Events and Courses for Students

ISCP 2012
8 - 11 May 2012
Magurele
Romania

This event is the annual conference organized by Romanian SPIE Student Chapter and follows the previous ISWLA conferences.

Topics:
	•	High power lasers and applications
	•	Optics and Optoelectronics
	•	Micro- and nano—technologies
	•	Advanced Materials (meta- and nano—materials)
	•	Lasers in life sciences
	•	Laser metrology and industry
	•	Physics of plasma sources and applications
Deadlines:
	•	Registration and abstract due - 2 April
	•	Notification of acceptance - 10 April
	•	Advanced fee payment deadline - 20 April
	•	Final Program - 1 May

OPTO Meeting for Young Researchers
17 - 20 May, 2011
Gliwice, Poland

The main goal of the conference is to introduce participants to recent trends in the field of optics and optoelectronics, provide possibility for knowledge exchange as well as develop personal relations with members of other chapters/institutions.

Conference organized by SPIE/OSA chapters at:
	•	Silesian Univ. of Technology
	•	Student Chapter Torun
	•	Student Chapter Wroclaw
Deadlines:
	•	Preliminary Registration: 15 March
	•	Notification of Acceptance, Discounted payment: 15 April
	•	Preliminary Program and full-page abstract submission: 1 May

OptTex 2012
23 - 25 May 2012
College Station, TX
United States

The Texas A&M University Chapter of SPIE would like to invite you to join us for the following exciting symposium highlights:

Technical Events:
	•	Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum
	•	Plenary Speaker: Dr. Lihong Wang
	•	Technical Sessions: Diagnostic Applications, Therapeutic Applications, Biophotonics in Global Health, Spectroscopy, Imaging
	•	NIH/NSF Panel on the Future Directions of Biomedical Optics (Dr. Robert Nordstrom, NCI and Dr. Sohi Rastegar, NSF)
Student Events:
	•	Student Development Workshop hosted by TAMU SPIE Chapter
	•	Student Poster Session with awards for best posters at undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc levels
	•	Student Receptions

SPIE Asia 2012
11 - 13 July 2012
Singapore

Invited Speakers:
	•	Dr. Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Nihon University
	•	Prof. David Brady, Duke University
	•	Dr. Jean-Luc Doumont, Pricipae bvba
Deadlines:
	•	Submissions due 30 April
	•	Room Booking due 30 April