ECOC 07

Berlin is the European capital of optical communications this year. After 1992, ECOC will be held again in Berlin from 16th - 20th September 2007. This 33rd edition will provide an increasing number of participants and – what's more important – milestones in scientific and technical progress on materials, devices, and systems for applications in photonic networks. Since 1992 almost everything has changed in optical communications and in Berlin as well: Optical communications have now become a well established technology world-wide and Berlin has dramatically renewed itself.
From student to expert level, from academia to industry, ECOC’s special symposia, tutorials, invited, and contributed papers will analyse the impact and role of photonic technology in present and future telecommunication networks. Additionally, a large exhibition will provide and display the latest (and future) components, products, systems, networks, and services of optical communications.
The technical programme committee has been expanded by one additional subcommittee which will deal with broadband access, local area, and home networks. This change reflects the growing importance of optical technologies in LAN and home networks. Generally speaking, the six sub-committees have received more than 750 papers from which 282 high quality papers have been accepted for oral presentation and 140 for poster presentation. New fiber-based components, modulation schemes for efficient high speed transmission, 100 Gbps Ethernet, and broadband access will be key issues this year.