The IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference delivers insights on current and future innovations in photonic devices, materials, and applications, as well as novel monolithic and heterogeneous integration and fabrication technologies on silicon platforms. Formerly known as IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference since 2004, IEEE SiPhotonics inherits a track record of close personal interactions between colleagues from both academia and industry with state-of-the-art oral and poster presentations of contributed and invited papers, as well as plenary sessions with overviews of important topics and advancements in silicon photonics.