TEF 2024 – Day 2 Agenda - Ethernet Alliance

The Ethernet Alliance will be hosting their next Technology Exploration Forum “Ethernet in the Age of AI” in Santa Clara, CA on October 22-23, 2024. The agenda for this event is outlined below. To register, click here.

To view Day 1 agenda, click here.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Time	Title
9:00 AM	Opening Comments – John D’Ambrosia, Ethernet Alliance TEF Event Chair
9:05 AM	Keynote Presentation “Ethernet-The foundation of AI @ Meta” Nicolaas Viljoen, Meta AI Systems Engineer
9:45 AM	Break
9:50 AM	“The Future of Electrical Signaling” Is electrical signaling running out of steam? This panel will explore the challenges that have been addressed so many times before and explore if they can once again be overcome. Moderator: Alan Weckel, 650 Group Participants: Kent Lusted – “The Optimizations of IEEE P802.3dj Ethernet PMDs and Considerations on 400 Gbps/lane Signaling” Tony Chan Carusone, Alphawave Semi – “Exploring the Feasibility of 400Gbps-Class Signaling Over Electrical Interfaces” Adee Ran, Cisco – “Advanced electrical approaches for next-generation Ethernet signaling” Mike Li, OIF Board Member (Intel) -“Electrical I/O at 448 Gbps” Adam Healey, Broadcom -“Doubling down on bandwidth: Looking ahead to 400 Gb/s electrical interfaces for AI/ML networks”
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	“The Role of Optics in Future AI Applications” The role of optics in networking continues to expand. This session will explore how optics will continue to provide greater throughput in the future. Moderator: Vlad Kozlov, LightCounting Participants: Maxim Kuschnerov, Huawei, – “Feasibility analysis of optical 400G/lane IOs for IMDD” David Rodgers, EXFO – Navigating the AI-driven Evolution: Next-Gen Transceiver and Interconnect Testing Challenges Tony Chan Carusone, Alphawave Semi, “Advancing AI Scalability with New Optical Connectivity Technologies” Sam Johnson, Intel, “Interoperability in an Open Ethernet Ecosystem – Lessons from EA’s Interoperability Events”
3:00 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Keynote Panel – “Industry Perspectives on AI” Join our keynote speakers as they compare and contrast their views of the future and react to the discussions of the TEF. Moderator: Mark Nowell, Cisco Panelists: Moray McLaren, Google Nicolaas Viljoen, Meta Ram Huggahalli, Microsoft
4:15 PM	Break
4:20 PM	“Industry SDO’s and MSA’s – Going Forward” Join us as we hear from the leaders of today’s Industry SDO’s and MSA’s as the discussions of the TEF are contemplated. Moderator: John D’Ambrosia., Ethernet Alliance TEF Event Chair Participants: Adam Healey, Vice-Chair of IEEE 802.3 (Broadcom) Nathan Tracy, OIF President (TE) Uri Elzur, UEC Tom Palkert, SNIA-SFF Bijan Nowroozi, Chief Technology Officer, Open Compute Project Foundation
4:50 PM	Closing Comments – Peter Jones, Cisco, Ethernet Alliance Chair
4:55 PM	End of Day

TEF 2024 – Day 2 Agenda

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Keynote Presentation

“Ethernet-The foundation of AI @ Meta”

“The Future of Electrical Signaling”

“The Role of Optics in Future AI Applications”

Keynote Panel – “Industry Perspectives on AI”

“Industry SDO’s and MSA’s – Going Forward”