5th IAPLE Annual Conference and AGM
31 July-5 August 2017, Neptune Hotel, KOS, Greece
Conference Venue: Neptune Hotel, Mastihari, GR-85302 Kos, Greece. +302242058900, Fax: +30 2242041574, Email:neptunehotels@neptune.gr, Web: http://www.neptune.gr/
Chairmen: Professors Reinhart Poprawe, Minlin Zhong, Lin Li, Yongfeng Lu, Milan Brandt and Dr. Keming Du

Programme
30 July, 2016: Conference Room: Artemis I
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, IAPLE Council Meeting – Council members only
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm, IAPLE AGM – IAPLE Fellows only
Day 1: 31 July 2017, Artemis I, Neptune Hotel
Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am: Buffet breakfast
9:00 am: Welcome: Professor Reinhart Poprawe (IAPLE Council Member)
9:10 am: 5th IAPLE Conference Opening: Professor Minlin Zhong (President of IAPLE)
· Introduction to IAPLE (Minlin Zhong)
· New IAPLE fellows announcement and certificate award ceremony (Yongfeng Lu, Vice president of IAPLE)
· Announcement of IAPLE Council members and officers – election results
Plenary Session 1 Chair: Professor Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT (Germany)
9:45 am – 10:35 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 1 (40 minutes presentation +10minutes discussion): “Surface Phenomena during Ultrafast Laser Processing”,
presented by Professor Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
10:35 am – 11:00 am -Tea/Coffee break (Artemis I)
Plenary session 2 Chair: Professor Minlin Zhong, Tsinghua University (China)
11:00 am – 11:50 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 2 (40 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion): ” Gigahertz Laser Frequency Combs ”, presented by
Professor Ursula Keller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
12:30 – 2:00 pm: Lunch –
2:00pm – 6:00 pm: Breakout session. Topics to consider: a) Future direction on laser engineering, future direction on photonics.
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Conference welcome dinner
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm: IAPLE Technical Discussions – Artemis I
Chair: Professor Lin Li, University of Manchester (UK)
Topics:
1. Future directions on laser engineering.
2. Future directions on photonics.
Day 2: 1 August 2017, Artemis I, Neptune Hotel
Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am: Buffet breakfast
Plenary session 3 Chair: Professor Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
9:00 am – 9:50 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 3 (40 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion): “Ultrafast laser written photonics: out of the lab
and into the market, presented by Professor Michael Withford, Macquarie University, Australia
9:50 am – 10:40 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 4 (40 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion): ”Giant Micro-photonics for Integrated Power Laser ”
presented by Professor Takunori Taira, National Institute of Natural Science, Japan
10: 20 am – 10:50 am: Tea/Coffee break (Artemis I)
Plenary Session 4 Chair: Professor Milan Brandt, RMIT University (Australia)
10:50 am –11:40 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 5 (40 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion): “Progresses in Laser Additive Manufacturing for Nuclear
Applications“ presented by Dr.Pascal Aubry, CEA, France
12:10 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch -
4:00 pm – 8:30 pm:Breakout session.
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Conference dinner
Day 3: 2 August 2017, Artemis I, Neptune Hotel
Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am: Buffet breakfast
Plenary Session 5 Chair: Professor Lin Li, University of Manchester (UK)
9:00 am – 9:40 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 6 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “Laser micro-nanofabrication of optical devices from
transparent solid materials”, presented by Professor Hongbo Sun, Jilin University, China
9:40 am –10:20 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 7 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “Versatile nanostructures and magical nanofunctions
induced by ultrafast lasers”, presented by Professor Minlin Zhong, Tsinghua University, China
10:20 – 10:40: Tea/Coffee break (Artemis I )
Plenary Session 6 Chair: Professor Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
10:40 am – 11:20 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 8 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): ” Two-photon polymerization for three-dimensional a
ssembly of aligned carbon nanotubes” presented by Professor Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
11:20 am –12:00 pm: Plenary Keynote Presentation 9 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): ” 3D Printing and Ship-in-a-Bottle Integration of
Proteinaceous Microstructures by Femtosecond Laser Multiphoton Cross-Linking” presented by Dr. Koji Sugioka, RIKEN, Japan
12:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch
3:00 pm-5:00 pm Technical Discussion (Artemis I )
Chair: Professor Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Topics:
