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Conference Chairs: Robert Walker, VP, Strategy & Business Development, Leonardo Electronics US and Jack Schumann, Co-Chair, Optics Valley |
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| 7:30 — 8:00 am Registration & Coffee, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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OPENING SESSION
8:00 — 8:30 am Welcome and opening remarks by John Dennis, Optics Valley Chair, with special guests |
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BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SESSION
Chaired by Travis Sawyer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona |
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| 9:10 — 9:30 am [BIO3] A Heavy Water Gelatin Interface for Photoscoustic Shortwave Imaging of Lipid, Water, and Collagen for Biomedical Applications Presenter: Christopher Salinas, University of Arizona |
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| 9:30 — 10:00 am Funding Research and Development Through the SBIR Program Presenter: Kyle Hohmann, Arizona Commerce Authority |
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| 10:00 — 10:30 am Networking & Coffee Break, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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| 10:30 — 10:50 am [BIO4] Design of Multiphoton Microendoscope System for Minimally Invasive Detection of Cancer Presenter: Zuzana Adams, University of Arizona |
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| 10:50 — 11:10 am [BIO5] Noninvasive Acoustoelectric Brain Imaging of Space/Time-Varying Electrical Currents to Diagnose and Monitor Neuronal Dysfunction Presenter: Teodoro Trujillo, University of Arizona |
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| 11:10 — 11:30 am [BIO6] Neuronavigated Transcranial Acoustoelectric Imaging for High Resolution and Accurate Electrical Brain Mapping Presenter: Margaret Allard, University of Arizona |
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| 11:30 — 11:45 am Company Pitches |
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| 11:45 — 12:00 pm New Options for Patent Protection and Patent Litigation in Europe: The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court Presenter: Dr. J. Felix Grasborn, Grättinger•Möhring•von Poschinger, Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB |
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| 12:00 — 12:30 pm Industry Organizations Presentations (GPA, SPIE, APOMA) |
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| 12:30 — 1:30 pm Lunch & Networking, hosted by Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona |
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ASTRONOMY SESSION
Chaired by Richard Green, PhD, Assistant Director for Government Relations, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona |
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| 1:30 — 2:00 pm [AST1] The Webb Telescope's First Months: A Treasure Trove of Results Presenter: Marcia Rieke, PhD, University of Arizona |
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| 2:00 — 2:30 pm [AST2] The Revolution in Mid-Infrared Astronomy with JWST Presenter: George Rieke, PhD, University of Arizona |
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| 2:30 — 3:00 pm Company Pitches (PADT, Anchored In) |
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| 3:00 — 3:30 pm Networking & Coffee Break, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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| 3:30 — 4:00 pm [AST3] Focusing LOTS of Light for: Solar Energy (Planet A); and to Look for Oxygen and Life Elsewhere (Planet B) Presenter: Roger Angel, University of Arizona |
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| 4:00 — 4:30 pm [AST4] Making the Sharpest Images of the Universe with the Giant Magellan Telescope Presenter: Sebastiaan Haffert, University of Arizona |
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| 4:30 — 5:00 pm Company Pitches (AGM) |
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| 5:00 — 6:30 pm Welcome Reception, hosted by BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona |
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| 7:30 — 8:00 am Registration & Coffee, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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GENERAL SESSION
8:00 — 8:30 am Opening remarks by John Dennis, Optics Valley Chair, with special guest speaker |
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SENSING AND METROLOGY SESSION
Chaired by Shelby Ament, PhD, Senior Optical Engineer, Arizona Optical Metrology |
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| 8:30 — 9:00 am Keynote [SEN1] Snapshot Measurements of Freeform Surfaces with CGH Interferometry Presenter: Jim Burge, PhD, Arizona Optical Metrology (AOM) |
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| 9:00 — 9:30 am [SEN2] Growth and Characterization of Deuterated L-Alanine Trigylcine Sulfate (DLATGS) Single Crystal for IR Detector Applications Presenter: Motasim Alomari, PhD, Laser Components Detector Group (LCDG), Inc. |
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| 9:30 — 9:55 am [GLA5] Direction-Independent Precise Cutting of Glass with Ultrafast Lasers Presenter: Dariusz Świerad, PhD, Fluence sp.z o.o. |
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| 9:55 — 10:10 am Industry Organization Presentation (GPA) |
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| 10:10 — 10:15 am Company Pitches (Fluence) |
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| 10:15 — 10:30 am Networking & Coffee Break, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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| 10:30 — 11:00 am [SEN3] Alignment of Optical Systems and Image or Wavefront Symmetry Presenter: Bob Parks, Optical Perspectives Group |
