List of invited speakers
Plenary talks
Robert L. Byer, Stanford University, USA
"Solid State Lasers: Future Challenges"
Amnon Yariv, Caltech, USA
"Optical Phase Control and Its Manipulation"
Sessions
Optical Devices and Communications
- Zeev Zalevsky, Bar Ilan University
Alan Willner, University of Southern California, USA
Dan Cojoc, CNR-INFM, Italy
Mark Shtaif, Tel-Aviv University
Dan Sadot, Ben-Gurion University
Meir Orenstein, Technion
Moshe Nazarathy, Technion
Displays & Spatial Light Modulators
- Uzi Efron, Ben-Gurion University
Shin-Tson Wu , University of Central Florida, USA
Aharon J. Agranat , HUJI
Joseph Rosen, Ben-Gurion University
Ibrahim Abdulhalim, Ben-Gurion University
Erez Ribak, Technion
Optics in Medicine and Biology
- Abraham Katzir, Tel-Aviv University
Moti Segev, Technion
Amiram Grinvald, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dvir Yelin, Technion
Lasers and Applications
- Itzhak Schnitzer, RAFAEL
Eli Kapon, EPFL, Switzerland
Steven Jackel, Soreq
Daniel Majer, Optigo Systems Ltd.
Adela Ben-Yakar, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Ultrafast Phenomena
- Hagai Eisenberg, HUJI
Ian Walmsley, University of Oxford, England
Rainer Kaltenbaek, University of Waterloo, Canada
Non Linear Optics
- Ady Arie, Tel-Aviv University
Robert Boyd, University of Rochester, USA
Christian Pedersen, Risoe, Denmark
Moti Segev, Technion
Electro-optics in Defense & Security
- Itamar Shoshan, Elbit Systems
Stanley Rotman, Ben Gurion University
Gabby Sarusi, Elbit Systems Electro-optics - Elop
Zeev Zalevsky, Bar Ilan University
Micro & Nano Optics and Periodic Structures
- Erez Hasman, Technion
Aaron Lewis - HUJI
Carmel Rotschild and Moti Segev, Technion
Quantum Optics
- Nir Davidson, Weizmann Institute of Science
Jeff Steinhauer, Technion
Ehud Altman, Weizmann Institute of Science
Barak Dayan, Weizmann Institute of Science
Edvardas Narevicius, Weizmann Institute of Science
Avinoam Stern, Accubeat
John Howell, Rochester University, USA
Avi peer, Bar Ilan University
Ofer Firstenberg, Technion
Eli Kapon, EPFL, Switzerland
Remote Sensing, Imaging and Lidars
- Ariel Cohen, HUJI
Piero Bruscaglioni, University of Florence, Italy
Georg Witt, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Ulrich Opel, University of Munich, Germany
N.S. Kopeika, Ben-Gurion University
Anatoli Borovoi, Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk, Russia
G.A. Kaloshin, Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk, Russia
E.P. Zege, National Academy of Science of Belarus
Iosif L. Katsev, National Academy of Science of Belarus
Electro-optics in Industry, Inspection & Vision
- Doron Meshulach, Applied Materials
Naor Weiner, Philips Medical Systems Technologies
Tsafrir Kolatt, Applied Spectral Imaging
Shmoolik Mangan, Applied Materials, Israel
Boaz Brill , Nova Measuring Instruments
Yigal Katzir, Orbotech
Solar Cells
- Uzi Efron and Jeffrey Gordon,Ben-Gurion University
Jeffrey Gordon, Ben-Gurion University
Arie Zaban, Bar Ilan University
Yossi Rosenwaks, Tel-Aviv University
Gitti Frey, Technion
David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science
Naftali Eisenberg, Jerusalem College of Technology
Eugene Katz, Ben-Gurion University