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The Future Revolution in
Optical Communications and Networking

December 4 - 5, 2000

Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive
Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
(703) 416-4100

P R O G R A M
 MONDAY, DEC. 4, 2000
 8:30- 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast (Federal Hall Ballroom)
 9:00- 9:15 AM Welcome and Introductions (Federal Hall Ballroom)
   NSF Directorate for Engineering Rajinder Khosla
   Workshop Co-Chair Fil Bartoli
   NSF CISE Directorate Aubrey Bush
 9:15- 12:30 PM Overviews (Federal Hall Ballroom)
   Workshop Co-Chair Alan Willner
 (10:45- 11:00 AM  Coffee Break)
 PRESENTATIONS:
 A Revolutionary Technology Roadmap Beyond Today's OE Industry Peter Kaiser
 Technologies that Industry Would Like but Don't See on the Horizon Bruce Nyman
 The Merging of the Wireless and Fiber Worlds Dalma Novak
 The Future of Higher Nonlinearity George Stegeman
 Photonic Crystals for Generation-After-Next Lightwave Systems Axel Scherer
 The Merging of Optics and Electronics in Functional Devices David Miller
 Optical Networking Research for the Next Generation Internet Mari Maeda
 12:30- 1:30 PM Luncheon (Windows Over Washington)
 1:30- 5:00 PM Overviews, continued
 (3:15- 3:30 PM  Coffee Break)
 PRESENTATIONS:
 The Complementary Role of the NSF and Venture Capitalists David Mueller
 Key Limiting Challenges for >25-Tbit/s Optical Fiber Systems Andy Chraplyvy
 Towards Understanding the Ultimate Capacity Limits of Fiber Systems Jan Conradi
 Interpretation of the Shannon Capacity Limits for Optical Comm. Stewart Personick
 The Future Growth of Electronic Switching Mark Horowitz
 What Will (Optical) Networks Look Like in 20 Years? Ray McFarland
 What Functions Should be Performed Optically in Future Networks:  
 Where Does Electronics Stop and Optics Start? Dan Stevenson
 Optical Border Gateway Protocol Bill St.-Arnaud
 5:00- 6:00 PM Ad-Hoc Mini-Presentations Volunteers
 6:30- 8:30 PM Working Dinner, Discussion on Breakout Themes (Potomac Club)
 TUESDAY, DEC. 5, 2000
 8:00- 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast (Federal Hall Ballroom)
 8:30- 10:30 AM Breakout Sessions
       1. What Optoelectronic Devices Will be Needed in 10 Years? (Madison Room)
       2. What New Techniques Will be Needed to Reach 50-Tbit/sec Systems? (Monroe Room)
       3. Will Future Networks Be Structured Differently than Today's Networks? (Parlors A,B)
       4. How Can the NSF Help Solve the Workforce Dilemma? (Federal Hall Ballroom)
 (10:30- 10:45 AM  Coffee Break)
 10:45- 12:00 AM Presentation and Discussion of Results of Breakout Sessions
 12:00- 1:15 PM Luncheon (Windows Over Washington)
 1:15- 1:45 PM Final Report Preparation (Federal Hall Ballroom) Alan Willner
 1:45- 2:45 PM Discussion of NSF Goals All participants
 2:45- 3:00 PM Wrap-up and Adjournment Fil Bartoli

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