Chairs & Committee Members
The Technical Program Chairs and Committee Members are integral to the success of the meeting. These volunteers dedicate countless hours to planning, including such critical activities as raising funds to support the event, securing invited speakers, reaching out to colleagues to encourage submissions, reviewing papers, and scheduling sessions. On behalf of OSA, its Board, and its entire staff, we extend enormous gratitude to the following members of the BGPP Technical Program Committee.
On this page:
Program Committee
Information for Conference Chairs and Committee Members
Information for Session Chairs/Presiders
Program Committee
General Chairs
Morten Ibsen, University of Southampton, UK
Paul Westbrook, OFS Laboratories, USA
Program Chairs
Stephen Mihailov, Communications Research Center, Canada
Lin Zhang, Aston University, UK
BGPP 1: Fundamentals of Photosensitivity and Poling
Thierry Cardinal,
ICMCB
, France,
Chair
Lionel Canioni,
CPMOH-Universite Bordeaux 1
, France
John Canning,
Univ. of Sydney, Australia
Monica Ferraris,
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Saulius Juodkazis,
Swinburne Univ. of Technology, Australia
Leonid Glebov,
Univ. of Central Florida, CREOL, USA
Peter Kazansky,
Univ. of Southampton, UK
Denise Krol,
Univ. of California Davis, USA
Stefan Nolte,
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Dimitris Papazoglou,
Univ. of Crete, Greece
Jianrong Qui,
Zhejiang Univ., China
Vincent Rodriguez,
Université Bordeaux 1, France
Yasuhiko Shimotsuma,
Kyoto Univ., Japan
Christopher Smelser,
Communications Research Centre, Canada
BGPP 2: Grating Properties and Fabrication Techniques
Dan
Grobnic,
Communications Research Centre
, Canada,
Chair
Martin
Bernier,
COPL, Université Laval
, Canada
Gilberto
Brambilla,
Univ. of Southampton
, UK
Kevin
Chen,
Univ. of Pittsburgh
, USA
Mykhaylo
Dubov,
Aston Univ.
, UK
Victor
Grubsky,
Physical Optics Corp.
, USA
Moshe
Horowitz,
Technion Israel Institute of Technology
, Israel
Tristian
Kemp,
OFS Fitel LLC
,
Hans
Limberger,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
, Switzerland
Graham
Marshall,
Macquarie Univ.
, Australia
Kyunghwan
Oh,
Yonsei Univ.
, South Korea
Stavros Pissadakis FORTH-IESL, Greece
Manfred Rothhardt, IPHT, Germany
BGPP 3: Applications of Gratings and Poled Glas
Sophie LaRochelle,
Universite Laval, Canada, Chair
Jose Azana,
INRS-Energie Materiaux et Telecom, Canada
Kin Chiang,
City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Andrea Cusano,
CeRICT s.c.r.l., Italy
Byoungho Lee,
Seoul National Univ., South Korea
Walter Margulis,
Acreo AB, Sweden
Yves Painchaud,
TeraXion Inc, Canada
Yves Quiquempois,
Univ. of Lille, France
Yun-Jiang Rao,
Univ of Electronic Science & Tech China, China
Real Vallee,
Universite Laval, Canada
Jianping Yao,
Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
If you are a member of the committee and have any questions or concerns at any point along the way, please refer to the information below or contact your program manager.
Information for Conference Chairs and Committee Members
Information for Session Chairs/Presiders
Presiders are requested to identify themselves at least 20 minutes before the session begins to the audiovisual personnel for a quick review of equipment and procedures.
Guidelines
Remember to introduce yourself as the presider and announce the session. The total amount of time allotted for each paper will be listed in the online program as well as in the conference program book. Generally, invited talks are allowed 25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. Generally, contributed talks are allowed 12 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for discussion. Generally, tutorials are allotted 45 minutes to 1 hour, with 5 minutes for discussion. A 60-minute mechanical timer will be available for your use. We recommend that the timer is set two minutes prior to the end of the presentation time in order to provide a warning to wrap up the talk and start the discussion period. Notify the authors of this warning system. It is also important to remind the speaker to repeat the questions asked from the audience.
Maintaining the scheduled timing of papers is very important. In cases where the paper is withdrawn or the speaker does not show, use the time for an extended question period for authors of previously presented papers or call a break. PLEASE DO NOT START TALKS EARLIER THAN THEY ARE SCHEDULED. All requests to modify the program schedule should be directed to the program chair.
Speaker Check-in Sheet
Once you arrive at your session room, you’ll find a folder at the podium or on the table at the front of the room. This folder will contain a sheet for each session in that room. Please be sure to remove only your session sheet. The check-in sheet will list the talks within your session, the order in which they will be given, and the name of the author giving the presentation. Please be sure to check the box to indicate which speakers presented during the session. Make note of any no-show speakers or replacement speakers. Also, please try to estimate the number of attendees at the session at the start of the session, about halfway into the session, and at the end of the session; note these counts where indicated in the upper right corner. Leave the completed sheet in the folder in the pocket marked “Completed” and leave the folder on the podium or table for the next session presider. The check-in sheet serves two purposes: 1) to assist you in running an effective session and 2) to help us ensure that the appropriate speakers’ files are archived on OSA Optics InfoBase after the meeting. Only those authors who attend and present are included in the InfoBase, so it’s important that you make note of any presenters who are absent.
View a sample check-in sheet.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to licensing restrictions, the use of music in presentations, including video presentations, is prohibited. If a speaker uses music during his/her presentation, please inform Meeting Management immediately.
