The NOC/OC&I 2011 conferences will be hosted by Northumbria University from 20 to 22 July 2011. The conference follows recent editions held in Algarve University (Faro, Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Krems (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Berlin (Germany) and London (UK).
Networks & Optical Communications (NOC) combines fiber optics systems, networks and technology within a single event, providing a forum for the promotion of new opportunities from industry, institutes of technology and academia.

Main topics include:

* Broadband access technologies (passive optical networks, radio over fiber, in-building networks, optical wireless: indoor and outdoor)
* Transport and photonic networks (wavelength-routing, OBS, OPS)
* Energy saving in telecommunication networks
* Components and physical issues of optical networks
* QoS and management in optical networks
* Convergence and multilayer networks

We therefore invite you to contribute to the events through involvement as author or delegate.

The local organizing committee plans to publish the accepted papers in IEEExplore and the confirmation will be published on the website soon.