Dear Tom,
thank you for the assistance with accommodation's booking for our Biofach stay in Nuremberg. Everything went well and we were very satisfied.
Thank you very much one more time.
Kindest regards
About the event
Covid-19 Update
The ECOC Exhibition will take place between 13.09.2021 and 16.09.2021. The format of the event will be in person with a strict Covid-19 safety plan in place. The trade fair will take place at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre in France. The Safety measures included in the prevention plan are:
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Attendants must wear face masks in the exhibition halls.
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Attendees must perform frequent hand sanitation. They can complete the task at the hand sanitation stations found around the venue.
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Social distance is mandatory. To make the task easier, the exhibition centre will incorporate several changes. These include wider aisles as well as meeting room configuration alternations.
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The venue will put in place contactless scanners as much as possible. This applies the most to registration areas, information kiosks, and catering zones.
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Attendees should opt to order their tickets online to avoid congestions.
Calling Card
The ECOC is the meeting place for fibre optic communication technology industry professionals. It is the main location for learning about the latest innovations and challenges. The fair furthermore is the location where professionals can learn about new solutions. ECOC is the largest exhibition and conference for optical communications in Europe. Every edition of the fair takes place in a different European city. Among the hosting cities are metropolises such as Bordeaux, Brussels, and Dublin.
Business Profile of the Event
ECOC is the central meeting event for professionals working in several sectors. These are the optics, laboratory analysis, biotechnology, science, and laser technology ones. At the fair, attendees can meet sales, marketing, design engineering and networking professionals. IT, system integration, consulting, production engineering and purchasing/procurement professionals also attend. The fair is the meeting location for QC/QA, broadcasting and media professionals. Media and medical/healthcare specialists also gather at ECOC. It is additionally the location for meeting R&D and utility professionals. Attendees include MDs, VPs, CFOs, students, engineering managers, resellers, and education service providers. The fair is the main event for press staff and data communication service providers. Many manufacturers, developers and suppliers attend the fair as well. Among them are specialists in components, subsystems, enterprise test equipment, contracts, and others. End users, telecommunication service providers, fibre optics installers, government/military agencies also attend. Among the companies which exhibit is the Tianjin Eloik Communication Equipment Technology Co.
What is New for ECOC 2021?
ECOC 2021 will include the second edition of the Industry Awards. The Awards will once again honour innovative achievements in 6 categories. These are:
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Data Centre Innovation/Best Product
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Most Innovative Product
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Innovative FTTX Product
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Optical Transport Award
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Optical Integration (SiPh and/or other),
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Best Fibre/ Fibre Component Product.
The announcement of the six winners will take place on the 14th of September live at the exhibition.
The event will include a new theatre zone - the Product Focus Theatre. The Focus Theatre will showcase the latest innovative products. The zone will allow exhibitors to organise demonstrations and presentations of their products. The Product Focus will take place parallel to the Market Focus, one of the exhibition’s popular areas.
The Fusion Media Zone will host the pop-up FTTX Centre. It will include 3 zones – the Test and Measurement, Connectivity and Component, and the FTTH. It will also include the Optical Connections Theatre where attendees can review webinars. There will also be a dedicated area for exhibitors to share their latest press news.
Did You Know?
ECOC is an international exhibition that can help professionals in achieving several goals. Among them is exchanging information and expanding their specialist knowledge. This is due to leading experts providing information on the latest topics. Attendees can furthermore network with other specialists such as suppliers. They can also compare other competitors and conduct business onsite. This includes buying novel technologies and products as well as make new connections. The fair additionally grants the opportunity to gain recognition.
ECOC is a high-profile event with a comprehensive support programme. Among the main features is the extensive exhibition where companies showcase their innovations. These include fibre optics, integrated circuits, components, and others.
Another main feature of the support programme is the Market Focus zone. It is where attendees can learn about photonics integrations and fibre access. The Market Focus features lectures where leading organisations present the latest information. Speakers at the Market Focus include Scott Schube, Peter Finn, and Lorenzo Ghioni. Topics of the lectures include Integrated Silicon Photonics for High-Bandwidth Data Centre Connectivity.
