1st Announcement OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2015 OPIC2015 opicon.jp Co-located with OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition 2015 Organized by OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Council Specialized International Conference Organized by The Laser Society of Japan The Japan Society of Applied Physics The Optical Society of Japan Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University Akasaki Research Center (ARC), Nagoya University. , Supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Keidanren In cooperation with Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), RIKEN, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AEST), The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research (JSPF), The Optical Society of Japan, Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association (OITDA), Institute for Laser Technology Japan Photonics Council, Yokohama Convention and Visitors Bureau, SPIE, OSA (USA), Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH (Germany), PIDA (Taiwan), KAPID (Korea) Dates: April 22 (Wed.) – 24 (Fri.), 2015 Venue: Pacifico Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan) Deadline for paper submission; 12 December 2014 Objective OPIC was established to provide an international forum to discuss the role that optics and photonics plays in the future of our society and also showcase the most up-to-date research technologies from around the world. The OPIE exhibition provides a showcase for companies that are working directly in advanced technologies. Together, OPIC and OPIE are becoming an international center of scientific research, product development, and business relationships. OPIC/OPIE started in April 2012 at the Pacifico Yokohama as the only annual international event on optics and photonics in Japan to encourage close cooperation of academia and industry. 2015 will mark the 4th anniversary of the Congress and Exhibition. OPIC is composed of specialized international conferences on a variety of topics which represent the cutting edge of optics and photonics technologies. The combination of OPIC/OPIE is successful and growing, with an annual increase of conference topics, submissions, and exhibiting companies. International Year of Light 2015 has been proclaimed as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015) at the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 December 2013, by recognizing that light-based technologies are vital for sustainable development of the world and provide solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture and health. Based on the significance of IYL2015, OPIC 2015 will be held for developing photonics and lasers as the key technologies for the future of the world and the worldwide industry. Conferences & Sponsors These seven International Conferences will be held simultaneously. □ The 4th Advance Lasers and Photon Sources (ALPS’15) Conference Chair: Noriaki Miyanaga (Osaka Univ.) Sponsored by The Laser Society of Japan □ Conference on Asia-Pacific Biomedical Photonics 2015 (APBP’15) Conference Chair: Toshiaki Iwai (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology) Sponsored by The Optical Society of Japan □ Conference on Laser Energetics 2015 (CLE2015） Conference Chair: Hiroshi Azechi (Osaka Univ.) Sponsored by Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University □ International Conference on High Energy Density Science 2015 (HEDS2015) Conference Chair: Ryosuke Kodama (Osaka Univ.) Sponsored by the Laser Society of Japan □ Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2015 (LDC2015) Conference Chair: Kazuo Kuroda (Utsunomiya Univ.) Sponsored by The Optical Society of Japan, The Japan Society of Applied Physics □ Conference on LED and Its Industrial Application’15（LEDIA’15） Conference Chair: Hiroshi Amano (Nagoya Univ.) Sponsored by Akasaki research Center (ARC), Nagoya University □ The 2nd Optical Manipulation Conference 2015 (OMC’15) Conference Chair：Takashige Omatsu (Chiba Univ.) Sponsored by the Japan Society of Applied Physics Meeting Schedule April 22 (Wed.) Plenary Sessions, International Conferences, Banquet April 23 (Thu ) International Conferences, Poster sessions April 24 (Fri.) International Conferences, Poster sessions OPIC2015 Committees ■Congress Co-Chairs Kenichi Iga (Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Chris Barty (CTO，Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA） Andreas Ostendorf (Prof., Ruhl-University Bochum, Germany) ■International Advisory Board Chair Sadao Nakai (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan) Members