ORGANIZERS:
David Millar (Infinera)
Lidia Galdino (Corning)

ABSTRACT:
The traffic demands of emerging AI systems appear to be imposing fundamentally new demands on optical networks. Many varied systems are being deployed while utilizing massive amounts of data; for training models, distributing model parameters, and inference. In this workshop, we will discuss how AI workloads will affect the design of optical transmission systems, and the components and subsystems that comprise them.
- How will AI affect traffic growth in the core, metro and edge?
- Will this lead to increased decoupling of rates required by Telecom and ICPs?
- What is the impact of AI on coherent transceivers?
- Will it drive coherent inside the datacenter?   
- Do we need more options for coherent pluggable transceivers?
- How will regulations impact network designs?
- Will AI drive widespread adoption of hollow core fiber?

AGENDA:
Session 1
- Introduction
- Andrew Schmitt (Cignal AI)
- Josef Berger (Marvell)
- Stefanos Dris (Nvidia)
- Carsten Behrens (Deutsche Telekom)
- Panel

Session 2
- Kei Karasawa (NTT)
- Timo Pfau (Cisco)
- Julia Larikova (Infinera)
- Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay (Meta)
- Panel