The purpose of the School is to offer a comprehensive overview on basic principles and relevant applications connected to the irradiation of solids by energetic laser beams. The goal is to explore the use of light in the development of novel materials with emphasis on specific control of their properties at nanometer scale.

Based on the success of the First edition of the School, the Second is now scheduled with the explicit aim to educate doctorate students in the principles of laser-surface interactions especially in connection with the ablation processes and materials modification.

The School is planned for about 50 students. Attention will be given to keep a truly international character of the event, also through a selection of the participants.

 The Final Programme for the 5th EOS Topical Meeting on Advanced Imaging Techniques  (AIT 2010) has now been published and can be downloaded here (pdf-file; 1.3 MB): AIT 2010 Final Programme.

Download the registration form (pdf-file, 59 kb).

This meeting is the 5th of the EOS Topical Meeting Series on Advanced Imaging Techniques. Previous meetings took place in Delft (2003), London (2005), Lille (2007) and Jena (2009). 

The 8th European International OSA Network of Students conference is organized by students of Moscow State and Bauman State Technical Universities and will take place in Moscow from 21-25 June 2010.

The aim of the IONS conference is to bring together students from all over the world to discuss latest results in their research and to share experience in student chapter activities.

There is no registration fee and all students working in Optics and Photonics are welcome to present their research in either the poster session or technical talk’s session, as well as attend inspiring career networking and professional development programs. 

The International Conference on Laser Applications in Life Sciences 2010 (LALS-2010) will be held in Oulu, Finland, from 9 - 11 June 2010. It is jointly organized by Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Laboratory of University of Oulu (Finland) and International Laser Center of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia).

CREATE organisers invite you to submit an application for their grand finale conference - which will showcase the research activities of those working in colour from a range of backgrounds across Europe. The conference is open to all working in colour: postgraduate students from arts and scienses, artists, industry & the commercial sector and researchers. You will need to submit a full presentation or poster to attend. Delegates will also hear key lecturers from leading industry professionals, artists, scientists and technologies.

For more information: http://www.create.uwe.ac.uk/

This Workshop aims at providing a forum for material scientists, chemists and physicists where to debate about the state of the art and the perspectives of the photonic materials based on rare earth ions. Both fundamental photoluminescence properties and application-oriented materials investigations will be considered.