2nd Announcement
OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress

OPIC 2019
Co-located with OPIE '19

https://opicon.jp/Organized by
OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Council
Specialized International Conference Organized by
The Laser Society of Japan / The Optical Society of Japan / SPIE-The International Society for Optics andPhotonics / Akasaki Research Center (ARC), Nagoya University / The Graduate School for the Creation of
New Photonics Industries / The Ubiquitous Power Laser Technical Group, The Laser Society of Japan /The Executive Committee of Laser Solution for Space and the Earth / Optical Wireless Power Transmission
Committee, The Laser Society of Japan / RIKEN SPring-8 Center / Institute for Nano Quantum Information
Electronics, The University of Tokyo / Research Center for Ultra-Precision Science & Technology, OsakaUniversity

Supported byMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry /Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan / Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) / Japan Science &Technology Agency (JST) / Japan Tourism Agency (JTA)

In cooperation with
AESJ-Atomic Energy Society of Japan / AIST-The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology / Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT(Germany) / ILT-Institute for Laser Technology /JPC-Japan Photonics Council / JSPF-The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research /NEDO-New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization / OITDA-Optoelectronic Industry andTechnology Development Association / OSA-The Optical Society (USA) / Photonics Media (USA) / PIDA (Taiwan) /QST-National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology / RIKEN+++Date:22 – 26 April, 2019

Venue: Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Deadline for paper submissions; 30 January 2019

Meeting Schedule
Monday 22 April

Specialized international conferences, Get-together

Tuesday 23 April

Plenary Sessions, Joint Sessions, Specialized international conferences

Wednesday 24 April

Joint Sessions, Specialized international conferences, Reception

Thursday 25 April

Specialized international conferences

Friday 26 April

Specialized international conferences, Joint Sessions

Plenary Sessions。
Tuesday 23 April<Room 501+502>

Ursula Keller
Professor, Physics Department, ETH Zurich and Director, National Center of Competencein Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology (NCCR MUST)

Recent advances in SESAM-modelocked high-power thin disk lasers

Ruxin LiDirector, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The 10PW and 100PW lasers: paving the way for exploring the next
frontier of high field physics

Mike Dunne
Director of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), Stanford University'A billion times brighter': An overview of the revolution underway
in X-ray science

Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Program Manager of ImPACT Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency

Quantum Neural Network - Coherent Ising Machine, XY Machine andRecurrent Neural Network -Joint Sessions■ ALPS + HEDS + XOPT
Tuesday 23 April, PM■ LDC + LEDIA
Tuesday 23 April, PM■ BISC + OMC
Wednesday 24 April, AM■ BISC + IP
Friday 26 April, AM■ IP + LDC
Friday 26 April, PM

Conferences & Sponsors。
■ ALPS - The 8th Advanced Lasers and Photon Sources
Sponsored by The Laser Society of Japan
Conference Chair: Hitoki Yoneda, The University of Electro-Communications■ BISC - The 5th Biomedical Imaging and Sensing ConferenceSponsored and organized by SPIE-The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Conference Chair: Toyohiko Yatagai, Utsunomiya University■ HEDS - International Conference on High Energy Density Science 2019
Sponsored by The Laser Society of Japan
Conference Chair: Tomonao Hosokai, Osaka University■ ICNN - International Conference on Nano-photonics and Nano-optoelectronics 2019
Sponsored by Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo
Conference Chair: Yasuhiko Arakawa, The University of Tokyo■ IoT-SNAP - IoT Enabling Sensing/Network/AI and Photonics Conference 2019
Sponsored by The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries
Conference Chairs: Norihiro Hagita, ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
Ronald Freund, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute■ IP - Information Photonics 2019
Sponsored by The Optical Society of Japan
Conference Chairs:Yoshio Hayasaki, Utsunomiya University■ LDC - Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2019
Sponsored by The Optical Society of Japan
Conference Chairs: Kazuo Kuroda, Utsunomiya University, Hiroshi Murata, Mie University■ LEDIA - The 7th International Conference on Light-Emitting Devices andTheir Industrial Applications
Sponsored by Akasaki research Center (ARC), Nagoya University
Conference Chair: Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University■ LIC - The 7th Laser Ignition and Giant-microphotonics ConferenceSponsored by The Ubiquitous Power Laser Technical Group, The Laser Society of Japan
Conference Chair: Takunori Taira, RIKEN■ LSSE - Laser Solution for Space and the Earth 2019
Sponsored by The Executive Committee of Laser Solution for Space and the Earth
Conference Chair: Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, RIKEN■ OMC - The 6th Optical Manipulation and Structured Materials ConferenceSponsored and organized by SPIE-The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Conference Chair: Takashige Omatsu, Chiba University■ OPTM - Optical Technology and Measurement for Industrial Applications 2019
Sponsored and organized by SPIE-The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Conference Chair: Takeshi Hatsuzawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology■ OWPT - Optical Wireless and Fiber Power Transmission Conference 2019
Sponsored by Optical Wireless Power Transmission Committee, The Laser Society of Japan
Conference Chair: Tomoyuki Miyamoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Noriyuki Yokouchi, American Furukawa Inc.

