Invited Speakers

D-Track: Devices

D1: Advanced Packaging, Interfacing, and System Integration

Liang Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: Wafer level  heterogeneous co-packaging optoelectronics for ultrabroadband microsystems

Hao Hu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Integrated optical phased array for optical wireless communications

Yang Zhang, Nankai University, China

Title: Ferroelectric optical memristors

Ting Lei, Shenzhen University, China

Title: Glass-based 3D waveguides for high-density optical packaging

Bigeng Chen, Zhejiang Lab, China

Title: 1.6Tbps optical engine for co-packaged optics systems

Binhao Wang, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, China

Title: Ultra-High-Density Silicon Photonic Interconnects for AI Computing Clusters

Yeyu Tong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China

Title: AI-Driven Multidimensional Silicon Photonics Devices and Intelligent Photonic Processors

Yuan Li, Zhangjiang Laboratory, China

Title: Advanced optical interconnection for I/O in AI Compute Infrastructure

Ke Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China

Title: TBD

Hon Ki TSANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Advanced Waveguide Grating Couplers for high bandwidth-density applications

Yu Liu, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Hybrid-Integrated TFLN-Based Coherent Optical Sub-Assembly Enabling 128Gbaud DP-16QAM 800Gps/λ Transmission

D2: Integrated Photonic Circuits and Heterogeneous Platforms

Yating Wan, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia (Tutorial)

Title: Integrated Silicon Photonics with Quantum Dot On-Chip Lasers

Yuru Li, South China Normal University, China

Title: Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits Enabled by Phase-Change Materials

Zihao Wang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Recent Advances in Quantum Dot Lasers for Optical I/O

Jinsong Xia, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Integrated Photonics based on Lithium Tantalate-on-Insulator

Wei Chu, Zhangjiang Laboratory, China

Title: Advances in integrated magneto-optics: beyond optical isolators

Xingchen Ji, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: TBD

Jingbo Shi, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: The co-designed electro-optical (E/O) chips for the interconnects in AI Infrastructure

Xuechao Yu, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: TBD

Hongbing Cai, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Title: Integrated High Performance Single Photon Emitters in Nanogap/WSe2 Heterostructures

Marco Avesani, Department of Information Engineering (DEI) Padova, Italy

Title: Integrated Photonics for Quantum Secure Applications

Marc Sorel, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Title: TBD

D3: Active Optoelectronic Devices

Siyuan Yu, Sun Yat-sen University, China (Tutorial)

Title: Heterogenious integration of active optoelectronic components on photonic integration platforms

Lianping Hou, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Title: Monolithic Dual-Wavelength DFB Lasers for THz/MMW Signal Generation

Michael Sumetsky, Aston University, United Kingdom

Title: Continuous Free Spectral Range Tuning in Optical Microresonators

Yan Cai, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, China

Title: Heterogeneously Integrated Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Modulators on Silicon Photonics platform

Ken Mishina, University of Osaka, Japan

Title: Optical Multilevel Eigenvalue Modulation for Nonlinear Fiber-Optic Transmission

Ting Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: QD Comb Laser Driven Optical Interconnects

Yunhong Ding, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Reconfigurable integrated photonic circuit for quantum entanglement generation, manipulation and purification

Chao Zhao, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Machine Learning-Assisted Smart Epitaxy of III-V Quantum Dots and Devices

Jing Xu, Huazhong University of  Science and Technology, China

Title: Femtojoule Optical Kerr Switching with Milliwatt-Peak-Power in Silicon-Organic Hybrid Nanocavity

Yu Han, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Title: Monolithic integration of III-V lasers on SOI using selective lateral heteroepitaxy 

Chi Xu, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Developments of Si-photonics based on group IV materials: from epitaxy to infrared optoelectronic devices

D4: Passive Photonic Components Across Domains

Daoxin Dai, Zhejiang University, China (Tutorial)

Title: TBD

Victor Torres Company, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (Tutorial)

Title: TBD

Francesco Da Ros, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Physics-informed data-driven modeling of thermal crosstalk in interferometer meshes

Jose Capmany, Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain

Title: TBD

Chengkuo Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Title: TBD

Chao Xiang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: TBD

Junqiu Liu, Shenzhen International Quantum Research Institute, China

Title: TBD

Beibei Li, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: TBD

Yong Liu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Integrated Optical Phased Arrays for Next-Generation Solid-State Beam Steering

Qiancheng Zhao, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Tantalum Pentoxide Third-order Nonlinear Integrated Photonics

Lin Chang, Peking University, China

Title: TBD

N-Track: Networks

N1: Network, System and Service Innovations

Andrea Bianco, Politecnico di Torino, Itlay (Tutorial)

Title: TBD

Ton Koonen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (Tutorial)

Title: High-performance receivers for optical wireless communication

Daniel Kilper, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (Tutorial)

