

Become an ECOC 2026 Sponsor
ECOC 2026 offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities designed to give your company strong visibility within the optical communications community.
As Europe’s leading conference in this field, ECOC brings together more than 2,000 attendees from research, academia, and industry, while the co-located Exhibition attracts over 8,000 visitors. This unique combination makes ECOC the ideal place to showcase your innovations and connect with a global audience.
Sponsors benefit from branding opportunities before, during, and after the event, and can further increase visibility by supporting social activities such as receptions, lunches, dinners, or coffee breaks. Taking place in Málaga, Europe’s southern tech hub, ECOC 2026 combines professional excellence with an inspiring environment to maximize both exposure and networking.
Thank you to our confirmed Sponsors
DIAMOND SPONSORS:
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have approximately 208,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.
Please visit HUAWEI for more information.
GOLD SPONSORS:
Promálaga is synonymous with entrepreneurship. We are part of the Málaga City Council and together with it we contribute to the creation of new companies by offering help in the incorporation of companies, advice, training, subsidies and a network of 14 incubators so that entrepreneurs can consolidate their business.
We are here to make your business project.
Please visit PROMALAGA website for more information.
Malaga City Hallthrough Promálaga, offers you everything you need to make your business idea come true: advice, training, subsidies, business consultancy, mentoring and a Municipal Network of Incubators in which more than 750 companies since its creation.
Please visit Málaga Town Hall website & Málaga Tourism website for more information.
Bullnet Capital is a boutique Spanish venture capital firm backing technologies that are hard to build and copy, including photonics, semiconductors, electronics and software. Since 2001, we have invested in more than 30 early-stage Spanish companies, managing €180 million across our investment vehicles. As engineers and physicists ourselves, we work shoulder to shoulder with founders, supporting them in everything they need from business conception to hiring, strategy, sales and raising the next round.
Please visit Bullnet Capital for more information.
From silicon photonics and co-packaged optics to AI scale-up and scale-out networks, Keysight helps engineers overcome their most complex design, emulation, and test challenges. Bridging virtual design and physical reality, Keysight delivers the insights needed to accelerate innovation, reduce risk, and confidently scale next-generation optical infrastructure. www.keysight.com
Please visit Keysight for more information.
Andalucía TRADE, a través de Invest in Andalucía representa el compromiso del Gobierno andaluz con la transformación económica de la región y la atracción de inversiones empresariales. Ventanilla única para inversores y empresas, proporciona un acompañamiento integral y personalizado además de simplificar y acelerar la interacción con la administración pública, convirtiendo la agilidad y la eficiencia en ventajas competitivas. Cuenta, además, con una red global de 42 oficinas que dan cobertura a 75 mercados internacionales.
Please visit Andalucía TRADE - Agencia empresarial para la transformación y el desenvolvimento económico for more information.
Please visit INDRA for more information.
SILVER SPONSORS:
iPronics is a pioneer in the development of optical connectivity solutions, including the industry's first real-time optical circuit switching layer for AI cluster networks. Its flagship product, iPronics ONE, replaces static network topologies with a software-controlled optical backbone that reconfigures bandwidth in real time as workloads shift, increasing effective utilization, reducing power consumption, and driving down cost per token.
Please visit Ipronics for more information.
Bioherent’s BioXPLORER® technology will transform allergy and other disease diagnostics through accurate, rapid, and accessible solutions. Its first application, AllerWave®, will be ready for commercialisation in Europe in 2029. At ECOC, we are seeking industrial partners to scale cost-efficient manufacturing and drive international commercialisation, alongside strategic investors to accelerate clinical validation, market entry, and global growth. Combining integrated photonics, advanced biochemistry, and data intelligence, Bioherent is building a scalable diagnostic platform for healthcare systems worldwide.
Please visit Bioherent for more information.
