(2019) Invited Speaker: Júlio César R. F. De Oliveira, PhD

R&D executive and team leader with history of innovation, building technology ecosystems to achieve high technology goals at optical communications field. Bachelor, Electrical Eng., 2003, UFCG-Brazil; Master, Electrical Eng. (Photonics), UNICAMP-Brazil, 2004, and Ph.D, UNICAMP-Brazil, Electrical Eng. (Photonics), 2007. From 2004 to 2014 researcher/general manager positions at CPqD Foundation (photonics and optical communications). Founder and CEO of BrPhotonics, 2014, a high-tech startup with accelerated growth in optical communications area developing high end products, LASERs, Modulators, ASICs. Founder of PI-TEC Product Technologies, 2017, developing scientific instrumentation for synchroton detection. From August 2018, CEO of IDEA! Sistemas Eletrônicos, developing deep submicron ASICs and highly integrated photonics devices. Over 15 years of experience in optical communications field, lead 12 optical communications R&D projects, producing 15 patents (INPI), 140+ papers and 20 technological products currently in optical communications market.