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| 11:00 — 11:15 am Company Pitches (AOM) |
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| 11:15 — 11:30 am Optics Training at PCC Presenter: Greg Wilson, Pima Community College |
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| 11:30 — 11:40 am Special Welcome from Carol Stewart, Associate Vice President, Tech Parks Arizona at University of Arizona |
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| 11:40 — 12:00 pm Company Pitches (IR Labs, Light Trans) |
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| 12:00 — 12:30 pm Photonics Clusters Presentations |
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| 12:30 — 1:30 pm Lunch & Networking, hosted by Tech Launch Arizona, University of Arizona |
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LASER TECHNOLOGY SESSION
Chaired by Lukas Gruber, PhD, Director, Business Development, Leonardo Electronics US |
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| 1:30 — 2:00 pm [LAS1] Diode Lasers: Where We've Been. Where We're Going. Presenter: Steve Patterson, PhD, Leonardo Electronics US |
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| 2:00 — 2:30 pm [LAS2] High Power Laser Systems in Area Printing™ for Powder Bed Fusion Metal Additive Manufacturing Presenter: Andrew Bayramian, PhD, Seurat Technologies, Inc. |
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| 2:30 — 3:00 pm Company Pitches (Vistec, OptiLab, Gentec-EO) |
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| 3:00 — 3:30 pm Networking & Coffee Break, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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| 3:30 — 4:00 pm [LAS3] Fusion Energy with High Power Lasers: A Game Changing Technology Presenter: Todd Ditmire, PhD, Focused Energy, Inc. |
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| 4:00 — 4:30 pm [LAS4] Ultrashort Pulse Lasers: Emerging Technologies for Layered Directed Energy-Based Defense Presenter: Greg Quarles, PhD, Applied Energetics |
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| 5:00 — 7:00 pm Networking Reception, hosted by Arizona Technology Council Board of Directors and Tech Parks Arizona |
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| 7:30 — 8:00 am Registration & Coffee, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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GENERAL SESSION
8:00 — 8:10 am Opening remarks by John Dennis, Optics Valley Chair
8:10 — 8:30 am Photonics Clusters Presentations (OptoNet, Photonics Mexico) |
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QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE SESSION
Chaired by Stephen Fleming, Director, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Center for Quantum Networks, University of Arizona |
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| 8:30 — 9:00 am Keynote [QIS1] Quantum Enhanced Sensing Presenter: Saikat Guha, PhD, NSF Center for Quantum Networks |
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| 9:00 — 9:30 am [QIS2] Quantum Error Correction for Quantum Computing and Networking Presenter: Narayanan Rengaswamy, PhD, University of Arizona |
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| 9:30 — 10:00 am Company Pitches (Modulight, Edmund Optics, Photonics Automation Specialties, MKS) |
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| 10:00 — 10:30 am Networking & Coffee Break, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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| 10:30 — 10:45 am [QIS3] Entangling Quantum Memories via Heralded Photonic Bell Measurement Presenter: Prajit Dhara, University of Arizona |
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| 10:45 — 11:00 am [QIS4] Network Evolutions: Current and Next-Gen Network Hardware Presenter: Jack Postlewaite, University of Arizona |
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| 11:00 — 11:30 am [QIS5] Fiber Coupled Correlated Photon-Pair Source Presenter: Ke Huang, PhD, OptiLab LLC |
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| 11:30 — 12:00 pm [QIS6] Commercialization of Quantum Technology Presenters: Bob Liscouski and James "Sean" Gabeler, Quantum Computing Inc. |
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| 12:00 — 12:30 pm Company Pitches (..., MJS, UACI) |
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| 12:30 — 1:15 pm Lunch & Networking, hosted by AdValue Photonics Inc. |
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GLASS AND CERAMICS SESSION
Chaired by Michael Mielke, PhD, CEO, AdValue Photonics |
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| 1:15 — 1:45 pm [GLA1] Glasses for Optics and Photonics Applications Presenter: Shibin Jiang, PhD, AdValue Photonics Inc. |
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| 1:45 — 2:15 pm [GLA2] Demands and Technologies for Special Fibers Presenter: Thomas Schreiber, PhD, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) |
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| 2:15 — 2:40 pm [GLA3] Free Form Optics — Precision Volume Presenter: Markus Winkler, Docter Optics SE |
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| 2:40 — 3:10 pm Company Pitches (Salvo Technologies, Power Photonics Inc, BRO) |
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| 3:10 — 3:40 pm Networking & Coffee Break, hosted by Control Vision, Inc. |
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| 3:40 — 4:05 pm [GLA4] From Mirrors to Membranes: A New Approach to Adaptive Optics with Phaseform's DPP Presenter: Dr. Stefan Weber, Phaseform GmbH |
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CLOSING SESSION
4:05 — 4:30 pm Conference closing remarks by Lukas Gruber, PhD, Director, Business Development, Leonardo Electronics US |
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WE GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZE THESE GENEROUS SPONSORS |
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