Program

Presider: Hiroaki Harai, NICT, Japan

Naoaki Yamanaka, General Co-Chair, Keio University, Japan
Bijan Jabbari, General Co-Chair, ISOCORE, USA (Online)
Toshihiko Tamura, General Co-Chair, NTT, Inc., Japan

Keynote
K-1 "Why Coherent Pluggables Drive the Next Infrastructure Transformation for AI"
Dr. Masahisa Kawashima, NTT, Inc., Japan

- iPOP Technical Program Committee Secretary: Takehiro Sato, Kyoto University, Japan

- iPOP Exhibition Committee Co-Chair: Akihiro Nakamura, VIAVI Solutions, Japan

- iPOP Local Arrangement Chair

Showcase Presentation
"Toward iPOP2027: Exploring the Next Interoperability Showcase"
Interop Showcase Committee Co-Chairs:
    Yusuke Hirota, NICT, Japan
    Kenichi Baba, Kogakuin University, Japan
    Shinya Nakamura, Marubun Corporation, Japan

I1-1 "Open Photonic Systems for AI Infrastructure"
Mr. Junichi Sugiyama, 1FINITY Inc., Japan

I1-2 "Recent researches on Hollow Core Fibers"
Mr. Kazunori Mukasa, Lightera Japan Co., Ltd., Japan

I1-3 "Experimental verification of the ISRS GN model for the GSNR estimation in multi-band transmission"
Mr. Mingqi Wu, Hideaki Morozumi, and Shigeyuki Yanagimachi, NEC Corporation, Japan

I2-1 "AI for Optical Networks: From Monitoring to Agentic Control"
Mr. Takahito Tanimura, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

I2-2 "Overview of SINET6 and the Roadmap Toward SINET7"
Prof. Takashi Kurimoto, National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan

I2-3 "Open Optical Networking toward AI-Native Network Operations: From Disaggregation to Optical Network Digital Twin"
Dr. Hideki Nishizawa, NTT, Inc., Japan

Presider: Naoaki Yamanaka, Keio University, Japan

Special Plenary Address
SP1-1 "International Collaborations Spearheading OpenROADM Multi-Source Agreement Technologies"
Prof. Andrea Fumagalli, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA (Online)

Presider: Kohei Shiomoto, Tokyo City University, Japan

Keynote
K-2 "OpenROADM Technology in Support of the IOWN Global Forum Mission"
Mr. Junichi Kawasaki, KDDI Research, Inc., Japan

B-1 "Native-Transparent Remote Device Access over λ Networks for Distributed Computing Services"
Toshiya Matsuda, NTT, Inc., Japan

B-2 "Ultra-wideband, resilient, hollow-core fiber-based photonic network system"
Hiroyuki Tsuda, Keio University, Japan

P-1 "Photonic Microwave Switching for SDN-Enabled Optical-Wireless Networks Using Period-One Nonlinear Semiconductor Laser Dynamics"
Hao-Wen Weng Lin, Yu-Huai Chang, and Yu-Han Hung, National Sun Yat-sen University, ROC
P-2 "Field Demonstration of Multi-Operator Coordinated Control and Wavelength Conversion in an Optical Network"
Shogo Nakao, Takamichi Kikkawa, Hideki Yamauchi, Shunsuke Homma, Shota Tada, Masatoshi Namiki, Satoshi Nakatsukasa, Tatsuya Demizu, Yuriko Yoshino, Masanari Watanabe, Kentaro Toba, Takeshi Seki, Ken Ito, Hiroki Mori, Hiroshi Shibata, Haruka Minami, Junnosuke Hiyama, Mayuri Nakagawa, Takashi Kotanigawa, NTT, Inc., Japan, Sei Kim, Kota Ito, NTT EAST, Inc., Japan, and Takashi Kurimoto, NII, Japan
P-3 "Improving Model for Analyzing Security Strength of Allocation of Shares on Secret Sharing Schemes"
Masashi Yokoyama, and Masahiro Hayashi, Tokyo City University, Japan
P-4 "New Approach to FHE Combining CKKS and IH Methods"
Kazuki Yamada, and Masahiro Hayashi, Tokyo City University, Japan

PP-1 "Fire Detection System in Expressway Tunnels Based on Power-Over-Fiber Using Pure-Silica Inner-Cladding Double-Clad Fiber"
Yuto Terada, and Motoharu Matsuura, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
PP-2 "Verification of Ultra-Low Nonlinearities of Hollow-Core Fiber in DWDM Transmission"
Kimitami Yanai, Natsuhiro Yamada, and Motoharu Matsuura, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
PP-3 "Power-Amplifier-Free 5G Radio Unit Using Power-Over-Hollow-Core Fiber"
Ryotaro Osada, Satoshi Fujita, and Motoharu Matsuura, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
PP-4 "Investigation of DWDM Signal Transmission Characteristics over Hollow-Core Fiber"
Yumeno Seki, Daisuke Hisano, and Hiroyuki Tsuda, Keio University, Japan
PP-5 "Co-Transmission of Data and Power-Feeding Light over Hollow-Core Fiber Using a Directly Modulated Laser"
Naoyuki Funaoka, Daisuke Hisano, Liu Zhixin, and Hiroyuki Tsuda, Keio University, Japan and University College London, UK

Special Panel Session

Theme: Toward interconnection and collaboration of optical networks

Moderator:

   Sugang Xu, NICT, Japan

Panelists:

   Tomonori Takeda, NTT, Inc., Japan
   Nozomu Takama, NEC Corporation, Japan
   Yuki Ban, 1FINITY Inc., Japan
   Junichi Kawasaki, KDDI Research, Inc., Japan
   Mitsuhiro Kuchitsu, Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Japan

Closing by iPOP Organization Committee Co-Chair
Satoru Okamoto, Keio University, Japan