Dr. Paul Polisuk
Conference Chairman
Plastic Optical Fiber
Trade Organization

This is the second year that POF World East will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in conjunction with the annual IWCS/Focus event. The main focus of this years program is on "POF Standards, Technology and Applications".

The tutorial program consists of a choice of three half day presentations on the morning of November 14th: "POF Markets and Technology Trends", "POF Source Trends" and "Recent Developments in POF Connectors and Tools" with hands-on demonstrations. A special session will be held that afternoon on "POF Market Opportunities". This will include an overview of POF markets", Ethernet in industrial controls, POF data centers, sensors and supercomputers, and automotive applications.

The conference program will be held on November 15th and will include two sessions, morning and afternoon. The morning session will include keynote addresses on the "State of the POF Industry" and an exciting presentation on "40 Gbps Data Links Over Plastic Optical Fiber'" by researchers at Georgia Tech. The afternoon session will be devoted to the status of POF standards both domestically and internationally.

The ISO/IEC has developed standards for optical fibers and optical fiber cables which includes nine classes of fibers, five for glass fibers, and four for POF and PCS. The ISO/IEC has also developed a standard for Industrial Control Cabling Standard (ISO/IEC 24702) which includes the fiber standards and specifies 25 meter, 50 meter, and 100 meter requirements. This standard is also being incorporated into a standard being developed by TIA for industrial control wiring. In the same session a review of Industrial Control Standards using POF will be presented by Rockwell Automation. The final paper of the session will be by a representative from Telcordia reporting on the work of the SAE, "WDM LAN Task Group". He will make a presentation on the "Status of WDM LAN Standards Development for Aerospace Applications."

This is truly an exciting program and POFTO sincerely hopes you will join us.

For further information, contact:

Dr. Paul Polishuk
Information Gatekeepers Inc.
320 Washington Street, Suite 302
Boston, MA 02135
617-7782-5033, Fax 617-782-5735
ppolishuk@igigroup.com

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