Co-located with:

• 6^th European Symposium on Photonic Crystals, ESPC
• 6^th Workshop on All-Optical Routing, WAOR
• 4^th Global Optical & Wireless Networking Seminar, GOWN
• 3^rd Reliability Issues in Next Generation Optical Networks Workshop, RONEXT
• 3^rd Photonic Integrated Components & Applications Workshop, PICAW
• 2^nd Nanophotonics for All-Optical Networking Workshop, NAON
• 2^nd Conference on GRAphs and ALgorithms in communication networks, GRAAL

Special sessions on:

• 2^nd Special Session on Microresonators and Photonic Molecules: trapping, harnessing and releasing light, MPM
• 2^nd Special Industrial Session
• 1^st Special Session on Novel glasses for photonic devices
• 1^st Special Session on Broadband Access: making use of optical transparency for user access

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The National Institute of Telecommunications in Warsaw together with L'Istituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e delle Tecnologie dell'Informazione ISCOM of the Italian Communication Ministry, and the IEEE/LEOS Poland Chapter are pleased to announce the 9^th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2007 which will be kindly hosted in ISA - Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Via del Commercio 13, Rome, Italy, July 1-5, 2007.

ICTON 2007 is receiving technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society.

Rome is a vibrant city rich in its ancient and medieval past and in its present. Rome is served efficiently by several airports with Leonardo da Vinci Fumicino Airport being one of the top European destinations.

The scope of the Conference is concentrated on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in broadband telecommunication networks, systems, and components, and includes:

Authors are cordially invited to submit the contributions (max. of 4 pages in electronic form, MS Word accompanied by a PDF version) for Regular and Poster Sessions to icton@itl.waw.pl by April 30, 2007. The authors will be notified on the acceptance by May 15, 2007. Post-deadline papers with recent results are requested by May 25, 2007.

Ambitious technical and social programs and friendly relations are traditional ICTON goals. We are looking forward to the pleasure of welcoming you once again, this time in Rome in July 2007!