Building Bridges: Taking Optical Networks to Earth Orbit and Beyond

Come and learn how optical networks are expanding into SPACE! This interactive session brings the world of fiber-based communication technologies together with the space industry to explore how free-space optical communications is changing how we look at networks. With industry leaders from across the entire systems spectrum, the goal of this session will be to explore technology roadmaps that will deliver the innovations needed to one day realize a truly interplanetary Internet.