Prysmian at the 57th IWCS Conference

Prysmian at the 57th IWCS ConferenceFrom November 9-12 the 57th IWCS Conference took place at the Rhode Island Convention Centre in Providence, RI, USA. The International Wire & Cable Symposium, Inc. (IWCS) is the world's premier venue for the presentation of new and original wire and cable industry technologies and trends, and Prysmian played again this year an important role in the event, being Partner and Sponsor of the Conference. Moreover, John Sach from Prysmian North America is one of the members of the IWCS Board of Directors and Agusti Valls Prats from Prysmian SpA is one of the members of the Symposium Committee.
Several papers will be presented by Prysmian colleagues worldwide, and in particular:

Session 2: AERIAL APPLICATIONS
Paper 5: A MODIFIED OPGW CABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIGHER TEMPERATURE CAPACITY DURING SHORT CIRCUIT AND LIGHTNING EVENTS.
Authors : several professors from Universidade Federal do Parana and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil; Marcelo Andrade, Joao Carlos Silva e Mauro Bedia from Prysmian Brasil.

Session 6: FTTH DISTRIBUTION
Paper 6: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON HIGH FIBER COUNT CABLES FOR METRO/ACCESS NETWORKS DEDICATED TO FTTH APPLICATIONS
Authors: Enrico Consonni and Paolo Marelli from Prysmian SpA (R&D,Q).

Session 9: BENDABLE FIBER
Paper 1: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFECTIVE CUT-OFF WAVELENGHT OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SINGLE-MODE BEND-INSENSITIVE FIBERS FOR FTTX APPLICATIONS
Authors: Marco Ruzzier, Francesco Sartori e Martino Travagnin from Prysmian SpA (R&D.Q), Daniele Cuomo from FOS.

Session 13: SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
Paper 1: ELECTRICAL OPTICAL POWER CABLE
Authors: Joao Carlos da Silva, Mauro Bedia e Marcelo Andrade from Prysmian Brasil.

Paper 2: CONTROL OPTICAL CABLE.
Authors:Joao Carlos da Silva, Mauro Bedia e Marcelo Andrade from Prysmian Brasil.

Session 10: DATA CENTERS , chaired by Agusti Valls from Prysmian SpA (R&D.Q Director), presenting 6 different papers dealing with 10 Gbit/s optical systems news and improvements.