15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks Cartagena, Spain, June 23-27, 2013

Co-located with:

• 12^th European Symposium on Photonic Crystals (ESPC)
• 12^th Workshop on All-Optical Routing (WAOR)
• 10^th Anniversary Global Optical & Wireless Networking Seminar (GOWN)
• 9^th Reliability Issues in Next Generation Optical Networks Workshop (RONEXT)
• 9^th Photonic Integrated Components & Applications Workshop (PICAW)
• 8^th Nanophotonics for All-Optical Networking Workshop (NAON)
• 8^th Special Session on Photonic Atoms & Molecules (PAM – former MPM)
• 8^th Special Industrial Session
• 7^th Special Session on Novel Glasses for photonic devices
• 6^th Special Session on Market in Telecommunications (MARS)
• 5^th COCONUT Workshop on Broadband Access (former ACCORDANCE)
• 5^th Sub-Wavelength Photonics Conference (SWP) with:
        EU FP7 - REGPOT Project PhoQuS@UW Special Session on “Plasmon Enhanced Diffractive Elements”
       Special Session on "Nanophotonics and Smart Optical Nanostructures" (NSON)
• 4^th Workshop on Communication in Transportation Systems (CTS)
• 3^rd Workshop on Green Optical Communications (GOC)
• 3^rd Special Session on Intelligent Systems for Optical Networks Design (ISOND)
• 3^rd Special Session on Microwave Photonics (MP)
• 2^nd Optical Wireless Workshop (OWW)
• EU FP7 Projects SOFI/NAVOLCHI Special Session on “CMOS Fabrication-Based Photonic Technologies for Communications"
• EU FP7 Projects ASTRON/FOX-C Special Session on “Physical Layer Technologies for Flexible/Elastic Optical Networks"
• Workshop on “How to Create a Photonic SME"
• Workshop on Network Optimization (NeO)

The National Institute of Telecommunications, Department of Transmission and Optical Technologies in Warsaw, together with the Department of Information Technologies and Communications of the Technical University of Cartagena, and the IEEE Photonics Society Poland Chapter are pleased to announce the 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2013 which will be kindly hosted at the El Batel Auditorium and Convention Center, Cartagena, Spain, June 23-27, 2013. Technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Photonics Society is foreseen.

The El Batel Auditorium is located next to the seafront and the marina, walking-distance to city centre, cultural and touristic places. Cartagena is famous of its unique artistic heritage, with a number of landmarks such as the Roman Theatre and a lot of of Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine and Moorish remains.

The scope of the Conference is concentrated on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in telecommunications, computing and novel applications, and includes:

Authors are cordially encouraged to submit the contributions (max. of 4 pages in MS Word accompanied by a PDF version) for Regular and Poster Sessions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by March 31, 2013.

The authors will be notified on the acceptance by April 30, 2013. Post-deadline papers with very recent results are requested by June 1, 2013.

Ambitious technical and social programmes and friendly relations are traditional ICTON goals.

We are looking forward to the pleasure of welcoming you once again, this time in Cartagena in June 2013!