Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia Univ., USA, Optical Neuroimaging, PLENARY
Abstract: From 3D microscopy of cellular structures, to measurements of neuronal dynamics and blood flow, optical methods permit diverse investigations of the living brain. The latest photoactivation and optical neuroimaging approaches and applications will be reviewed.

Duco Jansen, Vanderbilt Univ., USA, Photonic Neural Interfaces: Current State and Future Challenges, PLENARY
Abstract: I will present an overview of the concepts and applications of optical nerve stimulation and inhibition with a focus on characterization of this technique, mechanistic studies as well as on several applications and device development.

Sunney Xie, Harvard Univ., USA, Label-Free Vibrational Imaging for Medicine, PLENARY
Abstract: Stimulated Raman scattering microscopy is a label-free and noninvasive imaging technique using vibrational spectroscopy as the contrast. Recent advances have allowed significant improvements in sensitivity, selectivity, robustness, and cost; opening a wide range of biomedical applications.

George Barbastathis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, Three-dimensional Modes of Illumination and Computational Reconstruction in Light-sheet Mcroscopy, Invited

Claude Boccara, ESPCI, France, Full-Field Optical Coherence Microscopy as a Tool for Intraoperative Surgery and Tissue Selection , Invited

Meng Cui, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States, Deep Tissue Fluorescence Imaging, Invited

Valentina Emiliani, CNRS, France, Two-photon Optogenetics by Wave Front Shaping of Ultrafast Pulses , Invited

Martin Fischer, Duke University, United States, Nonlinear Pump-Probe Techniques for Multi-Contrast Microscopy, Invited

Scott Howard, University of Notre Dame, Frequency Multiplexed in vivo Multiphoton Phosphorescence Lifetime Microscopy, Invited

Keisuke Isobe, RIKEN, Japan, Spatial Overlap Modulation Nonlinear Optical Microscopy for High-resolution Deep Imaging, Invited

Jae Yong Lee, Korea Res. Inst. of Standards & Science, South Korea, High Resolution Molecular Vibrational Imaging based on Nonlinear Optical Infrared Microscopy, Invited

Goro Mizutani, Japan Adv Inst of Science and Technology, Japan, Development of Optical Sum Frequency Generation Confocal Microscopy, Invited

Allard Mosk, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands, Noninvasive Fluorescence Imaging through Strongly Scattering Layers, Invited

Leilei Peng, University of Arizona, United States, Nonlinear Structured Illumination Microscopy with Surface Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Stimulated Emission Depletion, Invited

Gabriel Popescu, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, Real-time Quantitative Phase Imaging, Invited

Colin Sheppard, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy, Phase Contrast Microscopy- Methods and Modeling, Invited

Lihong Wang, Washington University in St Louis, United States, Photoacoustic Tomography: Ultrasonically Breaking through the Optical Diffusion Limit, Invited

Peng Xi, Peking University, China, Laser Oblique Scanning Optical Microscopy: Theory, Instrumentation, and Applications, Invited