Isamu Akasaki (Special Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University, Japan) Ryoji Chubachi (President, AIST, Japan) John Collier (Director, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK) Kazuo Furukawa (President, NEDO, Japan) Bill Goldstein (Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Teruo Hiruma (Chairman of the Board, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Japan) Maki Kawai (Executive Director, RIKEN, Japan) Jongmin Lee (Director, GiLT, Handong Global University, Korea) Shojiro Matsuura (President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency: JAEA, Japan) Gerard Mourou (Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, France) Michiharu Nakamura (President, JST, Japan) Reinhart Poprawe (Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Germany) Jie Zhang (President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) ■Organizing Committee Chair Yoshiaki Kato (President, GPI; President, The Laser Society of Japan) Vice Chairs Seiji Katayama (Osaka University; President, Japan Laser Processing Society) Makoto Kikuchi (President, Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine) Shuji Sakabe (Kyoto University) Norihiro Umeda (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology; President, Optical Society of Japan) Toyohiko Yatagai (Utsunomiya University; President-Elect, SPIE) Members Hiroshi Amano (Nagoya University) Hiroshi Azechi (Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Tsutomu Hara (Director, Central Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.) Mitsutoshi Hatori (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University) Hiroshi Horiike (Osaka University) Takahisa Jitsuno (Osaka University) Fumihoko Kannari (Keio University) Ryosuke Kodama (Osaka University) Naoshi Kondo (Kyoto University) Nobuyuki Kondo (Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics) Kazuo Kuroda (Utsunomiya University) Katsumi Midorikawa (RIKEN) Tetsuya Miki (The University of Electro-Communications) Kunioki Mima (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Noriaki Miyanaga (Osaka University) Minoru Obara (Professor Emeritus, Keio University) Hitoshi Ogata (Friend of company, Mitsubishi Electric, Inc.) Naotada Okada (Toshiba Corporation) Takashige Omatsu (Chiba University) Nobuyuki Osakabe (Director, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi) Takunori Taira (Institute for Molecular Science) Mitsuo Takeda (Utsunomiya University) Kenichi Ueda (The University of Electro-Communications) Masanobu Watanabe (AIST) ■Steering Committee Chair Yasukazu Izawa (Director, Institute for Laser Technology) Vice Chair Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Osaka University) Members Fumiteru Akamatsu (Osaka University) Masayuki Fujita (Institute for Laser Technology) Tomonao Hosogai (Osaka University) Shigeru Kawai (Opt E-College) Kou Kurosawa (Japan Science and Technology Agency) Yusuke Mori (Osaka University) Hiroaki Nishimura (Osaka University) Koichi Nishizawa (Tokyo University of Science, Suwa) Masahiro Tsukamoto (Osaka University) Kunihiko Washio (Paradigm Laser Research, Inc.) ■Exhibition Committee Chair Kazuhisa Yamamoto (Osaka University) Members Kanji Ito (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Nobuyuki Kondo (Japan Laser) Tetsuya Nakai (Thorabs Japan) Tsuyoshi Nakamura (Trumpf) Paper Deadline: December 12, 2014 For details, see Web site of each conference: http://opicon.jp/conferences PLENARY SESSION Plenary Session is scheduled on Wednesday, April 22. FURTHER INFORMATION（SUBMISSION OF PAPERS, POSTER SESSION, POST DEADLINE PAPERS, REGISTRATION, EXHIBITION） The latest information on the congress will be presented on the Web site: http://opicon.jp/ OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English REGISTRATION FEE Member* On /Before Mar. 20, 2015 After Mar. 21, 2015 & On-Site ¥40, 000 ¥45, 000 Conference (General) (Student, Retiree) ¥18, 000 * Member of organizer, sponsor and cooperatng organizations ¥21, 000 Non-Member On/ Before Mar. 20, 2015 After Mar. 21, 2015 & On-Site Conference (General) ¥45, 000 ¥50, 000 (Student, Retiree) ¥21, 000 ¥23, 000 LOCATION OF CONGRESS SITE OPIC2015 takes place at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture, JAPAN. 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012,Japan http://www.pacifico.co.jp/english/index.html From Narita Airport: 90 minutes by bus or 100 minutes by train． From Haneda Airport: 20 minutes by car, 40 minutes by bus 30 minutes by train． SECRETARIAT K. Kubota, Y. Ogura, S. Shibasaki, N. 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