Convening 1,300 scientific and industry leaders, this year's meeting provided attendees with innovative programming, spanning the content areas that will give rise to tomorrow's technological breakthroughs.

"From the thematic organization of the conference to the selection of speakers, FiO + LS was designed to be a forward-looking program that effectively coupled research with realization. And we wanted attendees to be part of that realization," said Christoph Harder, Swissphotonics, Switzerland, FiO General Co-chair.

We're glad that you were a part of the conference this year, and hope to see you again next October.

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Thank you Senior Members for engaging with us at FiO/LS here in Washington, D.C. We were excited to meet many of you for the first time and reconnect with others at our Mentorship Program and Reception. You are a valued part of this organization and we thank you for participating in our programs. We look forward to seeing you and those interested in becoming Senior Members at future events.

Thank You!

Sincerely,
The Optical Society Membership Team

If you have any questions about the OSA Senior Member Program, please contact us at info@osa.org

This recognition acknowledges the outstanding dedication and accomplishments of OSA Members, companies or organizations that demonstrate efforts to foster greater appreciation, advancement and celebration of diversity and inclusivity. This can be achieved through community service, professional development, hiring practices or programming that enhance opportunities for the understanding and inclusion of people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Four honorees were selected for 2018: Arlene Maclin, Howard University, USA; Frederique Vanholsbeeck, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Ling-An Wu, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate School, Japan.

Visit osa.org/diversity to view short videos highlighting their accomplishments.

When you join or renew your OSA Membership, add an installment plan to any of the OSA Individual or Emeritus Multi-Year and Lifetime Membership products. The plan will allow you to spread the cost of your dues over four monthly payments that will be charged to your credit card/debit card at no extra cost. Once your initial payment is submitted, you are eligible for all OSA Member Benefits.

*This option does not apply for Student and Early Career Professionals.

Zhimin Shi
Title: Assistant Professor
Organization: University of South Florida
Location: Florida, USA

It was my great pleasure to visit the SUSTC Student Chapter and I was very impressed by the department and the chapter in their vibrant student and research activities in Optics and Photonics. The university is expanding rapidly and is investing significantly to provide faculty and students with the best research and study environment. My interaction with students and faculty members was beneficial for both sides and I am glad that I can have this opportunity to advocate for OSA. This is a great program to enhance academic interactions with different universities. It is especially helpful for students to know about OSA and about the career opportunities in other parts of the world.

Submission Deadline: 9 October 2018, 12:00 EDT (16.00 GMT)

Submit your research to be peer-reviewed and considered for presentation at the premier international conference for optical communications and networking professionals! See the full list of esteemed invited speakers online.

Please join OSA President Ian Walmsley and OSA Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Rogan at an OSA Member reception in Tokyo, Japan.

Date: Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Time: 18:15-20:00
Location: Kanobi Meikeikan
1-5-23 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0012
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RSVP by 20 October 2018

For more information and to register for the 2018 Joint Symposia on Optics, hosted by The Optical Society of Japan (OSJ), The Optical Society (OSA), and The Optical Society of Korea (OSK), please visit this webpage. Submit your research

Application Deadline: 21 October 2018

OSA and ICTP invite you to apply for the 2019 Winter College of Optics and Photonics in Food Science in Trieste, Italy from 11-22 February 2019.

Visit event website to learn more and to submit your application.

Application Deadline: 20 December

Technical competency is an invaluable resource sought after by many fields, where a firm grounding in science or technology is an asset. The Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting Fellowship provides unrestricted fellowships to talented, young optical scientists and engineers who believe their expertise can be utilized to improve society beyond the bench. The program is intended to encourage people of exceptional talent to pursue their newfound passion. Each year, one OSA member is presented a "no strings" stipend of $50,000 USD. This fellowship is an investment in a person's commitment to advancing science through non-traditional career paths (e.g. public policy, government, and journalism). For more information, visit osa.org/pivoting

It's hard to appreciate just how significant the data center business has been for optical communications. Yes, there are a lot of companies providing services that use large data "warehouse-scale" centers, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. But these companies are not only expanding their capacity, but also upgrading their infrastructures as their businesses evolve. Facebook once said at an OIDA workshop that it swaps out its equipment "down to the concrete floor" every three years or so. Even if the companies can migrate to keeping some of the same equipment-such as empty racks and fiber cabling-over multiple cycles, it amounts to a lot of business for component vendors as long as this cycle keeps repeating itself.

Our most recent OIDA Market Update features charts from Ovum that illustrate the growth in this business and its impact on optical transceiver sales.

Read the OIDA article.

For 23 years OIDA has met with its counterpart optoelectronics trade associations from around the world to share information on new initiatives, technology trends, and market data. This year, Dr. Christoph Harder represented both OIDA and Switzerland at the group's meeting in South Korea in June. For several years, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have reported that their photonics manufacturing is moving to China, just as U.S. manufacturing started moving to Asia decades ago. Dr. Harder writes that this theme was repeated again this year.

Read this OIDA article.

You are invited to attend OIDA Executive Forum on 8 November and learn about new trends, opportunities, and challenges facing the laser market. In one morning you'll get the information you need to propel your career and your business forward in 2018 and beyond. This is your chance to learn and talk with the experts about all your business and technology problems and meet the power players at an intimate networking lunch.

