Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous PHOTOPTICS conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013
2018
The Physics and Technology of Metadevices and Metasystems 
Kevin MacDonald, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Glass-based Photonic Structures - Advances and Perspectives Maurizio Ferrari, National Research Council of Italy (CNR) Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN), Italy The Optical Characterisation of the Cold, Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas used for Medical Applications Bill Graham, Queens University of Belfast, United Kingdom Enhancing and Controlling Light with Plasmonic and Non-Plasmonic Nanoantennas - Potential Applications in Medicine, (Bio-) Sensing or Spectroscopy Pablo Albella, University of Cantabria, Spain
2017
Infrared Glasses and Fibers for Optics and Photonics Jean–Luc Adam, Université de Rennes 1 - CNRS, France Emerging Fibre Technology for Optical Communications David J. Richardson, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2016
Microgel Photonics - A New Avenue for Multiresponsive Optical Fiber Nanoprobes Andrea Cusano, University of Sannio, Italy Light-matter Interactions in Whispering-gallery-mode Microresonators Giancarlo C. Righini, Enrico Fermi Centre & IFAC CNR, Italy Surface Dimensional Metrology by Optical Triangulation Manuel Filipe Costa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015
Fundamentals and Applications of Plasma Filaments Ludger Wöste, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany New Advances in Fabry-perot Cavity for Sensing Applications Orlando Frazão, INESC Porto, Portugal Nonlinear Optics in Silicon Photonics Klaus Petermann, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Varying Speed of Light, Cosmic Structure and the Quest for Quantum Gravity João Magueijo, Imperial College London, United Kingdom FiberLab – A Multi-sensing Approach in a Single Optical Fiber Wolfgang Schade, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
2014
Photon Wave Fronts - Frontiers in Photonics David Andrews, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Multifunctional Nanoscale Oxide Conductors and Semiconductors Elvira Fortunato, Independent Researcher, Portugal Simply..circumventing the Diffraction Limit - Fluorescence Optical Microscopy at the Nanoscale Alberto Diaspro, Independent Researcher, Italy Dielectric Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers Markus Pollnau, University of Twente, Netherlands Cells as Bits - Biomedical Diagnostics Inspired by Data Communication Techniques Bahram Jalali, UCLA, United States
2013
Fabrication of Guided-Wave Optical Devices by Laser Direct Writing and ApplicationsPaulo Marques, FCUP / INESC Porto, Portugal Some Relations between Visual Perception and Non-Linear Photonic Structures José A. Martín-Pereda, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain Versatile, All-fibre based Sources Roy Taylor, Imperial College London, United Kingdom