Welcome to WDM and Next Generation Optical Networking

"This event is always the highlight of the year for optical conferences" - Virgin Media.
Read more reviews and watch the 2011 promo film here.

Download the 2012 draft agenda here.

Latest news: the MEF's Global Service Provider of the Year, Verizon, are the lead operator at WDM 2012!

"Verizon is honoured to serve as a lead operator for the WDM & Next Generation Optical Networks Conference, a distinguished forum for sharing insights among technology leaders. As the industry moves to 100G and beyond, we look forward to future collaboration with providers, vendors and manufacturers."  (Ihab Tarazi, VP Global IP and Transport Planning and Technology, Verizon)

Find out who is on the WDM Advisory Board here.


Download a review of WDM 2011 here, written by David Dunphy of Telecom Strategy Partners



Europe's premier optical networking event returned to Monaco for 2011 and will brought together over 550 optical professionals for four days of structured networking and debate; the most successful year yet! The educational operator led programme and professionally organised networking agenda continue to make WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking an unmissable event in the industry calendar.


All your challenges for 2012 solved under one roof

  • The current implementation status of 100G, and looking forward to 400G and 1Tbps transmission
  • Examining test, demonstration, trial and early deployment activity in 2011 and 2012
  • Flexible Optical Networking: ROADMs and the roads to NG ROADMs, CDC, OTN switching, zero touch photonics, GMPLS
  • Next Generation Optical Access - WDM PON
  • Packet Optical – IP Optical Integration
  • Network Automation
  • New for 2012! Extending the ecosystem with the co-located Telco Components World - uniting representatives from telco data and optical networking components fields to debate, discuss, demo and deliver the next generation of optical network deployments
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