DSOAF`2018 is a logical continuation of a number of international conferences (SO`1997-2012) held by Crimean Federal University:
1997 – International Conference on Singular Optics in Partenit, Crimea;
2000 – International Conference on Singular Optics (Optical Vortices): Fundamentals and Applications in Alushta, Crimea;
2008 – International Conference “Singular Optics (Optical Vortices): Fundamentals and Applications SO’2008”, Alushta, Crimea;
2012 – International Conference “Singular Optics SO’2012”, Sevastopol, Crimea.