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Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS)

Meetings

Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS)

27 October - 01 November 2013

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 Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS) Technical Program Committee.

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

Chair

Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO -The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
Irina Sorokina, Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Univ , Norway

Member

Benoit Boulanger, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I), France
Arturo Chavez-Pirson, NP Photonics Inc,
Jérôme Faist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Fejer, Stanford University, United States
Stuart Jackson, Institute of Photonics and Optical Scien, Australia
Fredrik Laurell, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, Sweden
Michel Lefebvre, Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aerospatiales,
Sergey Mirov, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
Valentin Petrov, Max Born Institute, Germany
Kathleen Schaffers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Peter Schunemann, BAE Systems Inc, United States
Carlo Sirtori, Universite Paris-Diderot Paris VII, France
Frank Tittel, Rice University, United States
Karl Unterrainer, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Joachim Wagner, Fraunhofer IAF, Germany