Invited Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Michael Campbell, University of Rochester, New York, USA
“Inertial confinement fusion overview: status, plans, and future prospects”
Naotada Okada, Toshiba Corp, Japan
“High speed 3D printer using Laser Metal Deposition”
David Payne, University of Southampton, UK
“The fibre laser revolution”

Special Session Invited Speakers

Laser surface micro/nano structuring (organiser – Guanghua Cheng)

Tatiana Itina, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, France
“Multi-physical modeling of laser nano- and micro-structuring of glasses”
Jianjun Yang, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China
“Flexible nanostructuring of metal surfaces by femtosecond laser pulses”
Antonio Ancona, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Bari, Italy
“Modifying steel surface tribology by ultrafast laser micro-texturing”

Ultra-short pulsed lasers for large-area and/or high-throughput processing
(organisers – Michael Schmidt and Kristian Cvecek)

Bilal Gökce, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
“High-throughput nanoparticle generation by ultra-short pulsed laser ablation in liquids”
Stuart Edwardson, University of Liverpool, UK
“Thermal and optical characteristics of a spatial light modulator under high power picosecond laser exposure for materials processing”
Steffen Sommer, Dausinger +Giesen GmbH, Germany
“Large area surface structuring of metallic materials”

Laser micro/nano additive manufacturing (organiser – Lin Li)

Jack Campbell, Material Science Solutions, USA
“3D nano-printing custom laser targets: Development and first commercial use”
Hong-Bo Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
“Miniaturized intelligent robots enabled by femtosecond laser 3D nanoprinting”
Rob Eason, University of Southampton, UK
“Laser direct-write of microfluidic flow channels via additive manufacturing for paper-based rapid diagnostics”

Invited Speakers

Supriyo Ganguly, Cranfield University, UK
“Application of pulsed fibre lasers in dissimilar joining of ultra-thin alloys”
Philippe Delaporte, Aix-Marseille University, France
“Dual laser printing of metal”
Yoshiki Nakata, Osaka University, Japan
“Rapid fabrication of nanostructures in lattice”
Godai Miyaji, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
“Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons on non-metallic materials with intense femtosecond laser pulses and its application to nano-processing”
Boris Chichkov, Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany
“3D laser printing of biomaterials, nanoparticles, and living cells”
Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
“Novel ultrafast laser ablation sampling approaches in chemical imaging”
Roberto Osellame, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Milan, Italy
“Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent materials: an enabling tool for advanced applications”
David Grojo, Aix-Marseille University, France
“Exceeding the threshold of ultrafast laser writing in bulk Si: opening the horizon for 3D silicon photonics”
Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan
“Photonic Crystal Lasers”
Baohua Jia, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
“High precision laser fabrication of two-dimensional materials and devices”
Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Saitama University, Japan
“Spatiotemporal Control of Crystal Growth of Biomolecules by Laser Ablation”
Nadezhda Bulgakova, HiLase, Czech Republic
“Sequential processes of volumetric restructuring of transparent materials by ultrashort laser pulses: Critical assessment through modelling”
Jens Gottmann, LightFab GmbH, Germany
“Subtractive 3D printing glass by selective laser-induced etching – fundamentals, applications and process chains”
Udo Löschner, Mittweida University, Germany
“Highrate laser micro processing – quo vadis?”
Jie Qiao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
“Differentiating non-thermal ablation and heat accumulation toward ablation-cooled ultrafast-laser processing”
Andreas Otto, Technische Universität, Austria
“Analysis and comparison of short and ultrashort pulsed laser ablation by means of multiphysical simulations”
Malte Kumkar, TRUMPF GmbH, Germany
“Multi pulse pump-probe diagnostics for development of advanced transparent materials processing”

Michael Campbell, University of Rochester, New York, USA
“Inertial confinement fusion overview: status, plans, and future prospects”

Naotada Okada, Toshiba Corp, Japan
“High speed 3D printer using Laser Metal Deposition”

David Payne, University of Southampton, UK
“The fibre laser revolution”

Laser surface micro/nano structuring (organiser – Guanghua Cheng)

Tatiana Itina, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, France
“Multi-physical modeling of laser nano- and micro-structuring of glasses”

Jianjun Yang, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China
“Flexible nanostructuring of metal surfaces by femtosecond laser pulses”

Antonio Ancona, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Bari, Italy
“Modifying steel surface tribology by ultrafast laser micro-texturing”

Ultra-short pulsed lasers for large-area and/or high-throughput processing
(organisers – Michael Schmidt and Kristian Cvecek)

Bilal Gökce, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
“High-throughput nanoparticle generation by ultra-short pulsed laser ablation in liquids”

Stuart Edwardson, University of Liverpool, UK
“Thermal and optical characteristics of a spatial light modulator under high power picosecond laser exposure for materials processing”

