Invited Speaker

The conference featured the following invited speakers:

• Berrocal, Edouard (Lund University) – “Simulation of light propagation through spray systems using a novel open-access software “Multi-Scattering””
• Booth, Martin (University of Oxford) – “Dynamic optics for laser material processing”
• Contag, Christopher (Michigan State University) – “Advances in Optics are Redefining Health and Disease”
• Horstmeyer, Roarke (Duke University) –  “Using Machine Learning to Optimize how Microscopes Detect Infectious Disease”
• Housley, Gary D. (University of New South Wales) – “Advanced optical imaging incorporating genetically encoded sensors and effectors underpins translational neurotherapeutics applications”
• Huckauf, Anke (University of Ulm) – “Gaze Mechanics” 
• Jesacher, Alexander (Innsbruck Medical University) – “Programmable and Computational Microscopy”
• Jirauschek, Christian (Technical University of Munich) – “Modeling of quantum cascade lasers for mode-locking and frequency comb generation”
• Katayama, Seiji (Osaka University) – “Present State and Trend of Laser Welding Technology”
• Meyer, Terrence R. (Purdue University) – “Advances in Optical Diagnostics for Extreme Aerothermal Flows”
• Piestun, Rafael (University of Colorado at Boulder) – “Wavefront Control in Linear and Nonlinear Multimode Fibers”
• Schmalen, Laurent (Bell Labs Stuttgart) – “Communicate to the Limit – A Journey Towards Reliable Optical Communications and Beyond”
• Wegener, Martin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) –  “3D Laser Nanoprinting”
• Zibar, Darko (Technical University of Denmark) – “Application of machine learning to photonic systems”