Title: AI Native Functionality in Optical Networks

Dawei Ge, China Mobile Research Institute, China

Title: Standardization Progress of Hollow-core Fiber and Its System Applications in ITU-T: From Technical Debates to GSTR.hcf

Nan Hua, Tsinghua University, China

Title: Rethinking Perceptual Data for Autonomous Optical Networks: A Spectral-Space Digital Twin Perspective

Yongcheng Li, Soochow University, China

Title: Optical Amplifier Placement Reoptimization in Elastic Optical Networks with Hybrid HCF-SSMF Links

Rui Lin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Title: TBD

Wei Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Challenges and Opportunities for Building a Space Optical Transport Backbone in Dynamic Satellite Networks

Yuan Cao, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Large-Scale Quantum Key Distribution Networking: Toward Space-Ground Integration

Yejun Liu, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: TBD

N2: Photonics for Data Center and Computing Systems

Chongjin Xie, PhotonicX AI, Singapore (Tutorial)

Title: Optical Interconnects for Cloud and AI Data Centers

Raul Muñoz, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain (Tutorial)

Title: Toward All-Optical AI Fabrics for Sustainable Distributed Intelligence in ION-2030

Shizhen Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: TBD

Haining Yang, Southeast University, China

Title: Liquid Crystal Devices for AI Computing

Xiaopeng Xie, Peking University, China

Title: Low-Phase-Noise Optical Frequency Division for Photonic Computing and Data-Center Clocking

Fulong Yan, Beijing Univeristy of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: PRON: A Low-Latency Periodically Reconfigurable Network Tailored for AI Pre-training

Hao Liu, China Telecom Research Institute, China

Title: Opportunities and Challenges: The Future Outlook of Pluggable Optical Modules in AI Data Centers

Sha Zhu, Institute of Intelligent Photonics, Nankai University, China

Title: Optoelectronic Integrated Information Sensing and Chips

Deming Kong, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Digital Optical Multiplication for High-Precision Photonic AI Computing

N3: Optical Network Architectures, Control and Management

Xiaomin Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: TBD

Luis Velasco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spian

Title: Designing a Multi-Agentic AI-Based Control Plane for Transport Networks 

Yanni Ou, Beijing Univeristy of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: TBD

Qiaolun Zhang, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Title: Emerging Quantum Networking Problems over Fibers, Satellites, and HAPs

Nicola Calabretta, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Title: TBD

Reda Ayassi, Huawei, France

Title: From Digital Twins to Autonomous Agents in Optical Network Control

Dmitrii Briantcev, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Title: Toward the Right Abstraction Level for AI Agents Controlling Optical Networks

Liangjia Zong, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: AI-Enabled Evolution of All-Optical Switching From 1.0 to 2.0

Emanuele Virgillito, PoliTo, Italy

Title: TBD

Suresh Subramaniam, George Washington University, United States

Title: TBD

N4: Optical Access and Last-Mile Networks

Marco Ruffini, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland (Tutorial)

Title: Integrated Sensing and Communication over Deployed Fibre: SOP and DAS Principles, ML-based Analysis, and Applications from Submarine to Access Networks

Yue Sun, China Unicom Research Institute, China

Title: AI Empowerment: Exploration on Intelligent Evolution of Optical Access Network

Zhicheng Ye, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., China

Title: From Connectivity to Intelligence: Create New Value via AI Integration in Broadband Infrastructure

Roberto Gaudino, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET), Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Title: Overview of Digital Chromatic dispersion Pre-Compensation (DCPC) techniques for Very High Speed PON

Gabriele di Rosa, Adtran Networks SE, Germany

Title: Coherent PON Transceivers: Design Trade-Offs and Implementation Considerations

Ziyao Yang, China Telecom Research Institute, China

Title: TBD

HwanSeok Chung, Optical Network Research Section, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea

Title: Digital Signal Processing and Optical Sensing  for Future Optical Access Networks

Emilio Paolini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Title: Learning-Aware Optical Transport for Distributed AI over Mobile Networks

Guoqiang Li, ZTE, China

Title: Candidate Technologies and Challenges of Next-Generation Very High-Speed PON

Ji Zhou, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China

Title: Carrier Leakage Suppression and Power Difference Equalization for TFDMA Coherent PON

Zhiqun Gu, Beijing Univeristy of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Multi-Agent Collaborative Optimization for Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing–Computing Integration

T-Track: Transmission

T1: Short-Reach Transmission Systems for Data-Center, Access, and Mobile Networks

Calvin Chun-Kit Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Chaotic Encryption for Secure Optical Data-center Interconnects

