The international Symposium on the Future of Optical fiber Communications Systems (iFOCS) 2025

Optical communication systems form the backbone of the global information infrastructure. Data rates in optical networks have been increasing exponentially for many years. Most recently, the digitalization of work, education and leisure, which has been abruptly accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis, has led to a further surge in bandwidth requirements. In addition, technologies such as edge computing, networked mobility concepts and the sixth generation (6G) mobile communications standard, which is currently being defined, will drastically increase the demand for fiber optic transmission links with ultra-high capacity.

Scientific questions that will be discussed at iFOCS 2025 are

• Which system aspects are particularly relevant in the next 10 years?
• How can AI improve new optical transmission technologies?
• Are there similar disruptive trends besides multi-band / SDM transmission?
• How can fiber optic sensor technology lead to an improvement in transmission system utilization?

Dates and Place

The conference will be held on February 27^th and 28^th at Hotel Riessersee, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany

Access

The city of Garmisch-Partenkirchen can be easily accessed by train from Munich Central station by train. The hotel can be easiest reached from Garmisch-Partenkirchen central station by Taxi.

Information for participants

You can either connect your own Laptop to the projector by HDMI cable or bring your presentation on a USB stick (PDF, Powerpoint)

Program

We aim to keep the program flexible. The speakers are grouped into sessions and we hope for ample time for discussion. Hence, each presenter should try to keep the presentation time within 15 -20 min.