October 23-24, 2008, Seoul, Korea

Venue: The Shilla Seoul Hotel

2008 Bilateral Korea2008 Bilateral Korea2008 Bilateral Korea---Italy Italy Italy Workshop on Photonics Workshop on Photonics Workshop on Photonics

for Communication and Sensingfor Communication and Sensingfor Communication and Sensing

The Shilla Seoul Hotel 202 Jangchung-dong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-856 Korea

Tel: +82-2-2233-3131

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The year 2007 has been a time of extraordinary development of the bilateral relations between Korea and Italy with a plurality of political interactions: the strengthening of economic and commercial contacts, the development of further co-operation actions in the areas of science and advanced technology, the onset of many enriching cultural events. In year 2008, named the “Year of Italy in Korea”, Italy is willing to give a renewed sign of its commitment in making its presence in Korea – with the various aspects of its culture, the diversity of the products from its land and its industry, the multifaceted fruits of its ingenuity – even more important and stable.

Both Countries are resolutely looking toward the

future, and both are dedicating a special attention to science and to research, finding in such areas many different opportunities for successful co-operation actions.

Photonics promises to be the technology of the 21st

century, just as electronics was for the 20th. Through this pervasive cutting-edge technology, photons (light) can replace electrons in collecting, processing and transferring information with applications in various fields. Telecommunications and sensing is the field where this workshop aims to promote a fruitful interaction among researchers and scientists of Korea and Italy, bringing together industry, academia, operators, research institutions to discuss and compare the latest results and experiences, plans and achievements generated by applying photonics to this important field.

In the 21st century the human society will rely more and more on the development of the knowledge-based industry. Just as partnership is a key to success, reciprocal personal knowledge is a key to partnership. Knowing each other is one opportunity offered by this Korea-Italy bilateral workshop, hopefully paving the way toward future collaborations in a field with a rapidly expanding global market.

Sang Bae Lee Giancarlo Prati Sang Bae Lee Giancarlo Prati

Workshop Co-Chairmen Sang Bae Lee Giancarlo Prati

Organising Committee Young-Geun Han Piero Castoldi Kyunghwan Oh Fabrizio Di Pasquale Namkyoo Park Luca Potì

2:00 - 2:30 pm Opening Addresses

Prof. Sang Bae Lee, KIST, Korea Dr. Chang-Yune Lee, Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, Korea Dr. Antonino Tata, Scientific Attaché, Embassy of Italy, Seoul

2:30 - 3:30 pm - Keynote lecture

“Fiber in access, network convergence and optical integration” Dr. Pierpaolo Ghiggino, Research Director, Ericsson, Italy

3:30 - 4:00 pm - Distinguished lecture

“VLSI photonics science and engineering of micro/nano-photonic integration” Prof. El-Hang Lee, OSA & IEEE Fellow, Inha University, Korea

4:00 - 4:30 pm - Coffee Break

4:30 - 6:30 pm - Session 1: Networks & Services Chair: Prof. Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University, Korea

“New business opportunities with network evolution” Dr. Hongbeom Jeon, Korea Telecom, Korea “Telecom Italia Next Generation Network: architecture and vision for the future enabled” Dr. Roberto Saracco, Director of Future Centre, Telecom Italia, Italy “Trend of technologies for BIF and market prospect” Mr. Jin-Han Kim, Director of Division, Samsung Electronics, Korea “Preference schemes for distributed wavelength assignment in GMPLS-based wavelength routed optical networks” Prof. Piero Castoldi, Director, CNIT Photonic Networks Nat’l Lab, Italy “Advanced broadband convergence network (A-BcN) technology” Dr. Bongtae Kim, Director of Research, ETRI, Korea

7:30 pm - Social Social Social Dinner (Korean Style) Dinner (Korean Style) Dinner (Korean Style)

9:00 - 10:00 am - Keynote lecture

“All-fiber acousto-optic tunable filters” Prof. Byoung Yoon Kim, OSA & IEEE Fellow, KAIST, Korea

10:00 - 10:30 am - Distinguished lecture

“Femtosecond laser pulses: applications for waveguides, amplifiers and sensors” Prof. Orazio Svelto, IEEE Fellow, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

10:30 - 11:00 am - Coffee Break 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Session 2: Communication Systems

Chair: Prof. Mario Martinelli, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

“High-speed multi-mode fiber transmission by using mode-field matched center-launching technique” Prof. Yun C. Chung, OSA & IEEE Fellow, KAIST, Korea “Advanced electronic processing for two- and multi-level fiber optics communications” Prof. Giancarlo Prati, Director, Centre of Excellence for Information & Communication Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Italy “Colorless and directionless ROADM systems in metro networks” Dr. Dong-Ho Lee, CTO, R&D Center, Dongwon Systems, Korea “All-optical regeneration by cross gain compression in semiconductor amplifiers” Prof. Ernesto Ciaramella, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy “Analog & digital fiber optic techniques in multiband, multiprotocol wireless communication networks” Dr. Seung Hee Lee, COO, Solid Technologies, Korea “Mastering the state of polarization in optical fiber communications and sensors” Prof. Mario Martinelli, Director, Corecom & Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

1:00 - 2:00 pm - Lunch

2:00 - 4:00 pm - Session 3: Sensing Chair: Prof. Young-Geun Han, Hanyang University, Korea

“Optical fiber distributed sensors based on stimulated brillouin scattering for structural and environmental monitoring” Prof. Luigi Zeni, Second University of Napoli, Italy “Multiwavelength light sources for optical sensor network” Prof. Young-Geun Han, Hanyang University, Korea “Optical pulse coding applied to distributed temperature sensors using spontaneous brillouin scattering” Prof. Fabrizio Di Pasquale, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy “Fiber optic BOTDA sensor for structural health monitoring” Dr. II-Bum Kwon, KRISS, Korea “Non linear polarization-sensitive properties of unidirectionally spun fibers” Prof. Andrea Galtarossa, University of Padova, Italy “Improvement of optical characteristics of holey fibers and their applications” Mr. Hee-Jeon Kang, CTO, Thaihan Cable Company, Korea

4:00 - 4: 30 pm - Coffee Break 4:30 - 6:30 pm - Session 4: Photonic Technology Chair: Dr. Pierangelo Chiappa, Alcatel-Lucent, Italy

“Research in photonic integrated circuits” Dr. Giorgio Grasso, CEO, Pirelli Labs, Italy “Fiber grating and photonic crystal fiber technologies & their applications” Prof. Sang Bae Lee, KIST, Korea “All-optical digital processing through semiconductor optical amplifiers: state of the art and perspectives” Dr. Luca Potì, Head of Research, CNIT, Italy “WDM-PON technology for ethernet fiber access” Dr. Kyoung-In Kwon, Director of Research, LG-Nortel, Korea “Photonic integrated circuits for higher capacity optical communications systems” Dr. Pierangelo Chiappa, Optical Strategy Director, CTO, Optics Division, Alcatel-Lucent, Italy “Waveguide color synthesizer for micro-projection display” Prof. Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University, Korea

7:30 pm - Social Social Social Dinner Dinner Dinner (Italian Style) (Italian Style) (Italian Style)

Friday - October 24, 2008 Thursday - October 23, 2008