Event Details
- Sep 23, 2024 to Sep 26, 2024
- Colorado Convention Center
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Meet at the Intersection of Science and Applications
2024 Theme: Machine Learning
Learn about the newest machine learning technologies applied to optics and photonics.
The Machine Learning theme provides an interdisciplinary platform to learn about and discuss a wide range of optics and photonics topics that machine learning has recently impacted. The theme features two Visionary Speakers and invited speakers spanning academia, industry and government institutions. These exciting speakers provide both historical retrospectives and state-of-the-art views on emerging machine learning techniques being applied to optics and photonics applications. The topics include computational imaging, metaphotonics, optical computing, biophotonics and many more. Through these talks, attendees will learn about the newest machine learning technologies applied to optics and photonics and some of the emerging concepts in embedding optical physics into machine learning-based designs.
2024 Theme: Virtual Reality and Augmented Vision
Virtual Reality and Augmented Vision provides a gateway to learning about unique and long-standing optical and computational challenges for displays. Today’s devices are only at the beginning of a long journey; numerous future optical innovations could help us reach perceptually realistic images with devices that ultimately appear to be ordinary eyeglasses.
Learn about the newest VR/AV technologies, lessons learned in building practical systems and what specific applications appear to be the most promising.
Exhibit at the 2024 Science + Industry Showcase.
Interact with your audience by exhibiting at FiO LS.
The FiO LS exhibition transforms into the Science + Industry Showcase — in which exhibiting companies introduce and showcase new technologies and products. In other words, the solutions you need to advance your research.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet companies face to face.
View the Quantum Technologies Theme Program
Presenting the latest in quantum sensing and quantum communications.
Quantum-related topics have quickly become an essential component of conference technical content — a recognition of its promise of stronger encryption, enhanced computational power and improved and novel sensors, as well as increased funding for quantum initiatives throughout the world.
FiO presents two dedicated topic categories that examine the latest theoretical developments and experimental implementations in areas such as quantum computing, quantum sensing for industry and fundamental physics and quantum communications.
The Technical Conference
FiO LS unites Optica (formerly OSA) and American Physical Society (APS) communities for quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events.
The conference will be held as an in-person event featuring live contributed and invited talks with additional on-demand content available for online viewing. Archived recordings of in-person talks or prerecorded videos from remote presenters will be available on demand either during the event or soon after it concludes.
The Program
The conference chairs and subcommittee carefully curates a technical program that addresses the breadth and depth of the optics and photonics community. The meeting's structure is influenced by Optica technical divisions such as fabrication, design and instrumentation; optics in biology, medicine, vision and color; and information acquisition, processing and display. The conference topics and themes are meant to be inclusive to ensure that all scientists will find a place for their work at the meeting.
The conference will present more than 50 technical sessions featuring contributed oral talks and invited speakers; poster sessions and a postdeadline paper session.
Conference Themes — Connecting Research & Applications
The technical program is enhanced by three applications-based themes that represent leading-edge technologies in optics and photonics. Each theme is anchored by at least one Visionary Speaker and presented via industry-focused sessions featuring an all-invited roster of panelists and speakers.
Provides an interdisciplinary platform to learn about and discuss a wide range of optics and photonics topics that machine learning has recently impacted. Invited speakers will provide both historical retrospectives and state-of-the-art views on emerging machine learning techniques being applied to optics and photonics applications.
Presents the latest theoretical developments and experimental implementations in areas such as quantum computing, quantum sensing for industry and fundamental physics and quantum communications.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Vision
Provides a gateway to learning about unique and long-standing optical and computational challenges for displays. As today’s devices are only at the beginning of a long journey, numerous future optical innovations could help us reach perceptually realistic images with devices that ultimately appear to be ordinary eyeglasses.
Each year, the Laser Science subcommittee selects key topics to address. In 2023, five topics were selected:
- Nanophotonics, plasmonics and metamaterials
- Quantum science
- Ultrafast dynamics in complex systems
- XFEL and high-field laser science
- Biophotonics and chemistry applications
Plenary and Visionary Speakers
In a time of technological disruption and evolution, when even things as familiar as vision, computers and automobiles seem to be on the edge of amazing reinvention, FiO LS brings forward true visionaries to speak about discoveries soon to come.
FiO LS features Plenary speakers and Visionary speakers — presenters from both within and beyond the optics and photonics community. Each speaker provides insight into cutting-edge advances related to the conference themes and topics.