Steffen Sommer, Dausinger +Giesen GmbH, Germany
“Large area surface structuring of metallic materials”

Laser micro/nano additive manufacturing (organiser – Lin Li)

Jack Campbell, Material Science Solutions, USA
“3D nano-printing custom laser targets: Development and first commercial use”

Hong-Bo Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
“Miniaturized intelligent robots enabled by femtosecond laser 3D nanoprinting”

Rob Eason, University of Southampton, UK
“Laser direct-write of microfluidic flow channels via additive manufacturing for paper-based rapid diagnostics”

Supriyo Ganguly, Cranfield University, UK
“Application of pulsed fibre lasers in dissimilar joining of ultra-thin alloys”

Philippe Delaporte, Aix-Marseille University, France
“Dual laser printing of metal”

Yoshiki Nakata, Osaka University, Japan
“Rapid fabrication of nanostructures in lattice”

Godai Miyaji, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
“Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons on non-metallic materials with intense femtosecond laser pulses and its application to nano-processing”

Boris Chichkov, Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany
“3D laser printing of biomaterials, nanoparticles, and living cells”

Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
“Novel ultrafast laser ablation sampling approaches in chemical imaging”

Roberto Osellame, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Milan, Italy
“Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent materials: an enabling tool for advanced applications”

David Grojo, Aix-Marseille University, France
“Exceeding the threshold of ultrafast laser writing in bulk Si: opening the horizon for 3D silicon photonics”

Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan
“Photonic Crystal Lasers”

Baohua Jia, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
“High precision laser fabrication of two-dimensional materials and devices”

Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Saitama University, Japan
“Spatiotemporal Control of Crystal Growth of Biomolecules by Laser Ablation”

Nadezhda Bulgakova, HiLase, Czech Republic
“Sequential processes of volumetric restructuring of transparent materials by ultrashort laser pulses: Critical assessment through modelling”

Jens Gottmann, LightFab GmbH, Germany
“Subtractive 3D printing glass by selective laser-induced etching – fundamentals, applications and process chains”

Udo Löschner, Mittweida University, Germany
“Highrate laser micro processing – quo vadis?”

Jie Qiao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
“Differentiating non-thermal ablation and heat accumulation toward ablation-cooled ultrafast-laser processing”

Andreas Otto, Technische Universität, Austria
“Analysis and comparison of short and ultrashort pulsed laser ablation by means of multiphysical simulations”

Malte Kumkar, TRUMPF GmbH, Germany
“Multi pulse pump-probe diagnostics for development of advanced transparent materials processing”

Invited Speakers

Michael Campbell, University of Rochester, New York, USA “Inertial confinement fusion overview: status, plans, and future prospects”

Naotada Okada, Toshiba Corp, Japan “High speed 3D printer using Laser Metal Deposition”

David Payne, University of Southampton, UK “The fibre laser revolution”

Laser surface micro/nano structuring (organiser – Guanghua Cheng)

Tatiana Itina, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, France “Multi-physical modeling of laser nano- and micro-structuring of glasses”

Jianjun Yang, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China “Flexible nanostructuring of metal surfaces by femtosecond laser pulses”

Antonio Ancona, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Bari, Italy “Modifying steel surface tribology by ultrafast laser micro-texturing”

Ultra-short pulsed lasers for large-area and/or high-throughput processing (organisers – Michael Schmidt and Kristian Cvecek)

Bilal Gökce, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany “High-throughput nanoparticle generation by ultra-short pulsed laser ablation in liquids”

Stuart Edwardson, University of Liverpool, UK “Thermal and optical characteristics of a spatial light modulator under high power picosecond laser exposure for materials processing”

Steffen Sommer, Dausinger +Giesen GmbH, Germany “Large area surface structuring of metallic materials”

Laser micro/nano additive manufacturing (organiser – Lin Li)

Jack Campbell, Material Science Solutions, USA “3D nano-printing custom laser targets: Development and first commercial use”

Hong-Bo Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China “Miniaturized intelligent robots enabled by femtosecond laser 3D nanoprinting”

Rob Eason, University of Southampton, UK “Laser direct-write of microfluidic flow channels via additive manufacturing for paper-based rapid diagnostics”

Supriyo Ganguly, Cranfield University, UK “Application of pulsed fibre lasers in dissimilar joining of ultra-thin alloys”

Philippe Delaporte, Aix-Marseille University, France “Dual laser printing of metal”

Yoshiki Nakata, Osaka University, Japan “Rapid fabrication of nanostructures in lattice”

Godai Miyaji, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan “Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons on non-metallic materials with intense femtosecond laser pulses and its application to nano-processing”

Boris Chichkov, Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany “3D laser printing of biomaterials, nanoparticles, and living cells”

Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA “Novel ultrafast laser ablation sampling approaches in chemical imaging”