Meet Top Industry Speakers Including:

The publication of four final invited Anniversary Review articles, along with an introduction from Editor-in-Chief Andrew M. Weiner, marks the conclusion of the celebration of the Journal's many accomplishments throughout its groundbreaking history. Visit the Anniversary website to read more.

Optica
Machine Learning Technique Can Rebuild Images That Go Through Multimode Fibers - Photonics.com
Source Article:  Learning to see through multimode fibers

Handheld Imager Gives Window into Tiny Eyes - Technologynetworks.com
Hand-Held Imager Could Broaden Use of AOSLO - Photonics.com
Source Article: Handheld adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope 

Optics Express
New compact imaging system captures 5D images - Radiology Business
New camera capable of taking pictures in five dimensions - Tech Explorist
Source Article: 5D hyperspectral imaging: fast and accurate measurement of surface shape and spectral characteristics using structured light 

Optics Letters
Optical pressure detector could improve robot skin, wearables, screens - Wearable Technology Insights
Optical pressure detector could improve robot skin, wearable devices, and touch screens - LaserFocusWorld
Source Article:  Elastomer thin-film pressure sensor based on embedded photonic tunnel-junction arrays

Applied Optics
Optics in Ireland

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Special Issue on Optical Networks and Systems (ONS) Symposium, Globecom 2017

Optical Materials Express

Optical Phase Change Materials

Planar Oxide Photonic Materials and Devices

Applied Optics
Feature Issue: Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging 2018
Submission Deadline: 15 October 2018
Editors: Abbie Watnik (Lead), Andrew Harvey, Edmund Lam, and Prasanna Rangarajan

Feature Issue: Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis (LACSEA)
Submission Opens: 1 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018
Editors: Johannes Kiefer (Lead), Weidong Chen, Thomas Dreier, Wolfgang Meier, Thomas Seeger, and Hans Stauffer

Biomedical Optics Express
Feature Issue: Brillouin Light Scattering Microspectroscopy for Biomedical Research and Applications
Submission Opens: 15 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 15 November 2018
Editors: Kareem Elsayad (Lead), Thomas Dehoux, Daniele Fioretto, and Francesca Palombo

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Feature Issue: Latency in Edge Optical Networks
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2018
Editors: Jörg-Peter Elbers (Lead), Ramon Casellas, David Larrabeiti, and Thomas Pfeiffer

Journal of the Optical Society of America A
Feature Issue: Visual and Physiological Optics
Submission Opens: 1 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018
Editors: Harilaos Ginis (Lead), Vasyl Molebny, Jos J. Rozema, Christina Schwarz, and Juan Tabernero

Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Feature Issue: Quantum Key Distribution and Beyond
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2018
Editors: Mohsen Razavi (Lead), Anthony Leverrier, Xiongfeng Ma, Bing Qi, and Zhiliang Yuan

Feature Issue: Fluctuation-Induced Phenomena in Photonic Systems
Submission Opens: 1 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018
Editors: Francesco Intravaia (Lead), Kurt Busch, and Diego A. R. Dalvit

Feature Issue: Diffractive Waveplates
Submission Opens: 1 November 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 December 2018
Editors: Nelson Tabiryan (Lead), Timothy J. Bunning, and Gabriella Cipparrone

Optical Materials Express
Feature Issue: Beyond Thin Films: Photonics with Ultra-thin and Atomically-thin Materials
Submission Deadline: 15 October 2018
Editors: Stavroula Foteinopoulou, Nicolae Panoiu, Vladimir Shalaev, and Ganapathi S. Subramania

Feature Issue: Design, Manufacture, and Analysis of Photonic Materials for Historical and Modern Visual Arts
Submission Opens: 1 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018
Editors: Joel Yang (Lead), Alexandra Boltasseva, Martin Fischer, and Martina Mrongovius

Feature Issue: Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals, and Plasmonics
Submission Opens: 15 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 December 2018
Editors: Said Zouhdi (Lead), Alexandra Boltasseva, and Guixin Li

Optics Express
Feature Issue: Photonic Technologies for Autonomous Cars
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2018
Editors: Jin-Wei Shi (Lead), Jiun-In Guo, Manabu Kagami, Paul Suni, and Olaf Ziemann

Feature Issue: Solar Hydrogen Generation
Submission Opens: 1 October 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2018
Editors: Boon S. Ooi (Lead), Zetian Mi, and Sang-Wan Ryu

As a valued OSA Member, you receive a wide range of exclusive benefits, including reduced prices for all OSA-managed meetings and conferences. Did you know that with just one meeting registration, membership pays for itself? Take advantage of your members-only pricing this year!

OFC 2019
3- 7 March 2019, San Diego, California, USA
Call for Papers: 9 October 2018, 12:00 EDT (16.00 GMT)

OSA Laser Congress
4 - 8 November 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Postdeadline Paper Deadline: 9 October 2018, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)
Advance Registration Deadline: 9 October 2018

OSA Light, Energy and the Environment Congress 
5 - 8 November 2018, Sentosa Island, Singapore
Postdeadline Paper Deadline : 8 October 2018, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)
Advance Registration Deadline: 9 October 2018

OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences
15 - 17 April 2019
Tucson, Arizona
Call for Papers: 6 November 2018