SC1: Novel fibres, fibre devices and amplifiers
| SC1 Chair | Brès | Camille-Sophie | EPFL Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Bao | Xiaoyi | University of Ottawa | Canada | |
| Bigot | Marianne | Prysmian | France | |
| Geisler | Tommy | OFS Fitel Denmark | Denmark | |
| Mégret | Patrice | University of Mons | Belgium | |
| Mukasa | Kazunori | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | Japan | |
| Nogueira | Rogerio | Instituto De Telecomunicacoes | Portugal | |
| Rapp | Lutz | Adtran Networks SE | Germany | |
| Santagiustina | Marco | Università di Padova | Italy | |
| Wei | Lei | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | |
| Wheeler | Nathalie | ORC | UK |
SC2: Discrete photonic devices and technologies
| SC2 Chair | Kaszubowska-Anandarajah | Aleksandra | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland |
| Aalto | Timo | VTT | Finland | |
| Bernier | Eric | Huawei | Canada | |
| Choi | Woo-Young | Yonsei University | Korea | |
| Diaz-Otero | Francisco | Universidad de Vigo | Spain | |
| Farwell | Selina | Lumentum | UK | |
| Huang | Chaoran | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
| Maegami | Yuriko | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Japan | |
| Marom | Dan | Hebrew University | Israel | |
| Petousi | Despoina | Adtran Networks SE | Germany | |
| Roelkens | Gunther | Ghent University | Belgium | |
| Teissier | Jean | Coherent | Switzerland |
SC3: Photonic integrated circuits, assemblies and packaging
| SC3 Chair | Zimmermann | Lars | IHP GmbH | Germany |
| Brenot | Romain | Huawei | France | |
| Porzi | Claudio | Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna | Italy | |
| Bauwelinck | Johan | imec – Ghent University | Belgium | |
| Da Ros | Francesco | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | |
| Halir | Robert | Universidad de Malaga | Spain | |
| Horst | Folkert | IBM | Switzerland | |
| Kuchta | Daniel | IBM Research | USA | |
| Nishiyama | Nobuhiko | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | |
| Pantouvaki | Marianna | Microsoft | UK | |
| Quack | Niels | University of Sydney | Australia | |
| Stabile | Ripalta | EHCI – Eindhoven University | Netherlands | |
| Suzuki | Keijiro | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Japan | |
| Chen | Chin-Hui (Janet) | Lumentum | USA |
SC4: Signal processing for optical communication and computing
| SC4 Chair | Spinnler | Bernhard | Infinera Corporation | Germany |
| Chen | Xi (Vivien) | Nokia Bell Labs | USA | |
| Marsella | Domenico | Nokia | Italy | |
| Arikawa | Manabu | NEC | Japan | |
| Awwad | Elie | IMT Paristech | France | |
| Karlsson | Magnus | Chalmers University of Technology (CTH) | Sweden | |
| Mello | Darli | U. Estadual de Campinas | Brasil | |
| Rha | Hae Young | MIROandI,Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34140, South Korea | Korea | |
| Tang | Jianming | Bangor University | UK | |
| van der Heide | Sjoerd | Effect Photonics | Netherlands | |
| Yaman | Fatih | NEC Labs | USA | |
| Zhang | Fan | Peking University | China |
SC5: Optical transmission systems
| SC5 Chair | Essiambre | René-Jean | Nokia Bell-Labs | USA |
| Galili | Michael | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | |
| Goeger | Gernot | Huawei | Germany | |
| Harper | Paul | Aston University | UK | |
| Kato | Tomoyuki | Fujitsu | Japan | |
| Lasagni | Chiara | Parma Univeristy | Italy | |
| Li | Junjie | China Telecom Research Institute | China | |
| Li | Yan | BUPT (Beijing University of Posts & Telecom) | China | |
| Rademacher | Georg | University of Stuttgart | Germany | |
| Renaudier | Jeremie | Nokia Bell Labs | France | |
| Shibahara | Kouki | NTT | Japan | |
| Millar | David | Infinera | USA | |
| Yu | Fan | Huawei | China |
SC6: Architecture, modelling and performance of optical networks
| SC6 Chair | Layec | Patricia | Nokia Bell-Labs | France |
| Beghelli | Alejandra | UCL | UK | |
| Bjørnstad | Steinar | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | |
