BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260615T201605Z UID:0489EECC-3087-426A-800B-D3797E264E80 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260705T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260705T163000 DESCRIPTION:The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the IEEE Ph otonics Society Montreal Chapter are pleased to present the workshop “Ph otonics for AI Infrastructure”\, to be held Sunday\, July 5\, 2026\, in Montreal\, Canada.\n\nThis workshop will provide a collaborative platform for stakeholders involved in the evolution of AI infrastructure\, includin g scale-up\, scale-out\, and scale-across architectures. It will feature t echnical presentations and discussions on key enabling technologies such a s:\n\n- Fiber network sensing and advanced optical infrastructure\n- Co-pa ckaged optics for high-performance computing systems\n- Optical circuit sw itching for data center and network scalability\n- Photonic and quantum co mputing technologies\n\nThe workshop aims to foster dialogue\, knowledge e xchange\, and partnerships across industry\, academia\, and standards orga nizations. In particular\, it seeks to strengthen collaboration between IT U-T Study Group 15 and the broader photonics research\, development\, and innovation community by addressing topics of shared interest and strategic importance.\n\nCo-sponsored by: STARACOM. ITU.\n\nAgenda: \nProgram\n\n13 :00-13:15\nWelcome - Photonics for AI infrastructure\n\nGlenn Parsons\, IT U-T SG15\n\nMatthew Posner\, IEEE Photonics Society\n\n13:15-:14:35\n\nBui lding the AI Rack\n\nMohammad Alavirad\, Dell\n\nAmjad Haddad\, Lumentum\n \nAnabel Alarcon\, Exfo\n\nJosé Garcia-Echeverria\, Axonal Networks\n\n14 :35-15:00\n\nBreak\n\n15:00-16:20\n\nAccess and Scale Across\n\nFabio Cava liere\, Ericson\, & David Plant\, McGill University\n\nJun Shan Wey\, Veri zon\n\nChristine Tremblay\, ETS\n\nPiotr Roztocki\, Ki3 Photonics\n\n16:20 -16:30\n\nClosing words\n\nRoom: TBA\, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel\, 1201 René-Lévesque Blvd W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3B 2L7\, Vir tual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/562423 LOCATION:Room: TBA\, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel\, 1201 René-Léves que Blvd W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3B 2L7\, Virtual: https://event s.vtools.ieee.org/m/562423 ORGANIZER:Matthew.t.posner@ieee.org SEQUENCE:38 SUMMARY:Photonics for AI infrastructure URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/562423 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the IEEE Photonics Society Montreal Chapter are pleased to prese nt the workshop &ldquo\;Photonics for AI Infrastructure&rdquo\;\, to be he ld Sunday\, July 5\, 2026\, in Montreal\, Canada.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This work shop will provide a collaborative platform for stakeholders involved in th e evolution of AI infrastructure\, including scale-up\, scale-out\, and sc ale-across architectures. It will feature technical presentations and disc ussions on key enabling technologies such as:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiber network sensing and advanced optical infrastructure</li>\n<li>Co-packaged optics for high-performance computing systems</li>\n<li>Optical circuit switching for data center and network scalability</li>\n<li>Photonic and quantum co mputing technologies</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The workshop aims to foster dialogue\ , knowledge exchange\, and partnerships across industry\, academia\, and s tandards organizations. In particular\, it seeks to strengthen collaborati on between ITU-T Study Group 15 and the broader photonics research\, devel opment\, and innovation community by addressing topics of shared interest and strategic importance.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="fon t-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Program</strong></span ></p>\n<table style="border-collapse: collapse\; border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; border-style: solid\; width: 60.6061%\;" border="1">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\ n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 26.7191%\; text-align: l eft\;">13:00-13:15</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 73.2809%\;">\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Welcome - Photonics for AI infrastructu re</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">Glenn Parsons\, ITU-T SG15</p>\n<p dir="ltr" >Matthew Posner\, IEEE Photonics Society</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td styl e="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 26.7191%\; text-align: left\;">\n <p dir="ltr">13:15-:14:35</p>\n</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 73.2809%\;">\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Building the AI Rack</stro ng></p>\n<p dir="ltr">Mohammad Alavirad\, Dell</p>\n<p dir="ltr">Amjad Had dad\, Lumentum</p>\n<p dir="ltr">Anabel Alarcon\, Exfo</p>\n<p dir="ltr">J os&eacute\; Garcia-Echeverria\, Axonal Networks</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n< td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 26.7191%\; text-align: lef t\;">\n<p dir="ltr">14:35-15:00</p>\n</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0 \, 0\, 0)\; width: 73.2809%\;">\n<p dir="ltr">Break</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr >\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 26.7191%\; text-align: left\;">\n<p dir="ltr">15:00-16:20</p>\n</td>\n<td style="border-color: r gb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 73.2809%\;">\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Access and Scale Across</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">Fabio Cavaliere\, Ericson\, &amp\; Davi d Plant\, McGill University</p>\n<p dir="ltr">Jun Shan Wey\, Verizon</p>\n <p dir="ltr">Christine Tremblay\, ETS</p>\n<p dir="ltr">Piotr Roztocki\, K i3 Photonics</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 26.7191%\; text-align: left\;">\n<p dir="ltr">16:20-16:30</p> \n</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; width: 73.2809%\;">\n<p dir="ltr">Closing words</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp\; </p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR