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In this issue: Centennial and Special Events at FIO 2016, Cast Your Ballot in the OSA Election, View OSA Member stories online, Meetings, Opportunities and more.
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Marcos Presents at Light The Future During Latin America Optics & Photonics Congress (LAOP)
On 24 August, Susanna Marcos, professor of research, Instituto de Óptica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and OSA Fellow gave a fascinating talk with an eye into the future. She talked about how the eye is a unique optical system and how its performance gets compromised with age and disease.
Watch her talk here.
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Centennial and Special Events at FIO 2016:
 Futurist Michio Kaku to Speak at Light The Future Speaker Series at FiO
12:00 – 13:30, Thursday, 20 October
Join us at FiO when Michio Kaku, futurist and theoretical physicist, City College of New York, discusses “Optics of the Future: Exploring the Universe and the Brain.”
Sir Peter L. Knight, emeritus professor, Imperial College, London, 2004 OSA President and OSA Fellow will serve as the Master of Ceremonies. Several Nobel Laureates will be there to share their views for the future. This program is free and open to the public. [more]
OSA Fellow Members Lunch at FiO 2016
12:00– 13:30, Tuesday, 18 October
Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Rochester
Rochester, NY, USA
Advance Registration Deadline: 4 October
The Fellow Members Lunch is always a great opportunity to connect with colleagues.*
Do not miss the chance to celebrate OSA’s Centennial Year in Rochester!
For more information, contact OSA Awards Office at awards@osa.org or 1.202.416.1960.
* Limited to OSA Fellow Members and Honorary Members.
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New Additions to Centennial Website
Don’t forget to head over to the centennial bookshelf for a look at the most cited articles from 1990-1999 that were recently added to the website and to view the latest decade of OSA, science and political events that were added to our timeline. You can also download OSA’s Century of Optics (a chapter or the entire book) here.
Be sure to also visit the OSA Stories Section to watch OSA Members talk about what inspired them to pursue a career in optics, what excites them about their work and what OSA means to them. This section also features memories and photos submitted by OSA Members.
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Last Chance! Vote in the OSA Election before 23 September 2016
There’s still time to cast your ballot in the election for the 2017 OSA Vice President and three Directors at Large before the polls close on Friday, 23 September 2015, 23:59 U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. If you have not yet voted, please read the candidates’ profiles and personal statements and submit your vote. You may vote using your smart phone/mobile device. Your participation is important!
Election results will be announced on Wednesday, 19 October, at the OSA Annual Business Meeting during the 2016 Frontiers in Optics/OSA Annual Meeting in Rochester, NY, USA. Results will be available on the OSA website in late October.
*Individual, Emeritus and Recent Graduate members in good standing as of 1 September 2016 are eligible to vote in this election. Student members are not eligible to vote.
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 OSA’s Chief Scientist, Gregory Quarles is a renowned physicist with 25 years of experience driving cutting-edge laser, optics and photonics technology development and operations globally. He has led strategic partnerships with multiple agencies including the Departments of Defense, Energy and Commerce, NASA, and the U.S. Congress. Quarles was honored at the Oklahoma State University College of Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame private banquet on Friday, 9 Sept.
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OSA Fellow Receives the 2017 IEEE Photonics Award
OSA Fellow John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials at University of California Santa Barbara [UCSB], has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE] Photonics Award. Bowers is the first faculty member from UCSB to receive the honor, which recognizes his “pioneering research in silicon photonics, including hybrid silicon lasers, photonic integrated circuits and ultra low-loss waveguides.”
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Recognition for Review: Celebrate Peer Review Week 19th-25th September 2016
 Peer Review Week is a global event celebrating the importance of peer review in maintaining scientific quality. The event brings together individuals, institutions, & organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review, whatever shape or form it might take, is critical to scholarly communications.
This year’s theme, Recognition for Review, explores all aspects of how those participating in review activity should be recognized for their contribution. We are grateful to our volunteer reviewers for the time and energy they dedicate to improving the quality of our journals.
OSA is proud to be on the organizing committee for Peer Review Week 2016. We encourage you to join the #PeerRevWk16 and #RecognizeReview conversations on Twitter, or visit the Peer Review Week 2016 website for additional resources about peer review or to promote the week on a local level.
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OSA Traveling Lecturer Spotlight: Arlene Smith
 “As a former Student Chapter Member and, more recently, a member of a Local Section, I have reaped the benefits of OSA’s Traveling Lecturer Program. I’ve had the opportunity to engage with several respected optics researchers and heard them speak on a range of topics. As a member of OSA’s Member and Education Services Council, I’m encouraged to see the Traveling Lecturer Directory grow, now with over 600 speakers. I am especially pleased to see early career researchers and industry professionals participating in the program.
In July 2016, I experienced the Program from the other side when I visited the Optics Students Karlsruhe (OSKar) Student Chapter at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany as a Traveling Lecturer. This was my first Student Chapter visit and I was excited to meet with Chapter Members, learn about their research and to explore an unfamiliar campus and city. My talk focused on how important it is to establish a professional network and to connect with the optics community early in your career. I was greeted so warmly by the student members who came along to my talk. Afterwards, I joined the students for a BBQ lunch - and some delicious local pilsners! The Traveling Lecturer Program provides an excellent opportunity to connect with students all over the world - an experience which I have found very rewarding. I am looking forward to many more Chapter visits and to making new OSA friends along the way.”
