The conference is co-organized by the International Cooperative of Plastic Optical Fibers (ICPOF) and Information Gatekeepers (IGI). It is the largest technical conference and exhibition on POF technology and applications in the world.
POF product opportunities are being developed for Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud data centers, optical interconnect, polymer waveguide, high-temperature POF, aerospace & automobile applications, 4K/8K ultra high definition television (UHDTV), home networking, POF sources and sensors, and medical applications.
A key highlight of the event is the plenary sessions, which will feature key POF experts.
One of the featured speakers is Yasuhiro Koike, Director, Keio Photonics Research Institute (KPRI) and Professor, Keio University, Japan. Koike, who serves as the general chair of ICPOF, is also widely recognized as the inventor of Graded Index POF.
During his talk, Koike will address Error-Free POF for Beyond 5G in the AI Era.
Koike, along with Giok Djan Khoe at Eindhoven University of Technology, pioneered high transmission speed over graded index polymer optical fibers (GIPOF) and set a world record of 2.5 Gbps in 1999. Later in 2001, they demonstrated that gigabit transmission is possible as well as transmission with WDM.