1. Challengers in micro-nano fabrication.
2. Challenges in ultrafast laser processing.
Day 4: 3 August 2017, Artemis I, Neptune Hotel
Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am: Buffet breakfast
Plenary Session 7 Chair: Professor Peter Herman, University of Toronto (Canada)
9:00 am – 9:40 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 10 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “Terahertz Wave Manipulation via Functional
Metasurfaces”, presented by Professor Minghui Hong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
9:40 am –10:20 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 11 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “Planar Optical Metasuface with Nano-structures”,
presented by Professor Xiangang Luo, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, China
10:20 – 10:40: Tea/Coffee break (Artemis I)
Plenary Session 8 Chair: Professor Minghui Hong, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
10:40 am – 11:20 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 12 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “Laser Additive Manufacturing 2.0”, presented by
Professor Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT, Germany
11:20 am –12:00 pm: Plenary Keynote Presentation 13 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): ” Residual Stress Characteristics and Thermal Distortion
in Laser Multiple Pass Welding of Thick Section Steels and Additive Manufactured Components”, presented by Professor Lin Li,
University of Manchester, UK
12:40 – 2:00 pm: Lunch -
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Breakout sessions
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Conference dinner
8:30 – 9:30 pm: Technical Discussions (Artemis I)
Chair: Professor Milan Brandt, RMIT University, Australia
1. Challenges in laser 3D printing.
2. Challenges in laser macro-processing.
Day 5: 4 August 2017, Artemis I, Neptune Hotel
Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am : Buffet breakfast.
Plenary Session 9 Chair: Professor Hongbo Sun, Jilin University (China)
9:00 am – 9:40 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 14 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “Micro Processing of Macro Parts (MP²) with ultra-short
pulse lasers -parallel processing with interference and multibeam”, presented by Dr. Keming Du, Edgewave GmbH, Germany
9:40 am –10:20 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 15 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): “From higher power to higher productivity: ultrafast
lasers and complex beam forming for industrial applications”, presented by Dr. Ulf Quentin, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH,
Germany
10:20 am – 10:40 am: Tea/Coffee break (Artemis I)
Plenary Session 10 Chair: Dr. Keming Du, Edgewave GmbH (Germany)
10:40 am – 11:20 am: Plenary Keynote Presentation 16 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): ” Laser Micromachining: Nano to Pico to Femto
Second Pulses” presented by Dr. Rajesh Patel, Spectra-Physics Lasers, USA.
11:20 am –12:00 pm: Plenary Keynote Presentation 17 (25 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion): ” Beam engineering for ultrafast laser processing”,
presented by Mr. Eric Mottay, Amplitude Systemes, France
12:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch -
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Breakout sessions
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Conference dinner
8:30 – 9:30 pm: Technical Discussions (Artemis I)
Chair: Professor Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT, Germany
1. Challenges in high power ultrafast lasers.
2. Challenges in high energy ultrafast lasers.
3. Challenges in high power ultrafast laser applications.
Day 6: 5 August 2017, Artemis I, Neptune Hotel
Breakfast : 7:30 am – 8:30 am : Buffet breakfast.
Discussions Chair: Professor Minlin Zhong, President of IAPLE
9:00 am – 10:00am:
1. Open discussion for any technical issues or suggestions
2. Discussion on international cooperation among IAPLE fellow members and conference participants
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Tea/Coffee break ( Artemis I)
Discussions Chaired by the new IAPLE president
1. IAPLE new fellow nominations for 2018
2. Corporate members for 2018
3. The venue and date for the 6th IAPLE conference in 2018
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Breakout sessions