Foward Calorimetry in ALICE at LHC

We present an upgrade proposal for calorimetry in the forward direction, FOCAL, to measure direct photons in $\eta = 3.3 - 5.3$ in ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We suggest to use an electromagnetic calorimeter based on the novel technology of silicon sensors with W absorbers for photons, together with a conventional hadron calorimeter for jet measurements and photon isolation. The current status of the FOCAL R\&D project will be presented.