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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Jul 30, 2025
Extended Early Bird Ends: Dec 28, 2024

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Dieter Bimberg
Changchun and TU Berlin, Germany
Title: Quantum Dots for Green Quantum Technologies
Dieter Bimberg received the Ph.D. magna cum laude from Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. He held for 7 years a Principal Scientist position at the Max Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Grenoble, France. After serving as a Professor of electrical engineering, Technical University of Aachen, Germany, he assumed the Chair of Applied Solid-State Physics at Technical University of Berlin. He is the Founding Director of its Center of NanoPhotonics. He was holding guest professorships at the Technion, Haifa, U.C. Santa Barbara, CA, USA, and at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, CA. He was Distinguished Adjunct Professor at KAU, Jeddah 2012-2018. In 2018 he assumed the directorship of the “Bimberg Chinese German Center for Green Photonics” at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the EU Academy of Sciences, a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the US Academies of Engineering and of Inventors, Fellow of the Chinese Optical Society, a Life Fellow of the American Physical Society the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, a Fellow of the Chinese Optical Society, a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association and a honorary member of the Ioffe Institute of the RAS. He is recipient of many important international awards, like the UNESCO Nanoscience Award, the Max-Born Award and Medal of IoP and DPG, the Heinrich-Welker-Award, the Nick Holonyak Jr. Award, the Oyo Buturi and MOC Awards of the Japanese Society of Applied Physics, the Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal and Award of IEEE, the Stern-Gerlach Award of DPG (the highest German physics award), to mention a few. He received honorary doctorates of the University of Lancaster, UK, and the St. Petersburg Alferov University of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He has authored more than 1600 papers, 71 patents and patent applications, and six books. The number of times his research works has been cited exceeds 67,000 and his Hirsch factor is 113 (@ Google Scholar). His research interests include physics and technology of nanostructures, nanostructure based photonic and electronic devices, and energy efficient data communication.
Prof. Gershon Kurizki
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Title: Quantum Sensing By Coherent Or Noisy Light
Gershon Kurizki holds the G.W. Dunne Professorial Chair in Quantum Optics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He is a theoretical pioneer of the fields of quantum open-system control, thermodynamics and quantum measurements. He discovered the universal Anti-Zeno Effect (decay speedup) in open quantum systems, found the connection between quantum thermodynamics and the Quantum Zeno (decay slowdown) and Anti-Zeno effects and introduced fundamental models of quantum heat machines. He has also made numerous contributions to the theory of quantum measurements and quantum optics.

He won the Lamb Medal (USA) in 2008 and the Humboldt-Meitner Award (Germany) in 2009 for his discovery of the Anti-Zeno Effect and his pioneering contributions to the theory of quantum measurements and decoherence control in open quantum systems. Kurizki is Member of the Academia Europaea, Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America and the British Institute of Physics. He is the author of circa 470 publications and two books: “The Quantum Matrix” (Oxford University Press, 2020) and “Thermodynamics and Control of Open Quantum Systems” (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Prof. Chao Zuo
Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Title: High-speed structured light 3D imaging empowered by deep learning
Dr. Chao Zuo is a Zijin Chair Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), Distinguished Professor of "Changjiang Scholars Program", Ministry of Education of China. He leads the Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory (SCILab: www.scilaboratory.com) at the School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, NJUST, and is also the founder and director of the Smart Computational Imaging Research Institute of NJUST. He has long been engaged in the development of novel Computational Optical Imaging and Measurement technologies, with a focus on Phase Measuring Imaging Metrology. He has published > 200 peer-reviewed articles with over 18,000 citations. These researches have been featured on journal cover (including Light, Optica, LPR, PhotoniX, AP, etc.) over 40 times. His growing cache of prestigious and highly regarded awards include EPS-QEOD Fresnel Prize, ICO-IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics, the "Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury" at Geneva's International Exhibition of Inventions, etc. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of PhotoniX, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, IEEE Transaction on Computational Imaging, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, and Advanced Devices & Instrumentation. He is a Fellow of SPIE | Optica | IOP, and listed as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.
Prof. Wenshan Cai
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Title: Will be update soon
Wenshan Cai is a full professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a joint appointment in Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 2012, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. Dr. Cai received his B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2008. His research is focused on nanophotonic materials and devices, in which he has made major impacts on the evolving field of plasmonics and metamaterials. Dr. Cai has published ~100 journal articles, which in total have been cited over 20,000 times. He authored the book, Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications, which is used as a textbook or a major reference around the world. Dr. Cai is the recipient of several distinctions, including the OSA/SPIE Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. He is a Fellow of SPIE.
Prof. Wolfgang Kautek
Austria
Title: Femtosecond laser-induced physicochemical processes at interfaces
Wolfgang Kautek holds academic degrees from the Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, and from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and served as a research scientist at the University of Kentucky, USA, at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, at the IBM San Jose Research Laboratory, California, and the Siemens Research Center, Erlangen, Germany, from 1976 to 1987. 1981 he was awarded the Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max-Planck-Society. 1988 he became head of the Laboratory for Thin Film Technology of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, and Adjunct Professor at the Free University Berlin. 2004 he was appointed to the University of Vienna, Austria, as full-professor for physical chemistry. He served as Russell Severance Springer Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley, in 2017. He conducts research in nanotechnology and laser processing of interfaces, also in the area of cultural heritage science. More than 260 scientific publications and 4 patents were authored by him.
Prof. Wolfgang Freude
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Title: Integrated Optical Modulators: Design and Performance Metrics
Wolfgang Freude is a Professor with the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics and Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He has authored and coauthored more than 330 publications, coauthored a book entitled Optical Communications (in German, Springer 1991), and authored or coauthored seven book chapters. His research interests include the area of optical and wireless high-data rate transmission, high-density integrated-optics with a focus on silicon photonics, photonic crystals, and semiconductor optical amplifiers. He is an Honorary Doctor with Kharkov National University of Radioelectronics, Kharkov, Ukraine, a Member of VDE/ITG and OPTICA, and a Life Senior Member, IEEE. Among other engagements, he was the General Chair of the committee “Photonic Networks and Devices” in the framework of the OPTICA (formerly OSA) Advanced Photonics Congress in 2022. He is an editorial board Member for the Springer Nature Journals Light: Science & Applications and Scientific Reports.
Prof. Erich Gornik
Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Title: Novel THz lasers based on 2D materials including graphene
Erich Gornik was born 1944 in Krumau, Czech Republic. He finished his diploma studies of Physics at the Technical University Vienna in 1968 and obtained his doctor's degree in 1972. He obtained the venia legendi for "Physical Electronics" at the Technical University Vienna in 1976. After an assignment as Postdoctoral Fellow at Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA, in 1975 - 1977, he returned to the Technical University Vienna where he became University Professor at the Institute for Physical Electronics in 1978. In 1979, he has been appointed Professor for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck. In 1987/88, he became Professor (C4) for Semiconductor Physics and Director at the Walter Schottky Institute of the Technical University Munich. From 1993 until 2012, he was Full Professor for Semiconductor Electronics and Director of the Micro-and Nanostructure Center (ZMNS) at the Technical University of Vienna. From 2003 to 2008 he was managing director of the Austrian Research centers. From 2008 until 2012 he returned to the Technical University of Vienna as Director of the Micro-and Nanostructure Center. Since 2012 he is emeritus Professor at the Technical University of Vienna.

