2019 Invited Speakers

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Clara Rivero-Baleine
Lockheed Martin , USA
Advanced Materials for Next Generation EO/IR Sensors
Cristina Canavesi
LighTopTech Corp., USA
Gabor domain optical coherence microscopy imaging, from cellular to nano-class, and perspectives
Roland Terborg
ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Generation of Periodic Structured Illumination Patterns with Compact Birefringent Elements
Tigran Galstian
Universite Laval, Canada
Variable Liid Crystal Lens
Xiaoming Yu
CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Exploiting Novel Multi-Pulse Induced Physics for Fabrication

Eva Hemmer
University of Ottawa, Canada
Up and Down - Exploring Optical Properties of Lanthanide-based Materials
Julio Gutierrez-Vega
, MEXICO
Julio Gutierrez-Vega
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Topological transformation of spirally polarized vector fields
Luca Dal Negro
, UNITED STATES
Luca Dal Negro
Boston University, USA
Design and engineering of aperiodic optical nanostructures for photonics
Maciej Szkulmowski
, POLAND
Maciej Szkulmowski
AM2M , Poland
Ultrafast Scanning Laser imaging
Nelson Tabiryan
, UNITED STATES
Nelson Tabiryan
Beam Enginering for Adv Measurements Co, USA
Comparative analysis of planar optics technology alternatives
Simon Gross
, AUSTRALIA
Simon Gross
Macquarie University, Australia
Ultrafast laser inscribed 3D glass photonics: from a curiosity to commercial applications
Xiaojun Wu
, CHINA
Xiaojun Wu
Beihang University, China
Generation of Strong-field Terahertz Radiation and its Applications

Anthony Laing
University of Bristol, UK
Photonic Quantum Simulations
Costanza Tonninelli
University Florence, Italy
Quantum Photonics with Single Organic Molecules
Mercedes Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia
Psi Quantum, USA
Photonic Quantum Computing
Pascale Senellart
CNRS-C2N, France
Single Quantum Dot Single Photon Sources
Paul Barclay
University of Calgary, Canada
Diamond and Spin Nano-Optomechanics
Stephane Kena-Cohen
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
Manipulating Light and Matter using Strong Light-Matter Coupling
Yasutomo Ota
University of Tokyo , Japan
Hybrid integration of quantum dot-nanocavity systems on silicon

Francesco Poletti
University of Southampton, UK
Recent Advances in Hollow Core Fiber Technology
Keren Bergman
Columbia University, USA
Energy Efficient Data Centers Photonic Architectures with Bandwidth Steering
Koji Takeda
NTT, Japan
Sub-micron buried Heterostructure Photonic-crystal Lasers on Silicon
Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur
McGill University, Canada
Efficient Optical Interconnects through Photonic-Electronic Co-design Approaches

Alfredo De Rossi
Thales Research & Technology, France
Optical Signal Processing & Light Matter Interaction in III/V PhC
Michal Lipson
Columbia University, USA
Silcon Photonics
Nathalie de Leon
Princeton University, USA
Long Distance Quantum Networks based on Color Centers in Diamond

Anna Yaroslavsky
University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Quantitative Cytopathology of Breast Cancer
Christoph Hitzenberger
Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
Advanced Concepts for Quantitative Doppler OCT
Guennadi Saiko
Oxilight Inc, Canada
Bringing a Medical Device to Market: Startup Perspective
Lingyan Shi
Columbia University, USA
SRS Imaging of Metabolic Dynamics in Animals
Sergey Ermilov
Photosound Technologies, USA
High Resolution 3D Imaging Platform for In Vivo Assessment of Preclinical Murine Models

C.J Cheng
National Taiwan Normal University, China
Holograpjhic 3D microscopy
Tomasz Kozacki
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Holographic Displays of Incoherent Light
Yaping Zhang
Kunming Univ of Science and Technology, China
Polygon-based CGH

