The Symposium was organized by EPIC and features invited presentations from the International Optoelectronics Association. The presentations were given during the European Conference on Optical Communications - ECOC 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 September 2011.  EPIC-organized symposia are a regular feature of ECOC every year since 2004. 

The programme of the Symposium includes following presentations:
Ganesh K. Gopalakrishnan, OIDA, Washington, USA - 100 G broadband in the United States

• Peter Shih, PIDA, Taipei Taiwan - Optical Fibre Communications Industry Status in Taiwan
• Christoph Harder, Swiss LaserNet, Zürich, Switzerland - Swiss Way of FTTH
• Yasuhisa Odani, OITDA, Tokyo, Japan - Optical Communication Industry and Technology in Japan
• Tom Pearsall, EPIC, Paris France - Research and Development Initiatives Supporting Communications in Europe
• K.Z. Cho, KAPID, Gwangju, Korea - FTTH in Korea
• Dirk Kalinowski, OpTech-Net, Duisburg, Germany - FTTH and FITH - Complementary and Converging Networks
• Chris Gracie, SOA, Livingston, UK - Component Development in Europe for Fiber Optic Communications