The British and Irish conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP) is the annual conference sponsored by the IEEE UK and Ireland Photonics Society. The topics cover a broad range of areas in which British and Irish industry and scientific research are strong including communications, photonic integrated circuits, optical and quantum computing, lasers, medical photonics, manufacturing, automotive, sensors, defense and security. The theme of BICOP 2018 will be \"Photonic technologies and the Internet(s) of Things\"