To ensure a complete coverage of the advances in optical communication and networking related technologies, the Optical and Grid Networking Symposium aims at presenting original contributions in, but not limited to the following topical areas: Optical network architectures Transparent and Translucent optical networks Elastic/flexible-grid optical networks WDM, SDM, and TDM optical networks Multi-layer and Multi-domain optical networks Optical access networks Convergence of optical and wireless networks Optical inter and intra-datacenter networks Optical networks to support cloud and grid computing Optical network design and reconfiguration Optical network control and management Software defined optical networks Optical network virtualization Flexible communication paradigms Network functions virtualization on optical networks Network embedding on optical networks Algorithms design and analysis in optical networks Routing and spectrum assignment Protection and restoration Traffic grooming and traffic engineering in optical networks Impact of the physical-layer impairments on optical network design and traffic engineering IP-WDM integration Multicasting in optical networks Optical network security Optical switching technologies, devices, and architectures Multi-granularity switching Field trials, new applications and experiments Energy-efficient/green optical networks and systems Techno-economic analysis