Currently, the Internet development has entered the big data era, and will embrace the all-cloud era. 5G, cloud computing, and AI are integrated with industries for data association. In the future, the human society will evolve into a smart society. In the cloud era, the explosive traffic growth will push the throughput of data centers to a new height. In this context, the rate of Ethernet interfaces will evolve from 400 Gbit/s to 800 Gbit/s and then 1.6 Tbit/s, and the switching capacity will develop from 12.8 Tbit/s to 25.6 Tbit/s or even 51.2 Tbit/s. The evolution path to beyond 100T can be expected.
IPEC is an international optoelectronics standards organization. After two years of development, IPEC has grown from 13 members to nearly 40 members from different domains in the optoelectronic industry. With the joint efforts of IPEC members, great research achievements have been made, covering cutting-edge optical input/output (OIO), 800G interface standards, interoperable test platforms, 50G and 100G BIDI interface standards in the next-generation wireless optical solution, and optical network intelligent O&M.

As application scenarios become more diversified in the cloud era, optoelectronic technology is embracing a new round of opportunities. IPEC would like to gather efforts from all industry partners to explore technology development directions in new service environments.
In this forum, we have invited influential experts, scholars, and analysts in the industry to share and exchange ideas on optoelectronic technology and standardization trends. We are looking forward to seeing you.