FOAN2026

From Pisa Centrale station: You can walk (about 20 minutes) or take a taxi (about 5 minutes).The venue is located at Piazza Martiri della Libertà, in the city center of Pisa. How to reach Pisa and the venue:

✈️ By air

The nearest airport is Pisa International Airport (Galileo Galilei, PSA), which is well connected to many European cities. From the airport, you can reach the city center by taxi (about 10 minutes), PisaMover shuttle train (5 minutes), or public bus

🚗 By car

Pisa is accessible by car via the A12 and A11 highways. Parking is available in several public lots near the city center.

🚌 By train

Pisa Centrale is the main railway station, with frequent connections to major Italian cities such as Florence, Rome, and Milan. From the station, you can take a taxi (about 5 minutes) or walk to the city center (about 20 minutes).

✈(venue)Getting to Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

The venue is located at Piazza Martiri della Libertà, in the city center of Pisa.
From Pisa Centrale station: You can walk (about 20 minutes) or take a taxi (about 5 minutes).

Previous FOAN Workshops

Following successful workshops in

Moscow (2010), Budapest (2011),

St. Petersburg (2012), Almaty (2013),

Brno (2015), Lisbon (2016), Munich (2017), Sarajevo (2019), Ljubljana (2021),

Valencia (2022), Ghent (2023), Athens (2024) and Szczecin PL (2025).

Invited/Keynote Speakers

The invited speaker has not submitted a paper for the FOAN 2026 proceedings.
Keynote speakers are selected from among the authors of peer-reviewed, accepted papers.
Based on the invited talk, the speaker will be invited to publish in the journal Fiber and Integrated Optics.

Note

Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

All previously published proceedings are indexed in the Web of Science (Core Selection) and Scopus databases.

The journal Fiber and Integrated Optics will publish a special issue based on presented papers/presentations.

Note

Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

All previously published proceedings are indexed in the Web of Science (Core Selection) and Scopus databases.

The journal Fiber and Integrated Optics will publish a special issue based on presented papers/presentations.

Author's area

DEADLINES

Abstract submission: May 29
Full paper submission: June 9;
Notification of acceptance: August 10;
Camera-ready: August 25
Date of FOAN2025: November 3-

Register yourself

Authors of accepted papers must register and pay the registration fee before August 20, 2026 (early registration deadline). All registration and payment transactions will be handled via the EDAS conference system

Submit your paper for review in IEEE format

Follow these steps to upload the final version of your paper and present it:

1. Carefully proofread your paper before submitting.

2. Prepare the PDF file with the following specifications:

IEEE single-spaced, two-column format
Paper must be formatted to fit A4 size
No page numbers (they will be added automatically)
Do not insert footers or headers
Do not apply any PDF security features

3. Ensure that your paper is created using the IEEE templates (see above).

Prepare the PDF file according to the IEEE PDF specifications.
You can download the template from this link: IEEE Template (A4)
The proceedings producer will insert page numbers, so make sure they are not included in your submission.
Do not insert footers, headers, or the IEEE copyright notice.
Ensure your PDF is fully accessible and editable for numbering and production purposes.
Do not include hyperlinks in the text.

Template can be downloaded from:

https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/conferences/conference-template-a4.docx

Submit your invited talk or work in progress as a one-page abstract.

4. Authors of invited lectures and presenters of projects in progress are required to submit their proposal as a one-page abstract.

One page abstract will be published in IEEE Xplore, as abstract and will not be indexed.
One page abstract will be briefly revised by chairs; comments and instructions for preparing the presentation will be provided.
The abstract should be formatted in just one column , with at least one figure that best represents the proposal or the project in progress.
The template for one-page abstract can be download from a link: TEMPLATE

Submit your paper

Registration fees and Social events

Registration fees include lunches and other standard conference amenities. Additional events such as the gala dinner, welcome reception, and city tour may incur extra charges. The organizers will determine the final costs once they review the prices.

Authors - early; before August 20:

no IEEE member: - 380 EURO

IEEE member: - 340 EURO

Author - late; after August 20:

no IEEE member: - 490 EURO

IEEE member: - 450 EURO

No paper attendees

Early, before August 20: - 540 EURO

Late, after August 20: - 650 EURO

Student registration:

We encourage students to attend FOAN.

There are several possibilities for students from the academy:

Three days - 150 EURO
One day - 60 EURO

Large discount on recommendation of professor/supervisor (member of TCP);

One day registration:

No paper attendee - early - 290 Euro

Student: - 60 Euro

Accompany person:

One day - 105 Euro

Three days - 230 Euro

Social events will be added by the end of April. Attendees will be able to choose from the following options:

registration fee only,
registration fee + social events, or
social events only.

