Invited Speakers

The Invited Speakers listed below will share their innovative technical contributions and applications throughout the conference, addressing some of the most complex technologies in the photonics field.

TOPICS

Biophotonics and Medical Optics

Gemma Bale, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Andrea Curatolo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Chen Yang, Boston University, USA

Detection, Sensing, and Energy

Colombo Bolognesi, ETHZ, Switzerland
Eric Chen, Artilux Inc., Taiwan

Light Sources

Dominic Duffy, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Erik Freier, Ferdinand Braun Institut, Germany
Eric Liu, Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Roberto Morandotti, INRS-EMT, Canada
Chao Xiang, The Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

Materials, Foundries, and Fabrication

Tawfique Hasan, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Alan Wang, Oregon State University, USA
Winnie Ye, Carleton University, Canada
Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Kyushu University, Japan

Microwave Photonics and Vehicular Optics

Ghaya Baili, Thales, France
Guillermo Carpintero, UC3M, Spain
Linh Nguyen, Defence Science and Technology Group, Australia
Franklyn Quinlan, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Chi Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Nano Photonics, Plasmonics and Metamaterials

Ady Arie, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Humeyra Caglayan, Tampere University, Finland
Otto Muskens, Southampton University, United Kingdom
Esther Wertz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Nonlinear Photonics and Novel Optical Phenomena

Sasan Fathpour, CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Mercedeh Khajavikan, USC, USA
Marcus Ossiander, University of Graz, Austria
Eiji Takahashi, RIKEN, Japan
John Travers, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Chiara Trovatello, Columbia University, USA

Optical Communication and Networks

Chi-Wai Chow, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Ruben Luis, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
Danshi Wang, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, China

Optical Communication: Devices, Interconnects and Subsystems

Sijing Liang, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Fan Zhang, Peking University, China

Propagation, Spectroscopy, and Imaging

Birgitta Bernhardt, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Liang Gao, UCLA, USA
Matz Liebel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alireza Marandi, California Institute of Technology, USA
Keiichi Nakagawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Vahid Sandoghdar, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany