5th IAPLE Annual Conference 2017

5th IAPLE Conference – Program Overview

Location: Artemis I, Neptune Hotel

Dates: July 31 – August 5, 2017


Day 1 – July 31, 2017

07:30 – 08:30: Buffet Breakfast

09:00: Welcome – Prof. Reinhart Poprawe (IAPLE Council Member)

09:10: Official Opening – Prof. Minlin Zhong (President of IAPLE)

  • Introduction to IAPLE – Prof. Minlin Zhong
  • New IAPLE Fellows Announcement & Certificate Ceremony – Prof. Yongfeng Lu (Vice President, IAPLE)
  • Announcement of Elected Council Members and Officers

Plenary Session 1 – Chair: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT (Germany)

09:45 – 10:35: Keynote 1: “Surface Phenomena during Ultrafast Laser Processing” – Prof. Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)

10:35 – 11:00: Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 2 – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong, Tsinghua University (China)

11:00 – 11:50: Keynote 2: “Gigahertz Laser Frequency Combs” – Prof. Ursula Keller, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 18:00: Breakout Sessions:

  • Future Directions in Laser Engineering
  • Future Directions in Photonics

18:30 – 20:30: Conference Welcome Dinner

20:30 – 21:30: IAPLE Technical Discussions – Chair: Prof. Lin Li, University of Manchester (UK)

  • Future Directions in Laser Engineering
  • Future Directions in Photonics

Day 2 – August 1, 2017

07:30 – 08:30: Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 3 – Chair: Prof. Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)

09:00 – 09:50: Keynote 3: “Ultrafast Laser Written Photonics: Out of the Lab and into the Market” – Prof. Michael Withford, Macquarie University (Australia)

09:50 – 10:40: Keynote 4: “Giant Micro-photonics for Integrated Power Laser” – Prof. Takunori Taira, National Institute of Natural Science (Japan)

10:20 – 10:50: Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 4 – Chair: Prof. Milan Brandt, RMIT University (Australia)

10:50 – 11:40: Keynote 5: “Progresses in Laser Additive Manufacturing for Nuclear Applications” – Dr. Pascal Aubry, CEA (France)

12:10 – 14:00: Lunch

16:00 – 20:30: Breakout Sessions

20:30 – 21:30: Conference Dinner


Day 3 – August 2, 2017

07:30 – 08:30: Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 5 – Chair: Prof. Lin Li, University of Manchester (UK)

09:00 – 09:40: Keynote 6: “Laser Micro-Nanofabrication of Optical Devices from Transparent Solid Materials” – Prof. Hongbo Sun, Jilin University (China)

09:40 – 10:20: Keynote 7: “Versatile Nanostructures and Magical Nanofunctions Induced by Ultrafast Lasers” – Prof. Minlin Zhong, Tsinghua University (China)

10:20 – 10:40: Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 6 – Chair: Prof. Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)

10:40 – 11:20: Keynote 8: “Two-Photon Polymerization for 3D Assembly of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes” – Prof. Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)

11:20 – 12:00: Keynote 9: “3D Printing and Ship-in-a-Bottle Integration of Proteinaceous Microstructures” – Dr. Koji Sugioka, RIKEN (Japan)

12:00 – 14:00: Lunch

15:00 – 17:00: Technical Discussion – Chair: Prof. Yongfeng Lu

  • Challenges in Micro-Nano Fabrication
  • Challenges in Ultrafast Laser Processing

Day 4 – August 3, 2017

07:30 – 08:30: Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 7 – Chair: Prof. Peter Herman, University of Toronto (Canada)

09:00 – 09:40: Keynote 10: “Terahertz Wave Manipulation via Functional Metasurfaces” – Prof. Minghui Hong, National University of Singapore

09:40 – 10:20: Keynote 11: “Planar Optical Metasurface with Nanostructures” – Prof. Xiangang Luo, Chinese Academy of Science (China)

10:20 – 10:40: Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 8 – Chair: Prof. Minghui Hong

10:40 – 11:20: Keynote 12: “Laser Additive Manufacturing 2.0” – Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT (Germany)

11:20 – 12:00: Keynote 13: “Residual Stress and Thermal Distortion in Laser Welding and Additive Manufacturing” – Prof. Lin Li, University of Manchester (UK)

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. Milan Brandt

  • Challenges in Laser 3D Printing
  • Challenges in Laser Macro-Processing

Day 5 – August 4, 2017

07:30 – 08:30: Buffet Breakfast

Plenary Session 9 – Chair: Prof. Hongbo Sun

09:00 – 09:40: Keynote 14: “Micro Processing of Macro Parts (MP²) with Ultrafast Lasers” – Dr. Keming Du, Edgewave GmbH (Germany)

09:40 – 10:20: Keynote 15: “From Higher Power to Higher Productivity: Ultrafast Lasers for Industry” – Dr. Ulf Quentin, TRUMPF GmbH (Germany)

10:20 – 10:40: Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session 10 – Chair: Dr. Keming Du

10:40 – 11:20: Keynote 16: “Laser Micromachining: Nano to Pico to Femto Pulses” – Dr. Rajesh Patel, Spectra-Physics (USA)

11:20 – 12:00: Keynote 17: “Beam Engineering for Ultrafast Laser Processing” – Mr. Eric Mottay, Amplitude Systemes (France)

12:00 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 18:00: Breakout Sessions

18:30 – 20:00: Conference Dinner

20:30 – 21:30: Technical Discussions – Chair: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe

  • Challenges in High-Power Ultrafast Lasers
  • Challenges in High-Energy Ultrafast Lasers
  • Applications of High-Power Ultrafast Lasers

Day 6 – August 5, 2017

07:30 – 08:30: Buffet Breakfast

Final Discussions – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong

09:00 – 10:00: Open Discussion

  • Technical Issues and Suggestions
  • International Collaboration among IAPLE Members

10:00 – 10:30: Tea/Coffee Break

Closing Session – Chaired by Incoming IAPLE President

  • Nominations for New Fellows (2018)
  • Corporate Membership (2018)
  • Venue and Date for the 6th IAPLE Conference (2018)

14:00 – 18:00: Breakout Sessions