Ivan Cano, Huawei, Germany

Title: TBD

Bin Chen, Hefei University of Technology, China

Title: Flexible PON Enabled by Asymmetric Polar-BCH Product Codes

Chao Yang, China Information Communication Technologies Group Corporation, China

Title: “3U”Optical Interconnection Technology Towards Data Center Application

Guoxiu Huang, 1FINITY Inc., Japan

Title: Low-Power, High-Speed Optical Interconnects Enabled by Tomlinson–Harashima Precoding

Zhixin Liu, University London College, United Kingdom

Title: TBD

Zhouyi Hu, Beijing Jiaotong Univeristy, China

Title: Recent Progress of Millimeter-Wave and Optical Wireless Communications for Intra-Data Center Networks

Huanfa Peng, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Title: Integrated Optical Frequency Combs for Broadband Signal Processing and Optical Communications

Qi Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Title: oward Converged Fixed–Mobile Coherent Optical Access Networks via Digital–Analog Hybrid Transmission

Tianhua Xu, University of Warwrick, United Kingdom

Title: Conflict-Aware Local Search for Single-Mirror OIRS Path Assignment in a 16-Rack FSO Data Center Pod

Changjian Guo, South China Normal University, China

Title: Broadband Single-Drive Optical Single-Sideband Modulation on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

T2: Optical Transmission Systems

Chao Lu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China (Tutorial)

Title: Integrated Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Systems

Minggang Si, Huawei, China (Tutorial)

Title: Key Technology Breakthroughs in Coherent Optical Transmission: From 100G to 1.6T and Beyond

Fei Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Title: Research on the Fiber-optic Integrated Sensing and Communication System using Enhanced Forward-transmission Distributed Vibration Sensor

Chenbo Zhang, Peking University, China

Title: Electro-optic comb enabling next-generation multi-functional and power-efficient optical fiber networks

Zhenning Tao, Fujitsu Research & Development Center, China

Title: Practical and Accurate Assessment of Device Nonlinearities in Optical Transceivers

Jiao Zhang, Purple Mountain Laboratories, China

Title: End-to-end autoencoder learning for photonic terahertz communication

Xiansong Fang, Huawei Technologies, China

Title: Scaling Optical Interconnects for the AI Era: From Ultra-High-Speed TFLN Modulators to Cost-Effective Transceivers

Alan Pak Tao Lau, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Title: Digital twin of Next-generation deployed HCF networks

Junwen Zhang, Fudan University, China

Title: TBD

Xiaotian Jiang, China Telecom Research Institute, China

Title: The Exploration and Practice of New Information Infrastructure in the AI Era

Xiang Liu, Huawei Hong Kong Research Center, Hong Kong, China

Title: Evaluation and Mitigation of the EEPN Penalties in OIF 1600ZR+ and ITU-T B1T-OTN Transmission Systems

Georg Rademacher, University of Stuggart, Germany

Title: Recent advances in space-division multiplexed transmission

T3: Subsystems and Digital Signal Processing for Optical Communications

Peng Li, State Key Laboratory of Optical fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company, China (Tutorial)

Title: Fabrication Technology and Frontier Applications of Hollow Core Fibers

Tong Ye,  Fujitsu Research & Development Center, China

Title: Modeling, Characterization, Calibration, and Compensation for the Impairments in Optical DAC Transmitters

Baoluo Yan, WDM system department of wireline product R&D institute, ZTE Corperation, China

Title: An Equipment Vendor's Perspective on Evolving Coherent Optics and Network Architecture for AIDC Scale-Across Clusters

Xia Sheng, China Telecom Research Institute, China

Title: From Pluggables to Co-Packaged Optics: Evolution, Key Enabling Technologies, and Future Direction

Haoshuo Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, United States

Title: TBD

Darko Zibar, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Autonomous AI agents for stabile optical frequency comb generation and system optimization 

Son T. Le, Ciena Corporation, United States

Title: DSP and Electronic-Photonic Co-design for Silicon-Photonics Optical Engines

Zhongwei Tan, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Title: Long-haul Multi-core Fiber Transmission and Inter-core Crosstalk Monitoring Using DSP Techniques

Jiaqian Yang, University College London, United Kingdom

Title: Modelling and design of ultra-wideband fibre transmission systems

T4: Free-Space Transmission and Communication Systems

Martin Lavery, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Tutorial)

Title: TBD

Xianbin Yu, Zhejiang University, China (Tutorial)

Title: THz photonics-enabled ultrafast communication and high-resolution sensing

Buzheng Wei, China Unicom, China

Title: Recent progress of FSOC standards

Darja Cirjulina, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Title: TBD

Xuebing Zhang, IMEC, The Netherlands

Title: Beam-steered Optical Wireless Communications under Line-of-Sight and Non-Line-of-Sight links

Ke Wang, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Title: Optical Wireless Technology: Integrated Sensing and Communication, Photonic Integration, and Over-the-Air Computation