AGPhotonics leverages integrated photonics to enable compact free-space optical (FSO) communication transceivers for a wide range of fixed and mobile platforms. By integrating key optical transceiver functions onto a photonic chip, AGPhotonics significantly reduces the size, weight, power consumption, and cost of optical terminals. This approach makes high-bandwidth, secure optical wireless connectivity practical for a broader range of applications and deployment scenarios.
Please visit AGPhotonics for more information.
Please visit Photonics & RF Research Lab & UMA for more information.
SPONSORS:
Advantest is the leading manufacturer of automatic test and measurement equipment used in the design and production of semiconductor devices such as high-performance compute (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), automotive, industrial and consumer applications. Its latest innovations, including System Level Test (SLT), silicon photonics and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) test solutions, address the growing complexity of advanced semiconductor devices.
Please visit Advantest for more information.
Nu Quantum is the category creator and leader in distributed quantum computing. Its Entanglement Fabric is a modular networking layer that interconnects quantum processors into powerful distributed quantum computers. Through technological advances and industry collaborations, Nu Quantum accelerates the path to fault tolerance to unlock breakthroughs and transform industries worldwide.
Please visit NU Quantum for more information.
Imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies. Leveraging its state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure and the expertise of over 6,500 employees, imec drives innovation in semiconductor and system scaling, artificial intelligence, silicon photonics, connectivity, and sensing.
Please visit imec for more information.
The open access journal Advanced Devices & Instrumentation, published in association with BIACD, is a forum to promote breakthroughs and application advances at all levels of electronics and photonics.
Please visit Advanced Devices & Instrumentation for more information.
Quside is a deep-tech company redefining the foundations of digital trust through quantum randomness. Its QRNG technologies deliver high-quality, locally verifiable entropy with real-time monitoring, enabling organizations to strengthen cryptographic security. Designed for critical infrastructures, Quside provides scalable, trusted randomness for cybersecurity, telecommunications, data centers, finance, and space.
Please visit Quside for more information.
FYLA is a leading photonics company developing advanced laser and optical technologies for industry, science, and communications. Through FYLA Networks, the company delivers next-generation wireless laser communication solutions, enabling secure, high-capacity, and fiber-like connectivity for critical infrastructure and demanding environments.
Please visit Fyla Lasers for more information.
We provide solutions for space, aeronautics, automotive, and defence. Our capabilities include: electronic design, engineering, assembly, procurement, testing, and long-term conservation.
We also develop photonic products, with expertise in packaging and assembly for various semiconductor types. Comprehensive parts testing services cover functional, mechanical, environmental, and radiation analysis.
Please visit Alter for more information.
Great Bay University is a new research university established in line with China’s national strategy for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Situated at the heart of the region, GBU will grow to about 10,000 students and 1,000 faculty members by 2030.
Please visit Great Bay University (GBU) for more information.
Please visit ACCELINK for more information.
Please visit MARVELL for more information.
BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD:
Adtran has the industry’s most comprehensive toolbox that empowers operators to build a converged infrastructure from customer premises to the network core, serving all networking applications for residential, business, wholesale and mobile. Welcome to the intelligent, self-optimizing, fiber-everywhere future. Welcome to the converged edge! Learn more on Adtran.com, LinkedIn, and X.
Please visit Adtran for more information.
BEST SENIOR PAPER AWARD:
Please visit Laser & Photonics Reviews & Nanophotonics for more information.
TECHNICAL & INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS:
Please visit OPTICA for more information.
Experience OFC, 07-11 March 2027, in Los Angeles, California. As the world’s largest optical networking and communications conference and exhibition, OFC is where the industry goes to showcase technologies, forge partnerships and close deals. With experts, influencers and buyers on site, no event is more essential to our industry.
Please visit OFC for more information.
Fotónica21 is the Spanish Photonics Technology Platform, bringing together key companies, research organisations and stakeholders across the Spanish photonics ecosystem to promote collaboration, innovation and the competitiveness of the sector.
Please visit FOTÓNICA 21 for more information.
Please visit SEDOPTICA for more information.