Committees

Conference Chair

Manuel Filipe P. C. M. Costa (University of Minho, Portugal)

Technical Chairs

Optical Communications

• Rogerio Nogueira (University of Aveiro)
• Ana Rocha (IT-Aveiro)
• Paula Louro (CTS-ISEL)

Optical Fibers, Sensors and Applications

• Orlando Frazão (University of Porto)
• Susana Silva (INESC-Tec)
• Marta Ferreira (i3N/UA)
• Nélia Alberto (IT-Aveiro)

Lasers and Nonlinear Optics

• Gonçalo Figueira (University of Lisbon)
• Margarida Facão (i3N/UA)
• Vitor Oliveira (CEFEMA/ISEL)

Theoretical and Computational Optics

• Alessandro Fantoni (CTS-ISEL)
• Manuel F. M. Costa (University of Minho)

Quantum Optics

• Manfred Niheus (ISEL)
• Nuno Silva (IT)
• Nelson Muga (IT)

Optical Metrology, Image Processing and Industrial Applications

• Paulo Tavares (University of Porto)
• Manuel Filipe Costa (University of Minho)
• Paulo Antunes (i3N/UA)

Nano-Photonics and Optoelectronics

• José Figueiredo (University of Lisbon)
• Paulo Marques (University of Porto)

Integrated Photonics

• Imran Avci (VU Amsterdam)
• Pablo Sanchis Kilders (Universitat Politècnica de València)
• Carlos Dominguez (IMB-CNM (CSIC))
• Joaquim Faneca (IMB-CNM (CSIC))
• Alessandro Fantoni

Optical Design and Illumination

• João Pinto Coelho (University of Lisbon)

Photonics for Photovoltaics

• Heinz C. Neitzert (University of Salerno)
• Steve Reynolds (University of Dundee)
• Hugo Aguas (CENIMAT:I3N)

Biomedical and Medical Applications of Optics & Photonics

• Susana Novais (INESC-Tec)
• Pedro Jorge (University of Porto)
• João Costa (CTS-ISEL)
• Domenico Caputo (La Sapienza University Rome)

Optometry, Ophthalmic Optics, Color and visual sciences

• Sandra Franco (University of Minho)
• António Baptista (University of Minho)

Optical Instrumentation for Space and Astronomy

• Manuel Abreu (University of Lisbon)
• Carlos Marques (CICECO/UA)

Microwave Photonics

• Miguel Drummond (IT)

Optical Materials

• Paulo António Ribeiro (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Materials Processing and Characterization

• Teresa Monteiro (I3N)
• Miguel Fernandes (CTS_ISEL)
• Antonio Silvestre (CEFEMA-ISEL)
• Yuri Vygranenko (CTS-ISEL)
• Sonia O. Pereira (I3N/UA)

Energy, Sustainability and Smart Cities

• Manuela Vieira (CTS-ISEL)
• José António Rodrigues (University of Algarve)
• Micael Nascimento (i3N/UA)

Optics and Photonics Education and Outreach

• Manuel Filipe Costa (University of Minho)

Other topics

• Alessandro Fantoni (CTS-ISEL)
• Manuel F. M. Costa (University of Minho)

