1st Announcement

1st International Conference “Photonics Technologies – Riga 2012”, August 27-28, 2012
Exhibition for “high-tech” SME’s “Photonics technologies – Baltics 2012”, August 27-28, 2012
Research training course “Photonics Technologies – Riga 2012”, August 23-28, 2012
Complementary event: Brokerage on Photonics for FP7 ICT-2012 Calls 10 and 11, August 29, 2012
Agenda

Thursday, 23 August - Saturday, 25 August:

Research training course: Summer school “Photonics Technologies – RIGA 2012”

Monday, 27 August 2012

Welcome and opening remarks:

On behalf of Local and International Scientific Boards;
On behalf of Ministry of Science and Education of Latvia or Ministry of Economics;
On behalf of FP7-REGPOT-2011-1 project FOTONIKA-LV

First plenary: Future Photonics Technologies

Poster Sessions on Conference Topics for students/ young researchers from the Baltic Sea region and EU:

Photonics in air and space;
Biophotonics;
Photonics in the micro-world and in nanotechnologies;
Photonics for Environment protection and monitoring

Exhibition for “high-tech” SME’s “Photonics technologies – Baltics 2012”

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Second plenary
First part: Advances in Photonics Technologies from Space to the Nano-world
Second part: Advances in Photonics Technologies from Space to the Nano-world

Parallel sessions for young researchers:

Air&space;
Biophotonics;
Micro and Nano-world

Round table discussion – Future challenges of research in photonics in the Baltics

Wednesday, 29 August, 2012

Complementary: Brokerage event on Photonics for FP7 ICT-2012 Calls 10 and 11

Organising Committees

Conference Scientific Board

Dr.Hab. Uldis Berzinsh, Latvia - Chair
Prof. Klaas Bergmann, Germany
Prof. Sune Svanberg, Sweden
Prof. Dainis Dravins, Sweden
Dr. Sergey Babichenko, Estonia
Dr. Ricardas Rotomskis, Lithuania
Prof. Janis Spigulis, Latvia
Dr. Aigars Ekers, Latvia
Dr. Janis Alnis, LV & DE
Dr. Andris Azens LV & SE
Dr. Roman Viter, Ukraine

Conference Local Organising Committee

Prof. Janis Spigulis
MSc Dina Berzina
Dr. Janis Klavins
Dr. Ilgmars Eglitis
Dr. Janis Balodis
Dr. Arnolds Ubelis
MSc Natalija Lesina