WCA January 2018

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IWCS appointment to symposium committee

become the largest cable and connectivity market in the world. Therefore, YOFC commits to be a beneficial contributor as a representative of the Chinese industry on the IWCS symposium committee,” he added. IWCS – USA Website : www.iwcs.org

Mr Xiong. “Chinese companies and professionals are increasingly more involved in IWCS activities. YOFC, as the leader in the Chinese optical fibre and cable industry for more than 20 years, would like to make more contributions to this highly valued Technical Cable & Connectivity Symposium, with such a long and successful history. China has

IWCS – International Cable & Connectivity Symposium, a worldwide conference for new technologies in cable and connectivity products, processes and applications, has appointed Xiong Zhuang of Yangtze OFC (YOFC) to the IWCS symposium committee. This committee is crucial to the success of the conference, establishing the full content of the programme and carefully selecting the papers to be presented. “YOFC has contributed strong content/ papers to the IWCS for over 20 years and Xiong Zhuang alone has published 26 at IWCS since 2004,” said Eric Lawrence, symposium committee chairman. “We look forward to having Zhuang’s invaluable Chinese perspective, vision and content on the IWCS symposium committee, particularly in light of the IWCS evolution that includes the UL and IWCS China Cable & Connectivity Symposium.” Xiong Zhuang received his PhD in mechanical manufacturing and automation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2000. Since then, he has been working with Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable, engaged in the research and development of optical fibre cables. He has participated in IWCS activities since 2004 and was one of the first Chinese speakers at IWCS from mainland China. He has obtained over 70 patents and published more than 60 technical papers, of which 26 have been published at IWCS. He currently is the cable CTO of the YOFC manufacturing centre and the deputy general manager of its R&D centre. He is the associate rapporteur of Q17 in ITU-T SG15 and an expert in IEC SC86A as well as the member of academic committee of the Chinese State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacturing Technology. He is also the vice chairman of the communication line committee of the China Institute of Communications, a member of the expert panel of the Optical and Electrical Cable and Wire Committee in China Electronic Components Industry Association and a member of the technical committee of the TELL Certification Centre in China. “It is my great honour to join the IWCS team as its first Chinese member,” said

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