2006 OSA Executive Forum: The Road to Profitability: Strategies for the Optical Communications Industry; Annual Executive-Level Telecom Event to Feature Industry Luminaries.

OSA:

What:           The optical communications industry's top senior
                executives provide unique insights into business
                strategies and making money during the 2006 Executive
                Forum: The Road to Profitability: Strategies for the
                Optical Communications Industry.

                http://www.osa.org/partner/network/

When/Where:     March 5 - 6, 2006 at the Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA

                Event Details: 2006 Executive Forum: The Road to
                Profitability: Strategies for the Optical
                Communications Industry - held in conjunction with
                OFC/NFOEC, provides industry executives with
                networking opportunities, insights and analyses from
                the field's leading business and financial experts and
                unique and valuable perspectives on tomorrow's trends
                and opportunities.

                The program will include panel discussions, debates
                and presentations covering the following topics:

                --  State of the Industry-Strategies from Systems
                    Companies

                --  Paths to Profitability-Global Perspectives

                --  IP TV Deployment Opportunities and Challenges

                --  State of the Industry-Insights from Component
                    Companies

                These panels feature preeminent names in optical
                communications. Join us to hear those on the pulse of
                the technology speak about how advancements in the
                optical communications industry will change the way we
                live, work and do business. Executive Forum speakers
                include:

                --  Dr. Giorgio Anania, President & CEO, Bookham, Inc.

                --  Hamid Arabzadeh, President and CEO, CoreOptics

                --  Joe Berthold, Vice President of Network
                    Architecture and Standards, Ciena Corporation

                --  Harry Bosco, President and CEO, Opnext, Inc.

                --  John Bowers, Vice President and CTO, Calient
                    Networks

                --  Daniel Chen, VP and GM, Semiconductor Division,
                    Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA, Inc.

                --  Richard Craig, Chief Executive Officer, Santur

                --  Michael Crisafulli, Director, Optoelectronics
                    Strategic Business Unit, NEC

                --  John Dexheimer, Partner, First Analysis Private
                    Equity Fund IV and President, LightWave Advisors,
                    Inc.

                --  Li Hsu, Chief Executive Officer, Fiberxon

                --  Tim Jenks, President and CEO, NeoPhotonics

                --  Frank Levinson, Director, Finisar

                --  Jane Li, Senior Vice President, Lightwave, Eudyna
                    Devices USA Inc

                --  Jo Major Jr., President and CEO, Avanex

                --  Tom Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Fabrinet

                --  Philippe Morin, Vice-President and General
                    Manager, Optical Networks, Nortel

                --  Paul Morris, Executive Director, UTOPIA

                --  Mike Nishiguchi, PhD, President and CEO, ExceLight
                    Communications, Inc.

                --  Rajiv Ramaswami, VP and GM Gigabit System Business
                    Unit & Transceiver Module Group, Cisco Systems

                --  Bobbi Rentko, Senior Director Network Engineering,
                    Telecordia

                --  Michael Ricci, Sr. Vice President, Components and
                    Modules Group, JDSU

                --  Reuben Richards Jr., President and CEO, Emcore

                --  Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, VP of Product Management,
                    Siemens

                --  Alfredo Viglienzoni, Head, Photonic Development,
                    Ericsson

                --  David Welch, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer,
                    Infinera

                --  Glenn Wellbrock, Director of Network Technology
                    Development, Verizon

                --  Thomas Wendt, Co-Founder and CEO, Optical
                    Entertainment Network (OEN)

                --  Gary Wiseman, General Manager, Optical Platform
                    Division, Intel

                The 2006 Executive Forum is presented by OSA and
                LIGHTWAVE magazine and sponsored by Intel Capital.

Registration:   Registration for the 2006 Executive Forum: The Road to
                Profitability: Strategies for the Optical
                Communications Industry is open and can be accessed
                online at
    http://www.osa.org/partner/network/forum_reg/default.asp.
                Members of the press and analyst community who are
                interested in attending please contact Leah Wilkinson,
                [e-mail].