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What’s Beyond XGS-PON and Why?

Monday, May 18, 2026

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET

Location: Lafayette 1 (Mezzanine Level)

Host(s)

Craig Thomas (he/him/his)

CEO
The Broadband Forum
Wokingham, England, United Kingdom

Speaker(s)

Dr. Frank Effenberger

Fellow
Futurewei
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, United States
Mike Emmendorfer (he/him/his)

VP, Technology Solutions
Calix
St Peters, Missouri, United States
Andreas Flach

Business Development Fiber
Nokia
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Gwenn Amice (he/him/his)

Senior Member of Technical Staff
EXFO, Quebec, Canada
Jeff Heynen

Vice President, Broadband Access and Home Networking
Dell'Oro Group
Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

When considering future FTTH investments, what are the advancements beyond XGS-PON and the use cases which will drive those investments? How will increasing fiber network complexity, higher speeds, and the convergence of services onto a single network, impact operator’s planning, operational and interoperability considerations?