Group members upcoming conferences. Sondos, Violeta, and Dingyi are going to Photonics North in Quebec City at the end of May to present some of their work. Jacques will present invited talks at the European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors (EWOFS 2016) in Limerick (Ireland) in the first week of June, then another one at ICOOPMA in Montreal. Jacques will also participate in the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress in Vancouver, as a committee member.