| Carena | Andrea | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | |
| Ishii | Kiyo | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Japan | |
| Schrenk | Bernhard | Austrian Institute of Technology | Austria | |
| Stavdas | Alexandros | OpenLightComm (UK) | UK | |
| Tsuritani | Takehiro | KDDI Research Inc. | Japan | |
| Vazquez | Carmen | Universidad Carlos III | Spain | |
| Zuo | Tianjian | Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd | China | |
| Düser | Michael | DTAG | Germany |
SC7: Access, indoor and short-reach systems for data centres and mobile networks
| SC7 Chair | Pachnicke | Stephan | Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel | Germany |
| Simon | Gaël | Orange Labs | France | |
| Yu | Changyuan | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong | |
| Bottoni | Fabio | Cisco Photonics | Italy | |
| Lim | Christina | University of Melbourne | Australia | |
| Maes | Jochen | Nokia Bell Labs | Belgium | |
| Nesset | Derek | Huawei | UK | |
| Parolari | Paola | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | |
| Raz | Oded | EHCI – Eindhoven Univ. | Netherlands | |
| Svaluto Moreolo | Michela | Centre tecnologic de telecomunicacions de Catalunya | Spain | |
| Wosinska | Lena | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | |
| Yoshida | Tomoaki | NTT | Japan | |
| Spadaro | Salvatore | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech | Spain |
SC8: Sensing and microwave photonics
| SC8 Chair | Carpintero | Guillermo | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain |
| Huang | Ming-Fang | NEC Labs | USA | |
| Smajic | Jasmin | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | |
| Stöhr | Andreas | University Duisburg-Essen | Germany | |
| Browning | Colm | mBryonics Ltd | Ireland | |
| Drummond | Miguel | Instituto de Telecomunicações Aveiro | Portugal | |
| Hansryd | Jonas | Ericsson | Sweden | |
| Ishimura | Shota | KDDI Research Inc. | Japan | |
| Ozolins | Oskars | RISE | Sweden | |
| Urban | Patryk | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin | Poland | |
| Vagionas | Chris | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
SC9: Free-space optics and optical wireless technologies
| SC9 Chair | Jungnickel | Volker | Fraunhofer HHI | Germany |
| Lavery | Martin | Univerisity of Glasgow | UK | |
| Sottom | Michel | Thales Alenia Space | France | |
| Agarwal | Anjali | CACI | USA | |
| Barry | Liam | Dublin City University | Ireland | |
| Chow | Chi Wai | National Chiao Tung University | Taiwan | |
| Chung | Hwan Seok | ETRI | Korea | |
| D’Errico | Antonio | Ericsson | Italy | |
| Keisuke | Kasai | Tohoku University | Japan | |
| Tangdiongga | Eduward | EHCI – Eindhoven University | Netherlands | |
| Torfs | Guy | imec – Ghent University | Belgium | |
| Zech | Herwig | Tesat-Spacecom | Germany |
SC10: Control and management of optical networks
| SC10 Chair | Furdek Prekratic | Marija | Chalmers University of Technology (CTH) | Sweden |
| Chen | Jiajia | Bytedance | USA | |
| Tran | Nguyen-Cac (Karl) | Genexis | Netherlands | |
| Furukawa | Hideaki | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) | Japan | |
| Muñoz | Raul | Centre technologic de telecommunicacions de catalunya | Spain | |
| Pointurier | Yvan | Huawei | France | |
| Quagliotti | Marco | Telecom Italia | Italy | |
| Ruffini | Marco | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | |
| Shariati | Behnam | Fraunhofer HHI | Germany | |
| Tzanakaki | Anna | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece | |
| Yan | Shuangyi | Bristol University | UK |
SC11: Quantum communications and quantum computing
| SC11 Chair | Sorianello | Vito | CNIT | Italy |
| Umeki | Takeshi | NTT | Japan | |
| Ghazisaeidi | Amirhossein | Nokia Bell Labs | France | |
| Grange | Rachel | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | |
| Gunkel | Matthias | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | |
| Vigliar | Caterina | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | |
| White | Catherine | BT | UK | |
| Walenta | Nino | HHI | Germany |