Roberto Osellame, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Milan, Italy “Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent materials: an enabling tool for advanced applications”

David Grojo, Aix-Marseille University, France “Exceeding the threshold of ultrafast laser writing in bulk Si: opening the horizon for 3D silicon photonics”

Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan “Photonic Crystal Lasers”

Baohua Jia, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia “High precision laser fabrication of two-dimensional materials and devices”

Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Saitama University, Japan “Spatiotemporal Control of Crystal Growth of Biomolecules by Laser Ablation”

Nadezhda Bulgakova, HiLase, Czech Republic “Sequential processes of volumetric restructuring of transparent materials by ultrashort laser pulses: Critical assessment through modelling”

Jens Gottmann, LightFab GmbH, Germany “Subtractive 3D printing glass by selective laser-induced etching – fundamentals, applications and process chains”

Udo Löschner, Mittweida University, Germany “Highrate laser micro processing – quo vadis?”

Jie Qiao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA “Differentiating non-thermal ablation and heat accumulation toward ablation-cooled ultrafast-laser processing”

Andreas Otto, Technische Universität, Austria “Analysis and comparison of short and ultrashort pulsed laser ablation by means of multiphysical simulations”

Malte Kumkar, TRUMPF GmbH, Germany “Multi pulse pump-probe diagnostics for development of advanced transparent materials processing”

Michael Campbell, University of Rochester, New York, USA
“Inertial confinement fusion overview: status, plans, and future prospects”

Naotada Okada, Toshiba Corp, Japan
“High speed 3D printer using Laser Metal Deposition”

David Payne, University of Southampton, UK
“The fibre laser revolution”

Tatiana Itina, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, France
“Multi-physical modeling of laser nano- and micro-structuring of glasses”

Jianjun Yang, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China
“Flexible nanostructuring of metal surfaces by femtosecond laser pulses”

Antonio Ancona, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Bari, Italy
“Modifying steel surface tribology by ultrafast laser micro-texturing”

Ultra-short pulsed lasers for large-area and/or high-throughput processing
(organisers – Michael Schmidt and Kristian Cvecek)

Bilal Gökce, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
“High-throughput nanoparticle generation by ultra-short pulsed laser ablation in liquids”

Stuart Edwardson, University of Liverpool, UK
“Thermal and optical characteristics of a spatial light modulator under high power picosecond laser exposure for materials processing”

Steffen Sommer, Dausinger +Giesen GmbH, Germany
“Large area surface structuring of metallic materials”

Jack Campbell, Material Science Solutions, USA
“3D nano-printing custom laser targets: Development and first commercial use”

Hong-Bo Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
“Miniaturized intelligent robots enabled by femtosecond laser 3D nanoprinting”

Rob Eason, University of Southampton, UK
“Laser direct-write of microfluidic flow channels via additive manufacturing for paper-based rapid diagnostics”

Supriyo Ganguly, Cranfield University, UK
“Application of pulsed fibre lasers in dissimilar joining of ultra-thin alloys”

Philippe Delaporte, Aix-Marseille University, France
“Dual laser printing of metal”

Yoshiki Nakata, Osaka University, Japan
“Rapid fabrication of nanostructures in lattice”

Godai Miyaji, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
“Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons on non-metallic materials with intense femtosecond laser pulses and its application to nano-processing”

Boris Chichkov, Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany
“3D laser printing of biomaterials, nanoparticles, and living cells”

Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
“Novel ultrafast laser ablation sampling approaches in chemical imaging”

Roberto Osellame, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) – CNR, Milan, Italy
“Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent materials: an enabling tool for advanced applications”

David Grojo, Aix-Marseille University, France
“Exceeding the threshold of ultrafast laser writing in bulk Si: opening the horizon for 3D silicon photonics”

Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan
“Photonic Crystal Lasers”

Baohua Jia, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
“High precision laser fabrication of two-dimensional materials and devices”

Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Saitama University, Japan
“Spatiotemporal Control of Crystal Growth of Biomolecules by Laser Ablation”

Nadezhda Bulgakova, HiLase, Czech Republic
“Sequential processes of volumetric restructuring of transparent materials by ultrashort laser pulses: Critical assessment through modelling”

Jens Gottmann, LightFab GmbH, Germany
“Subtractive 3D printing glass by selective laser-induced etching – fundamentals, applications and process chains”

Udo Löschner, Mittweida University, Germany
“Highrate laser micro processing – quo vadis?”

Jie Qiao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
“Differentiating non-thermal ablation and heat accumulation toward ablation-cooled ultrafast-laser processing”

Andreas Otto, Technische Universität, Austria
“Analysis and comparison of short and ultrashort pulsed laser ablation by means of multiphysical simulations”

Malte Kumkar, TRUMPF GmbH, Germany
“Multi pulse pump-probe diagnostics for development of advanced transparent materials processing”