11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2009)
ICTON 2009 features the following symposia and sessions:
- 8th European Symposium on Photonic Crystals, ESPC*
- 8th Workshop on All-Optical Routing, WAOR
- 6th Global Optical & Wireless Networking Seminar, GOWN
- 5th Reliability Issues in Next Generation Optical Networks Workshop, RONEXT
- 5th Photonic Integrated Components & Applications Workshop, PICAW*
- 4th Nanophotonics for All-Optical Networking Workshop, NAON*
- 4th Special Session on Microresonators and Photonic Molecules: trapping, harnessing and releasing light, MPM*
- 4th Special Industrial Session
- 3rd Special Session on Novel glasses for photonic devices*
- 2nd Special Session on Market in Telecommunications, MARS
- Euro-FOS NoE and SARDANA project Worshops
- * denotes Sub-Wavelength Photonics (SWP) section
Scope and topics
The scope of the Conference is concentrated on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in broadband telecommunication networks, systems, and components, and includes:
- Digital All-Optical Networks
- Ultra-dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
- Ultra-fast Optical Time Domain Multiplexing
- Next Generation Networking
- Optical switching & routing (WAOR)
- Optical Packet Networks & Services
- Optical memories and data storage
- Quality of Service issues
- Optical transparency & network scalability
- Network reliability & availability (RONEXT)
- Wireless & Optical Networking (GOWN)
- Radio-over-fibre transmission
- Analogue transmission systems
- Broadband metro and access networks
- Industry and Standardisation
- Photonic Band-Gap structures (ESPC)
- Photonic crystal fibres
- Nonlinear & active PBG devices
- Nanoscale & ultrafast photonics (NAON)
- VCSELs and other novel light sources
- Microresonators & Photonic Molecules
- New fibre types, Plastic fibres
- Novel glasses
- New transmission windows
- Polarisation Mode Dispersion
- Photonic component integration (PICAW)
- Modelling of optical systems and components
- Network planning and design tools
- Non-conventional optical communications
- Other relevant topics
Deadlines
Submission: April 15, 2009
4 pages (Word+pdf) for Poster/Oral to icton@itl.waw.pl
Notification of Acceptance: May 5, 2009
Post Dead line (Relevant new results): June 2, 2009
Contacts
ICTON 2009 General Chairman:
Antonio Teixeira
Instituto de Telecomunicações,(www.it.pt)
Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
e-mail: teixeira@ua.pt
Co-Chairs: R. Luís , H. Vasconcelos (Local Organizers), P. André, R. Nogueira, M. Lima, G. Tosi Beleffi, P. Monteiro and F. da Rocha
ICTON Organizing Committee (http://www.itl.waw.pl/konf/icton/2009/committees_org.html)
Chairman Marian Marciniak
National Institute of Telecommunications
Department of Transmission & Optical Technologies
1 Szachowa Street, 04-894 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: +48 22 5128715, Fax +48 22 5128 347
M.Marciniak@itl.waw.pl , marian.marciniak@ieee.org
Members Olga Bolszo, Marek Jaworski, Grazyna Orlowska, Hanna Skrobek
web designer Anita Sterna
e-mail: icton@itl.waw.pl