Optical networking is back! Now with extra packets!

After years of waiting, optical vendors are hearing about major plans to refresh carrier networks. And earlier this week, Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution tackled the big questions around these changes.

We've posted stories and videos that tackle all the hard stuff. But if you'd rather take an easy stroll through the conference to see who showed up and how the weather was, have we got a deal for you. Click a picture below to scan our photo tour of the show.

Photos by the great Matt Carr/Getty Images. The captions are not his fault.

— The Staff, Light Reading