4th IAPLE Annual Conference 2016


Dates: July 31 – August 4, 2016
Venue: Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Resort, Port Douglas Road, Port Douglas, Queensland 4877, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4099 5888
Website: www.sheratonportdouglas.com
Conference Chairs: Prof. Milan Brandt, Prof. Minlin Zhong, Prof. Yongfeng Lu, Prof. Lin Li


Pre-Conference – July 31, 2016

18:30 – 20:00 – IAPLE Council Meeting (Council Members Only)
20:00 – 21:00 – IAPLE Annual General Meeting (Fellows Only)


Day 1 – August 1, 2016 (Pandanus Boardroom)

07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast
09:00 – Welcome Address – Prof. Milan Brandt (Vice President, IAPLE)
09:10 – Official Opening – Prof. Minlin Zhong (President, IAPLE)

  • Introduction to IAPLE – Prof. Minlin Zhong
  • New Fellow Announcements & Certificate Ceremony – Prof. Yongfeng Lu
  • Announcement of Council Members & Election Results

Plenary Session 1 – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong
09:45 – 10:35 – Keynote 1:
“Direct Laser Writing for Information Optics”
Speaker: Prof. Ming Gu (RMIT University, Australia)

10:35 – 11:00 – Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 2 – Chair: Prof. Milan Brandt
11:00 – 11:50 – Keynote 2:
“Surface Phenomena during Ultrafast Laser Processing”
Speaker: Prof. Andreas Ostendorf (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)

11:50 – 12:30 – Keynote 3:
“Laser Micro-Nanofabrication for Functional Devices”
Speaker: Prof. Hongbo Sun (Jilin University, China)

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Breakout Sessions:

  • National Laser Materials Processing R&D Roadmaps
  • International and IAPLE R&D Collaboration

18:30 – 20:30 – Conference Welcome Banquet
20:30 – 21:30 – Technical Presentations and Discussions – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong
Special Keynote 4 (40 min):
“UK Laser Materials Processing R&D Roadmap”
Speaker: Prof. Lin Li (University of Manchester, UK)

Topics:

  1. National R&D Roadmaps
  2. International Collaboration
  3. IAPLE R&D Strategies

Day 2 – August 2, 2016 (Pandanus Boardroom)

07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 3 – Chair: Prof. Yongfeng Lu
09:00 – 09:50 – Keynote 5:
“Femtosecond Laser Processing in AMOLED Manufacturing”
Speaker: Prof. Sung-Hak Cho (Korea University of Science and Technology, Korea)

09:50 – 10:30 – Keynote 6:
“Laser Polishing – Ultra-Precise Melt Control for Glass and Metals”
Speaker: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe (Fraunhofer ILT, Germany)

10:30 – 11:00 – Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 4 – Chair: Prof. Lin Li
11:00 – 11:40 – Keynote 7:
“Multimodal Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Graphene and Beyond”
Speaker: Prof. Yongfeng Lu (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

11:40 – 12:20 – Keynote 8:
“Fabrication of Metallic-Oxide Nanowires via Ultrafast Laser Processing”
Speaker: Prof. Minlin Zhong (Tsinghua University, China)

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Conference Excursion
18:30 – 20:00 – Conference Dinner
20:30 – 21:30 – Technical Discussions – Chair: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe

Topics:

  1. Challenges in Micro-Nano Fabrication
  2. Challenges in Ultrafast Laser Processing

Day 3 – August 3, 2016 (Pandanus Boardroom)

07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 5 – Chair: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe
09:00 – 09:40 – Keynote 9:
“Direct Writing of Nickel Super Alloy (N5) Single Crystal Using Induction-Assisted Deposition”
Speaker: Prof. Jyoti Mazumder (University of Michigan, USA)

09:40 – 10:20 – Keynote 10:
“Laser 3D Printing: Theory and Comparison of SLM vs. LMD”
Speaker: Prof. Xiaoyan Zeng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)

10:20 – 10:40 – Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 6 – Chair: Prof. Ming Gu
10:40 – 11:20 – Keynote 11:
“Sub-100nm Resolution Non-Contact Optical Imaging”
Speaker: Prof. Minghui Hong (National University of Singapore)

11:20 – 12:00 – Keynote 12:
“Micro Processing of Macro Parts (MP²) Using Ultra-Short Pulse Lasers”
Speaker: Dr. Keming Du (CEO, EdgeWave GmbH, Germany)

12:00 – 12:40 – Keynote 13:
“Catenary Optics for Nano-Structured Devices”
Speaker: Prof. Xiangang Luo (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

12:40 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Breakout Sessions
18:30 – 20:00 – Conference Dinner
20:30 – 21:30 – Technical Discussions – Chair: Prof. Jyoti Mazumder

Topics:

  1. Challenges in Laser 3D Printing
  2. Challenges in Laser Macro-Processing
  3. Challenges in Laser Sources

Day 4 – August 4, 2016 (Pandanus Boardroom)

07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 7 – Chair: Prof. Minghui Hong
09:00 – 09:40 – Keynote 14:
“High-Aspect-Ratio Through-Silicon Vias Using Tailored Femtosecond Bessel Beams”
Speaker: Prof. Koji Sugioka (RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Japan)

09:40 – 10:20 – Keynote 15:
“Unusual Phenomena in High-Power Picosecond Laser-Material Interactions”
Speaker: Prof. Lin Li (University of Manchester, UK)

10:30 – 11:00 – Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 8 – Chair: Prof. Andreas Ostendorf
11:00 – 11:40 – Keynote 16:
“Laser-Matter Interaction at High Intensities”
Speaker: Prof. Chunlei Guo (University of Rochester, USA)

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Breakout Sessions

  • Future Developments and Activities of IAPLE

18:30 – 19:40 – Conference Farewell Banquet
20:30 – 21:30 – Closing Discussions – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong

Topics:

  1. Nominations for New IAPLE Fellows
  2. Corporate Memberships
  3. Venue & Date of the 5th IAPLE Conference (2017)

Conference Closes at 21:30