Call For Papers Has Been Closed -
Applicants will be notified by the week of June 14.

Event Date:
October 4-6, 2010

Location:
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Collocated with ITExpo

Theme:
Real-World Strategies for Network Managers & Service Providers

Lightwave is currently accepting abstracts from potential speakers who would like to participate in this unique event.

• Click here for abstract requirements and evaluation criteria.
• Click here for specific topic suggestions.
• Click here for relevant technologies and applications.

Enterprise bandwidth and service requirements continued to expand in 2009 despite a severe, worldwide economic recession. With the economy on the rebound in most parts of the world, Enterprise network managers—and the Service Providers who hope to have them as customers—can no longer afford to wait to address today’s and tomorrow’s bandwidth and services needs. Optical communications technology offers more bandwidth carrying capacity than any other medium and supports unmatched service flexibility. That’s why Enterprises and Service Providers are looking more closely at fiber-optic technology than ever before.

Lightwave's Optical Networks for Enterprises (ONE) Conference is unlike any other communications, networking or optical conference. Enterprise, government and service provider organizations are looking for practical solutions to rapidly expanding bandwidth and network cost challenges, and Lightwave’s ONE Conference focuses specifically on their needs. With a 25-year track record of excellence in explaining the technologies, strategies and product options for building, maintaining and upgrading optical networks, Lightwave is uniquely positioned to bring together the thought leaders who can provide the practical advice managers need to make the right optical networking decisions.

We're looking for speakers who can help us answer the following questions for our attendees:

• How do I select the best network architecture, and which services and requirements should drive that decision?
• How can I remove cost and complexity from my network?
• What are my optical platform choices, and what's the best way to evaluate them?
• What should I know today about 10-, 40-, and 100-Gbps technology; should I skip 40G and wait for 100G?
• Is Ethernet the best transport medium or can other options such as IP, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand play a role?
• What are the most effective ways to test, monitor, and manage an optical network?
• When, where, and how should Enterprise managers replace copper with fiber? When should they rely on Service Providers vs. operating their own WAN?
• What is the best way for Service Provider managers to support class of service and SLAs? How can they efficiently evolve from legacy to packet-based networks?

Click here for the detailed abstract requirements and evaluation criteria.

For more specific topic suggestions, see our Topic List. For a list of potentially relevant technologies and applications, see our Technologies and Applications List.

Our target audience includes network decision makers from:

    * Small, Medium, and Large Commercial Enterprises
    * Service Providers
    * Local, State, and National Government
    * Financial, Healthcare, Education, and other Specialized Communities

Submit your abstracts by May 31, 2010 to:

Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher
Lightwave
stephenh@pennwell.com
+1 (603) 891-9454