Professor Gillian Wright wowed us at #ECOC2023 with her talk on the work of the James Webb Space Telescope. Her talk is now available to watch on-demand at

Are you missing the #ECOC2023 community after the conference? Take a look at for some of the best parts of the conference.

Take a look at some of the important moments from #ECOC2023 in the photo gallery:

Watch on-demand: Another chance to see the #ECOC2023 Outreach Talk on the work of the James Webb space Telescope:

We hope you had a great time at #ECOC2023 last week! Revisit your favourite moments from the conference in the photo gallery:

#ECOC2023 in summary: 1461 attendees 329 exhibitors 39 countries represented 599 presentations Bookmark your diaries for #ECOC2024, which takes place 22 -26 September 2024 in Frankfurt, for the 50th edition of ECOC!

And to the Technical Programme Committee of over 100 experts, who reviewed the papers and helped to put the programme together.

Congratulations to the winners of our Best Student Paper Awards! The runners up are: Marco Fernandes @itnewspt @UnivAveiro for Achieving Multi-Terabit FSO Capacity with Coherent WDM Transmission Over a 1.8 km Field Trial

Congratulations to the winners of our Best Student Paper Awards! Overall winner is Tomohiro Akazawa @UTokyo_News_en for Transparent In-line Optical Power Monitor Integrated with MOS Optical Phase Shifter using InP/Si Hybrid Integration.

Thank you to the #ECOC2023 supporters and media partners! @comms_today @EandTmagazine @electrooptics @EPICassoc @FibreSystemsMag @meetglasgow @gophotonics @IEEEPhotonics @IEEEQuantum @iesis1857 @IUK_KTN @ofcconference @opconsnews @Photonics_uk @Tech_Scot

We’re coming towards the end of #ECOC2023, and we’d like to say a big thank you to our #sponsors: Platinum sponsor @Huawei and sponsors @Adtran @FujitsuFNC NEC Corporation Taclink and @TRUMPFinc

The final technical sessions at #ECOC2023 are the #postdeadline sessions of cutting-edge research. Being accepted to these sessions is a mark of quality, and they are very well attended, with some sessions being standing room only!

A chance for the #ECOC2023 attendees to experience some #Scottish culture, with traditional dancers and a #ceilidh.

The after dinner speech @ #ECOC2023 conference dinner: Carol Monaghan MP is speaking about Scotland’s role in the Industrial Revolution, and the roots of #photonics & #fibreoptics, as well as her passion in her past teaching career for training the next generation of engineers.

The #ECOC2023 delegates are gathering in the stunning @KelvingroveArt for one of the highlights of the social programme - the conference dinner!

Insights from the experts is a chance for student attendees at #ECOC2023 to get some bespoke, one-to-one #mentoring advice from senior academics and industry representatives attending the conference.

Are you already thinking about 2024, and #ECOC’s 50th anniversary? Head over to Booth 801, where the organisers are there to tell you more about it!

The #ECOC2023 VIP Dinner - hosted by Bailie Rashid Husseini & @GlasgowCC - is a chance to thank the volunteers who have given their time to help bring the conference together over the past year. We really appreciate all the work you do for this fantastic event!