Australian and New Zealand
Optical Society    

 


The Australian Conference on 

Optical Fibre Technology


 

The Australian Optical Society runs, typically together with Engineers Australia, the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT). This is the second longest running photonics conference (after ECOC). It generally now co-locates with other related conferences.

Next ACOFT

The next ACOFT will be in Sydney in August 2020, as part of CLEO Pac Rim

Organisation

Each ACOFT conference has its own organising committees. The ACOFT conference series is governed by a Steering Committee. This committee approves proposals for ACOFT and determines the guidelines for running ACOFT. The ACOFT Steering Committee is chaired by the AOS President, who is the person to contact.

History

An article in AOS News (Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 9-13, 2008) (link to come) presents the history of the first 33 years, written by John Love (who died in 2016) who championed ACOFT over many years. Some additional historical information is included in an article published in AOS News (Vol. 27, No.4)

The following table lists all the conferences in the ACOFT series with links to websites and proceedings where available:

 #  Year  Location  Details of Event  Proceedings  Contents 
 45  2020  Sydney  CLEO Pac Rim incorporating ACOFT    
 44  2019  Melbourne  ANZCOP 2019 SPIE Digital Library
 See SPIE
 43  2018   Perth  AIP Congress with AOS Conference and ACOFT  Australian Institute of Physics  
 42  2017  Queenstown, NZ
 ANZCOP (ACOFT and ACOLS)     
 41  2016  Sydney  OSA Photonics and Fiber Technology (ACOFT, BGPP and NP)  ISBN 978-1943580170 
 
OSA Publishing
 See OSA Publishing
 40  2015  Adelaide  ANZCOP 2015  ISBN 978-1922107664
 Informit
 Contents
 39  2014  Melbourne  OECC/ACOFT 2014  ISBN 978-1922107213
 IEEExplore
 Informit
 See IEEExplore or Informit
 38  2013  Perth  ANZCOP 2013  ISBN 978-1922107183
 Informit
 Program
 37  2012  Sydney  AIP National Congress & ACOFT

 ISBN 978-0-858259911

National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia  Library

 Informit

 

 See Informit

 36  2011  Sydney  IQEC/CLEO PacRim incorporating ACOFT  ISBN 978-0-977565771
 
IEEExplore
 See IEEExplore
 35  2010  Melbourne  AIP National Congress & ACOFT  ISBN 978-0977565764
 
IEEExplore
 See IEEExplore
 34  2009  Adelaide  ACOLS ACOFT 09

 ISBN 1-876346612
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

 Informit 

 From Program

 or see Informit

 33  2008  Sydney  OECC/ACOFT
 (in conjunction with ICO-21)

 ISBN 0-858258072
 IEEExplore

National Library of Australia

Engineers Australia Library

 See IEEExplore
 32  2007  Melbourne  COIN/ACOFT  ISBN 978-0977565733
 IEEExplore
 Engineers Australia Library
 See IEEExplore
 31  2006  Melbourne  ACOFT/AOS

 ISBN 0-977565718
 IEEExplore

Engineers Australia Library

 See IEEExplore
 30  2005   Sydney  BGPP/ACOFT

 ISBN 1-877040339
 National Library of Australia

 Engineers Australia Library

 From Program
 29  2004  Canberra  ACOFT AOS

 ISBN 0-7315-5222-9
 National Library of Australia

 From Program
 28  2003  Melbourne  COIN/ACOFT

 ISBN 0-858257394
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 27  2002  Sydney  AIP National Congress & ACOFT

 ISBN 0-958118205

National Library of Australia

 Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 26  2001  Sydney  OECC/IOOC incorporating ACOFT  ISBN 0-646417525
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library
 Text
 25  2000  Canberra  ACOFT 25

National Library of Australia

Engineers Australia Library

Informit 

 Text

or see Informit

 24  1999   Sydney  ACOFT/AOS'99

 ISBN 0-909-394-466
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

 Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 23   1998  Melbourne  ACOFT 23

 ISBN 0-909-394-458
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text
 22  1997  Sydney  Asia-Pacific Comms. Conf. incorporating ACOFT  ISBN 0 909-394-44X
 National Library of Australia
 Text
 21  1996  Gold Coast  ACOFT 21

 ISBN 0-909-394-423
 National Library of Australia
Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 20  1995  Coolum  ACOFT 20  ISBN 0-909-394-393
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 19  1994  Melbourne  ACOFT 19

 ISBN 0-909-394-369
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 18  1993  Wollongong  ACOFT 18

 ISBN 0-909-394-377
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 17  1992  Hobart  ACOFT 17

 ISBN 0-909-394-30X
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 16  1991  Adelaide  ACOFT 16

 ISBN 0-909-394-27X
 National Library of Australia

Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 15  1990  Sydney  ACOFT 15 & Optical Fiber Sensors 7

 ISBN 0-909-394-237
National Library of Australia

Engineers Australia Library

OFS:

ISBN 0-909-394-245

National Library of Australia

Engineers Australia Library

 Text
 14  1989  Brisbane  ACOFT 14

 ISBN 0-909-394-180 
 National Library of Australia
 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 13  1988  Hobart  ACOFT 13

 ISBN 0-909-394-156

National Library of Australia

 Engineers Australia Library

Informit

 Text

or see Informit

 12  1987  Surfers Paradise  ACOFT 12

 Engineers Australia Library

National Library of Australia

Informit 

 Text

or see Informit

 11  1986  Geelong  ACOFT 11  National Library of Australia  Scan
 Text 
 10  1985  Perth  ACOFT 10  National Library of Australia  Text
   9  1984  Wollongong  ACOFT 9  National Library of Australia  Text
   8  1983  Adelaide  AWOFC 8    
   7  1982  Sydney  AWOFC 7    
   6  1981  Melbourne  AWOFC 6    
   5  1980  Melbourne  AWOFC 5    
   4  1979  Sydney  AWOFC 4    
   3  1978  Canberra  AWOFC 3    
   2  1978  Melbourne  AWOFC 2    
   1  1977  Sydney  AWOFC 1    

 

The Wanda Henry Prize

Since 1998 The Wanda Henry Prize has been awarded at ACOFT for the best student paper. For more details see Wanda Henry Prize.

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