Journal of Lightwave Technology AESS Board of Governors

Journal of Lightwave Technology AESS Board of Governors Meeting May 12 -13, 2017 Seattle, WA Michael Cardinale AESS Representative to JLT Steering Committee

Articles Published 2 Year Pages Articles 2007 3969 437 2008 3988 438 2009 5907 686 2010 3606 425 2011 3839 465 2012 4020 495 2013 4216 516 2014 4926 576 2015 5298 655 2016 5724 692

Special Issues - 2016 Traditional OFC 2015 – (published Jan/Feb 2016); sub/acc’d: 20/19 Selected Papers from OFC 2015 – (published Jan/Feb 2016); sub/acc’d: 80/73 Optical Interconnects – (published May/June 2016); sub/acc’d: 15/15 ECOC 2015 – (published Mar/Apr 2016); sub/acc’d: 81/81 Optical Fiber Sensors – (published Sept/Oct 2016); sub: 45, acc: 31/45 Microwave Photonics – (published Sept/Oct 2016); sub: 37, acc: 16/37 3

Special Issues – 2017 and beyond Done for 2017 – Traditional OFC 2016 (Jan/Feb 2017) – Selected Papers from OFC 2016 – ECOC 2016 In process for 2017 – Applications of Lightwave Technology to Instrumentation and Measurement (May/June 2017 – Optical Interconnects (May/June 2017) 2018 – Microwave Photonics (Approved May/June) – Optical Fiber Sensors (Approved May/June) – ECOC 2017 (Approved Mar/Apr) – Optical Networks (approved) – Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics (proposal in preparation) 4

Financials 2016 - $13. 9 k distributed to cosponsors JLT has returned a rebate to he cosponsor societies every year since 2001 except 2008. The annual average over 16 years was $80 k. 5

JLT Steering Committee Actions Authorized a page count of 5, 700 plus 6 special issues Authorized a price increase to nonmembers of 4. 5% Authorized Photonics Society editorial expense of $160 k. Began review of MOU with Optical Society of America. (Must be approved by end of 2017) 6