Dear OIDA Community,
2011 has been a busy year for OIDA and there are even more great events, publications and advocacy efforts planned! We hope you and your organization will take advantage of the quality programming and resources OIDA offers.
Many thanks for your participation!
Upcoming Workshops
Photonic Integration for High-Capacity Data Transport: Commercial Needs, Opportunities and Deployment
13 June 2011—The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada
Optical Communication Networks Workshop - Quantitative Metrics at the System Level
18-19 October 2011—San Jose, CA (co-located with FiO 2011/ OSA’s Annual Meeting)
Presentation Videos & Publications
Short Distance High Density Optical Interconnects Workshop Videos and Presentations
Videos of workshop presentations are available online to OIDA members without charge. A roadmap report will be published and distributed to members in June.
For assistance in accessing the members-only section of OIDA.org, contact: OIDAInfo@osa.org.
Join OIDA online or by contacting us at OIDAInfo@osa.org (phone: 202-416-1449)
Advocacy Activities
This month, OIDA members made their voices heard with elected officials by participating in Capitol Hill Day—see details online.
Industry News
- Funding Opportunity: DARPA-BAA-11-45: Electronic-Photonic Heterogeneous Integration (E-PHI)— Response Date 6/3/2011
The goal of E-PHI is to develop the necessary technologies, architectures, and design innovations to enable novel chip-scale electronic-photonic/mixed-signal integrated circuits on a common silicon substrate.
May 23, 2011
- U.S. Lagging in Broadband Adoption, Speed: FCC report
May 20, 2011—The United States continues to lag behind other countries in broadband adoption and download speeds, according to a report released by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday.
- APIC Corporation and UAlbany NanoCollege launch $10M partnership to develop and commercialize innovative ‘green’ computer chip technology
May 16, 2011
- RASCOM Selects Ciena for Coherent 40G International Network
May 12, 2011—Network expansion provides connectivity for critical Moscow to Frankfurt route.
Contact Us
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA)
2010 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 416-1449 Fax: (202) 558-7349
E-mail: OIDAInfo@osa.org | Web: oida.org
