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 the IODC Technical Program Committee.
Program Committee
Program Chairs
- Julie Bentley, Univ. of Rochester, USA
- Anurag Gupta, Optical Res. Associates, USA
- Richard Youngworth, Light Capture, Inc., USA
Committee Members
- Geoff Adams, Optical Software Inc., UK
- David Aikens, Savvy Optics Corp., USA
- Miguel Alonso, Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA
- Yasuhiro Aono, Nikon Corp., Japan
- Rob Bates, Five Focal LLC, USA
- Pablo Benitez, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
- Florian Bociort, Technische Univ. Delft, Netherlands
- Thomas G. Brown, Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA
- Scott Cahall, Moondog Optics, USA
- William Cassarly, Optical Res. Associates, USA
- Chir-Weei (Willy) Chang, Industrial Technology Res. Inst., Taiwan
- Jyh-Long Chern, Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan
- Russell Chipman, Univ. of Arizona, USA
- Peter Clark, LensVector Inc., USA
- Joshua M. Cobb, Corning Tropel, USA
- Jim Contreras, Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc., USA
- Jasmin Cote, Side by Side Optics, Canada
- Marie Cote, Side by Side Optics, Canada
- Costin Curatu, Alcon Labs, Inc., USA
- George Curatu, LensAR, USA
- Marta de la Fuente, INDRA, Spain
- J. Rufino Diaz-Uribe, Univ. Natl. Autónoma de México, Mexico
- Fred Dickey, FMD Consulting and Drury Univ., USA
- Alexander Epple, Carl Zeiss, Germany
- Stephen Fantone, Optikos Corp., USA
- Mariana Figueiro, Lighting Res. Ctr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA
- Florian Fournier, CREOL, USA
- Edward R. Freniere, Lambda Res. Corp., USA
- Leo Gardner, BAE Systems, USA
- Alastair Grant, Optics 1, Inc., USA
- G. Groot Gregory, Optical Res. Associates, USA
- John Greivenkamp, College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA
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Alan Greynolds, Ruda and Associates, USA
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Lakshminarayan Hazra, Univ. of Calcutta, India
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Joseph Howard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., USA
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Jurgen Jahns, Univ. of Hagen, Germany
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R. Barry Johnson, Optical E.T.C., Inc., USA
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Richard Juergens, Raytheon Co., USA
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David Kessler, Kessler Optics & Photonics Solutions, Ltd., USA
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John Koshel, Photon Engineering LLC and College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA
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Kenny Kubala, Five Focal LLC, USA
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Jay Kumler, JENOPTIK Optical Systems, Inc., USA
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George Lawrence, Applied Optics Res., USA
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Jong Ung Lee, Chongju Univ., Korea
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Scott Lerner, Hewlett-Packard, USA
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Rongguang (Ron) Liang, Carestream Health, USA
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Irina Livshits-Anitropova, Special Optical & TV Sys., Russian Federation
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Virendra Mahajan, The Aerospace Corp., USA
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Daniel Malacara Hernandez, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Optica, Mexico
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Paul Manhart, NASA Langley Res. Ctr., USA
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Laurent Mazuray, EADS Astrium, France
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Romeo Mercado, ITT Corp., AES, USA
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Paul Michaloski, Corning Tropel, USA
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Juan Miñano, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
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Mike Missig, Qioptiq, Inc., USA
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Kenneth Moore, ZEMAX Development Corp., USA
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Pantazis Mouroulis, JPL, USA
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Iain Neil, ScotOptix, Switzerland
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Vladimir Oliker, Emory Univ., USA
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Craig Olson, L3 Communications, Sonoma Electro-Optics, USA
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Don O'Shea, Georgia Tech, USA
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Richard Pfisterer, Photon Engineering LLC, USA
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John Rogers, Optical Res. Associates, USA
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Jannick Rolland, Univ. of Rochester, USA
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Martha Rosete-Aguilar, Univ. Natl. Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
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Jose Sasian, College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA
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David Shafer, David Shafer Optical Design, USA
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Robert Shannon, College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA
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Vesselin Shaoulov, Univ. of Central Florida, Florida
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Narkis Shatz, SAIC, USA
