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Ciena at ECOC 2026

September 20–23 | Málaga, Spain | Hall 1, Booth #1045

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High-performance AI networking

Turning AI demand into revenue requires high-capacity networking at massive scale. Learn how to simplify the delivery of innovative connectivity services with the industry’s fastest solutions, from 1.6T coherent optics to multi-rail photonics. Our scale-up, scale-out, and scale-across interconnects deliver the data center performance you need at AI scale.

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Scale-up and scale-out architectures

See how Nitro copper interconnects and Vesta co-packaged optics are advancing the density, performance, and efficiency of scale-up and scale-out networks.

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Next-generation coherent optics
Discover how coherent technology is evolving with 800G WaveLogic™ 6 Nano (WL6n), the path to 1600ZR/ZR+ and Coherent-Lite, and new platforms, including liquid-cooled XPO pluggables and full-spectrum transponders.
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RLS configurations powering scale-across

See RLS configurations built to scale, from ultra-reliable C&L-band point-to-point transport to RLS Hyper-Rail for greater power and space efficiency as capacity grows.

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Scalable optical transport

Waveserver® delivers high-capacity transport in a compact platform, with quantum-safe 1.6T encryption, integrated photonics, client aggregation, and power-efficient 800G coherent pluggables.

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Navigator Network Control Suite

Accelerate services, speed resolution, and reduce risk with AI troubleshooting, digital-twin validation, and deployment automation.

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Look for us on the agenda

11:00am–12:30pm
Workshop: Breaking the power wall with multi-rail photonics and optical interconnect innovation

| Bilal Riaz, Sr. Director, Interconnects Product Line Management

2:00pm–3:30pm
Workshop: How will we manage the heterogeneous optical communication networks of the future?

| David DiGiovanni, Optical Systems Architect

4:00pm–5:30pm
Workshop: Will the AI workload require an end-to-end-optimized network infrastructure?

| Robert Keys, VP, Systems Architecture

4:00pm–5:30pm
Workshop: Can fast, narrow channels keep rising without limit or will slow and wide become the winner?

| Bilal Riaz, Sr. Director, Interconnects Product Line Management

4:15pm–4:30pm
Workshop: Future role of coherent technology for data center applications

| Kim Roberts, VP, WaveLogic Science

10:00am–10:30am
Plenary: AI cluster communications

| Peter Winzer, VP, Systems Architecture

10:40am–10:55am
Market focus session: Accelerating CPO broad market adoption

| Karen Liu, Interconnects Product Line Manager

2:30pm–2:45pm
Algorithmically optimized real-time 18 Tb/s throughput over a 16,608 km trans-Pacific subsea link

| Marc Stephens, Sr. Sales Engineer

4:00pm–5:00pm
Market focus panel: XPO and system scaling

| Bilal Riaz, Sr. Director, Interconnects Product Line Management

11:40am–11:55am
The future of coherent optics in the AI era

| Frank Chang, Sr. Director, Interconnects Product Line Management

2:00pm–2:15pm
Market focus session: Hollow-core fiber at scale - Operational insights from multi-span transmission systems

| Andrew Kam, Sr. Manager, Optical Engineering

3:40pm–3:55pm
Market focus session: Beyond connectivity - Real-world network sensing with existing optical infrastructure

| Helen Xenos, Sr. Director, Portfolio Marketing

ECOC 2026

  • September 20–23
  • FYCMA | Trade Fair and Congress Center of Málaga
    Av. de José Ortega y Gasset, 201
    Málaga, Spain
  • Hall 1, Booth #1045