Carlo Sirtori, École normale supérieure, France

Title: Unipolar quantum optoelectronics for mid-IR FSO

Huibin Zhou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Advances in Mid-Infrared Free-Space Optical Communications

Cuiwei He, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Title: Recent Advances in Fluorescent Antennas for Optical Wireless Communications

Bingcheng Zhu, Southeast University, Purple Mountain Laboratories, China

Title: The Minimalist FSO: Rethinking System Architecture via Positioning-Assisted Alignment

Tianlun Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Title: Exploration of intelligent all-optical information processing technologies for laser communicatio

NP-Track: Non-telecom Photonics

NP1: Fiber-Based and Free-Space Sensing

Changrui Liao, Shenzhen University, China

 Title: Femtosecond Laser 3D Nano-printed Optical Fiber Tip MEMS Sensor

Ting Feng, Northeastern University, China 

Title: OFDR-based intelligent optical surface for human activity recognition

Chun Hong Kang, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Title: From Environmental Intelligence to Industrial Diagnostics: Innovative Applications of Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing

Yaxi Yan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Title: Integrated Forward Transmission Sensing and Communication Systems for optical access networks in the AI Era

Beilei Wu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Title: TBD

Ming Tang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: TBD

Haisu Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Title: Terahertz metasensor for species identification of Cryptococcus 

Nicolas Joly, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany

Title: Flying Particles in Hollow-Core Fibres: Control and Sensing

NP2: Microwave Photonic Devices and Systems

Qifan Yang, Peking University, China

Title: The Second Evolution of Integrated Optical Frequency Combs

Yiwei Xie, Zhejiang University, China

Title: High‑precision and wideband microwave photonic frequency measurement

Hanke Feng, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Integrated Lithium Niobate microwave photonics 

Yihan Li, Beihang University, China

Title: Microwave Photonic Stepped-Frequency Signal Synthesis for Broadband Sensing Applications

Dan Zhu, Nanjing Universiy of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Title: Photonics‑assisted multi‑parameter extraction of microwave signals

Wei Wei, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Title: High-Precision Delay-Stabilized Fiber-Optic Transmission and Its Applications

Yiran Guan, University of Ottawa, Canada

Title: High-speed signal generation, processing and long-time storage in an amplified fiber-optic recirculating loop

Yongsheng Gao, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Title: Photonic-Assisted Frequency Diverse Array

Tao Pu, Army Engineering University of PLA, China

Title: Multi-band Frequency Conversion Method for Over-the-Horizon Communication Based on a Single Optical Frequency Comb

NP3: Quantum Devices, Systems, Networking and Computing

Xiaomin Hu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Title: High-Dimensional Multiphoton Nonlocality and Its Metasurface-Based Implementation

Bang Wu, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, China

Title: Cavity-Enhanced Semiconductor Quantum Dot Quantum Light Source

Fangxiang Wang, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Title: Microcomb-driven large-scale fully-connected quantum network

Jianwei Tang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Indistinguishable single-molecule single photon sources

Zongquan Zhou, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Title: Metropolitan-scale Multiplexed Quantum Repeaters: Bell Non-locality and Applications

Xiaoyu Cao, Nanjing University, China

Title: Experimental distributed-phase-reference quantum key distribution with information theoretic security

Yun Zheng, Peking University, China

Title: Integrated Photonics for Quantum Communication Networks

Yuhui Chen, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Title: Integrated quantum memory based on bound states in the continuum

Xiang Cheng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: High-dimensional quantum entanglement and chip-scale quantum interconnects

Mariella Minder, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Title: TBD

Yanxiao Gong, Nanjing University, China

Title: TBD

Siyu Ren, Shanxi Universiry, China

Title: Deterministic entanglement-assisted quantum communication over fiber channels

NP4: Materials, Nanofabrication, and Characterization Techniques

Qiming Zhang, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China (Tutorial)

Title: Optical neural networks enabled by direct laser writing

Shikai Deng, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, China

Title: Nanostructure Lattices and Their Nanophotonic Devices

Yuanlin Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: Nanofabrication of thin-film lithium niobate photonic crystals for deep sub-wavelength photonics

Yunhan Luo, Jinan University, China

Title: Hyperbolic Metamaterial based fiber plasmonic sensor and its biomedical sensing application

Wei Xin, Northeast Normal University, China

Title: Performance and Mechanism Research of Two-dimensional Polarized Photodetectors

Zilan Deng, Jinan University, China

Title: Polarization and chiral metasurface devices based on symmetry-breaking engineering

Xiaoqin Wu, Chongqing University, China

Title: Light- and Thermally Driven Self-Organization of Metallic Nanoparticle Arrays for Photonic Applications

Hui Gao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Two-Photon Lithography via Metasurface

Jian Xu, East China Normal University, China

Title: TBD

Jianbin Xu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: TBD