Celebrating Light (IYL-2015, Abn Al-Haytham) 2-3 February, 2015 Jointly Organized by National Centre for Physics, Islamabad and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad International Year of Light 2015 Introduction A two day symposium on “CELEBRATING LIGHT” is being organized at the National Centre for Physics from 2-3 February, 2015 to commemorate “The International Year of Light (IYL-2015)” declared by UNESCO as well as “The Anniversary of the Ibe AlHaytham’s Optics”. This is in acknowledgement of the significant contributions of Abn Al-Haytham in the field of Optics who published seven volumes of his book ‘Kitab-al Manazair’ in 1015, the contributions of Muslim scholars to Optics followed by three Nobel prizes for Blue light in Physics and two Nobel prizes for high resolution optical microscopes in Chemistry. The symposium shall highlight the Golden age of Islamic Civilization and Light based Technologies. Furthermore, the event provides a platform to discuss advancements in optics, related emerging technologies and future extensions. Directors M. Aslam Baig Hafeez R. Hoorani Farhan Saif Technical Committee Mushtaq Ahmed Raheel Ali Rizwan Ahmed Organizing Committee Topics Classical Optics, Quantum/Atom Optics, Opto-Electronics, Optical Microscopy, Light-Matter interaction, Lasers, Quantum Informatics, Solar Cells, Optical instrumentation. Riffat M. Qureshi Inam ur Rehman Rizwan Ahmed Rabia Rasheed Participation Research students, post-doctoral researchers, faculty members, scientists and engineers are encouraged to apply for participation. Every participant is required to pay a registration fee of Rs.1000. However, there is no registration fee for poster presenters and seminar presenters. The travel expenses of the participants shall be borne by the parent institutes. Partial travel assistance may be provided to selected outstation student participants on merit basis. How to apply Online Registration Form can be accessed at: http://www.ncp.edu.pk:8080/light/. Application Form should be submitted on or before January 15, 2015. All applicants are required to provide information about their CNIC in the Application Form. For further Information, Please Contact: Activity Secretariat Collaborations & Academic Activities Department (CAAD) caad@ncp.edu.pk National Centre for Physics, NCP Campus, Shahdra Valley Road, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: 051-2077350, Fax: 051-2077342 & 2077395 Speakers Safeer Ahmad Mushtaq Ahmed Raheel Ali Imrana Ashraf M. Aslam Baig Hafeez R. Hoorani Masroor Ikram Azhar Iqbal M. Zafar Iqbal Shaukat Hameed Khan Arif Mumtaz Jameel-un Nabi Sajid Qamar Farhan Saif Badar Suleman APPLICATION DEADLINE 15 January 2015