Conference-at-a-Glance

  Sunday, October 11, 2009 Monday, October 12, 2009 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Thursday, October 15, 2009

GENERAL

 

 

 

 

 

Registration 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Speaker/Presider Check-in   12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Exhibit      10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.  
Exhibit Only      12:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.    

PROGRAMMING

         
Short Courses 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.         
FiO/LS Technical Sessions    1:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m.  8:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. 8:00 a.m.–6:15 p.m.  8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 
Fall Congress Technical Sessions     8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 
Fall Congress (AO/COS/LM/SRS) Poster Session     6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.     
FiO/LS Poster Session       12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.   
FiO Postdeadline Paper Sessions         6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.  

FiO/LS SPECIAL SYMPOSIA

         
Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research   12:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.        
Gravitational Wave Interferometry from Earth and Space   4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.   8:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.      
The Future of 3-D Display: The Marketplace and the Technology   8:00 a.m.–5:30 a.m.     
OSA Topical Meeting Highlights       1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.    
Phase Space Optics—Optical System Theory for the 21st Century       1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.    
Optics for Imaging at the Nanoscale and Beyond         8:00 a.m.–5:15 p.m.  

SPECIAL EVENTS

 

 

 

 

 

What's Hot in Optics Today? 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.        
FiO/LS Welcome Reception (Sainte Claire Hotel) 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.        
Joint FiO/LS Plenary Session/Award Presentations   8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.      
Minorities and Women in OSA (MWOSA) Tea (Sainte Claire Hotel)     4:30 p.m–5:30 p.m.    
OSA Fellow Member Lunch (Silicon Valley Capital Club)
    12:00 p.m–1:30 p.m.    
Meet the Editors of the APS Journals     3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.    
OSA Annual Business Meeting     6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.    
DLS Annual Business Meeting     6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.    
AO/COS/LM/SRS Welcome Reception and Poster Session     6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.    
AIOM Reception       6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.  
OSA Member Reception (Sainte Claire Hotel)     7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.     
LS Banquet (Gordon Biersch)     7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.    
Export Regulation Fundamentals for the Optics and Photonics Industry (Sainte Claire Hotel)       9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.  
AIOM Welcome Reception       6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.  
Science Educators’ Day         5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

         
OSA Young Professionals Networking Event with Corporate Members (Sainte Claire Hotel)     8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m    

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

         
OSA Student Chapter Leadership Meeting (Crowne Plaza Hotel) 7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.        
1st International OSA Student Chapter Solar Mini-Car Competition 4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.   12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.      
Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research   12:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.        
Minorities and Women in OSA (MWOSA) Tea (Sainte Claire Hotel)     4:30 p.m–5:30 p.m.    
OSA Student Member Reception (O'Flaherty's Irish Pub)   6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.      
Painless Publishing     9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.      
Career Focus: Policy in Science     10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.      
Times are subject to change. All times reflect Pacific Time Zone.