Student Chapter officers should plan to attend this special orientation session that will provide an overview of OSA Student Chapter benefits and guidance on applying for funding, requesting Traveling Lecturers and submitting annual reports. This meeting will precede the Annual Student Chapter Leadership Meeting and those chapter leaders wishing to attend should RSVP to KiKi L’Italien at klital@osa.org.

Annual Student Chapter Leadership Meeting – Invitation Only

Sunday, October 19, 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Highland D, E, F, G, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Moderator: KiKi L’Italien, OSA Chapter & Student Services Manager
Student Chapter leaders from around the globe are invited to attend this annual meeting focused on best practices for Student Chapter management. This year’s agenda will include special visits from optics luminaries, a special session on mentoring, case studies on education outreach, the presentation of the 2008 Excellence Awards and much more! Additionally, we will highlight a new OSA program designed for OSA members who have recently completed their academic studies, the OSA Young Professionals Program. To attend this event, Chapter leaders must be invited or request approval to attend by contacting KiKi L’Italien at klital@osa.org.

What’s Hot in Optics Today?

Sunday, October 19, 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North and South, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

What’s in optics today? Find out what scientific and technical advances are being made over the entire field of optics. The Division Chairs of OSA’s newly structured technical groups will be presenting recent advancements in their respective technical areas. The overviews highlight recent developments in optics and are designed to be informative and accessible even to the non-technical attendee.

Frontiers in Biomedical Optics: Nanometer-Scale Optical Imaging inside Cells, Chris Schaffer, Cornell Univ., USA
What’s Hot in Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation: The Optics in Energy and Imaging Systems, R. John Koshel^1,2, ¹Photon Engineering LLC,USA, ²College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA
What’s Hot in Optical Interaction Science, Martin Richardson, CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
What’s Hot in Photonics and Opto-Electronics, Juerg Leuthold, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany
What’s Hot in Vision and Color, Daphne Bavelier, Univ. of Rochester, USA

Participants’ presentations will also be placed on the OSA website (www.osa.org) for viewing by the general public. Go to the technical groups area of the membership section of the website to view the technical overviews from this conference.

Welcome Reception and Joint FiO/LS Poster Session I

Sunday, October 19, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Riverside Court and Galleria Lobby, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Free to all Technical Conference Attendees: Get the FiO 2008/LS XXIV meeting off to a great start by attending the welcome reception and opening poster session! Meet with colleagues from around the world and tour the wide range of poster displays. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

FiO/LS Poster Presentations

Poster presentations offer an effective way to communicate new research findings and provide an opportunity for lively and detailed discussion between presenters and interested viewers.

Joint FiO/LS Poster Session I

Sunday, October 19, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Galleria Lobby, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Held during the welcome reception, the opening poster session includes 25 FiO and five LS posters.

Joint FiO/LS Poster Session II

Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Empire Hall, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

This year there are 70 FiO and 12 LS posters scheduled for presentation during Wednesday’s poster session.

Vision and Color Poster Session

Thursday, October 23, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Riverside Court, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Fourteen posters submitted to FiO’s Vision and Color subcommittee will be presented.

OSA Division and Technical Group Meetings

OSA has re-organized its Technical Divisions and Groups and is providing new (online and in-person) opportunities to network with colleagues worldwide. Find out more about these new opportunities, network with peers and meet group leaders by attending a technical group meeting at FiO. Confirmed technical group meetings include the following:

The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester is pleased to host a meeting of the Fabrication, Design, and Instrumentation Division of the OSA on October 19, 2008. The meeting represents an opportunity to visit with other members of the Division and to hear about some of the most recent educational initiatives at The Institute. The activities will include an overview of the division and two short presentations along with tours of the teaching laboratories at the Institute. It will also feature a glimpse into the Robert E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering, an educational initiative aimed at bringing a new level of design experience to students at The Institute of Optics.

Schedule:
7:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.: Transportation from the Convention Center
7:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m.: Program

Overview of the Fabrication, Design, and Instrumentation Division, John Koshel; Photon Engineering and Univ. of Arizona, USA
Optical Design and Engineering at the Institute of Optics, Thomas G. Brown; Univ. of Rochester, USA
The Highs and Lows of Student Design Projects, Prof. Julie Bentley; Corning Tropel and Univ. of Rochester, USA

8:15 p.m.–9:00 p.m.: Laboratory Tours
9:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.: Return Transportation to the Convention Center

The bus will depart outside the North Promenade of the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on Main Street at 7:00 p.m. To ensure we have adequate transportation, please RSVP to Sara Wendell at swende@osa.org if you plan to participate.

