This year's "science of light" conference will feature a special Nobel Tribute honoring the combined 95 Nobel Laureate members among the conference's sponsors.The Optical Society of America, IEEE/LEOS and the American Physical Society are co-sponsors of the upcoming 22nd annual Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS 2002).
The sponsors have announced that the tribute will mark the Nobel Centennial by recognizing the contributions of these past and present Nobel Prize winners to the advancement of science and to the spectacular applications and future of the science of light in our daily lives.
In addition to the Nobel Exhibit and Reception, the 2002 photonics event is scheduled to combine a cutting-edge educational curriculum with a dynamic applications-oriented trade exhibition.
Highlights of this year's academic conference will include the unveiling of significant scientific research from over 1,200 rigorously peer-reviewed papers and an address at the plenary session by Wolfgang Ketterle, a 2001 Nobel recipient for Physics.
Over 350 companies are expected to exhibit new photonics products and services on the showroom floor and share their technological innovations during high-energy interactive Hands-On Workshops as well as through a special Launch Pad exhibit where new businesses are offered the opportunity to exhibit at no cost to them.
CLEO/QELS 2002 is where the first laser was introduced, and where the future of the laser, photonics and fiber components industries is continually established.
It brings together the worldwide optics and photonics community of over 7,000 business leaders, scientists, engineers, educators and technicians representing numerous fields, including communications, nanotechnology, medical optical components, analytical instrumentation, aerospace, imaging, environmental monitoring, military equipment, precision manufacturing and government R & D.
With its history of introducing Nobel quality research findings and technology to the world, CLEO/QELS 2002 is expected to attract international media attention and exhibitors representing such diverse industries as Biomed, Biotech, Fiber Optics, Data Storage, Data Communications, Telecommunications, and Semiconductors, among others.
The CLEO/QELS 2002 event will be held May 18-May 23 at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California.
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CLEO/QELS 2002 Conference
[Contact: Ann Evans]
06-Feb-2002
