Pablo Artal, Universidad de Murcia , Spain, Adaptive Optics for Ophthalmic Applications, Invited

Martin Booth, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Adaptive Optics for High-resolution Microscopy, Invited

R. Daniel Ferguson, Physical Sciences Inc., United States, Coherence-gated Wavefront Sensing, Invited

Mourad Idir, Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States, E: X-ray Active Optics for Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Applications: Why and How?, Invited

Na Ji, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States, Pupil-segmentation-based Adaptive Optics for In-vivo Brain Imaging , Invited

Joel Kubby, University of California Santa Cruz, United States, Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging using Direct Wavefront Sensing, Invited

Carl Paterson, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Information in Wavefront Sensing - Fundamental Limits to Wavefront Measurement, Invited

Jason Porter, University of Houston, United States, Wavefront Sensorless Adaptive Optics Imaging in the Living Eye, Invited

Lisa Poyneer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States, Adaptive x-ray Optics at Lawrence Livermore, Invited

Thomas Rimmele, National Solar Observatory, United States, Solar Adaptive Optics: Challenges and New Developments , Invited

Karin Stein, Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany, Electro-optical Propagation along a Horizontal Path – A Brief Overview, Invited

General Chairs

Julian Christou, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, USA
Donald Miller, Indiana University, USA

Program Committee

Martin Booth, Univ. of Oxford, UK
Christopher Dainty, National Univ. of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Alfredo Dubra, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Enrique-Josua Fernandez, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Szymon Gladysz, Fraunhofer Institute IOSB, Germany
Robert Johnson, Starfire Optical Range, USA
Caroline Kulcsar, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France
Gordon Love, Univ. of Durham, UK
Lisa Poyneer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Thomas Rimmele, National Solar Observatory, USA
Allan Wirth, Xinetics Inc, USA
Robert Zawadzki, Univ. of California Davis, USA

Congress Special Events

Congress Reception
Monday 24 June, 19.00 – 20.30
Join your fellow attendees for the Congress Reception. Enjoy delectable fare while networking. The reception is open to committee/presenting author/student and full conference attendees. Conference attendees may purchase extra tickets for their guest.
 
Joint Poster Sessions
Tuesday 25, June, 16.30 – 18.00
Posters are an integral part of the technical program and offer a unique networking opportunity, where presenters can discuss their results one-to-one with interested parties. Each author is provided with a 4 ft. × 8 ft. (1.22 m × 2.44 m) board on which to display the summary and results of his or her paper.
  
AO & pcDVT Joint Sessions
Wednesday, 26 June, 8:00 – 13:00

AO Performance Metrics Discussion
Presider: Julian Christou, LBT Observatory, USA
Panel:Pablo Artal, Univ. of Murcia, Spain; Martin Booth, Univ. of Oxford, UK; Mourad Idir, Brookhaven National Lab., USA; Thomas Rimmele, National Solar Observatory, USA; Karin Stein, Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany

AO has become increasingly commonplace across a diverse range of applications. Maturation of AO methods along with technology developments have pushed the performance limits of both laboratory based and commercial AO systems. With these developments there is increasing need for simple, yet effective metrics to assess AO performance. This is particular pressing for commercial applications, as for example in clinical ophthalmology, where the systems are operated by non-technical personnel. While different applications may require different AO metrics, use of the same AO fundamentals suggest there may also be much commonality. These issues will be explored in this session through a panel led discussion of leading AO experts. Please come with your own AO metric questions for the panel.