Topics

Advanced PON Technologies

50G/100G/400G/1T PON: Challenges, implementation, and future perspectives
Green PON: Energy efficiency and sustainability in access networks
PON virtualization and software-defined access networks
Standardization of next-generation access networks

ACCESS NETWORK EXPLOITATION

Cost-effective upgrades and transition strategies for access systems
flexible network architectures
legacy system compatibility
regulatory standards and their impact on access network development
network overlaps, such as FTTH and mobile backhaul
Cost analysis and return on investment for new Optical Access echnologies

AI/ML in Optical Networks

Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning for fault detection, network optimization, and predictive maintenance
Automation and self-configuring access networks
AI algorithms vs. Forward Error Corrections

Integration of Optical and Wireless Technologies

Mobile Backhaul and Fronthaul
Convergence of FTTx networks with 5G/6G wireless access (Fiber-Wireless Integration)
Radio-over-Fiber technologies for access networks
Edge computing and optical networks to support IoT and Industry 4.0

SENSOR AND SENSOR NETWORKS

Fiber optic sensors
Sensors in broadband networks
Free-space optics (FSO) sensors
Plasmonic nanostructures in fiber sensing applications
Distributed Fiber Sensing for infrastructure monitoring
Hybrid sensor networks

PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (PICs) in ACCESS AND METRO NETWORKS

GaAs/InP, LiNbO3, SiN, SOI, and other materials
Hybrid InP/SOI integration
PICs for PON networks
high-capacity radio systems based on microwave and millimeter-wave frequency bands
plasmonic nanostructures in fiber optics applications
photonic network-on-a-chip
Applications of PICs in access networks and IoT sensors

OPTICAL WIRELESS AND RADIO OVER FIBER

optical wireless communications for indoor access networks
free-space optics (FSO) for metro and in-building applications

Security and Privacy in Optical Access Networks

Quantum cryptography and data security in access networks
Protection of networks from physical and cyber threats

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Committees

General Chair

Edvin Skaljo, BH Telecom&University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

TPC chair

Gerd Keiser, Boston University & PhotonicsComm Solutions, USA

Publication Chair

Emir Karamehmedovic, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Local Organising Committee

Claudio Porzi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Alessio Giorgetti University of Pisa

Fatjon Cela University of Pisa Italy

Steering Committee

Bostjan Batagelj, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Petr Munster, Brno University of Technology & CESNET, Czech Republic

Kimio Oguchi, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Henri Hodara, Symbioptix, USA

Emir Karamehmedovic, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Patryk Urban, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland

Claudio Porzi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Technical Program Committee

In alphabetical order

Dr. Adrian J Torregrosa Universidad Miguel Hernandez Spain

Dr. Adriana Lipovac University of Dubrovnik Croatia

Prof. Alessio Giorgetti University of Pisa Italy

Prof. Aljo Mujčić University of Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prof. Antonio Teixeira DETI, University of Aveiro Portugal

Prof. Bostjan Batagelj University of Ljubljana Slovenia

Prof. Christophe Peucheret University of Rennes 1 France

Dr. Claudio Porzi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Italy

Dr. Damir Breskovic Hrvatski Telekom Croatia

Dr. Deepak Kumar University of the Cumberlands USA

Dr. Farhad Arpanaei Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Spain

Dr. Fatjon Cela University of Pisa Italy

Dr. Francesco Da Ros Technical University of Denmark Denmark

Dr. Francesco Matera Fondazione Ugo Bordoni Italy

Prof. Gabriella Cincotti University Roma Tre Italy

Prof. George S. Kliros Hellenic Air-Force Academy Greece

Mr. Giannis Giannoulis National Technical University of Athens Greece

Dr. Giannis Kanakis National Technical University of Athens Greece

Dr. Harjeevan Singh Chandigarh University, Gharuan India

Dr. Henri Hodara Symbioptix USA

Dr. Hideaki Kimura Chubu University Japan

Dr. Jakup Ratkoceri University of Twente The Netherlands

Prof. Kimio Oguchi National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan

Dr. Kyeong Soo Kim Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University China

Prof. Nicola Andriolli University of Pisa Italy

Dr. Nicola Calabretta COBRA Research Institute The Netherlands

Prof. Oskars Ozoliņš Riga Technical University Latvia

Prof. Patryk Urban West Pomeranian University of Technology (ZUT) Poland

Prof. Petar S Matavulj School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade Serbia

Dr. Petr Munster Brno University of Technology Czech Republic

Dr. Ricardo Oliveira IT - Aveiro Portugal

Prof. Ronald Freund Fraunhofer HHI Germany

Prof. San-Liang Lee National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan

Dr. Sandis Spolitis Riga Technical University Latvia

Prof. Sergey B. Biryuchinskiy Vigitek, Inc. USA

Prof. Shien-Kuei Peter Liaw National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan

Mr. Shirmohammad Tavangari University of Cambridge USA

Dr. Shuwen Zeng French National Centre for Scientific Research France

Dr. Simon Rommel Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands

Mrs. Tamara Mihran Knyazyan National Polytechnic University of Armenia Armenia

Dr. Thomas Lagkas Democritus University of Thrace Greece

Dr. Tomas Horvath Brno University of Technology Czech Republic

Prof. Vittorio Curri Politecnico di Torino Italy

Non-academic Committee

to be formed soon

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Said about FOAN

Cornel Barbut VicePresident of AFOR Association of Fiber Optic Romania

FOAN 2021 which I saw it as an excellent high quality event on Fiber Optics in Europe. On my opinion I can put it at the same level with FTTH Council Europe conference and ECOC on top 3 yearly events on Fiber Optic in Europe for the fiber optic specialists.

Marcin Kuczera, CEO/CTO at LeoLabs, Poland

Cornel Barbut VicePresident of AFOR Association of Fiber Optic Romania

Wow, my brain is full of information; so many interesting subjects presented in such a friendly way.