1. Introduction to photonic crystals and metamaterials / C. Ciminelli -- 2. In-plane propagation in photonic quasi-crystals : band-gap, confinement and focusing / T. Priya Rose [and others] -- 3. Out-of-plane propagation in photonic quasi-crystals : guided resonances / A. Ricciardi [and others] -- 4. Photonic molecules organized by light / J. Ng, Z. Lin, C.T. Chan -- 5. Linear and planar periodic arrays of metallic nanospheres : fabrication, optical properties and applications / S. Campione, F. Capolino -- 6. All-dielectric metamaterials based on spherical and cubic inclusions / I. Vendik, M. Odit, D. Kozlov -- 7. EBG superstrates for directivity enhancement of antennas / F. Frezza [and others] -- 8. Transformation electromagnetism / G. Dupont, S. Guenneau, S. Enoch -- 9. Plasmonic cloaking : scattering cancellation without isolation / A. Alu, N. Engheta -- 10. Scattering cancellation approach to cloaking : actual implementation and recent advancements / F. Bilotti, S. Tricarico, L. Vegni -- 11. Cloaking in terms of nonradiating cancelling currents / E. Martini, S. Maci, A. Yaghjian -- 12. Photonic crystals in biosensing / B.T. Cunningham [and others] -- 13. Twin photons generation in an integrated photonic crystal structure / F.A. Bovino [and others] -- 14. Slow light in negative permeability metamaterial waveguides / S. Savo [and others] -- 15. Structured optical fibres and the application of their linear and non-linear properties / J. Canning -- 16. Enhanced transmission through sub-wavelength apertures by using metamaterials / F. Bilotti [and others] -- 17. Fabrication of 2D and 3D photonic crystals / E. Kuramochi -- 18. Production technologies for manufacturing of metamaterials and photonic crystals / D. Mascolo [and others].