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Ciena at OFC 2025

March 30–April 3 | San Francisco, CA | Booth #2443

The AI era is here. So is the industry's only coherent 1.6 Tb/s.

At OFC, you can see firsthand how Ciena's market-leading innovations are powering AI networks today. Visit our booth to learn how you can set new performance and economic benchmarks; achieve new levels of scale and flexibility in data center design; and use intelligent software control and disruptive photonic layer innovations to thrive in the AI era.

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Featured Speaker

Gary Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Speaking Monday, March 31, from 14:30–15:40

CEO Panel, Optica Executive Forum: Optical networking industry business and economics

Look for us on the agenda

13:00–15:30
Workshop: Is coherent DSP solved? Are we running out of innovation?

| James Harley, Senior DSP Modem Architect, WaveLogic Science

16:00–18:30
Workshop: Watts the limit? Powering optical network growth

| Guiseppe Bordogna, Vice President, Optical Transport R&D

16:00–18:30

Workshop: Unifying disaggregated networks control with pluggable transponders - who controls the puggables?

| Reza Rokui, Senior Director, SDN Application Architect

16:00–18:30
Workshop: Are we ready for hollow core fiber networks?

| Mohammad Pasandi, Senior Manager, WaveLogic Science

10:35–11:50
Optica Executive Forum 2025: Status of photonic-enabled modules and interconnects

| Helen Xenos, Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing

14:30–15:40
CEO Panel, Optica Executive Forum: Optical networking industry business and economics

| Gary Smith, Chief Executive Officer

12:30–14:00
Market Watch II: New technologies driving spectral efficiency gains in next-gen networks - beyond modems

| Robert Keys, Senior Director, Optical Transport R&D

14:15–15:45
Market Watch III: Optical modules, transceivers, and applications

| Will Leckie, Director, Optical Engineering

13:30–14:30
Panel: Advances in international standards on optical networks towards 2030

| Sebastien Gareau, Systems Architect

10:15–11:15
Panel: Commercial readiness of thin-film lithium niobate photonics

| Doug McGhan, Senior Director, Optical Engineering

12:00–13:30
Market Watch VI: Digital twin, telemetry, monitoring, and testing

| David Boertjes, Director, Photonics R&D

16:30–18:30
Panel: Towards operational large-scale quantum networks

| Farzam Toudeh-Fallah, Director, Quantum Communications R&D

    OFC

  • March 30–April 3, 2025
  • Moscone Center
    747 Howard Street
    San Francisco, CA 94103
  • Booth #2443

Demonstrations

Navigator Network Control Suite

IP/Optical coordination, pluggables and routers, IP service management for multi-vendor setups, and GenAI workflows for dynamic network assurance.

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Optical

Photonic innovations from edge to core networks, 1.6 Tb/s coherent optics on Waveserver®  and 6500, WaveLogic™ 6 Nano 800G coherent pluggables.

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Routing and switching

Fully programmable, scalable, disaggregated, and SDN-ready platforms to address your unique requirements, from access to metro.

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Services

Robust solutions, proven methodologies, and tools for network audits, rectification, and process automation for quicker issue resolution.

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Interconnects

Industry-leading technology for unparalleled network scalability, operations, and power usage, including WaveLogic 6 Nano 1.6T Coherent-Lite and Tibit™ pluggables.

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