternate night or hotel, please click here to access the general OFC/NFOEC 2012 housing website.
Also at OFC/NFOEC 2012:
OIDA Communication Workshops at OFC/NFOEC 12
OIDA Optical Communication Networks: Quantitative Metrics in the Data Center
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Opportunities and Trends in Optoelectronic Manufacturing
Monday, 5 March 2012