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Recognize Your Colleagues - Submit a Nomination for an OSA Award
Nomination Deadline: 1 October
OSA celebrates the field's service, education, research, technical, business and leadership accomplishments through the presentation of awards and honors. Members are encouraged to recognize the achievements of their colleagues by submitting award nominations this fall.
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OSJ – OSA Joint Symposia on Plasmonics and Digital Optics in Tokyo, Japan
Advanced Registration Deadline: 30 September
The Optical Society of Japan (OSJ) and OSA are organizing joint symposia in celebration of the strong partnership between OSA and OSJ and OSA’s 100th Anniversary. The sessions will immediately precede Optics and Photonics Japan 2016 (OPJ2016) and will explore the latest advances in the fields of plasmonics and digital photonics.
OSA will host a reception for attendees and members on Sunday evening, 30 October. For more information, email RSVPOSAevent@osa.org.
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Join Us at FiO 2016 and Save 50% on Your Individual Membership
As a Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science attendee, you can save 50% on your one-year, Individual Membership renewal. This special rate is available whether you’re joining for the first time or renewing for another year.
Stop by the OSA Booth in the lobby area to take up the offer. (Then visit the OSA Centennial Exhibit, which reflects on 100 years of innovations and inventions in optics.)
* Promotion applies to a one-year individual membership only.
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Submit Your Paper to OFC 2017
Submission Deadline: 11 October
Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work at OFC, the world’s largest conference in telecom and data center network technology. Students and young professionals, apply for The Corning Outstanding Paper Competition or The Tingye Li Innovation Prize when you submit your paper.
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The 100-Year View of Photonics, Part 1—The Century of Most Rapid Growth
OSA's Centennial offers OIDA an opportunity to take a long view of our market and its impact on society. Optics and photonics has grown from a small passive optics industry over a century ago, when agriculture was still the largest economic sector, to production worth over $400 billion per year today. And it's still growing, albeit more slowly.
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Defense Research Announcement
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that a solicitation will soon be issued for the Extreme Optics and Imaging (EXTREME) program. The initiative is based on the potential to develop optical properties from metallic and dielectric "metamaterials", scattering surfaces and volumes, holographic structures, and diffractive elements. These would break the standard "laws" of reflection and refraction for optics. DARPA anticipates to fund three technical challenge areas that will stimulate disciplinary convergence. Two teams will be based on materials engineering concepts, and one on modeling and design. DARPA will host a proposers day 1 September.
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Changes to WORKinOPTICS
 You now need to use your OSA account to sign in to WORKinOPTICS.com. As a reminder, your OSA password will be your member number unless you requested it to be changed. If you have questions or need assistance, contact OSA customer service at custserv@OSA.org or call us at +1 202.416.1907 or 800.766.4672 (US/Canada).
Over 60,000 professionals use WORKinOPTICS. Post your job openings — viewed by an average of 645 job seekers. Search and recruit from more than 1,800 qualified job seekers - nearly 75% of whom hold a masters degree or higher. Visit WORKinOPTICS today.
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In the September 2016 OPN: OCT at 25, Commercializing Biophotonics, and more
 Feature articles:
Check out the issue.
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Recently Published Special Issues
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17 – 21 October 2016, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, New York, USA
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 4 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
2 – 5 November 2016, Wuhan International Expo Center, Wuhan, Hubei , China
Advanced Registration Deadline: 30 September 2016
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 14 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
Hotel Reservation Deadline: 15 October 2016
30 October – 4 November 2016, The Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Collocated Topical Meetings:
- Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference (ASSL)
- Application of Lasers for Sensing & Free-Space Communication (LS&C)
- Laser Applications Conference (LAC)
Hotel Reservation Deadline: 7 October 2016
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 10 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
19 – 23 March 2017, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 11 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
14 – 17 November 2016, Kongresshalle Am Zoo, Leipzig, Germany
Collocated Topical Meetings:
Advanced Registration Deadline: 17 October 2016
Hotel Reservation Deadline: 17 October 2016
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Deadline: 26 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
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10 – 12 October 2016, Chongqing, China
11 – 14 October 2016, Xuhui Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
27 – 28 October 2016, Hiroshima, Japan
30 – 31 October 2016, Tokyo, Japan
6– 8 November 2016, Washington, DC, USA
17 November 2016, Washington, DC, USA
27 November – 2 December 2016, Melbourne, Australia
4 – 8 December 2016, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
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Don't Forget to Update Your Member Profile!
If your contact information has recently changed, don’t forget to visit the My Account section of OSA.org to update your personal information. While you’re there, you can also update your technical group interests and opt-in to OSA program opportunities. You can also personalize your profile with a professional headshot. Keeping your information current will assist us in providing you up-to-date information and ensuing that you don’t miss out on any member benefits. Update your contact information today by visiting the My Account section of OSA.org.
Note: Your OSA password will be your member number unless you requested it to be changed.
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