Alexander Govorov
Ohio University, USA
Hot-Electron Generation in Plasmonic Metastructures: Size and Shape Matter
Andrew White
University of Queensland, Australia
Communicating via ignorance & imaging via counting
Bill Phillips
National Inst of Standards & Technology, USA
The atomic physics impact of Art Ashkin's Nobel prize work on optical tweezers
Brian Smith
University of Oregon, USA
Control and measurement of quantum optical pulses
David Grier
New York University, USA
Tractor beams and related topological tweezers
Din Ping Tsai
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Meta-optics: Meta-lens for Imaging and Sensing
Elizabeth Goldschmidt
US Army Research Laboratory, USA
Rare-earth atoms in solids for quantum photonics
Gabriela Schlau-Cohen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Carotenoid-mediated Light Harvesting in Plants
Hong Tang
Yale, USA
Superconducting Cavity Electro-Optics for Efficient Microwave-to-Optics Conversion
Karl Berggren
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
Kenneth Knappenberger
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Probing metal electron and plasmon dynamics using two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy
Naomi Halas
Rice University, USA
Olivier Pfister
University of Virginia, USA
The quantum optical frequency comb as a quantum computing platform
Peter Nordlander
Rice University, USA
Plasmon-induced hot carrier generation, relaxation, and applications.
Philip Bucksbaum
Stanford University, USA
X-rays, attoseconds, and boiling the quantum vacuum: Frontier research made possible by chirped-pulse amplification
Sean Roberts
University of Texas at Austin, USA
Hybrid Organic:Inorganic Junctions for Energy Conversion and Transport
Tongcang Li
Purdue University, USA
Tongcang Li
Purdue University, USA
Exploring Physics with Optical Levitation

Alexis Debray
Yole Developments, France
Market Overview of Sensors for Autonomous Systems
Barrie Keyworth
Lumentum, USA
Photonic Integration for Next-Gen FMCW LiDAR
Charles Pippin
Georgia Tech Research Inst. for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, USA, USA
Title to be Announced
David Klein
AUVSI, USA
Introduction to Unmanned Vehicles
Erwin Lau
Exponent, USA
Panel on Autonomous Platforms: Safety Challenges and Opportunities
Gleb Akselrod
Lumotive, LLC, USA
Truly Solid-State Lidar Based on Metasurface Beam Steering Technology
John D'Ambrosia
Futurewei, USA
Panel on Connectivity and Cybersecurity
Jonathan Morrison
NHTSA Chief Counsel, USA
Panel on Autonomous Platforms: Safety Challenges and Opportunities
Paul Banks
Tetravue Inc., USA
Detail in 3D
Phil Sandborn
OURS Technology, Inc., USA
Interference Challenges and Solutions for FMCW LiDAR
Pretap Tokekar
University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Earth Sensing with Aerial, Ground, and Marine Robots for Environmental Sciences
S. William Gouse
SAE International, USA
Panel on Autonomous Platforms: Safety Challenges and Opportunities

Amy Foster
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Title to be Announced
Bob Boyd
University of Ottawa, Canada
How Light Behaves When the Refractive Index Vanishes
Dragomir Neshev
Australian National University, Australia
III-V Nonlinear Nanoantennas for Frequency Conversion
Edo Waks
University of Maryland, USA
Controlling Light With a Single Photon
Evelyn Hu
Harvard University, USA
TiN Plasmonic Nanostructures: Highly Metallic Behavior with Low Loss
Graciana Puentes
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spin Hall Effect of Light in Photonic Materials
Kyung Soo Choi
University of Waterloo, Canada
Many-body Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) with Atoms and Photons: A New Platform for Quantum Optics
Marin Soljacic
MIT, USA
A Few Recent Developments in Nanophotonics
Martti Kauranen
Tampere University, Finland
Resonances and Local Fields of Second-order Nonlinear Plasmonic Metasurfaces
Mercedeh Khajavikhan
CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Title to be Announced
Mikhail Lukin
Harvard University, USA
An Integrated Two-qubit Quantum Network Node
Silvia Vignolini
University of Cambridge, UK
Colour Engineering: Form Nature to Applications
Thomas Klar
Johannes Keppler University Linz, Austria
A Plasmon’s Horizon and Beyond
Vahid Sandoghdar
MPI Erlangen, Germany
Collective Quantum Optical Effects in Organic Molecules via Nanophotonic Circuits