He has spent several Research Professorships at numerous international research institutions and has received various awards; among others, he is Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1995. In 1997 he received the “Wittgenstein Preis” of the Austrian Government and in 2000 the “Erwin Schrödinger Preis” of the Austrian Academy of Science. He has supervised more than 150 Master and PhD students. Further achievements are 523 refereed publications, 236 conference proceedings, 90 invited and plenary lectures at international conferences, 7 Patents, h-factor 56.
Prof. Youngpak Lee
South Korea
Title: Advances in broadband metamaterial perfect absorbers.
Young Pak Lee received his B. S. degree from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1975, and the Ph. D. degree in experimental condensed-matter physics in 1987 from Iowa State University, U. S. A. His research involved study on magneto-optical, magnetic, optical and transport properties, and electronic structures of thin films and nanostructures, characterization of the surfaces and interfaces of thin films including multilayers, vacuum science, and so forth since his Ph. D. degree.

After many careers in U. S. A., Japan, Germany, China and Korea, he has been former President of the Korean Physical Society, former President of the Korean Federation of Basic-science, Distinguished Professor, Physics Department of Hanyang University, and Director of Quantum Photonic Science Research Center, Seoul, Korea, which exploited the convergence research of magnetism and optical science, including metamaterials. Prof. Lee has been also a Board Member of Korea Academy of Science and Technology, former Council of Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies, Honorary Member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Distinguished Professor / Guest Distinguished Professor of 7 Chinese Universities and Institutes, including Fudan University, Scientific Advisor of Scientific Council of Materials Science of Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology.

His current investigations include metamaterials and spin-photonic crystals, nanoscopic investigation of morphology and magnetic domain, and magnetic semiconductors based on oxides.

He has published 752 SCI papers (the total published number of papers : 866 papers) as of Jan. 2025. Because of these achievements, he has received many kinds of awards (73 awards as of Jan. 2024), including Korean National Order of Science and Technology Merit (2017), the highest-level Award from the Korean Physical Society (2014), Award by the Korean Minister of Education, Science and Technology (2009), Award by the Korean Minister of Science and Technology (1992), and various academic-paper awards and academic-achievement awards. Based on these recognitions, he was also selected as one of the 'Korean Scientists for the 21st Century' by a main national broadcasting company in 2007.

He has led the globalization of Korean physics, based on the leadership in the research on quantum photonic science. So far, he has established the global collaboration network with 43 organizations in 16 countries, including the U. S. A. and China.
Prof. Xuping Zhang
Nanjing University, China
Title: The photonic neural network based signal processing accelerator for distributed acoustic sensing system
Xuping Zhang is a full professor at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She is the founder and Dean in the Institute of Optical Fiber Sensing Technology, Nanjing University, and director in the Optical Communication System and Network Engineering Technology Center, Jiangsu Province and Chair of the IEEE Nanjing Section Photonics Society Chapter. She is also a State Council Special Allowance Expert of China.

Dr. Zhang has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and about 100 authorized patents. She authored the book, Fully Distributed Fiber Optical Sensing Technology, which is the first book in world. She is a Fellow of SPIE and IEEE.