About the World of Photonics Congress
The World of Photonics Congress is the world’s leading congress for optical technologies and will be held from 14 to 19 June 2009. The Congress will be opened this year by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. The Congress has been supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2004. In 2007 there were a total of more than 2,300 presentations during the World of Photonics Congress, including around one third poster presentations. More than 3,100 international delegates attended the last Congress.
 
About the conference program of the World of Photonics Congress
The world’s leading organizations in the field of photonics will organize conferences as part of the World of Photonics Congress from 14 to 19 June 2009:

•  “CLEO/Europe-IQEC“, organized by the European Physical Society (EPS), the Optical Society of America (OSA) and IEEE/LEOS;
•  “Frontiers in electronic imaging“ and “Manufacturing of Optical Components“, organized by the European Optical Society (EOS);
•  “LIM Lasers in Manufacturing“, organized by the Scientific Laser Society (WLT);
•  “ECBO-European Conference on Biomedical Optics“, organized by the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE Europe) and the       Optical Society of America (OSA);
•  “Optical Metrology“, organized by SPIE Europe;
•  “Medical Laser Applications“, organized by the German Association for Laser Medicine (DGLM e.V.);
•  Application Panels – practical applications of lasers and photonics, organized by Messe München.

About the photonics forums in the exhibition halls
As part of the World of Photonics Congress, Application Panels will be held for the first time free of charge during the forums in the exhibition halls. Held under the motto of “Lasers and photonics in actual practice”, these Application Panels will bridge the gap between theory and practice. They will be divided into three areas:

Biophotonics and life sciences with:

• Laser based photon and particle beams for medical applications
• Lasers for biophotonics
• Visions for future diagnostics

Innovative lasers and light generation in science and industry with:

• Short-pulse lasers in commercial applications
• Novel developments in solid state laser technology
• Sustainable illumination concepts
• Optical components and materials for high-power-lasers

Lasers and laser systems for production with:

• Lasers for photovoltaics
• Photovoltaics technologies utilizing lasers
• Rapid manufacturing
• Use of high-brilliance beam sources  

In addition to the Application Panels during the Congress, the photonics forums will feature presentations by exhibitors and podium discussions.
 
About the series of events entitled “Lichteinblicke”
A large number of events entitled “Light Insights” will be held during the trade fair in order to arouse children’s interest in optical technologies, present the technology from the aspect of financing and promote the projects within the framework of the European technology platform Photonics21.
 
“Lukas Forscherland” will invite primary schoolchildren on every day of the trade fair. Together with experts, they will learn about optical technologies by carrying out their own experiments and will therefore be introduced to these exciting technologies.
 
“Light Insights” will also feature an analysts’ conference with the participation of the German Stock Exchange.
 
Politicians and industry representatives will discuss questions relating to the European technology platform Photonics21 in different committees on every day of the trade fair. Photonics21 will also be represented by an information stand at the West Entrance.
 
About the CEO Round Table
On 16 June 2009 CEOs of leading international technology companies will participate in the panel discussion. They will explain their corporate strategies and take a look at the future of the industry.
 
About the special show “Photons in Production”
“Photons in Production“ will be the special show for material processing and innovative production technologies during the trade fair. This special show will be primarily aimed at small and medium-sized companies this year. It will present the latest industry standards by means of application examples, live demonstrations and technical talks. “Photons in Production“ is being jointly organized with the Institute for Machine Tools and Management Sciences (iwb) at Munich Technical University and the Bavarian Laser Center (blz) in Erlangen.
 
About the Herbert Walther Award
The Herbert Walther Award will be presented for the first time in 2009 in memory of Professor Herbert Walther. This Award is endowed with €5,000 and will honor contributions from the fields of quantum optics and nuclear physics, and leadership in the international scientific community. The Herbert Walther Award will be jointly presented by the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the German Physical Society (DPG). In future it will be presented in alternate years by these two organizations.
 
Career Center
In addition to free career advice on every day of the trade fair, the Career Center will show what job offers are available from exhibitors.

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