10 Oct. 2024
Thursday
08:45-09:00
Welcome Address
Paul Terry
- /Head of Sales - Events, CRU
ZHUANG Dan
- /Executive Director and President, YOFC
09:00-10:30
Optical Fibre and Cable Leadership Panel
WANG Chenfei
Chair- /Head of Wire and Cable, CRU
ZHUANG Dan
- /Executive Director and President, YOFC
Frederick Persson
- /Executive Vice President, Digital Solutions, Prysmian
John McGirr
- /Senior Vice President and General Manager, Corning Optical Fiber and Cable
10:30-11:00
Refreshment Break
11:00-12:20
Demand Insights from China’s Major Consumers
WANG Chenfei
Chair- /Head of Wire and Cable, CRU
AO Li
- /Chief Engineer, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
ZHANG Chengliang
- /President, China Telecom Research Institute
LI Han
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/Chief Expert, China Mobile
/Director of the Department of Fundamental Network Technology, China Mobile Research Institute
WANG Guangquan
- /Chief Engineer, China Unicom Research Institute
12:20-13:40
Lunch
13:40-14:10
Fibre Broadband and Datacentre Applications Will Revive Growth in the Global Fibre Optic Market
WANG Chenfei
- /Head of Wire and Cable, CRU
Vishnu Patidar
- /Senior Analyst, CRU
14:10-15:00
Motivation, Challenges, Goals and Examples of Best Practices in Sustainability
Vishnu Patidar
Chair- /Senior Analyst, CRU
Alain Giraud
- /Sales Director, Rosendahl Nextrom
Mairie Ange Vatin
- /Global Head of Fiber Optic Material Business, Covestro
Enrique Mendez
- /Senior Global Market Manager, Teijin Aramid
Ivan Zyulkov
- /Business Development Manager, Umicore
Paul Keller
- /Business Growth Manager, Communications and Marketing, Borealis
15:00-15:30
Refreshment Break
15:30-16:10
AI Session
CAO Li
- /Senior Analyst, Lightcounting
Interconnection Technology in Al Computing
SUN Xuerui
- /Technical Director for Greater China, Japan & Korea, EXFO Inc.
The Requirements and Challenges of Fiber Network Characteristics in Transforming Data Center for Al
16:10-17:10
Innovation
Vishnu Patidar
Chair- /Senior Analyst, CRU
XIONG Zhuang
- /Chief Scientist of Optical Cable, YOFC
YOFC Optical Fibre Innovation & Cable Application
Barry Gill
- /VP Sales and Marketing, Photon Kinetics
Enabling Mass Production Measurements of Multi-core, Hollow-core and Speciality Active Fibers
18:00-19:30
Gala Dinner
