16/10/2026
The National Institute of Telecommunications, Optical Communications Group in Warsaw, Poland, together with the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy, and the Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy, and the IEEE Photonics Society Poland Chapter are pleased to announce
๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ - ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐
and ๐ญ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ-๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐ฆ๐ช๐ฃ)
and ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ (๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ)
in Ischia island (Naples), Italy, July 4-8, 2027.
Technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Photonics Society is foreseen.
Co-located with:
24th European Symposium on Photonic Crystals (๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐)
24th Workshop on All-Optical Routing (๐ช๐๐ข๐ฅ)
21st Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (๐ข๐ช๐ )
21st degree Photonic Integrated Components & Applications Workshop (๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ช)
20th Anniversary Nanophotonics for All-Optical Networking Workshop (๐ก๐๐ข๐ก)
20th Anniversary Workshop on Photonic Microresonators and Resonant Devices (๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐)
20th Anniversary Special Session on Novel Glasses for photonic devices
16th Workshop on Communication in Transportation Systems (๐๐ง๐ฆ)
15th Anniversary Workshop on Green Optical Communications (๐๐ข๐)
15th Anniversary Special Session on Microwave Photonics (๐ ๐ช๐ฃ)
12th Workshop on 6G Network Operation (๐ฒ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ข)
11th Workshop on Technology for Data Center Interconnects (๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ง)
11th Workshop on Data Center Networks (๐๐๐ก)
10th Anniversary Workshop on Fiber-Wireless Network Technologies and Architectures towards 5G and Beyond (๐๐ถ๐ช๐ถ๐ก๐ฑ๐)
10th Anniversary Workshop on Quantum Photonics (๐ค๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐)
10th Anniversary Workshop on Multi-Layer Network Orchestration (๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ข๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต)
9th Workshop on Novel Optical Amplifiers (๐ก๐ข๐)
9th Workshop on Super-Resolution Imaging and Sensing (๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ)
9th Workshop on High Capacity SDM-WDM Optical Networking (๐ฆ๐๐ -๐ช๐๐ )
9th Workshop on Flexible and High-Capacity Optical Networks (๐๐น๐ฒ๐
-๐ข๐ก)
8th Workshop on Optical Microscopy Techniques (๐ข๐ ๐ง)
7th Workshop on Quantum Communications (๐ค๐)
7th Workshop on Multi-band Open Optical Networks (๐ ๐ข๐ข๐ก)
7th Workshop on Machine Learning for Optical Communications (๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ )
7th Workshop on THz Photonics (๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ)
6th Workshop on Progress in Nonlinear Photonics and Applications (๐ฃ๐ก๐ฃ๐)
6th Workshop Workshop on Microstructured Optical Fibers (๐ ๐ข๐)
5th Anniversary Special Session on Space-Division Multiplexing for High-Capacity Transmission (๐ฆ๐๐ )
5th Anniversary Workshop 'Women in telecommunication and optical networks: Highlighting diverse voices in optical networks' (๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ง๐ฒ๐น)
5th Anniversary Workshop on Enabling technologies toward 6G Networks (๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐)
4th Special Session on Novel Optical Fiber Sensing Techniques (๐ก๐ข๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ง)
4th ICTON Demo Zone
3rd Workshop on Photonic Metasurfaces
3rd Workshop on Trustworthiness and Physical Layer Security (๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฆ)
3rd Workshop on Programmable Photonics and their Applications
ICTON 2027 will be held as an in-person-only meeting.
The scope of the Conference and co-located events is focused on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in telecommunications, computing, sensing, imaging, and quantum applications. Conference topics include but are not limited to:
Photonics, Nanophotonics
Molecular photonics, Biophotonics
Nonlinear optics
Digital all-optical networks
Ultra-dense wavelength-division multiplexing
Ultra-fast optical time domain multiplexing
Next generation networking
Optical switching and routing
Optical packet networks and services
Optical memories and data storage
Optical transparency and network scalability
Network reliability and availability
Free-space optical communications
Radio-over-Fiber transmission
Broadband metro and access networks
Merging of optical and microwave technologies
Microwave Photonics
Terahertz Photonics
Photonic band-gap structures
Photonic crystal fibers
Optical sensing, Fiber sensing
Nonlinear and active PBG devices
Nanoscale and ultrafast photonics
Photonic microresonators
Quantum photonics
Quantum communications
Quantum computing
VCSELs and other novel light sources
Fiber lasers
High-power lasers
Novel glasses and photonic materials
New transmission windows
Polarization Mode Dispersion
Photonic component integration
Network planning and design tools
Big data analytics and network optimization
Non-conventional optical communications
Sub-wavelength photonic devices
Communication in transportation systems
Optical microscopy and nanoscopic techniques and applications
Optical inspection of transparent samples: quantitative phase imaging
3D optical imaging and display
Polarization-resolved optical microscopy
Image processing
Label-free super-resolution and sensing
5G to 6G communications
Space communications
Programmable photonics
Other relevant topics
Authors are cordially invited to submit their contributions preferably in the standard IEEE conference style , or alternatively in the traditional ICTON style (recommended length four A4 pages in editable MS Word or LaTeX file accompanied by a PDF version) for Regular and Poster Sessions to [email protected] by March 31, 2027 .
The authors will be notified on the acceptance by April 30, 2027 . Post-deadline papers with hot results may be submitted until June 1, 2027 .
The full camera-ready IEEE-Xplore compliant papers will be requested also by June 1, 2027 .
Students, PhD students and young scientists are especially encouraged to contribute and/or to participate.
Traditionally, an ambitious technical program will be accompanied by an attractive selection of social events!
Nunzio Cennamo & Francesco Dell'Olio (General Chairs)
Luigi Zeni (Honorary Chair)
Trevor Benson (ICTON Scientific Committee Honorary Chairman)
Michaล Murawski (IEEE Photonics Society Poland Chapter Chairman)
Crina Cojocaru (Student Participation Chair)
Marian Marciniak (ICTON Originator)
The conference venue is the Hotel Continental Ischia , Via M. Mazzella 70, 80077 Ischia, on the island of Ischia. To reach this beautiful island, You may fly directly to Naples International Airport โ Capodichino (NAP), or alternatively to Rome Fumicino Airport (FCO) and then take a fast train from Rome Termini central station directly to Naples. Ischia island is conveniently reachable from Naples within 1-2 hours sea connection.
