SC1 - Novel fibres, fibre devices and amplifiers
- Chair: Francesco Poletti, University of Southampton
- Marianne Bigot, Prysmian Group
- Camille-Sophie Brès, EPFL
- Christian-Alexander Bunge, Leipzig University of Applied Science
- Tommy Geisler, OFS Fitel Denmark
- Anderson Gomes, Federal University of Pernambuco
- Kazunori Mukasa, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- Rogerio Nogueira, Instituto De Telecomunicacoes
- Marco Santagiustina, Università di Padova
- Marc Wuilpart, University of Mons
- Seong Woo Yoo, University of Glasgow
SC2 - Discrete photonic devices and technologies
- Chair: Jon Heffernan, University of Sheffield
- Timo Aalto, VTT
- Yuliya Akulova, Intel
- Woo-Young Choi, Yonsei University
- Francisco Diaz-Otero, University of Vigo
- Chaoran Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Aleksandra Kaszubowska Anandarajah, Trinity College Dublin
- Ueli Koch, ETH
- Christian Koos, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University
- Dan Marom, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Delphine Morini, Université Paris Saclay
- Mitsuru Takenaka, University of Tokyo
- Jean Teissier, Coherent Corp.
SC3 - Photonic Integrated Circuits, assemblies and packaging
- Chair: Selina Farwell, Lumentum
- Romain Brenot, Huawei
- Folkert Horst, IBM
- Daniel Kuchta, IBM Research
- Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Marianna Pantouvaki, Microsoft
- Daniel Pérez-Lopez, iPRONICS
- Niels Quack, University of Sydney
- Günther Roelkens, Ghent University
- Patty Stabile, EHCI - Eindhoven Univ.
- Keijiro Suzuki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Xin (Scott) Yin, imec - Ghent University
- Lars Zimmermann, IHP GmbH
SC4 - Signal processing for optical communication systems
- Chair: Domanic Lavery, Infinera
- Manabu Arikawa, NEC
- Elie Awwad, Telecom Paris -IPP
- Xi Chen, Bell Labs
- Francesco Da Ros, Technical University of Denmark
- Domenico Marsella, Nokia
- Hae Young Rha, MIRO
- Bernhard Spinnler, Infinera Corporation
- Sander Wahls, Delft University
- Fatih Yaman, NEC Labs
- Fan Zhang, Peking University
- Darli Mello, U. Estadual de Campinas
SC5 - Theory of optical communications
- Chair: Cristian Antonelli, Università dell'Aquila
- Junho Cho, Infinera
- Rene-Jean Essiambre, Bell Labs
- Gernot Goeger, Huawei
- Helmut Griesser, Adva Optical Networking GmnH
- Magnus Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH)
- Mariia Sorokina, Aston University
- Chongjin Xie, Alibaba
- Masato Yoshida, Tohoku University
SC6 - Optical transmission systems
- Chair: Lidia Galdino, Corning
- Fatima Garcia Gunning, Tyndall National Institute
- Tomoyuki Kato, Fujitsu
- Peter Krummrich, TU Dortmund
- Chiara Lasagni, Parma University
- Yan Li, BUPT (Beijing University of Posts & Telecom)
- Jeremie Renaudier, Nokia Bell Labs
- Kohki Shibahara, NTT
- Jaroslaw Turkiewicz, Warsaw University of Technology
- Fan Yu, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
- Steinar Bjørnstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Simula Oslo MET
SC7 - Core and Metro networks
- Chair: Lena Wosinska, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH)
- Alejandra Beghelli, UCL
- Dirk Breuer, DTAG
- Andrea Carena, Politecnico di Torino
- Kiyo Ishii, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Patricia Layec, Nokia Bell Labs
- Bernhard Schrenk, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
- Alexandros Stavdas, OpenLightComm, UK
- Takehiro Tsuritani, KDDI Research Inc.
- Carmen Vazquez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Tianjian Zuo, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
SC8 - Access, indoor and short-reach for data-centres and mobile networks
- Chair: Michela Svaluto Moreolo, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya
- Fabio Bottoni, Cisco
- Nicola Calabretta, EHCI - Eindhoven Univ.
- Jochen Maes, Nokia Bell Labs
- Paulo Monteiro, IT /UA
- Derek Nesset, Huawei
- Stephan Pachnicke, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
- Paola Parolari, Politecnico di Milano
- Nikos Pleros, Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
- Fabienne Saliou, Orange
- Tomoaki Yoshida, NTT
- Changyuan Yu, Hong Kong Polytechnic
- Josep Prat, UPC
SC9 - Photonics for RF and Free-Space optics applications
- Chair: Liam Barry, Dublin City University
- Guillermo Carpintero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Hwanseok Chung, ETRI
- Antonio D'Errico, Ericsson
- Jonas Hansryd, Ericsson
- Shota Ishimura, KDDI Research Inc.
- Volker Jungnickel, Fraunhofer HHI
- Martin Lavery, Univerisity of Glasgow
- Christina Lim, University of Melbourne
- Peter Ossieur, imec - Ghent University
- Eduward Tangdiongga, EHCI - Eindhoven Univ.
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Anjali Agarwal, CACI, Technology Innovation and Labs
- Chi-Wai Chow, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
SC10 - Architecture, control and management of optical networks
- Chair: Anna Tzanakaki, University of Athens
- Gangxiang Shen
- Marija Furdek Prekratic, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH)
- Hideaki Furukawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Admela Jukan, Technical University of Braunschweig
- Paolo Monti, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH)
- Raul Muñoz, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya
- Yvan Pointurier, Huawei
- Marco Quagliotti, Telecom Italia
- Marco Ruffini, University of Dublin Trinity College
- Jesse Simsarian, Bell Labs
- Karl Tran, Genexis
SC11 - Quantum technologies, systems and networks
- Chair: Reza Nejabati, University of Bristol
- Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, NuQuantum
- Gerald Buller, Heriot–Watt University
- Eleni Diamanti, Sorbonne Université
- Rachel Grange, ETH
- Vito Sorianello, CNIT
- Takeshi Umeki, NTT
- Caterina Vigliar, Technical University of Denmark
- Cathy White, BT
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