The Committee of Recommendation demonstrate their support for the Photonics Symposium.
| Prof.ir. A.M.J. (Ton) Koonen Chairman of the Electro-Optical Communication Systems (ECO) group, part of the COBRA institute |
 Prof.ir. A.M.J. (Ton) Koonen |
| Prof. dr. ir. M.K (Meint) Smit Chairman of the Opto-Electronic Devices group at TU/e and member at the COBRA Research Institute |
 Prof. dr. ir. M.K (Meint) Smit |
| Prof. dr. ir. A.C.P.M. (Ton) Backx Dean of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology |
 Prof. dr. ir. A.C.P.M. (Ton) Backx |
| Prof. dr. H.J.S. (Harm) Dorren Scientific Director of the Inter-University Research School on Communication Technologies Basic Research and Applications (COBRA) |
 Prof. dr. H.J.S. (Harm) Dorren |
| Prof. dr. ir. A.B. (Bart) Smolders Director of education of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology |
 Prof. dr. ir. A.B. (Bart) Smolders |
| Prof. dr. ir. C.J. (Hans) van Duijn Rector Magnificus of Eindhoven University of Technology |
 Prof. dr. ir. C.J. (Hans) van Duijn |