Preface. Part 1: Technical Session. Propagation and Interaction of Optical Solitons in Fibers with Random Parameters; F.Kh. Abdullaev, et al. Soliton Jitter and Collisions in Birefringent Fibres; J.N. Elgin, et al. Soliton Stability in PMD Perturbed Transmission Systems; M. Karlsson, et al. Role of the Dispersive Wave in Soliton Dynamics and Interactions; M. Romagnoli, et al. Generation of High-Repetition-Rate Dark Soliton Trains and Frequency Conversion in Optical Fibers; G. Millot, et al. Studies on Signal Propagation in Optical Fibers with Random Varying Birefringence; P.K.A. Wai, et al. Ultra-Long Distance Soliton Transmission Line Design by Two-Dimensional Pulse Width Evaluation Method; K. Shimoura, et al. Practical Design of Dispersion Managed Soliton System; G.C. Gupta, et al. Photon-Number Noise of Spectrally Filtered Optical Solitons; A. Sizmann, et al. Variational Approach to Transmission in DM Long Optical Links; K. Hizanidis, et al. Nonlinear Chirped RZ and NRZ Pulses in Optical Transmission Lines; Y. Kodama. Circulating Loop Experiments on Solitons with Periodic Dispersion Management; J.M. Jacob, et al. 20Gbit/s PDM Soliton Transmission Experiment in Dispersion Compensated Standard Fiber Systems; H. Murai, et al. Dynamics of Dispersion-Managed Solitons in Optical Communications; J.N. Kutz, et al. Superb Characteristics of Dispersion-Allocated Soliton Transmission in TDM and WDM Systems; M. Nakazawa, et al. Theory of Guiding-Center Breathing Soliton Propagation in Optical Communication Systems with Strong Dispersion Management; S.K. Turitsyn, et al. Analysis of Gordon-Haus Jitter in Dispersion Compensated Optical Fibers; T. Okamawari, et al. Four-Wave Mixing in Fiber Links with Dispersion Management; S.Burtsev, I. Gabitov. Statistical Properties of Signals Travelling in Noisy Nonlinearly Dispersive Optical Channels; M. Midrio. Dispersion Management Issues in Long Amplifier-Spacing Frequency-Guiding Multiwavelength Soliton Systems; J.-P. Hamaide, et al. Remarkable Features of DM Solitons: Implications for High Speed and WDM Systems; N.J. Doran, et al. Transmission Systems Based on Dispersion-Managed Solitons: Theory and Experiment; T. Georges, F. Favre. Transmission and Collision of Quasi-Solitons in Dispersion Managed Optical Fibers; S. Kumar, A. Hasegawa. Long-Haul Soliton WDM Transmission with Periodic Dispersion Compensation and Dispersion Slope Compensation; I. Morita, et al. Ultrafast Networks Using High-Speed RZ Optical Pulses for Transmission, Routing and Processing; D. Cotter, et al. 40 Gbit/s Transmission Using Optical Time-Division Multiplexing and Demultiplexing; G. Ishikawa. Broadband and Gain-Flattened Optical Fiber Amplifiers; M. Nishimura. Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers Stabilized by Subharmonic Electrical Injection and Their Application to Millimeter Wave Photonics; M. Tsuchiya, et al. Part 2: Consortium Session. Ultrafast Soliton Multiple-Access Networks; K.L. Hall, et al. STAR Project; A. Hasegawa. ESTHER Project: Practical Implementation of Solitons;P. Franco. Soliton Transmission in the European Network; J.J.E. Reid. European Union ACTS Project MIDAS: Objectives and Progress to Date; D.J. Richardson. Index.