UNC Charlotte Optoelectronics Center

The Optoelectronics Center's

October 31st and November 1st, 2007

Speaker Presentations

Registration

Agenda

Campus Maps

Exhibitor List / Exhibitor PDF (138KB)

November 1st, 2007

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6th Annual Symposium

Optoelectronics Center

UNC Charlotte

Keynote Speaker

Nobel Laureate

William D. Phillips

William D. Phillips

Keynote Speech - Nov. 1

On Thursday, Nov. 1st, Dr. Phillips will give his Keynote Speech at the Symposium, titled: Optics with laser-like atom waves

Public Talk - Nov. 2

On Friday, Nov. 2nd, Dr. Phillips will give an additional, pubic talk at the Student Activity Center, titled: Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe

Click the links below to Browse
Phillips' Nobel Prize Award as well as the Nobel Diploma
Artist: Bengt Landin
Calligrapher: Annika Rücker

Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel Diploma

Click the link below to Read the "OPN Talks with..." segment on Phillips in the May 2007 Issue of

OPN (Optics & Photonics News)

May 2007 - OPN talks with William Phillips, Nobel Prize winner and CLEO/QELS keyote speaker.

Keynote Speaker

Professor of Optics, Physics & ECE, Cobb Family Chair, CREOL, University of Central Florida

George I. Stegeman

Dr. Stegeman will present the "New Era of Discreteness and Periodicity in Optics." Dr. Stegeman's biography can be viewed at his web site by clicking HERE

Dr. Robert K. McMahan

Senior Advisor to the State of North Carolina for Science & Technology

Executive Director, Office of Science and Technology / NC Board of Science and Technology

Presentation Coverage: Photonics and Innovation in North Carolina

Michael S. Lebby

PhD, MBA, DEng,CEng

President and CEO, OIDA - Optoelectronics Industry Development Association

Dr Lebby will present: 10 Grand Challenges in Photonics on Wednesday the 31st., the evening before the Symposium

George J Simonis

Chief, Microphotonics Branch

Army Research Laboratory

Dr Simonis will give his presentation at 11AM on Thursday, November the 1st., covering: Photonics Integration Needs in DoD Applications

Michael Feldman

Chief Technology Officer - Optics

Tessera North America

Dr Feldman will give a presentation at 10:30AM on Thursday, November the 1st regarding photonics start-ups: The Story of DOC.

Ronald E. Scotti

Science and Technology Strategist

SPIE

Dr Scotti will give a presentation at 9:45AM on Thursday, November the 1st coveing SPIE's Technical Programs

"Concerning the things about which you ask to be informed I believe that I am not ill-prepared with an answer."

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The Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Grigg Hall, Room 235
Charlotte NC 28223
Voice: (704) 687-8117 | Fax: (704) 687-8241
Email: opticscenter@uncc.edu