Vision and Color Division
Saturday, October 24, 4:45 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
Ctr. for Visual Science, Univ. of Rochester

Be sure to check back for updates as the technical groups finalize their plans. A complete list of technical group meetings will also be included in the Conference Update Sheet, distributed at the meeting.

Plenary Session and Awards Presentation

Monday, October 20, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North and South, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

The 2008 Joint FiO/LS Awards Ceremony and Plenary Session will feature two world-renowned speakers. See the plenary page for detailed descriptions of the speakers and their presentations.

Illumination Modeling Workshop

Monday, October 20, 1:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Highland D, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

There are an increasing number of applications that require a good understanding of ambient lighting and illumination of objects or scenes to create a desired effect or appearance. Applications such as 3-D virtual environment visualization, architectural lighting, computer animation and automotive lighting are some of the areas that deal with the effect of ambient lighting and a lit model’s appearance. Complimentary to understanding such effects is the need for sources and optical designs to create the desired illumination while understanding human perceptual characteristics.

The Illumination Modeling Workshop aims at bringing together communities such as lighting, computer graphics, color technologists, optical designers, light sources and virtual reality toward the common goal of design, production and understanding of ambient lighting and a lit model’s appearance.
In addition to featuring three posters in the Joint FiO/LS Poster Session II, the workshop includes two oral sessions: Illumination I: Modeling, Ray Tracing and Rendering (FMC), 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.; and Illumination II: Vision and Measurement (FMJ), 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Invited speakers include:

FMC2, Modulating and Demodulating Projected Light, Oliver Bimber, Bauhaus-Univ. Weimar, Germany
FMC6, Accurate Lit-Appearance Modeling of Illumination Systems, R. John Koshel^1,2, ¹Photon Engineering LLC, ²College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA
FMJ1, An Overview of the Non-Visual Effects of Retinal Light Exposure, Mark S. Rea, Mariana G. Figueiro, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA
FMJ3, Vision at Mesopic Light Levels, Alan L. Lewis, Electric Power Res. Inst. (EPRI) Lighting Res. Office, USA

Illumination Modeling Workshop Committee

Anurag Gupta, Optical Res. Associates, USA, Co-Chair
Hong Hua, Univ. of Arizona, USA, Co-Chair
Groot Gregory, Optical Res. Associates, USA
Jannick Rolland, CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
R. John Koshel, Photon Engineering LLC, USA, and College of Optical Science, Univ. of Arizona, USA.

OSA Student Member Welcome Reception

Monday, October 20, 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Downtown Rochester, New York, 14604, Phone: 585.232.3230
Free to all OSA Student Members: This reception is a fun event that encourages students to meet, enjoy refreshments and have a good time! Please note: Membership will be verified at the entrance.

Building Your Future in Optics
(sponsored by the OSA Foundation)

Tuesday, October 21, 9:30 p.m .–12:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom C, Hyatt Rochester Regency

Students will receive valuable tips and advice from back-to-back presentations geared toward students and young professionals interested in publications and enhancing their careers.

9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
All You Ever Wanted to Know about Publications but Were Afraid to Ask
Bahaa Saleh, Boston Univ., USA

Dr. Saleh has been an active contributor to OSA journals for over 20 years and has held positions including Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA A), Chair of the OSA Board of Editors, and now Editor of Advances in Optics and Photonics (AOP). His insight on scientific publishing, including how to write a useful review, will be invaluable to any student seeking publication in optics/physics journals.

10:15 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Ethics in Publishing
Anthony Campillo, The Optical Society, USA

Dr. Campillo, Chair of OSA’s Editorial Ethics Review Panel, will highlight the imperfect nature of the publishing world by covering some of the more obvious violations to complex situations faced by authors, reviewers and editors. He also explains how OSA responds to allegations of ethical violations.

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The Power of Procrastination
Jorge Cham, Piled High & Deeper, USA

Jorge Cham, creator of the comic strip “Piled High & Deeper,” recounts his experiences bringing humor into the lives of stressed-out academics, examines the source of their anxieties and explores the guilt, the myth and the power of procrastination.

OSA Fellow Member Lunch
(Sponsored by the OSA Foundation)

Tuesday, October 21, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Rochester

In September all OSA Fellow, Fellow Emeritus and Honorary Members were sent an invitation to this event. Please email rsvp@osa.org by October 3 to reserve your place.

Meet the APS Journal Editors and Celebrate 50 Years of PRL

Tuesday, October 21, 3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Riverside Court, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Physical Review Letters (PRL) turned 50 in 2008, and is still going strong. Please join the editors of the APS journals in celebrating 50 years of publication of interesting and important physics. Refreshments will be served. Please note that this follows the technical session on the history of PRL (LTuH: PRL 50th Anniversary Celebration, Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Highland K, Rochester Convention Center).

