2015 FIP Symposium

2015 World Photonics Forum

Held March 9-10, 2015
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA

Overview

The 2015 International Year of Light, as proclaimed by the United Nations, is an exciting, historic moment – and the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP) recognized this global event at its 2015 annual symposium.

Key events included a roster of distinguished speakers – including two Nobel laureates – and a pre-symposium open house to expose the latest in light-based science and technologies to the public.

In addition to lectures from world-renown speakers, the symposium included contributed papers and posters by investigators from Duke and other academic and industrial institutions.

 

Featured highlights

  • 2015 World Photonics Forum
  • Symposium Keynote speaker – Theodor W. Hänsch, PhD, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2005)
  • Forum Keynote speaker – John L. Hall, PhD, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2005)
  • International Year of Light poster and technology fair
  • Industry booths
  • Themed lab Tours
  • Pre-symposium Public Outreach - "Duke's Open House Exploring Light Technologies"

A group of Open House visitors explores the six-sided 3D immersive virtual environment of Duke's DiVE.

A group of Open House visitors explores the six-sided 3D immersive virtual environment of Duke's DiVE.

Speakers

Symposium Keynote Speaker

Theodor W. Hänsch, PhD

Nobel Laureate in Physics (2005)
Max-Planck-Institut for Quantum Optics
Carl Friedrich von Siemens Professor
Chair, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, D-80799
Munich, Germany

Dr. Hänsch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Dr. Hall for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, particularly the optical frequency comb technique.

Forum Keynote Speaker

John L. Hall, PhD

Professor
Nobel Laureate in Physics (2005)
JILA, University of Colorado
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, Colorado, USA

Dr. Hall was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Dr. Hänsch for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, particularly the optical frequency comb technique.

 

 

Plenary Speakers


 John M. Dudley, PhD

 Chair, U.N. IYL2015 Steering Committee
 President, European Physical Society      
Universite of Franche-Comté                    Besançon, France

 

 

 

Federico Capasso, PhD

Robert Wallace Professor of Applied Physics
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forum Special Lecture Speakers

Eugene Arthurs, PhD

CEO
SPIE, The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Bellingham, Washington, USA

 

 

 

 

 

Philip Russell, PhD

President of Optical Society (OSA)
Director, Max Planck Institute for
the Science of Light
Erlangen, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

The World Photonics Forum included special panel sessions on the influence and contribution of light-based technologies on science, human development, and global economic development for the next century. The sessions were represented by our global community.

 

Invited Forum Panel Speakers

 

Silvia Bruni, PhD

Associate Professor, Analytical Chemistry
University of Milan
Milan, Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Edmond, PhD

Co-Founder and Director of Advanced Optoelectronic Technologies
CREE
RTP, North Carolina, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Forbes, PhD

Professor, Chief Research at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), National Laser Centre
Pretoria, South Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cristina Kurachi, PhD

Professor, São Carlos Institute of Physics
University of São Paulo, Brazil
South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Lieberman, PhD

President Elect of SPIE
President, Lumoptix, LLC
California, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ulderico Santamaria, PhD

Chief, Scientific Laboratories of Vatican Museums, Professor of Chemsitry for Restoration and Material Science, Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences, Tuscia University
Viterbo, Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Ward, PhD

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect, Development
Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Rachel Pei Chin Won, PhD
(CANCELLED)

International Editor, Nature Photonics
United Kingdom Physical Society
London, United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

Siavash Yazdanfar, PhD

Manager, Applied Optics Lab
GE Global Research
Albany, NY

 

 

 

Sponsors

GOLD Sponsor - SPIE

 

 

SILVER Sponsor - OSA

 

 

Corporate and Conference Partners 
BD, Cisco, Fianium, Hamamatsu and Newport