Date: July 29 – August 4, 2018
Venue: Lagoon Beach Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
Address: 1 Lagoon Gate Drive, Milnerton, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa
Phone: +27 21 528 2000
Website: www.lagoonbeachhotel.co.za
Conference Chairs:
Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, Prof. Minlin Zhong, Prof. Lin Li, Prof. Milan Brandt, Prof. Yongfeng Lu
Day 1 – Monday, July 30, 2018 (Venue: Courtyard 2)
07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 – IAPLE Council Meeting (Council members only)
09:30 – 10:30 – IAPLE Annual General Meeting (Fellows only)
10:30 – 11:00 – Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 – Welcome Address by Prof. Reinhart Poprawe (Council Member)
11:10 – Official Opening by Prof. Yongfeng Lu (IAPLE President)
- Introduction to IAPLE – Prof. Yongfeng Lu
- New Fellow Announcements & Certificate Ceremony – Prof. Lin Li
- Announcement of Council Members & Officers – Prof. Minlin Zhong
Plenary Session 1 – Chair: Prof. Yongfeng Lu
11:40 – 12:30 – Keynote 1:
“Progress of Light Source Technology for High Volume Semiconductor Manufacturing Microlithography Applications”
Speaker: Dr. Hakaru Mizoguchi (Gigaphoton Inc, Japan)
12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Breakout Session:
- Future directions in laser engineering
- Future directions in photonics
18:30 – 20:30 – Welcome Banquet (Brasserie Restaurant)
20:30 – 21:30 – IAPLE Technical Discussions – Chair: Prof. Lin Li
Topics:
- Challenges in micro-nano fabrication
- Challenges in ultrafast laser processing
21:30 – 22:00 – Editorial Meeting for Springer Handbook (Chair: Dr. Koji Sugioka)
Day 2 – Tuesday, July 31, 2018 (Venue: Courtyard 2)
07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast
Plenary Session 2 – Chair: Prof. Andreas Ostendorf
09:00 – 09:40 – Keynote 2:
“Ultrafast Laser-Induced Nanostructures for Efficient Hydrogen Generation via Catalytic Water Splitting”
Speaker: Prof. Minlin Zhong (Tsinghua University, China)
09:40 – 10:20 – Keynote 3:
“Practical Optical Fibre Grating Sensors”
Speaker: Prof. Michael Withford (Macquarie University, Australia)
10:20 – 10:40 – Tea/Coffee Break
Plenary Session 3 – Chair: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe
10:40 – 11:20 – Keynote 4:
“In-situ Measurement of Micro-hardness and Yield Strength of AISI 4140 Steel during Laser-Material Interaction”
Speaker: Prof. Jyoti Mazumder (University of Michigan, USA)
11:20 – 12:00 – Keynote 5:
“Extraordinary Young’s Interference: From Catenary Optical Fields to Photonic Spin-Orbit Interaction”
Speaker: Prof. Xiangang Luo (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Breakout Sessions
18:30 – 20:00 – Conference Dinner (Brasserie Restaurant)
Day 3 – Wednesday, August 1, 2018 (Venue: Courtyard 2)
07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast
Plenary Session 4 – Chair: Prof. Jyoti Mazumder
09:00 – 09:40 – Keynote 6:
“Ultrafast Laser Processing in the Multi-kW Range – Why and What For?”
Speaker: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe (Fraunhofer ILT, Germany)
09:40 – 10:20 – Keynote 7:
“Laser Colour 3D Printing – Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing Using SLM”
Speaker: Prof. Lin Li (University of Manchester, UK)
10:20 – 10:40 – Tea/Coffee Break
Plenary Session 5 – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong
10:40 – 11:20 – Keynote 8:
“Advances in Two-Photon Polymerization and Microsystems Assembly Using Optical Tweezers”
Speaker: Prof. Andreas Ostendorf (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)
11:20 – 12:00 – Keynote 9:
“Femtosecond Laser Processing of Solid Materials for Functional Devices”
Speaker: Prof. Hongbo Sun (Tsinghua University, China)
12:00 – 12:40 – Keynote 10:
“Micro/Nanofabrication of Multifunctional Composite Structures and Low-Density Foams via Two-Photon Polymerization”
Speaker: Prof. Yongfeng Lu (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
12:40 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:30 – Breakout Sessions
18:30 – 20:00 – Conference Dinner (Brasserie Restaurant)
Day 4 – Thursday, August 2, 2018 (Venue: Courtyard 2)
07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast
Plenary Session 6 – Chair: Prof. Lin Li
09:00 – 09:40 – Keynote 11:
“Tunable Photonics via Phase Change Material Engineering”
Speaker: Prof. Minghui Hong (National University of Singapore)
09:40 – 10:20 – Keynote 12:
“Giant Micro-Photonics for Integrated Power Lasers”
Speaker: Prof. Takunori Taira (Institute for Molecular Science, Japan)
10:20 – 10:40 – Tea/Coffee Break
Plenary Session 7 – Chair: Prof. Hongbo Sun
10:40 – 11:20 – Keynote 13:
“3D Microfluidic SERS Chips Fabricated via All-Femtosecond-Laser Processing”
Speaker: Dr. Koji Sugioka (RIKEN, Japan)
11:20 – 12:00 – Keynote 14:
“Micro Processing of Macro Parts (MP²) Using Ultra-Short Pulse Lasers – New Features and Applications”
Speaker: Dr. Keming Du (EdgeWave GmbH, Germany)
12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 19:30 – Breakout Sessions
19:30 – 21:00 – Conference Dinner (Brasserie Restaurant)
Day 5 – Friday, August 3, 2018 (Venue: Courtyard 2)
07:30 – 08:30 – Buffet Breakfast
Plenary Session 8 – Chair: Prof. Minghui Hong
09:00 – 09:40 – Keynote 15:
“Advances in SESAM-Mode-Locked High-Power Thin-Disk Lasers”
Speaker: Prof. Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
09:40 – 10:20 – Keynote 16:
“Femtosecond Laser-Matter Interactions”
Speaker: Prof. Chunlei Guo (University of Rochester, USA)
10:20 – 10:40 – Tea/Coffee Break
Discussion Session – Chair: Prof. Yongfeng Lu
10:40 – 11:30
- Open Technical Discussion
- International Collaboration Opportunities
- Enhancing Benefits for Corporate Members
11:30 – 12:30
- Fellow Nominations for 2019
- Corporate Member Recommendations
- Venue & Date Planning for the 7th IAPLE Conference
12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 – Breakout Sessions
18:30 – 20:00 – Farewell Dinner (Library Room)
20:30 – 21:30 – Technical Discussions – Chair: Prof. Minlin Zhong
Topics:
- Challenges in High-Power Ultrafast Lasers
- Challenges in High-Energy Ultrafast Lasers
- Applications of High-Power Ultrafast Laser Technologies