Agenda

Glenn Parsons is an internationally known expert in mobile backhaul/fronthaul and Ethernet technology.
He is a standards advisor with Ericsson Canada, where he coordinates standards strategy and policy for Ericsson, including network architecture for 5G radio transport networks. Previously, he has held positions in development, product management and standards architecture in the ICT industry.
Over the past number of years, he has held several management and editor positions in various standards activities including IETF, IEEE, and ITU-T. He is currently involved with 5G transport standardization in MEF, IEEE and ITU-T and is the working group chair of IEEE 802.1 as well as the chair of ITU-T Study Group 15. He was a Technical Editor for IEEE Communications Magazine and Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Communications Standards Magazine.
He graduated in 1992 with a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Vince Ferretti, Senior Standards Manager, Global Technical & Industry Standards, is responsible for the development, coordination and communication of Corning’s standards strategy across Corning’s optical fiber, cabling, connectivity and wireless systems and products.
Vince joined Corning in 1993 and has extensive experience in sales, marketing, market development, strategy, product management and engineering while working in a diverse and global environment. His roles within Corning Optical Communications (COC) have spanned Corning’s Japan, OEM, carrier and enterprise market segments, the majority spent in FTTx, wireless and LAN applications.
Vince currently represents Corning in the International Telecommunication Union – Telecommunication (ITU-T) SG15 (Optical Fiber and Cable, Optical Access and Transport) as Vice Chairman of Promotion and Coordination and Associate Rapporteur for Question 5. He also represents Corning in IEC 86A (Fiber and Cable), IEC SC46 JW8 (Hybrid Cables) and IEC TC 108 (Distributed power systems for communications devices) as well IEEE 802.3 study groups/task forces (Optical Access and Ethernet Transport Systems). He oversees Corning participation in ATIS STEP (Fault Managed Power), Optical Internetworking Forum (Optical transport and Co-packaged optics), ORAN Alliance (X-Haul for 5G), and Underwriters Laboratories Projects (Fault Managed Power Systems and Hybrid Cables Safety).
Prior to joining Corning, Vince was an US Naval officer and nuclear engineer serving in the US submarine force.
Vince holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Loyola University in Maryland and a Masters of Science in Management from Troy State University.

Han Chao is Senior Engineer at China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT), MIIT China.
Han Chao works on the development of techniques and standardization relevant to optical fibres, cabling, connectivity and network construction and maintenance, as well as on the promotion and coordination of optical infrastructure sharing between operators and non-operators.
He has been participating in Question 7 of ITU-T SG15 focusing on network construction, operation and maintenance topics and served as editors for several recommendations.

Jing Li, is the Manager of Quality Management Department, YOFC.
She focused on fibre and cable testing technology and standardization works for more than 15 years.
Now she is the secretary of IEC TC86/SC86A WG1 and the editor of ITU-T G.650.1, G.650.2, G.650.3, G.655 Recommendations at Question 5 of ITU-TSG15.
Jing Li is an active member in IEC, ITU-T and Chinese domestic standard organizations.
She holds a Master in Optical Communication Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Yuanqiu Luo is a Director of Optical Access Standards in Futurewei Technologies, USA.
She received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Dr Luo has been working in the area of optical access networks for more than 15 years. She is an Editor of ITU standards G.987.3 (XG-PON), G.988 (OMCI), G.989.2 (NG-PON2), G.9802 (multiwave PON), G.9803 (radio over fiber), G.9804.2 (50G-PON), and G.9807.1(XGS-PON). She is the Chair of the IEEE 802.3dk Task Force (100G and 200G BiDi). She was the Chief Editor of IEEE standard 802.3cp (10G/25G/50G BiDi) and a Clause Editor of IEEE standard 802.1AS (time synchronization).
Dr Luo is the IEEE Princeton Central Jersey Section Photonics Society Chair. She is a member of the IEEE ComSoc Educational Services Board (ESB). She is currently an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer.
Dr Luo teaches the ComSoc training course “Empowering Industry 4.0 with Next Generation Optical Access Networks”. She has been teaching a course on optical access technologies at OFC since 2018. She has published over 60 papers and delivered more than 30 talks. She has invented over 50 US patents.
Dr Luo received the Best Paper Award from IEEE & OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology. She is a two-time recipient of the IEEE Standards Award (both 2011 and 2021). In 2021 she was named a Star in Computer Networking and Communications by the IEEE ComSoc N2 Women. In 2022 she won the IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award for outstanding innovations on highspeed optical access system design and leadership in driving international standards.

Paola Regio is in charge of the access network and passive infrastructure engineering and innovation at TIM.
She is involved in the deployment of new products, optical cables and components for FTTH, and in the definition of the technical requirements, including qualifying process and field trials. Paola is also adept in measurements and monitoring of the optical fiber networks and contributes to the optimization of the optical plants acceptance criteria.
She manages collaborations with global vendors and operators, supported by standardization activity. In particular, she is a member of ITU-T Question 5/15 (Characteristics and test methods of optical fibres and cables, and installation guidance), ITU-T Question 7/15 (Connectivity, operation and maintenance of optical physical infrastructures) and of the national committee CEI (Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano, Technical Commitess 306 and 86).
Paola Regio received in 1993 the degree in Physics from University of Turin and joined TIM in the same year.