Call for Papers

We cordially invite you to submit a 100-word abstract to the Symposium. The deadline for submission is 3 September 2009.

Dates & Venue

Thursday 5 November (evening) & Friday 6 November (all day) 2009

Academy House of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts , Brussels, Belgium

Programme

The programme will consist of two plenary sessions featuring presentations by invited speakers and a number of parallel sessions with contributed presentations. Two poster sessions will allow for informal discussions and information exchange, especially with potential users from the industry.

More information on the invited speakers will be made available soon on this website.

Subjects

Papers and posters are requested in the field of photonics science and technology, including but not limited to:

Submission of Papers

Authors are requested to submit a 100-word abstract. The abstract must be submitted via this website.

Schedule

Abstract submission deadline:3 September 2009
Notification of acceptance:16 September 2009
Full paper deadline:5 October 2009
Pre-registration deadline:18 October 2009
Annual symposium:5 & 6 November 2009

Proceedings

Authors of accepted abstracts (both invited and contributed presentations and posters) will be required to submit a four-page paper to be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium. The Proceedings will be available at the Symposium and will also be made publicly available on the website of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter 6 months after the Symposium.

IEEE Photonics Society - Fields of Interest

The IEEE Photonics Society (formerly IEEE/LEOS) is a society of IEEE with as fields of interest: lasers, optical devices, optical fibres, and associated lightwave technology and their applications in systems and subsystems in which quantum electronics devices are key elements. The Society is concerned with the research, development, design, manufacture, and applications of materials, devices and systems, and with the various scientific and technological activities, which contribute to the useful expansion of the field of quantum electronics and applications.

Objectives of the Benelux Chapter

The Benelux Chapter promotes in the Benelux countries the exchange of information between industry and knowledge institutes in the fields of interest of the IEEE Photonics Society. Activities include presentations by guest speakers, workshops, meetings and this Annual Symposium.