Confirmed invited presentations by:

Cid B. de Araújo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Antimony glasses with large nonlinear refractive indices, low two-photon absorption coefficients and ultrafast response at telecom wavelengths

Maurizio Ferrari, CNR-IFN, Povo-Trento, Italy
Nanocomposite photonic glasses, waveguiding glass ceramics, and confined structures tailoring Er3+ spectroscopic properties

Gin Jose, University of Leeds, UK
Novel glass hosts for integrated planar amplifiers in the optical communication window (1200-1700 nm)

Daniel Milanese, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Novel tellurite glasses and nanocluster doped silica for photonics

Roberta Ramponi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Waveguide lasers in Er:Yb-doped phosphate glass fabricated by femtosecond laser writing

Johann Troles, Université de Rennes I, France
Chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers for near and middle infrared applications

Contributions announced by:

Bernard Dussardier, University of Nice, France

Full paper submissions:

Invited speakers are cordially asked to submit the full papers (4-6 pages in electronic form, Word 6.0 or later version accompanied by a PDF version) to the ICTON Organiser, Marian Marciniak (M.Marciniak@itl.waw.pl), with a copy to the Special Session Organiser, Angela Seddon (Angela.Seddon@nottingham.ac.uk).

Authors of the contributed papers please send your submissions (4 pages in electronic form, Word 6.0 or later version accompanied by a PDF version) to Angela Seddon (Angela.Seddon@nottingham.ac.uk) with a copy to icton@itl.waw.pl.

All authors are asked to follow ICTON submission rules available at www.itl.waw.pl/icton

Full paper due: April 30, 2007

Questions should be addressed to Angela Seddon
e-mail: Angela.Seddon@nottingham.ac.uk and David Furniss David.Furniss@nottingham.ac.uk