Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 13th International Ceramics Congress, part of CIMTEC 2014-13th International Ceramics Congress and 6th Forum on New Materials, June 8-13, 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy. The 24 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Electroceramics, Chapter 2: Optical and Photonic Ceramics.