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Resources: Committee Chairs

Advanced Solid-State Lasers


Advanced Solid-State Lasers

Advanced Solid-State Lasers

27 October - 01 November 2013
Marriott Paris Rive Gauche Hotel and Convention Center, Paris, France

Resources: Committee Chairs

The Technical Program Chairs are integral to the success of the meeting. As a volunteer you dedicate countless hours 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 Chairs of the Advanced Solid-State Lasers Technical Program Committee.

General Chairs
Peter Moulton, Q-Peak, Inc., USA
Guenter Huber, Universität Hamburg, Germany

Applications 
Valentin Gapontsev, IPG Photonics Corp., USA, Program Chair
Francois Salin, EOLITE, France, Program Chair

Materials
Richard Moncorge, Université de Caen, France, Program Chair
Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics Inc., USA, Program Chair

Sources
Gregory D. Goodno, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, USA, Program Chair
Alphan Sennaroglu, Koc University, Turkey, Program Chair

Essential Links

Call for Papers Opens 25 February 2013
Abstract and Summary Submissions Due 24 June 2013, 12:00 EDT (Convert Time)
Peer Review
Program Committee Decisions
Authors Notified of Committee Decisions
Online Program Planner Available 2 September 2013
Eligible Students: Apply for a Student Travel Grant
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submissions Due Invalid date time. (Convert Time)
Postdeadline Paper Notifications Sent
Hotel Reservation By 26 September 2013
Register for the Meeting By 30 September 2013
Postdeadline Authors Notified of Committee Decisions
Prepare to Present at the Meeting
Present at the Meeting 27 October - 1 November 2013

How to be Effective

  • Volunteer to Preside
  • Contribute to Welcome remarks for Opening Ceremonies
  • Volunteer to blog
  • Promote meeting
  • Involve committee members in the selection of invited speakers
  • Apply for grants and request corporate contributions at least 9 months before your meeting.
  • Contact your collocated meeting chairs to discuss joint sessions.
  • Use SharePoint to distribute documents to your committee members. 
  • Presiding over the Technical Program Committee
  • Support and adhere to meeting deadlines
  • Promote the meeting to solicit and encourage contributed papers
  • Selecting and confirming Committee Members
  • Selecting and confirming Invited Speakers
  • Selecting and confirming a  Local Organizing Committee to assist in extra activities at meeting such as laboratory tours, additional networking events, etc. , if necessary
  • Providing complete contact information of committee members and invited speakers to OSA
  • Preparing the technical scope and topics for meeting
  • Encourage committee members to complete their reviews by deadline.
  • Encourage committee to select and confirm Presiders for all technical sessions.
  • Soliciting funds from granting agencies and corporate contributions for meeting support and travel support for selected participants.  
  • Reviewing and determining acceptance for postdeadline papers
  • Attend the meeting and participate at on-site meeting and wrap-up committee meeting.

References

All documents listed below are located in the Reference Center, under Policy and Procedures on Sharepoint.

  • Chairs’ Manual
  • Fundraising Grant Information
  • Exhibit and Sponsorship Information
  • Peer Review Instructions
  • Scheduling Instructions

Applications
Valentin Gapontsev, IPG Photonics Corp., USA, Program Chair
Francois Salin, EOLITE, France, Program Chair
Michael O'Connor, IPG Photonics Corp., USA
Nasser Peyghambarian, University of Arizona, USA
Jose Salcedo, Multiwave Photonics, Portugal
Stefan NOLTE, Institut of Applied Physics, Univ. Jena, Germany
Ulrich Hefter, Rofin-Sinar, Germany
David Pureur, Quantel, France
Jyrki Latokartano, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Brian Baird, Summit Photonics, USA
Bill Shiner, IPG Photonics Corp, USA
Martin Richardson, CREOL, USA
Mark Hueske, LPKF, Germany
Zhu Xiao, laser.HUST Wuhan, China
Clemens Hoenninger, Amplitude Systems, France
Udo Klotzbach, Fraunhofer IWS, Germany
Almantas Galvasnauskas, Univ. of Michigan, USA
Haibin Zhang, ESI, USA

