In addition to high-traffic high-speed multimedia ubiquitous communications requirements, the Information Society is facing new challenges such as energy efficiency, self-deployment/self-organizing behavior, low electromagnetic radiation, scalability, and flexibility. Moreover, "Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Greening the World" is a also new direction promoting information and communication technologies as tools that enable the design of eco-friendly solutions and systems to encourage innovation and improve citizens lives. Information security over wireless, Small cells, Heterogeneous networks, Radio over Fiber, Software Defined Networks, Cloud Computing, Smart grids and Smart cities are new trends that open up new perspectives in the ICT R&D field and thus are within the scope of ICT 2013.