The Innovation Awards are also among the main features of the ECOC’s support programme. They are a recent addition that highlights important achievements. They laud accomplishments related to optical communications, networking, and photonic integrated circuits. The Awards include 6 categories. These are:
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Best Fibre/Fibre Component Product
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Data Centre Innovation/Best Product
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Innovative FTTX Product
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Most Innovative Product
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Optical Integration
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Optical Transport.
The Best Fibre honours technology, process or product innovations that improve several qualities. Such include cost efficiency, ease of installation, reliability, connectivity density or scalability. Among the innovations that can receive the award are new fibre designs and others.
The Data Centre Innovation acknowledges novelties that promote lower costs and power consumption. They also recognise innovations that enhance thermal management commercial viability. Such novelties new patch panels, switches, transceivers or innovative packaging/line card solutions. SW solutions that improve security efficiency can also receive the award.
The Innovative FTTX Product honours solutions that increase management scalability and bandwidth capacity. Such include products like fibres, connectivity, installation, or transmission gear. It also includes solutions that feature novel high speed or environmental designs.
The Most Innovative Product award is for products that drive market segment changes. Such include novelties that help to increase the usage of optics. Among the rewardable innovations are novel designs related to photonics. Novelties that improve thermal, mechanical, and other properties can also earn the prize.
Optical Integration acknowledges innovative technologies that integrate various optical functions. The integrations must improve capacity while reducing costs and power consumption. The Optical transport Award lauds designs that promote longer reach and others.
The Innovations Award Ceremony coincides with the Optical Connections events.
ECOC is a trade fair that can be beneficial for many professionals. Such include:
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Executive technical staff, general management staff, students, educators, and end-users should also attend. Start-ups and students can look forward to the Innovation Awards to gain recognition.
Your Hotel Room in Bordeaux, Brussels, Geneva, and Others
Invest in your business trip with hotel accommodation selected for your specific need. Travel 2 Fairs Ltd works with you to send you hotels in Bordeaux and Geneva with an ideal location and price tag. This allows you to select the hotel offers that work best for you. Such as placing you near Bordeaux Exhibition Centre for a quicker commute. We have long worked with large groups, so you can query for parties of twenty people and more. The entire registration process takes up to a day and you leave all details to us. Also, Travel 2 Fairs ltd assists with logistics as well. You can request a rent-a-car or an airport transfer in both directions, whether it is private or shared.
Logistics
ECOC is an annual event that takes place in a different European city for 4 days. Nexus Business Media organises the event with Visiting hours being between 9:30 am and 5 pm for the first two days. On the final day of the fair, attendees can visit between 9:30 am and 4 pm.
Each of the venues where ECOC takes place is easy to access from main transport hubs. For example, the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre is a 34-minute-metro-journey from the Saint-Jean Station. Likewise, the venue is reachable in 72 minutes by bus and metro from the airport. The Palexpo is also easy to access from the main transport hubs. For example, you can reach the venue in 15 minutes from Gare Cornavin via bus. Geneva Airport is also close as you can reach the site in 15 minutes by walking.
Each of the hosting cities where ECOC takes place is easy to navigate. This is due to their extensive public transport links. These include intercity and intracity routes consisting of buses, metros, trains, and taxis. This allows you to save time when exploring. Often, the public transport stops feature detailed route maps. Such maps allow for finding the correct disembarking location with ease.
Each of the hosting cities has ample accommodation and dining options. For example, Geneva has a broad range of hostels, hotels, guest houses, and apartments. Likewise, the city has ample restaurants, bistros, diners, and others. When staying in the hosting cities always stay in popular areas as they offer more options. For example, when staying in Geneva, opt for finding accommodation in the Old Town.
Audience and Statistics
ECOC is an event with a high level of attendance. For example, its 2020 edition received 253 exhibiting companies and 7,243 attendees. Among the nations that visited are:
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Trade visitors and exhibitors of the fair represent several industry sectors. These include optics, laboratory analysis, biotechnology, science, laser systems and laser technology.
Past Editions
2020 edition
ECOC often includes new additions or changes to its event programme. For example, the 2020 edition of the fair presented for the first time the Industry Awards. The Awards honoured the 25th anniversary of the event. The awards highlight significant achievements in advancing optical communications, transport, networkinhg, fibre-based products and others. The event took place in digital format.
