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SAXONBURG, Pa., Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), the global leader in photonics, today announces that its Chief Marketing Officer, Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi, its Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng and Dr. Giovanni Barbarossa, Special Advisor to CEO, along with other Coherent experts, will participate in key thought leadership sessions at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2026, to be held September 21 – 23, 2026, in Málaga, Spain.
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