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In this issue: Susana Marcos Speaks at Light the Future Speaker Series, Cast Your Ballot in the OSA Election, View OSA Member Stories Online, Meetings, Opportunities and more.
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Light The Future Speaker Series featured at Latin America Optics & Photonics Congress (LAOP)
Medellín, Colombia
24 August
8:15-19:00: OSA Centennial Talk—Light the Future (free)
Location: Auditorio, Ruta N
19:00-20:00: OSA Centennial Reception (free)
Location: Jartin Botanico, Orquideorama
 Susana Marcos, Professor of Research, Instituto de Óptica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and OSA Fellow, will give a public presentation at LAOP. Susana's talk, "An Eye into the Future" will look at light-based technologies and optics for the treatment of the eye.
For more information, visit osa.org/lightthefuture.
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Joseph Izatt & Bernard Kress Presented At Light the Future Speaker Series
On 26 July, Joseph Izatt, professor of Biophotonics, Duke University, and OSA Fellow and Bernard Kress, Microsoft shared their visions of the future during the Light the Future Speaker Series held at the Imaging & Applied Optics Congress in Heidelberg, Germany. If you missed the talk, or would like to hear it again, watch it here. Please log into your OSA account to view.
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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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Don't Forget to Cast Your Ballot in the OSA Election!
Help select OSA’s future leadership by voting in the OSA Election for 2017 offices. The election for the 2017 OSA Vice President and three Directors at Large will continue through 23 September 2016, 23:59 U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. If you haven’t yet voted, please read the candidates’ profiles and personal statements and then submit your vote. Every vote makes a difference!
Election results will be announced on Wednesday, 19 October 2016, at the OSA Annual Business Meeting during OSA’s 100th Annual meeting, Frontiers in Optics, 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 and Youth Educator members are not eligible to vote.
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Dr. Berkner Selected as "Top Female Research Leader of the Year
Dr. Kathrin Berkner, Director of R&D for Ricoh Innovations Corporation was selected as "Top Female Research Leader of the Year" for 2016-2017 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). With over 20 years of professional experience in the field, Dr. Berkner has certainly proved herself as an accomplished professional and expert in the industry. Her experience in creating innovative imaging solutions for healthcare and visual services gave her the recognition as Top Research Leader of the Year. Kathrin received her PhD in Mathematics from the Universität Bremen in 1996 her Masters in Mathematics from the Universität Hannover in 1992. She is an active member of OSA.
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OSA Traveling Lecturer Spotlight: Arti Agrawal
 Arti Agrawal, OSA Traveling Lecturer, Ambassador and Senior Member, City University London, London, UK
“I had the opportunity to travel to India as a guest lecturer in April. I had an amazing experience visiting various cities and chapters (holding joint events).
I travelled from north India (New Delhi, the capital city) to the eastern cost (Hyderabad) and then to Kolkatta before retracing my steps. The heat, the long flights and hectic schedules were almost forgotten when interacting with the chapters, being overwhelmed by their generous hospitality and impressed by their work. The passion and enthusiasm that I saw in the students was so infectious and energizing that I was so grateful to interact with these wonderful students.
To say I was overwhelmed by the brilliance of the students, their ideas, their questions and their interest, would be an understatement. If someone could bottle the energy in the room, they could power a city for a week!
To each of the chapters, the members, the organizers and faculty advisors I cannot say “thank you” enough times. I loved this experience and I only wish I could have spent more time at each place.
When I set out from London, I wondered how the trip would pan out. Now that I am back I know this: I want to go again!”
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Visit the OSA Blog to learn more>>
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The OSA Foundation announces a new OSA award recognizing the dedication, efficiency, innovation and leadership demonstrated by the OSA staff. The Treasurer’s Award will honor an employee who has made significant contributions to organizational excellence, who promotes and enacts innovative solutions or who exemplifies inspirational leadership. Candidates may be nominated by colleagues and/or the OSA community. Any employee who has two or more years of service to The Optical Society is eligible for nomination. The award was established in 2016, and the inaugural award will be presented at OSA's 2016 Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, held in Rochester, New York, USA.
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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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Adolph Lomb Medal
Submission Deadline: 1 October
A revised award scope for the Adolph Lomb Medal was approved by the OSA Board of Directors in June. The award remains a recognition of excellence at an early career stage, but the criteria has been modified to account for career breaks.
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Join the OSA Photobiomodulation Technical Group
You can now select the newest OSA Technical Group, which is focused on photobiomodulation, as one of your five technical affiliations included in your OSA Membership. Established in May 2016 and lead by Juanita Anders from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Photobiomodulation Technical Group grew out of two OSA Incubator Meetings on this topic. Photobiomodulation is an emerging and rapidly expanding area of photonic research and therapeutic applications (PBMT) that have the potential to revolutionize modern health care. The focus of the Photobiomodulation Technical Group will be to provide the necessary guidance and oversight to assure scientific accuracy in photobiomodulation basic research, clinical translation, and industrial development. [more]
If you would like to update your technical affiliations to include the Photobiomodulation Technical Group, you may do so when you renew your membership or by logging into “My Account” section at any time.
