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META'10, 2nd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics

Location: 
Cairo - Egypt
Duration: 
22 February 2010 - 25 February 2010

Following the big success of META'08 in Marrakesh, we are pleased to announce the next conference META'10 to be held in Cairo, Egypt on 22-25 February, 2010.

META’10 will cover the entire scope of complex electromagnetic materials, including metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonics. Special attention will be given to applications of these innovative materials in optical communication systems, antennas, high-speed circuits, optical sensing, nanoscale imaging, cloaking, biology and medicine,...

SPIE Advanced Lithography 2010

Location: 
San Jose Convention Center and San Jose Marriott – San Jose, California, USA
Duration: 
21 February 2010 - 26 February 2010

EOS Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics 2010

Location: 
Koli, Finland
Duration: 
14 February 2010 - 18 February 2010
Submission Timeframe: 
1 October 2009 - 19 December 2009

The EOS meeting on Diffractive Optics is the seventh in the series. The previous meetings took place in Savonlinna (1997), Jena (1999), Budapest (2001), Oxford (2003), Warsaw (2005), and Barcelona (2007).


ICTP Winter College on Optics and Energy

Location: 
Miramare - Trieste, Italy
Duration: 
8 February 2010 - 19 February 2010

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in collaboration with the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the European Optical Society (EOS), the Societa Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (S1OF), the US National Academy of Science (NAS), the Photonics Society (IEEE) and the Central European Initiative (CEI) will organize a Winter College on Optics and Energy, which will be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 8 to 19 February, 2010.


DIRECTORS:

  • V. Lakshminarayanan (University of Waterloo, Ontario)
  • G. Lanzani (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
  • R, Winston (University of California, Merced)


LOCAL ORGANIZERS:

International Symposium on Optronics in Defence and Security

Location: 
OECD Conference Center, Paris, France
Duration: 
3 February 2010 - 5 February 2010

Intensive training on “Entrepreneurship in Biophotonics”

Location: 
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 
25 January 2010 - 5 February 2010

A modular training for everybody who is interested in entrepreneurship in biophotonics. An initiative of the European Commission funded Network of Excellence on Biophotonics “Photonics 4 Life” and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Important: The first 10 young researchers of Photonics 4 Life will receive a reimbursement of up to 400 Euro.

 

SPIE Photonics West

Location: 
The Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA
Duration: 
23 January 2010 - 28 January 2010

Attend the world's leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics event

Every year over 18,000 people gather from around the world to explore the latest advancements in light-driven research and technologies. SPIE Photonics West's culture of innovation is driven by the scope of its presented research and the far-reaching impact of its solutions.

HNODS 2nd Scientific Meeting

Location: 
San Francisco, USA
Duration: 
23 January 2010

The 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society in conjunction with SPIE Photonics West/Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Section will be held at Moscone Center in San Francisco on 23 January 2010.

Abstracts will be accepted until: 25 November 2009

Conference Chairs

  • Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Univ. of California, Irvine
  • Justus F. R. Ilgner, Univ. Hospital Aachen (Germany)

More information is available at:
www.ucl.ac.uk/hnods/Meetings/2ndScientificMeeting

 


 

 

 

9th International Scientific-Practical Conference "Research, Development and Application of High Technologies in Industry"

Location: 
St. Petersburg, Russia
Duration: 
19 January 2010
Submission Timeframe: 
22 April 2010 - 23 April 2010

Organizing Committee include: Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Saint-Petersburg State University of Waterway Communications, Academy of Strategic Researches, Information and High Technologies (ASRIHT), Tomsk Polytechnical University, Military Academy of Communication of Ministry of Defence, Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other institutes and organizations. 

Photonics21 Annual Meeting

Location: 
Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 
14 January 2010 - 15 January 2010

Representing more than 1.400 members from industry, research and politics the Photonics21 Annual Meeting has become the major event to the European Photonics community.

LAM 9 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP and EBASI 7 CONFERENCE

Location: 
University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Duration: 
11 January 2010 - 16 January 2010

The African Laser Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences Network (LAM Network) and The Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute (EBASI)  in collaboration with the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the Laboratory Atomes Lasers at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD) will organize an International Conference on Optics and Lasers in Science and Technology  for Sustainable Development, which will be held at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar from 9 to 14 November 2009.

Fourth “Rio de la Plata” Workshop on Laser dynamics and Nonlinear Photonics

Location: 
Piriapolis, Uruguay
Duration: 
8 December 2009 - 11 December 2009

3rd FP7 Untold Stories

Location: 
Budapest, Hungary
Duration: 
3 December 2009 - 4 December 2009

Do you know...

  • how to convince the EC during negotiation that you are capable effectively implement your project?
  • practical ways to keep your partners motivated?
  • how to prepare for an EC audit four and a half years after a project’s closure?
  • the implications of failing a technical review?

Why Untold Stories?

This is not your typical, standard Info-Day about FP7. This is an in-depth examination of the root causes of success in the funding programme. Rather than simple facts and figures, this course investigates and explains the EC’s expectations, audits, evaluations, technical reviews, communication and all the hints you should know about FP7.

FP7 ICT-Theme Information Day

Location: 
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Duration: 
1 December 2009

Topics: Rules for participation, how to write a bad proposal and how to write a successful proposal, overall technical, administrative, financial and legal aspect of FP7 ICT-Theme project preparation and completion, useful advice on how to find partners.

2nd INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON THE PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Location: 
Milan, Milan Fair Center - Rho
Duration: 
25 November 2009 - 27 November 2009

2nd INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON THE PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Milan, Milan Fair Center - Rho
25 - 27 November 2009

 

Photonica Expo is the international exhibition on photonics and optoelectronics. After its great success in 2008, with the participation of more than 80 companies coming from all over the world, Photonica Expo will be back in Milan from 25 to 27 November 2009. The show gathers everyone involved in the creation, control and manipulation of photons and light rays. Important participants include global companies who are committed to this promising technology with a focus on innovation, research and specialized industry for the creation of multiple applications.