Guest of Honor: Dr. Tingye Li

Date: Tuesday 15 November
Time: AM  10:30 - PM 12:30 

Session Chair: Xiang Liu, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. (USA)
 
"History and future perspectives of optical fibers and amplifiers" (Invited Paper)  
Paper 8309-29
Author: David N. Payne, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom) 
  
"Photonics industry in China: from current status and trends to the  importance of innovation" (Invited Paper) 
Paper 8309-30 
Author: Chongcheng Fan, Tsinghua Univ. (China)
 
"Digital coherent optical communication systems: past, present and future"  (Invited Paper)  
Paper  8309-31 
Author: Seb J. Savory, Univ. College London (United Kingdom) 

"Photonic Integration for Optical Fiber Communications" (Invited Paper)  
Paper  8309-114 
Thomas L. Koch, Lehigh University (United States)