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Application of Lasers for Sensing & Free Space Communication (LS&C)


Application of Lasers for Sensing & Free Space Communication (LS&C)

Application of Lasers for Sensing & Free Space Communication (LS&C)

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

Resources: Committees

The Technical Program Committee Members are integral to the success of the meeting. As a volunteer you dedicate countless hours contacting colleagues to encourage submissions and reviewing papers. On behalf of OSA, its Board, and its entire staff, we extend enormous gratitude to the members of the Application of Lasers for Sensing & Free Space Communication (LS&C) Technical Program Committee.

Essential Links

Call for Papers Opens
Abstract and Summary Submissions Due 24 June 2013, 12:12 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
  • Assist during invitation process
  • Score all papers (excluding conflicts)
  • Volunteer to blog
  • Promote meeting
  • Encourage your peers to complete a submission for the meeting.
  • Mark your calendar and save dedicated time for the paper review process.  
  • To promote the meeting, solicit and encourage contributed papers
  • Suggest candidates for invited speakers
  • Support and adhere to meeting deadlines
  • Review and score submissions to help determine which submissions should be accepted for presentation
  • Support chairs’ effort to solicit funds from granting agencies and corporations.
  • Attend the meeting and participate in on-site wrap-up meetings

References

All documents listed below are located in the Resource Center on Sharepoint.

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

Chair

 Paul McManamon, Exciting Technology LLC, United States
Ove Steinvall, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden
Edward Watson, Vista Applied Optics, LLC, United States

Member

 Claudine Besson, Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aerospatiales, France
Gerald Buller, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Timothy Carrig, Lockheed Martin, United States
Reinhard Ebert, Fraunhofer-Inst of Optronics, Syst Tech, Germany
John Gongleski, European Off of Aerospace Res. & Devo, United Kingdom
Frank Hein, Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co KG, Germany
Richard Heinrichs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Hamid Hemmati, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
Sammy Henderson, Beyond Photonics, United States
Thomas Karr, DARPA/STO, United States
Robert Lamb, SELEX Galileo Ltd, United Kingdom