The International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS), established in 1983, is acknowledged as the world’s leading conference on all topics related to photonic sensing technologies. OFS provides a forum for reporting and exchanging ideas on the latest advances in research and development on fiber-optic and photonic sensing. It has also contributed significantly to the industrialization and standardization of the related devices and systems for field deployment. OFS is independently run and complies with the strictest standards for the evaluation of submissions.