■ XOPT - International Conference on X-ray Optics and Applications 2019
Sponsored by RIKEN SPring-8 Center,Research Center for Ultra-Precision Science & Technology, Osaka University

Conference Chairs: Tetsuya Ishikawa, RIKEN,
Kazuto Yamauchi, Osaka University

OPIC2019 Committees。
■ Congress Chairs
Sadao Nakai
Christopher Barty
Reinhart Poprawe
Ruxin Li

Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan
University of California, Irvine, USA
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Germany
Director, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China■ International Advisory Board
Chair
Kenichi Iga

Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JapanMembers
Andreas Ostendorf

Professor, Ruhl-University Bochum, Germany

Isamu Akasaki

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University, Japan

Michiharu Nakamura

Counselor to the President, JST, Japan

Ryoji Chubachi

President, AIST, Japan

Kazuo Furukawa

President, NEDO, Japan

Maki Kawai

President, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan

Yasuhide Tajima

Executive Director, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Japan

Akira Hiruma

President and CEO, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Japan

Bill Goldstein

Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

John Collier

Director, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

Gerard Mourou

Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, France

Qihuang Gong

President, Chinese Optical Society; Peking University, China

Jae W. Hahn

President, Optical Society of Korea; Yonsei University, Korea■ Organizing Committee
ChairsYoshiaki KatoThe Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries

Kazuo Kuroda

Utsunomiya University, LDC

Vice Chairs
Toyohiko Yatagai.

Utsunomiya University, BISC

Takashi Ishide

President, Japan Laser Processing Society

Makoto Kikuchi

President, Japan Association for the advancement of Medical

Takashige Omatsu

Chiba University, OMC

Members
Peter HallettSPIE, USA

Gregory Quarles

OSA, USA

Mitsutoshi Hatori

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Nobuyuki Kondo

Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics

Kenichi Ueda

The University of Electro-Communications

Minoru Obara

Professor Emeritus, Keio University

Fumihiko Kannari

Keio University

Naoshi Kondo

Kyoto University

Mitsuo Takeda

Utsunomiya University

Katsumi Midorikawa

RIKEN

Kunioki Mima

The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries

Naotada Okada

Corporate Manufacturing Engineering Center, Toshiba

Hitoshi Ogata

Friend of company, Mitsubishi Electric, Inc.

Shinji Yamada

Center for Exploratory Research, Hitachi

Tsutomu Hara

Central Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.

Hitoki Yoneda

The University of Electro-Communications, ALPS

Tomonao Hosokai

Osaka University, HEDS

Yasuhiko Arakawa

The University of Tokyo, ICNN

Norihiro Hagita

ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, IoT-SNAP

Ronald Freund
Yoshio Hayasaki
Hiroshi Murata

Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, IoT-SNAP

Hiroshi Amano

Nagoya University, LEDIA

Takunori TairaInstitute for Molecular Science, LIC

Toshikazu Ebisuzaki

RIKEN, LSSE

Takeshi Hatsuzawa

Tokyo Institute of Technology, OPTM

Tomoyuki Miyamoto

Tokyo Institute of Technology, OWPTNoriyuki Yokouchi,

American Furukawa Inc, OWPT

Tetsuya Ishikawa

RIKEN, XOPT

Kazuto Yamauchi

Osaka University, XOPT

Utsunomiya University, IP
Mie University, LDC■ Steering CommitteeChair
Shuji Sakabe

Kyoto University

Vice Chair
Kazuhisa Yamamoto

Osaka UniversityMembers
Yasuhiro Miyasaka

National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, ALPS

Yusuke Furukawa

The University of Electro-Communications, ALPS

Osamu Matoba

Kobe University, BISC

Akifumi Yogo

Osaka University, HEDS

Satoshi Iwamoto

The University of Tokyo, ICNN

Ken-ichi Kitayama

The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, IoT-SNAP

Atsushi Kanno

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, IoT-SNAP

Katsuhiro Ishii

The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, IoT-SNAP

Norihiro Ohse

SONY, LDC

Ryuji Katayama

Osaka University, LEDIA

Yoichi Sato

Institute for Molecular Science, LIC

Akihiko Nishimura

JAEA, LSSE

Noboru Hasegawa

National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, LSSE

Katsuhiko Miyamoto

Chiba University, OMC

Yukitoshi Otani

Utsunomiya University, OPTM

Makina Yabashi

RIKEN, XOPT

Taito Osaka

RIKEN, XOPT■ Exhibition Committee
Chair
Kazuhisa Yamamoto

Osaka University

Members
Noriyuki Kondo

Japan Laser

Tsuyoshi Nakamura

TRUMPF

Kanji Ito

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.

Tetsuya NakaiThorlabs JapanSubmission Date。
Paper Deadline: 30 January, 2019
For details, see the call for papers of each conference (https://opicon.jp/).
PLENARY SESSIONSOPIC2019’s plenary session is scheduled on its second day, Tuesday 23 April 2019.
This plenary sessions will feature industry leaders from the optics and photonics community.
OPIE2019 attendees are welcome to join the plenary sessions free of charge.
(OPIC/OPIE badges required)

POSTER SESSIONSIn addition to the oral presentation at each conference, poster sessions will be held within the OPIE2019
exhibition area.

Official language: English

REGISTRATION FEES。
On/Before
8 April 2019

After
9 April 2019

Member*

JPY 55,000

JPY 60,000

Student, Retiree (Member)

JPY 18,000

JPY 21,000

Non-Member

JPY 65,000

JPY 70,000

Student, Retiree (Non-member) JPY 21,000

JPY 23,000* Member of specialized International Conference Organizations

LOCATION OF CONGRESS SITE
OPIC2019 takes place at Pacifico Yokohama,
Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture, JAPAN.
Address: 1-1-1 Minato Mirai,
Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012
Japan

http://e.pacifico.co.jp
From Narita Airport: 120 minutes by car/bus
100 minutes by train．
From Haneda Airport: 20 minutes by car
40 minutes by bus
30 minutes by train

OPIC2019 Congress Management
Naoki Ueno, Sakae Shibasaki, Kazumi Kobayashi, Nami Murata
Sanken Bldg., 5-5, Shin-Ogawamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0814, Japan
E-mail: contact@opicon.jp