Adam Kaufman
JILA, USA
Frontiers in Optical Atomic Clocks: Challenges, New Platforms, and Entanglement
Brenton Young
AOSense, USA
Quantum Navigation and Atomic Clocks
Carlos Abellan
Quside Technologies SL, Spain
Integrated Quantum Entropy Sources
Dana Anderson
ColdQuanta Inc., USA
Quantum Atomics from 30,000 Feet and from 3 Feet
David Anderson
Rydberg Technologies, USA
Rydberg Atoms for Quantum Sensing of Electric and Magnetic Fields
Eleni Diamanti
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Demonstrating Quantum Advantage with Practical Photonic System
Franck Pereira dos Santos
SYRTE, France
Improving the accuracy of atom gravity sensors
Huanqian Loh
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Quantum Control of Ultracold Dipolar Molecules
Jelena Trbovic
Zurich Instruments, Switzerland
Scalable Instrumentation for Quantum Computing and Sensing
John Rarity
University of Bristol, UK
On Chip Photonics for Quantum Computing and Communication
Jonathan Olson
Zapata Computing Inc., USA
Optically-Inspired Quantum Algorithms, Techniques, and Ansatzes
Joseph Thom
M Squared Lasers Ltd., UK
Quantum Sensors for Gravimetry, Navigation and Timekeeping
Lev Bishop
IBM Research Center, USA
Software and Hardware for Improved Quantum Volume of Transmon Processors
Mark Saffman
University of Wisconsin, USA
Quantum Computing with Rydberg Atoms
Markus Krutzig
Ferdinand Braun, Germany
Quantum Sensors and Optical Technologies for Space Applications
Michael Biercuk
Q-ctrl, Australia
Cloud Based Quantum Control
Nan Yu
California Institute of Technology, USA
Atomic clocks and quantum sensors in space – opportunities and challenges
Philip Bouyer
Institut d'Optique, France
Quantum Sensors with Matter Waves : From General Relativity to Gravimetry and Navigation
Ravi Kumar
Atomionics Pte. Ltd, Singapore
Conceptualization of an Atom-interferometric Setup for Determining Full Tensor Gravity Gradient
Robert Young
Quantum Base, Lancaster University, UK
Unique Identification with Imperfect Quantum Materials
Ronald Holzwarth
Menlo Systems, Germany
Title to be Announced
William Munro
NTT Basic Research Laboratories, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Designing Quantum Networks: From QKD links to the Quantum Internet
Yaseera Ismail
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Improving Quantum Links Using Machine Learning
Zachary Dutton
`Raytheon, USA
Research and Technology for Scalable Quantum Computing

Amitabh Varshney
University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Title to be Announced
Andrew Jones
Raxium, USA
Light Field Displays for Digital Humans
Austin Wilson
University of Arizona, USA
Mutual Occlusion in Augmented Reality Displays
Brian Cranton
North, Inc., Canada
Merging Spectacle Rx with AR Displays
Brian Wheelwright
Facebook Reality Labs, USA
Tradeoffs in VR Optics
Byoungho Lee
Seoul National University, Korea
AR/VR Display Using Metalens and Focus Tunable Lens
David Luebke
Nvidia, USA
Reality Needs You! Challenges at the Intersection of Optics, Graphics, and Human Perception
Douglas Lanman
Facebook Reality Labs, USA
State of the Art in AR/VR Display Systems
Edward Tang
Avegant Corporation, USA
Optimizing Augmented Reality Displays for Human Vision
Henry Fuchs
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Nextgen AR Glasses: Autofocus, Telepresence, and Situationally Aware Personal Assistants
Jonghyun Kim
Nvidia, USA
Towards Customized Augmented Reality Displays
Kavitha Ratnam
Facebook Reality Labs, USA
Retinal Image Quality in Pupil-steered Systems
Michael Klug
Magic Leap, USA
Magic Leap One Light Field Operational Modalities
Nitish Padmanaban
Stanford University, USA
Autofocals: Gaze-contingent Eyeglasses for Presbyopes
Shawn Frayne
The Looking Glass Factory, USA
Through the Looking Glass
Shin-Tson Wu
CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Foveated Imaging for AR and VR Displays
Yuta Itoh
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Light Attenuation Display: Subtractive See-Through Near-Eye Display via Spatial Color Filtering

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