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Technical Programme Committee

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, II-IV

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.
  • 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