Scientific Committee

• Amália Martinez (CIO, Mexico)
• Anna Consortini (University of Florence, Italy)
• Anand Krishna Asundi (dOptron Pte Ltd, Singapore)
• Andrea Cusano (University of Sannio, Italy)
• Andrew Moore (Herriot-Watt University, Scotland)
• Andrés Márquez Ruiz (Universidade de Alicante, Spain)
• Angel Augier Calderin (INSTEC, Cuba)
• Angel I. Negueruela (University of Zaragosa, Spain)
• Angela M. Guzman (CREOL, USA)
• Armando Nolasco Pinto (Universidade de Aveiro/IT, Portugal)
• Asticio Vargas (Universidad de La Frontera, Chile)
• Benoît Boulanger (Néel Institute / Société Française d'Optique, France)
• Carlos Saavedra Rubilar (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
• Cesar Augusto Costa Vera (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador)
• Clementina Timus (INFLR, Romania)
• Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro (University of Campinas, Brazil)
• Cristina Margarita Gomez-Sarabia (Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico)
• Daniel Malacara Hernández (CIO - Center for Optics Research, Mexico)
• Efraín Solarte Rodriguez (University del Valle, Colombia)
• Eric Rosas (CTOM, Mexico)
• Gilles Pauliat (CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, France)
• Gonçalo Figueira (Universidade de Lisboa, IST, Portugal)
• Guillermo Baldwin (University Pontificia Catholic University of Peru)
• Hai-Ning Cui (University of Nanjin, China)
• Hector Rabal (CIOP - Center for Optics Research, Argentina)
• Humberto Michinel (University of Vigo, Spain)
• Hypolito Kalinowski (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
• Ignacio Moreno Soriano (Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain)
• Imrana Zahid (ICO-TC, Pakistan)
• Jana Nieder (INL, Portugal)
• Jesús Lancis (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
• Joaquín Campos Acosta (Instituto de Óptica, CSIC, Spain)
• João Lemos Pinto (I3N, Aveiro, Portugal)
• Jorge Ojeda-Castaneda (Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico)
• Jose Benito Vazquez-Dorrio (University of Vigo, Spain)
• José Figueiredo (University of Algarve, Portugal)
• José Luis Paz (CTOV, Venezuela)
• José R. Salcedo (Portugal)
• José Manuel de Nunes Vicente Rebordão (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
• Juan G. Darias Gonzalez (CEADEN, Cuba)
• Justo Arines (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• Luciano Alberto ANGEL-TORO (RCO, Colombia)
• Luis Miguel Bernardo (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Luis Roso (Centro de Láseres Pulsados Ultracortos Ultraintensos, Spain)
• Luís Silvino (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
• Katrina Svanberg (University of Lund, Sweden)
• Kiyofumi Matsuda (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan)
• Kim Chew Ng (Monash University, Australia)
• Manuel Lopez-Amo (Public University of Navarra, Spain)
• Manuel Melgosa Latorre (University of Granada, Spain)
• Maria Josefa Yzuel (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
• Maria Luisa Calvo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
• Maria Sagrario Millan (Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Spain)
• Mário Vaz (INEGI, Porto, Portugal)
• Maité Flores-Arias (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• Michael Scott Belsley (University of Minho, Portugal)
• Miguel Gonzalez Herraez (University of Alcalá, Spain)
• Mikiya Muramatsu (University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
• Mikhail Vasilevski (University of Minho, Portugal)
• Mourad Zghal (STO, Tunisia)
• Mustafa Erol (Bozok University, Turkey)
• Pablo Artal (University of Murcia, Spain)
• Paulo André (Universidade de Lisboa, IST, Portugal)
• Paulo Fiadeiro (University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
• Paulo Tavares (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Radu Chisleag (Technical University of Bucharest, Romania)
• Ramón Rodríguez-Vera (CIO, Mexico)
• Rastogi Pramod (EPFL, Switzerland)
• Robert Lieberman (SPIE Past-President, USA)
• Salvador Bará (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb (Ain-Shams University, Egypt)
• Sun Tong (City University, UK)
• Toyohiko Yatagai (SPIE Past-President, Japan)
• Waclaw Urbanczyk (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
• Zuqing Zhu (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

Program Committee

• Alessandro Fantoni (Portugal)
• Alexandre Cabral (Portugal)
• Amit Garg (India)
• Anand Krishna Asundi (Singapore)
• Angel Augier Calderin (Cuba)
• Angela M. Guzman (USA)
• Ana Maria Rocha (Portugal)
• Antonio Batista (Portugal)
• António Lobo (Portugal)
• Carla Carmelo Rosa (Portugal)
• Carlos Saavedra Rubilar (Chile)
• Cesar Augusto Costa Vera (Ecuador)
• Clementina Timus (Romania)
• Efraín Solarte Rodriguez (Colombia)
• Eric Rosas (Mexico)
• Gerardo Ávila (ESO, Germany)
• Gonçalo Figueira (Portugal)
• Hai-Ning Cui (China)
• Humberto Michinel (Spain)
• Iran Rocha Segundo (Brasil)
• Ireneu Dias (Portugal)
• João Leça (Portugal)
• João M. P. Coelho (Portugal)
• Joaquim Carneiro (Portugal)
• Jose Benito Vazquez-Dorrio (Spain)
• José Figueiredo (Portugal)
• José Luis Paz (Venezuela)
• José Luís Santos (Portugal)
• José R. Salcedo (Portugal)
• Lúcia Bilro (Portugal)
• Luis Miguel Bernardo (Portugal)
• Kim Chew Ng (Australia)
• Manuel Filipe P. C. M. Costa (Portugal)
• Manuel Joaquim Marques (Portugal)
• Orlando Frazão (Portugal)
• Paulo António Ribeiro (Portugal)
• Pedro Serra (Portugal)
• Robert Liberman (USA)
• Rogério Nunes Nogueira (Portugal)
• Sandra Franco (Portugal)
• Susana Novais (Portugal)
• Susana Silva (Portugal)

Local Organizing Committee

• Alessandro Fantoni *
• António Silvestre
• Caterina Serafinelli
• Daniel Almeida
• Gonçalo Galvão
• João Casaleiro
• João Costa
• Manfred Niehus
• Manuela Vieira
• Miguel Fernandes
• Nuno Datia
• Paula Louro *
• Paulo Lourenço
• Rogeiro Rebelo
• Yuri Vygranenko
• Vitor Oliveira
• Vitor Silva

* Chair of the Local Organizing Committee