2021 edition
The 2021 issue of the event presented new additions as well. Among them is the Product Focus Theatre which showcases the latest product innovations. It also includes exhibitors performing demonstrations and presentations. Like the 2020 edition, the format was in digital form.
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Mr. Adam Dostál
Mr Fernando Milanese
Hi Giancarlo,
sorry if I take advantage of your personal number, but I want to tell you a big thank you in private because in a short time you have organized everything for me. You know I was anxious when they asked me to find the hotel for my colleagues. Then when you wrote me the first time, I started to calm down. Finally I even felt pampered. You are really special in your work.
I will never stop thanking you!
Loredana Meligy
Dear Anna, The Hotel Monte Christo - Koln was great ! Flights was all ok. Hotel Very clean and neat. Hot inside as much as you wish. Very nice hosting service ! The Hotel receptionist man, Swen was very very nice to me, more than helpful and was a real pleasure to deal with him. Alexandra, his colleague also she was very nice, even tough I only deal with her for several hours, before I left the hotel , back to Romania. I know I might not have been so easy to deal person at times, but you was patient to me. I appreciate all your efforts to find the best deal based upon my requests. Thank you again for all your support ! Have a great day !
Gerhard W. Seeger
Crowne Plaza Dubai
Dear Megan,
Thank you very much for your help with the reservation.Your service was excellent, and I will contact you again
when i have to travel to the Near East.
Whenever I was travelling to Dubai, I booked the Crown Plaza Dubai on Sh Zayed Rd. (Our office is in the next tower)
The Hotel is in the style of the late eighties, but in perfect condition. I like this atmosphere and I hope they will conserve
it as it is. The staff is always friendly and helpful - first class.
We will be in touch.
Best regards,
Gerhard.
Debra Seagreen
Nick Lloyd is very helpful, and friendly. He replies to questions quickly and informatively. We did not end up booking anything due to other reasons, but I would recommend Nick Lloyd to anyone wanting to book accommodation for conferences.
Mr. Steven Ho
The service was impeccable to ensure that I am well looked after for the hotel accommodation during Medical. Will definitely use their services again for the next event.
Claudio Natali
Very good service and follow prior Hotel Check in. We highly recommend this agency.
Mrs Amela Dizdarević
Dear Nick,
I'm sorry I could not answer the phone. I was not in business last week, so I'm in a big crowd.
He wants to thank you again for your accommodation.
In Frankfurt, we were very nice. The hotel is close to the fairground and the city center. Rooms are very nice, clean and neat.
Frankfurt is arranged. I hope we stay in touch, and maybe we will be back together with the accommodation
Great regards, Amela
Ms Laetitia Wachnicki
Dear Tom
Your mail was unfortunately in the undesirable box !
I do really thank you for your help, mainly before our travel because it was very very helpful for me.
The hotel « Zum Deutschen Eck » was perfect for what we wanted and a special mention for the person at the reception : he was very nice and competent.
The hotel was clean and very arranging so perfect for all our next K fairs for sure !
I wish you a nice day and will not hesitate to call you when we will have a need.
Best regards,
Alrico Quik
Hello Tess,
Excellent service from Travel to Fairs Ltd for our last exhibition (IWA OUTDOOR CLASSICS2018) in Nuremberg, Germany.
Very competitive prices - the fact that you managed to offer us rooms when everything else was sold out speaks for itself!
We'll work with you again in the future.
Kind Regards,
Alrico Quik
Mr. Daniel Pla Dominguez
Hi Simon,
Lovely to talk to you earlier on. Thanks for your assistance here, we didn’t have any problem with the rooms/bookings which is all you can hope in these cases!
We’d be in touch for 2020 as I can’t confirm how many people will attend and on what dates.
Thanks,
DanielDublin // Ireland// Mr Daniel Pla Dominguez // IMEX 2019 // Feedback for Novotel Frankfurt City
Iren Ghahramanyan
Dear Tess,
Thank you for your email and please note that we have been very happy with accommodation during ITB 2018 and your service.
With very best regards,
Ms Iren Ghahramanyan
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