Force10 Networks announced that John D'Ambrosia, chief Ethernet evangelist at Force10 Networks, will chair the Ethernet Alliance's Technology Exploration Forum, "Next Generation 100GbE Interconnect Specifications," a conference set for June 14, 2011 at the Techmart Meeting Center in Santa Clara, CA. D'Ambrosia, as chair of the Ethernet Alliance, will kick-off the meeting with opening remarks.

Also, Kapil Shrikhande, senior principal engineer at Force10, has organized and will moderate a panel titled, "The Future of 100GbE Single-Mode Optics," set to run from 2:45-4 p.m. Joining him on the panel are Chris Cole, Finisar, Ali Ghiasi, Broadcom, Gary Nicholl, Cisco and Jim Tavacoli, Santur.

"The Ethernet Alliance Technology Exploration Forum is designed to bring leaders in the Ethernet industry together to discuss key issues related to the development of 100 Gigabit interconnect specifications," said D'Ambrosia, Ethernet Alliance chairman.  "We're pleased to have Force10 Networks join us to share their perspective on considerations impacting the development and adoption of 100 Gigabit Ethernet."