Optical switching and routing (WAOR)

Network reliability and availability (RONEXT)

Wireless and optical networking (GOWN)

Broadband metro and access networks (ACCESS)

Communication in transportation systems (CTS)

Market in telecommunications (MARS)

Big data analytics & network optimization (BigNeO)

Digital all-optical networks

Optical transparency and network scalability

Optical packet networks and services

Ultra-dense wavelength-division multiplexing

Ultra-fast optical time domain multiplexing

Radio-over-fibre transmission

Network planning and design tools

Non-conventional optical communications

Sub-wavelength photonic devices (SWP)

Photonic band-gap structures (ESPC)

Nanoscale and ultrafast photonics (NAON)

Photonic component integration (PICAW)

Microresonators and photonic molecules (MPM)

Microwave photonics (MWP)

Novel glasses

Photonic crystal fibres

Nonlinear and active PBG devices

VCSELs and other novel light sources

New transmission windows

Polarisation mode dispersion

Optical memories and data storage

Optical techniques for micro and nano characterization

Other relevant topics