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David Shealy, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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David Stephenson, Stillwater Optics, USA
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Bryan Stone, Optical Res. Associates, USA
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Akiyoshi Suzuki, Canon, Japan
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Kevin Thompson, Optical Res. Associates, USA
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Wilhelm Ulrich, Carl Zeiss, Germany
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Sergio Vazquez-Montiel, INAOE, Mexico
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Wolfgang Volrath, KLA-Tencor (Vistec), Germany
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Yongtian Wang, Beijing Inst. of Technology, China
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Rolf Wartmann, Carl Zeiss Microimaging, Germany
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Gary Wiese, Lockheed-Martin Corp., USA
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David Williamson, Nikon Res. Corp. of America, USA
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Roland Winston, Univ. of California at Merced, USA
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Andrew Wood, Qioptiq, UK
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Akira Yabe, Consultant, Germany
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Takanori Yamanashi, Panavision, Inc., USA
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Garam Yun, Univ. of Arizona, USA
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Maria Yzuel, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Jim Zavislan, Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Illumination Problem Committee
- Josh Cobb, Corning Tropel, USA
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Paul Michaloski, Corning Tropel, USA
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Vladimir Oliker, Emory Univ., USA
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Neri Shatz, SAIC, USA
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Roland Winston, Univ. of California at Merced, USA
Lens Design Problem Committee
- Richard Juergens, Raytheon Co., USA
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Scott Lerner, Hewlett-Packard, USA
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Paul Manhart, NASA Langley Res. Ctr., USA
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Andrew Rakich, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, Univ. of Arizona, USA
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David Shafer, David Shafer Optical Design, USA
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Wilhelm Ulrich, Carl Zeiss, Germany
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Andrew Wood, Qioptiq, UK
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Alfons Zoeller, Leybold Optics, Germany
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
Session Presider/Chair Information
The role of the session presider (or session chair) is an important one. In many ways, the success of the session and the presentations within it depends on the presider. First and foremost, OSA recognizes the significance of the role of the session presider, and we thank you for volunteering to serve in this critical role!
The information on this page is arranged in the following sections and is intended to assist you in managing a successful session:
Arriving at Your Session Room
Presiders are requested to identify themselves to the audiovisual personnel at least 20 minutes before the session begins for a quick review of equipment and procedures.
Guidelines for Presiding over a Session
Remember to introduce yourself as the presider and announce the session. The total amount of time allotted for each presentation is listed in the online program as well as in the conference program book, and start times for each presentation are listed on the presider check-in sheet at the podium. 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.
We will have presider check-in sheets in your session room to complete and return to management at the completion of your session. When monitoring the session we ask that you note any changes or no-shows on this sheet for our records.
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.
For additional tips on how to be a great presider, watch a video featuring Dr. Ben Eggleton (CUDOS, Univ. of Sydney, Australia), or read the notes detailing a few of Dr. Eggleton's most important points.
Completing the Presider Check-in Sheet
Once you arrive at your session room, you will find a folder marked “Presider Check-In” 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 the sheet that applies to the session you are chairing, and leave the others in the folder. 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 complete the check-in form as follows:
- Estimate the number of attendees in 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.
- Check the box in the rightmost column to indicate which speakers presented during the session.
- Make note of any no-show speakers or replacement speakers.
- Leave the completed sheet in the folder in the pocket marked “Completed.”
- Leave the folder on the podium or table for the next session presider. (If you are chairing the last session of the day, please leave the folder in the room for meeting management.)
The check-in form serves two purposes: 1) to assist you in running an effective session and 2) to help OSA 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.
Again, we appreciate your assistance in serving as a session presider!
