Invited Speakers

In addition to well-known researchers with materials science, physics and chemistry backgrounds, we will also invite a number of young researchers to give invited talks.

English will be the official language.

Plenary lecturers and invited lecturers
Plenary lecturers
1  C. A. Angell, Arizona State Univ., USA
 Non-oxide glassformers hold the key to understanding the “glassy state problem”  
2  Philip Russell, Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light，Germany Controlling the flow of light in photonic crystal fibers 
Invited lecturers
1  Jean-Luc Adam, Univ. Rennes 1, France   Chalcogenide fibers and waveguides for active and passive applications 
2  I. A. Bufetov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia   Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers 
3  John. Canning, Univ. Sydney, Australia  Laser seeding and thermal processing of optical fibres: ideas on controlling glass transformation on the nanoscale
4  S. Eaton, IFN – CNR, Italia  Femtosecond laser writing of photonic devices in glasses and polymers
5  H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Univ. Adelaide, Australia  Progress in the fabrication and properties of fluoride glass microstructured optical 
6  H. Eckert, Muenster Univ., Germany
 Medium range order in glasses studied by modern solid state NMR spectroscopy
7  A. Edgar, Victoria Univ. Wellington, New Zealand
  Glass ceramics for radiation imaging and detection: present status and future prospects 
8  T. Fujiwara, Tohoku Univ., Japan  Electro-optic fiber devices with nano-watt operations in crystallized glass 
9  J. Heo, Pohang Univ. Sci. & Technol., South Korea
  Building quantum dots on rare-earth ions and metal-nanoparticles in glasses 
10  A. Jha, Leeds Univ., UK   Tm3+ and Ho3+ ions doped heavy metal oxide glasses for bulk, fiber and waveguide lasers 
11  Feng Song, AdValue Photonics, USA  Glasses and fibers for 2 micron fiber lasers 
12  P. Kazansky, Southampton Univ.,UK   Recent advances in ultrafast laser processing of glass 
13  T. Komatsu, Nagaoka Univ. Sci.Techn.,Japan
  Laser patterning of two-dimensional optical crystals in glass
14  Y. Messaddeq, Instituto de Química, UNESP, Brazil   Glasses and photonic crystal fiber based on heavy oxide glasses 
15  K. Miura, Kyoto Univ.,Japan
  Formation mechanism and applications of laser induced elemental distribution in glasses 
16  N. Murase, Natl Inst. Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Japan  Emitting quantum dots-silica glass nanocomposites as a new class of luminsescent materials 
17  J. Nishii, Hokkaido Univ., Japan  Glass-imprinting for optical device fabrication 
18  J. S. Sangehera, Naval Research Lab., USA  not available
19  S. Tanabe, Kyoto Univ. Japan
 Downconversion materials for efficient photovoltaic generation 
20  K. Tanaka, Kyoto Univ., Japan  Surface plasmon enhanced optical anisotropy in tellurite glass
21  L. Wondracek, Erlangen Univ., Germany  Generation of all-solid photonic crystal fibers by melt-infiltration of silica matrices
22  Y. Z. Yue, Alborg Univ., Denmark  Physical and chemical aging in chalcogenide glasses
23  X. H. Zhang, Univ. Rennes 1, France
  Preparation in controlled atmosphere of chalcogenide glasses and glass ceramics
24  Sabyasachi Sen, UC Davis, USA  Structure, dynamics and rigidity rercolation in germanium selenide glasses and supercooled liquids: results from 77Se NMR spectroscopy
25  Safa Kasap, University of Saskatchewan, Canada  Recent progress in doped and undoped Se-As glasses for X-ray photoconductor applications: modification of electrical properties 
26  Tomas Wagner, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic  Pulsed laser deposition of AgSbS2 films, their characterization and potential applications 
27  Limin Tong, Zhejiang University, China  Functionalization of photonic glass micro-fibers and nanofibers
28  Minglie Hu, Tianjin University, China  Mode-locked lasers based on new optical gain materials