1. © intec 2000 workshop on Parallel Optical Interconnects Inside Electronic Systems A Friday workshop in the framework of the DATE 2004 conference February 20, 2004, CNIT La Defense, Paris

2. http://www.intec.ugent.be/IOWorkshop on Parallel Optical Interconnects, DATE2004 Agenda Session 1: Need for Parallel Optical Interconnects Session 2: Optical pathways for Parallel Optical Interconnect Links Session 3: Opto-Electronic Components for Parallel Optical Interconnect Links Session 4: System Applications for Parallel Optical Interconnects Session 5: Design of Parallel Optical Interconnection Systems

3. http://www.intec.ugent.be/IOWorkshop on Parallel Optical Interconnects, DATE2004 Session 2: optics 10u30: OPTICAL PATHWAYS BASED ON PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBRE: PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS, Gilles Widawski,Nexans, FR, Jan Van Koetsem, FCI, NL, Patrick Le Moine, RCI, FR 11u00: PPC-OPTOBOARD: GLASS SHEET WAVEGUIDES IN PCBs, Peter Straub,PPC Electronic, CH 11u20: WAVEGUIDE S IN BOARDS BASED ON ORMOCER, Geert Van Steenberghe, Peter Van Daele, Ghent University, BE 11u40: Waveguide strategies for Optical Interconnect on CMOS Platforms, Dr Terry V. Clapp, Dow Corning Corporation Embedded Researcher, UK 12u00 LUNCH

4. http://www.intec.ugent.be/IOWorkshop on Parallel Optical Interconnects, DATE2004 Session 3: opto-electronics 13u00: LASERS AND DETECTORS FOR PARALLEL INTERCONNECTS Sven Eitel, Avalon, CH 13u20: PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PARALLEL OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS, Francois Marion, LETI-CEA, FR 13u40: CIRCUITS FOR PARALLEL OPTICAL INTERCONNECT, Richard Annen,Helix, CH

5. http://www.intec.ugent.be/IOWorkshop on Parallel Optical Interconnects, DATE2004 Session 4: system applications 14u00: OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS IN LARGE- SCALE SYSTEMS, Christoph Berger,IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, CH 14u20: SIMULATION, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS AT PCB LEVEL, Jurgen Schrage, Siemens/C-lab, DE 14u40: OPTO-ELECTRONIC FPGAs, Jan Van Campenhout, IMEC and Ghent University, BE 15u00 BREAK

6. http://www.intec.ugent.be/IOWorkshop on Parallel Optical Interconnects, DATE2004 Session 5: design 15u00: OPTO-ELECTRONIC FPGAs, Jan Van Campenhout, IMEC and Ghent University, BE 15u20: INTEGRATION OF MODELLING TOOLS FOR PARALLEL OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS IN A STANDARD EDA DESIGN ENVIRONMENT, Michiel De Wilde, IMEC and Ghent U, BE 15u40: A CASE STUDY: THE IO SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR, Ronny Bockstaele, IMEC and Ghent U, BE 16u00: CONCLUDING REMARKS