Original papers reporting on new research and development results, practical implementations and novel applications in any of the technical areas described in the Workshop Scope are solicited.
Optical Fibre Sensors will be the core of the Workshop, but the scope is wide enough to include new concepts, developments and applications in the field of optical fibre technology. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SENSORS
Temperature//Pressure//Strain//Vibration//Acceleration//Flow//Rotation//Displacement

• ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA SENSORS
Magnetic Field // Electric Field // Current // Voltage //

• CHEMICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SENSORS
Remote Spectroscopy //Environmental Monitoring //Biophotonics//Instrumentation for Life Sciences//In-Vivo Applications.

• INTERFEROMETRIC & POLARIMETRIC SENSORS
Gyroscopes // Hydrophones // Geophones // Acoustic Sensor Arrays //

• DISTRIBUTED SENSING
Time // Frequency and Coherence Domain Reflectometry // Rayleigh, Raman and Brillouin Detection Techniques // Sensing Cable Designs //

• MULTIPLEXING AND SENSOR NETWORKING
Topologies and Theories // Multiplexing Techniques //Applications //

• PASSIVE & ACTIVE DEVICES FOR PHOTONIC SENSING
Sources // Detectors // Modulators // Specialty Fibres // Integrated Optics Devices // Fibre Gratings // MEMS // Micro-Optic Components //

• NEW CONCEPTS FOR PHOTONIC SENSING
Photonic Crystal Fibres // Hollow Core Fibres // Nanomaterials and Nano-Optical Devices // Metamaterials//Diffractive Optics //Plasmonic components and materials.

• SIGNAL PROCESSING APLLIED TO OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS
Genetic Algorithms//Neural Networks//Data Fusion//Pattern Recognition//Statistical Methods//Virtual Instrumentation

• SMART STRUCTURES AND SMART MATERIALS
Structural Health Monitoring // Strain and Deformation Sensors // Fibre Embedding Techniques // Condition Monitoring Algorithms //

• SYSTEM APPLICATIONS AND FIELD TRIALS
Relevant Installations and Field Demonstration of Photonic-based Sensing Systems // Metrology Projects // Commercialization Efforts //