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OFC 2027 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Technical conference: 7-11 March 2027; exhibition: 9-11 March 2027.

OFC is the world's leading conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking, managed and sponsored by Optica together with the IEEE Photonics Society and IEEE Communications Society. The technical conference features interactive workshops, panels, special sessions, symposia and tutorials covering topics such as generative AI and machine learning for optical networks, submarine networks, free-space and space optics, and quantum communications.

The exhibition gathers more than 750 leading companies showing breakthrough technologies across the optical networking and communications ecosystem - specialty fibre, optical components, subsystems and software - and gives startups a launch platform. Show-floor theatre programmes include Market Watch, the Network Operator Summit and the Data Center Summit; full technical conference content is made available on demand to full technical registrants after the event.

Future editions: 26-30 March 2028 and 25-29 March 2029.

Official site: https://www.ofcconference.org/