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ECOC 2023

49th European Conference on Optical Communications

1 - 5 October 2023 | SEC | Glasgow | Scotland

 

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Europe’s leading conference on optical communications, and one of the most prestigious and long-standing events in the field worldwide.

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Taking place in the historic and vibrant city of Glasgow, ECOC will showcase the latest cutting-edge developments in optical communication, as well as an exciting social programme that will allow delegates to network and share ideas whilst experiencing the best of Scottish culture.  

Parallel to the scientific conference, the ECOC exhibition covers a wide range of optical communication products and services. 

Call for Demo Sessions

Show your latest work, results and prototypes working in practice, providing unique opportunities for potential technological transfer and dissemination of research results. Live demonstrations with on-site hardware equipment are preferred for this session.

Deadline: 5 June 2023
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Key dates

Deadline for demo submissions - 5 June 2023

Author notification - w/c 3 July 2023

Author registration deadline - 31 August 2023
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Register for ECOC 2023

Book your place by 31 July to take advantage of the Early Bird rates.
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Speakers at ECOC will include:

Professor Polina Bayvel
Professor of Optical Communications & Networks, Optical Networks Group, UCL

Vint Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

Colin Lees
Chief Technology and Information Officer, Openreach

Carol Monaghan
Member of Parliament for Glasgow North West

Gillian Wright

Professor Gillian Wright
Director, UK Astronomy Technology Centre
European PI, James Webb Space Telescope Mid-IR Instrument

Social events at ECOC 2023

You’ll have lots of opportunities to experience Scottish culture and hospitality, including a welcome reception at the Glasgow Science Centre, and the conference dinner at the Kelvingrove Art gallery and Museum – one of Glasgow’s most prominent historic buildings.
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Next stop: Glasgow

We are pleased to be taking ECOC 2023 to Glasgow, a city famous for its architecture, music, food and drink, scenery and lots more besides.

The conference will take place at the SEC, which includes the iconic “Armadillo” building.

Going green

Some of the ways that we’re ensuring that ECOC 2023 is a sustainable conference.
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11 minutes with Vint Cerf

We met Vint ahead of his plenary talk at ECOC 2023, to chat about new technology, smart home developments and a whole lot more.
Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spwNvFYr8Gc

14 minutes with Colin Lees

The Openreach CTIO talks about the fibre roll-out that he believes is the current biggest game-changer in technology.
Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We16AtjfPo8

Sponsor or exhibit at ECOC

The ECOC Exhibition is a must-attend three-day event attracting over 6,500 top level individuals and organisations from the global fibre optic communications industry.

If you are a manufacturer, supplier or service provider of optical communications products and services, you are guaranteed to network with your most active prospects at ECOC Exhibition 2023.

We have a wide range of sponsorship opportunities to help you get noticed at the event, generate new sales leads and promote your company and products. Our bigger supporter packages are flexible and can be tailored to meet your objectives.

Contact sales@ecocexhibition.com to request our Sponsorship and Exhibition brochure or to discuss your requirements.

Go to https://www.ecocexhibition.com/

What people say about ECOC

“High technical quality, well prepared conference and social events”

“This is a good chance to meet all distinguished scientists from all over the world”

“The invited talks covered the hottest current topics”

“ECOC is always providing the latest R&D results and shows future trend of communications”

“Poster sessions were very relaxed and good for interaction with presenters”

“Great papers and outstanding social events”

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