Photonics Spectra - March 2009

HAPPENINGS

PAPERS

CLEO/Pacific Rim 2009 (August 30-September 3) Shanghai, China

Deadline: abstracts, March 31

Papers are sought for the Eighth Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Topics to be considered include ultrafast optics and photonics, nonlinear and quantum optics, IR and terahertz technology and applications, optical communications and networking, and laser metrology and remote sensing. Contact Hongxiang Lin, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, +86 21 6991 8005; cleopr2009@siom.ac.cn; www.siom.ac.cn/cleo.

MIPPR 2009 (October 30-November 1) Yichang, China Deadline: abstracts, April 1 Organizers of the Sixth International Symposium on Multispectral Image Processing & Pattern Recognition invite abstracts of 800 to 1000 words on topics such as automatic target recognition and image analysis, pattern recognition and computer vision, parallel processing of images and optimization techniques, and medical imaging and processing. Contact Fa-xiong Zhang, IPRAI, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, +86 27 8754 0131; mippr09@gmail.com; www.mippr.com.

APRIL

Focus on Microscopy 2009 (April 5-8) Krakow, Poland. Contact Jurek Dobrucki, Jagiel-lonian University, + 48 12 664 6382; info2009@ focusonmicroscopy.org; www.focusonmicros copy.org.

Photomask and NGL Mask Technology XVI (April 8-10) Yokohama, Japan. Contact SPIE, +1 (360) 676-3290; customerservice@spie.org; www.spie.org.

SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2009 (April 13-17) Orlando, Fla. Contact SPIE, +1 (360) 676-3290; customerservice@spie.org; www.spie.org.

2009 MRS Spring Meeting (April 13-17) San Francisco. Contact Materials Research Society, +1 (724) 779-3003; info@mrs.org; www.mrs.org.

First LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo – Lighting Japan (April 15-17) Tokyo. Contact Hajime Suzuki, Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd., + 81 3 3349 8568; light@reedexpo.co.jp; www. lighting.jp/english.

CREOL Industrial Affiliates Day 2009 (April 17) Orlando, Fla. Contact Denise Whiteside, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, +1 (407) 823- 6800; dwhitesi@creol.ucf.edu; www.creol.ucf. edu.

Photonics 2009: World of Lasers and Optics (April 20-23) Moscow. Contact Elena Slom-chinskaya, Expocentr, + 7 499 795 26 76; es@ expocentr.ru; www.photonics-expo.ru.

SAE 2009 World Congress (April 20-23) Detroit. Contact Society of Automobile Engineers, +1 (724) 776-4841; customerservice@sae.org; www.sae.org/congress.

SPIE Europe Optics + Optoelectronics (April 20-24) Prague, Czech Republic. Contact SPIE, +1 (360) 676-3290; customerservice@spie.org; www.spie.org.

Interactive Displays 2009 (April 21-23) San Jose, Calif. Contact Mike Robert, IntertechPira, +1 (207) 781-9631; michael.robert@pira-inter national.com; www.int-displays.com.

Laser Expo 2009 (April 22-24) Kanagawa, Japan. Contact Optronics Co. Ltd., + 81 3 5229 7253; intl@optronics.co.jp; www.optronics.co. jp/en/le.

Mass Spectral Interpretation Course (April 22-24) Orlando, Fla. Contact Henry Nowicki, PACS Testing, Consulting and Training, +1 (724) 457-6576; henry@pacslabs.com; www. pacslabs.com.

Advances in Imaging: OSA Optics & Photonics Congress (April 26-30) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Encompasses the topical meetings Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Hyperspectral Imaging and Sensing of the Environment, Novel Techniques in Microscopy, Optical Trapping Applications, and Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging. Contact Optical Society of America, +1 (202) 223- 8130; info@osa.org; www.osa.org.

Organic Photovoltaics 2009 (April 27-29) Philadelphia. Contact Jeremy Powell, IntertechPira, +1 (207) 781-9610, jeremy.powell@pira- international.com; www.intertechusa.com.

MAY

Nanotech Conference & Expo 2009 (May 3- 7) Houston. Contact Sarah Wenning, Nano Science and Technology Institute, +1 (925) 901- 4959; swenning@nsti.org; www.nsti.org/nano tech2009.

Clean Technology Conference & Expo 2009 (May 3-7) Houston. Contact Regina Ramazzini, Clean Technology operations director, +1 (774) 249-1341; regina@csievents.org; www.csi events.org.

SPIE Europe Microtechnologies for the New Millennium (May 4-6) Dresden, Germany. Contact SPIE, +1 (360) 676-3290; customerser vice@spie.org; www.spie.org.