Division of Laser Science Annual Business Meeting

Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 p .m.–7:00 p.m.
Highland B, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

All members and interested parties are invited to attend the Annual Business Meeting of the Division of Laser Science. The DLS officers will report on the activities of the past year and on plans for the future. Questions will be taken from the floor. This is your opportunity to help define the operations of the DLS and the LS Conference.

OSA’s Annual Business Meeting

Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Highland E, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Learn more about OSA and join the OSA Board of Directors for the Society’s annual business meeting. The 2007 Activity Reports will be presented and the results of the Board of Directors election will be announced. To view the slate of candidates, go to http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/electionprocess/default.aspx.

Agenda

I. Welcome	2008 OSA President, Rod Alferness

II. 2007 Activity Reports from Society Representatives
Treasurer	Stephen Fantone
Co-Chairs, Science & Engineering Council	David Fittinghoff and Edward Watson
Chair, Member & Education Services Council	Irene Georgakoudi
Chair, Corporate Associates Committee	Paul Crosby
Chair, International Council	Jonathan Marangos
Chair, Board of Editors	Tony Heinz
Chair, Publications Council	James Fienup
Chair, OSA Foundation	Gary Bjorklund

III. 2008 Election Results	2008 OSA President, Rod Alferness
2009 Vice President and Directors at Large

OSA Member Reception

Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North and South, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Free to all OSA Members: The OSA member reception is a great opportunity to see old friends and establish new contacts. Appetizers and beverages will be served. Please note: Membership will be verified at the entrance.

Laser Science Banquet

Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Triphammer Grill, 60 Browns Race, Rochester, New York, 14614, Phone: 585.262.2700

Join your colleagues for the annual LS Banquet. Tickets are required for this event and can be purchased during registration for US $50. There is a limited quantity of tickets and tickets must be purchased by 12:00 p .m. noon on Monday, October 20.

Minorities and Women in OSA (MWOSA) Luncheon

Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Rochester

OSA boasts a distinguished list of past presidents; each has brought individual talents and passions to the job and left a lasting and positive impact on the Society. Please join us for the unique opportunity to hear three highly noted scientists in the field of optics share their perspectives on serving as the president of OSA and their views on future trends in optics and photonics.

There is limited space for this event. Please RSVP to mwosa@osa.org by October 10, 2008.

Moderator:
Meredith M. Lee, Stanford Univ.—OSA Student Member
Panelists:
Elsa M. Garmire, Dartmouth College, USA —1993 OSA President
Susan N. Houde-Walter, LaserMax, Inc., USA—2005 OSA President
Anthony M. Johnson, Univ. of Maryland, USA—2002 OSA President

FiO Postdeadline Papers

Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Locations to be announced

The FiO 2008 Technical Program Committee accepted postdeadline papers for presentation. The purpose of postdeadline sessions is to give participants the opportunity to hear new and significant material in rapidly advancing areas. Only those papers judged to be truly excellent and compelling in their timeliness were accepted. For more information, including the schedule and locations, please check back.

2008 OSA Science Educators’ Day

Thursday, October 23, 4:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North and South, Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Special FREE event (includes dinner and parking) for Middle and High School Educators

Featuring the theme:
OPTICS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

The event includes:

Approximately 20 stations with educators demonstrating and discussing hands-on
materials for teaching optics to secondary school students
Gift bags containing demonstration aids and lesson plans for the first 100 registrants
Additional optics materials available as door prizes
A buffet dinner allowing you to mingle with fellow teachers and conference attendees

This year, in addition to general optics education, we are emphasizing the theme "Optics for the Environment." Demonstrations and information will be provided about solar cells, efficient lighting (compact fluorescents, LEDs), light pollution, UV protection, and increased awareness of lighting as a significant form of energy consumption. Local vendors of energy-conscious optical products will be present. We hope that "Optics for the Environment" can provide a useful entry point for optics in your school's existing science curriculum.
Questions? Email EDAY@osa.org, call Andrew Berger at 585-273-4724 or visit
http://www.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/berger/ for other information.

Space will be limited! Register by Friday, October 3, 2008!

To register, please submit the registration form via any of the following, or register online:

Email: EDAY@osa.org
Fax: 585-244-4936, attention to Andrew Berger
Mail: Educators' Day
c/o Andrew Berger
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0186

Fall Vision Meeting

Friday, October 24–Sunday, October 26
Ctr. for Visual Science, Univ. of Rochester

The Optical Society Fall Vision Meeting is a small, high-quality scientific meeting focused on all aspects of vision research. Talks are organized so that there is plenty of time for discussion. Additional meeting details can be found at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/fvm_2008/index.html.

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