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Don't Forget: Submit a Summary for OPN's Year-End Special Issue
Submission Deadline: 31 August
Is your peer-reviewed optics research among the most exciting to emerge over the past 12 months? We want to hear about it! Submit a brief summary of your research, along with a compelling visual, for possible inclusion in our annual year-end issue reviewing some of the most intriguing progress in optics and photonics.
Also: If you have a great photo or high-impact image highlighting an aspect of optics, enter it in our annual photo contest!
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Purchase an OSA Explore Optics Kit Today
Inspire future scientists with the OSA Explore Optics Kit. The kit is designed to allow parents and educators to lead activities and demonstrations that allow students to explore the many different properties of light. Order one for an educator or a student to bring optics into the classroom.
Order Now.
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OSA – JSAP Joint Symposia & OSA Member Reception in Niigata, Japan
Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) Autumn Meeting
13 – 16 September
OSA Member Reception: 14 September
TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center
Niigata, Japan
Response Deadline: 23 August
OSA is proud to continue its collaboration with the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) by
co-sponsoring joint English-language symposia during the 77th JSAP Autumn Meeting. OSA Vice-President, Ian Walmsley will deliver a talk during the meeting and host an evening reception for OSA Members at the Hotel Okura Niigata, Japan. Please respond via email by 23 August if you plan to attend the reception. Register for the conference to take advantage of discounted rates.
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OSJ – OSA Joint Symposia on Plasmonics and Digital Optics in Tokyo, Japan
30 – 31 October 2016
Tokyo Bunkyo School Building, University of Tsukuba
Tokyo, Japan
Pre-Registration Deadline: 30 September
The Optical Society of Japan (OSJ) and OSA are organizing joint symposia in celebration 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. Register to take advantage of discounted rates.
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Don't Forget to Update Your Member Profile!
 If your contact information has changed or you’ve changed companies and/or positions, don’t forget to update your personal information, technical group or graduation year. Members can also personalize their profile with a professional headshot. Keeping your information current will assist us in providing up-to-date information and ensure that you don’t miss out on any member benefits.
Update your contact information 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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More on What the Brexit Means to Photonics
 Last month’s OIDA newsletter listed several things to look out for if the Brexit vote actually leads to an actual exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (see OIDA’s comments also here). We listed several effects, some near-term and some further out:
- Changes in currency exchange rates
- Uncertainty leading to slower investment and demand for capital equipment
- Possible tighter financing for small companies
- Decoupled R&D projects and an unclear “exit dividend” for R&D funding
- Company relocation to the main land
- Issues around recruitment of photonics talent in the face of visa reform
Business will mostly go on as usual, apart from the immediate effect of exchange rates. The long-term effects that are least clear and the most consequential. But years will pass first, if the exit even happens at all. Other commentators have similar observations, including these thoughts from John Lincoln of the U.K. Photonics Leadership Group, in an interview with OPN.
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New Optica Article Type for Breakthrough Results: Memorandum
Optica now offers a vehicle for the announcement of important new results that should be disseminated to the community quickly. Memoranda are a nod to the past when authors wrote letters to the editor—which have all but disappeared and been replaced by the currently familiar four- or five-page short paper format. Submission requirements include a strict two page limit and a 35-word abstract that must make the impact of the result clear to a broad audience. The Journal’s existing rapid editorial review process will enable publication within 4-6 weeks. As OSA’s Open Access journal for high-impact research, Optica’s wide availability and prestige mean it is perfectly placed to offer this article type to today’s optics and photonics community.
See the first example now published: 8 × 8 × 40 Gbps fully integrated silicon photonic network on chip, Chong Zhang, Shangjian Zhang, Jon D. Peters, and John E. Bowers, Optica 3, Issue 7, pp. 785-786 (2016)
For more details, read the editorial.
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Recently Published Special Issues
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5 – 8 September 2016, SMC Conference & Function Centre, Sydney, Australia
Collocated Topical Meetings:
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 16 August 2016, 12:00 EDT
4 – 8 December 2016, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 23 August 2016, 12:00 EDT
11 – 14 October 2016, Xuhui Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Advanced Registration Deadline: 9 September 2016
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 21 September 2016, 12:00 EDT
17 – 21 October 2016, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, New York, USA
Advanced Registration Deadline: 20 September 2016
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 4 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
21 – 23 October 2016, Hilton Garden Inn, Rochester, New York, USA
Advanced Registration Deadline: 20 September 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
19 – 23 March 2017, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 – 5 November 2016, Wuhan International Expo Center, Wuhan, Hubei , China
Postdeadline Abstract and Summary Submission Deadline: 14 October 2016, 12:00 EDT
Advanced Registration Deadline: 15 October 2016
Hotel Reservation Deadline: 15 October 2016
14 – 17 November 2016, Kongresshalle Am Zoo, Leipzig, Germany
Collocated Topical Meetings:
Advanced Registration Deadline: 17 October 2016
Hotel Reservation Deadline: 17 October 2016
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22 – 25 August 2016, Ruta N, Medellin, Colombia
7 – 9 September 2016, Washington, DC, USA
13 – 16 September 2016, Niigata, Japan
21 – 23 September 2016, Washington, DC, USA
10 – 12 October 2016, Chongqing, China
27 – 28 October 2016, Hiroshima, Japan
30 – 31 October 2016, Tokyo, Japan
6– 8 November 2016, Washington, DC, USA
27 November – 2 December 2016, Melbourne, Australia
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