Materials
Richard Moncorge, Université de Caen, France, Program Chair
Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics Inc., USA, Program Chair
Jean-Luc Adam, Universite de Rennes I, France
Gerard Aka, Ecole Natl Superieure de Chimie de Paris, France
John Ballato, Clemson University, USA
Jes Broeng, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Maxim E. Doroshenko, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Inst RAS, Russia
Helena Jelinkova, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Ajoy Kumar Kar, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Christian Kraenkel, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Sergey B. Mirov, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
JianRong Qiu, South China University of Technology, China
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Kathleen I. Schaffers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Kenneth L. Schepler, US Air Force, USA
Peter G. Schunemann, BAE Systems Inc, USA
Jianda Shao, Shanghai Inst of Optics and Fine Mech, China
Takunori Taira, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
Mauro Tonelli, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Brian M. Walsh, NASA Langley Research Center, USA
Carlos L. Zaldo, Consejo Sup Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
John M. Zavada, National Science Foundation, USA

Sources
Gregory D. Goodno, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, USA, Program Chair
Alphan Sennaroglu, Koc University, Turkey, Program Chair
Andrius Baltuska, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Liang Dong, Clemson University, USA
Mark A. Dubinskii, US Army Research Laboratory, USA
Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Marc Eichhorn, Inst Franco-Allemand Recherches St Louis, France
Katia Gallo, Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, Sweden
Jennifer E. Hastie, University of Strathclyde, UK
F Oemer Omer Ilday, Bilkent Universitesi, Turkey
Yoonchan Jeong, Seoul National University, South Korea
Jason Jones, Cornell University, USA
Junji Kawanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Sunao Kurimura, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Valentin Petrov, Max Born Institute, Germany
Thomas Schreiber, Fraunhofer IOF, Germany
Scott D. Setzler, BAE Systems PLC, USA
Akira Shirakawa, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Thomas Sudmeyer, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland


Chairs

Peter Moulton, Q-Peak, Inc., USA
Guenter Huber, Universität Hamburg, Germany

Member

Applications
Valentin Gapontsev, IPG Photonics Corp., USA, Program Chair
Francois Salin, EOLITE, France, Program Chair
Michael O'Connor, IPG Photonics Corp., USA
Nasser Peyghambarian, University of Arizona, USA
Jose Salcedo, Multiwave Photonics, Portugal
Stefan NOLTE, Institut of Applied Physics, Univ. Jena, Germany
Ulrich Hefter, Rofin-Sinar, Germany
David Pureur, Quantel, France
Jyrki Latokartano, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Brian Baird, Summit Photonics, USA
Bill Shiner, IPG Photonics Corp, USA
Martin Richardson, CREOL, USA
Mark Hueske, LPKF, Germany
Zhu Xiao, laser.HUST Wuhan, China
Clemens Hoenninger, Amplitude Systems, France
Udo Klotzbach, Fraunhofer IWS, Germany
Almantas Galvasnauskas, Univ. of Michigan, USA
Haibin Zhang, ESI, USA

Materials
Richard Moncorge, Université de Caen, France, Program Chair
Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics Inc., USA, Program Chair
Jean-Luc Adam, Universite de Rennes I, France
Gerard Aka, Ecole Natl Superieure de Chimie de Paris, France
John Ballato, Clemson University, USA
Jes Broeng, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Maxim E. Doroshenko, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Inst RAS, Russia
Helena Jelinkova, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Ajoy Kumar Kar, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Christian Kraenkel, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Sergey B. Mirov, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
JianRong Qiu, South China University of Technology, China
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Kathleen I. Schaffers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Kenneth L. Schepler, US Air Force, USA
Peter G. Schunemann, BAE Systems Inc, USA
Jianda Shao, Shanghai Inst of Optics and Fine Mech, China
Takunori Taira, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
Mauro Tonelli, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Brian M. Walsh, NASA Langley Research Center, USA
Carlos L. Zaldo, Consejo Sup Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
John M. Zavada, National Science Foundation, USA

Sources
Gregory D. Goodno, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, USA, Program Chair
Alphan Sennaroglu, Koc University, Turkey, Program Chair
Andrius Baltuska, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Liang Dong, Clemson University, USA
Mark A. Dubinskii, US Army Research Laboratory, USA
Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Marc Eichhorn, Inst Franco-Allemand Recherches St Louis, France
Katia Gallo, Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, Sweden
Jennifer E. Hastie, University of Strathclyde, UK
F Oemer Omer Ilday, Bilkent Universitesi, Turkey
Yoonchan Jeong, Seoul National University, South Korea
Jason Jones, Cornell University, USA
Junji Kawanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Sunao Kurimura, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Valentin Petrov, Max Born Institute, Germany
Thomas Schreiber, Fraunhofer IOF, Germany
Scott D. Setzler, BAE Systems PLC, USA
Akira Shirakawa, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Thomas Sudmeyer, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland