Lightwave Magazine Enters The Fiber Age

The fiber-optic communications community' s reference Lightwave magazine will host its first online virtual conference & tradeshow: Optical Access '08.

Optical Access '08 will be held Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 10:00am to 4:00pm EST, on the Web.

Says the press release:

The event will feature a full roster of live, on-demand conference sessions plus a virtual tradeshow floor complete with exhibit hall, media center, and networking lounge.

Vincent O'Byrne, senior member of the technical staff at Verizon, will kick off the day-long agenda with his 10:00 AM EST keynote address, "A Carrier Perspective on Next-Generation Optical Access." O'Byrne will give the Verizon viewpoint on what's ahead for FTTH, including technology requirements and deployment strategies.

More about the event here. To register, go here.

For a virtual demo tour, follow this link.