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Invited Speakers

Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference (ASSL)
Compact EUV & X-Ray Light Sources (EUVXRAY)
High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS)
Laser Applications Conference (LAC)
Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS)

Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference (ASSL)

  • Ignas Balciunas, Light Conversion, Ltd., 
    Advanced OPCPA Systems
  • Yves Bellouard, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Integrated Free-space Optics: An All-glass-based Design Paradigm for Optical Systems Integration
  • Anne DHOLLANDE, Inst Franco-Allemand Recherches St Louis, France
    2µm Fiber Laser Sources
  • Ori Henderson-Sapir, University of Adelaide, Australia
    Towards Mid-Infrared Fluoride-Glass Lasers with Positive-Index Waveguides
  • Lili Hu, Shanghai Inst of Optics & Fine Mech Lib, China
    Progress on High Power Neodymium Phosphate Laser Glass for Fusion Energy Application
  • Vytautas Jukna, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania
    Supercontinuum Generation in Bulk Materials at MHz Pulse Repetition Rates: The Impact on Beam Focusing Geometry and Heat Accumulation
  • Gaelle Lucas-Leclin, Institut d'Optique Lab Fabry, France
    Coherent Beam Combining of High Power Lasers Diode
  • Kaoru Minoshima, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
    Advances in Fiber-based Dual-comb Laser for Highly Functional Applications
  • Takasumi Tanabe, Keio University, Japan
    Microcomb Light Sources for Photonic Signal Processing and Terahertz Communications
  • Oscar Versolato, ARCNL, Netherlands
    Laser Driven EUV Plasma Sources

Compact EUV & X-Ray Light Sources (EUVXRAY)

  • Randy Meijer, ASML San Diego, United States
    EUV Power Scaling to 1 kW and Beyond Keynote
  • Carmen Menoni, Colorado State University, United States
    Dielectric Coatings for the Most Demanding Laser Technologies Keynote
  • Zenghu Chang, University of Ottawa, Canada
    High-power SWIR and MWIR Lasers Based on Chirped Pulse Amplification
  • Seth Cousin, EUVTech, United States
    EUV Metrology Source Applications and Requirements
  • Toru Fujinami, Energetiq Technology Inc, United States
    EUV/SXR Plasma Sources
  • Jan Gruenert, European XFEL GmbH, Germany
    Lasing of XFELO - the Hard X-ray Free-Electron Laser Oscillator
  • Philippe Regis Guy Piot, Argonne National Laboratory, United States
    Compact Structure-Wakefield Acceleration: Enabling Attosecond Control of Matter with Next-Generation XFELs
  • Alex Halavanau , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States
    Cavity-based XFEL
  • Erik Hosler, OBSIDIA Semiconductors Inc., United States
    An Accelerated Future
  • Tomonao Hosokai, University of Osaka, Japan
    Latest Result about Optimized Laser Wakefield Acceleration
  • Manuel Kirchen, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany
    Laser-Plasma Accelerators and Their Potential to Drive Compact EUV & X-ray Sources
  • Agostino Marinelli, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States
    Recent Developments in Attosecond XFELs at the Linac Coherent Light Source
  • Norio Nakamura , High Energy Accelerator Research Org, Japan
    High-Power EUV-FEL Light Source for Future Lithography
  • Arvinder Sandhu, University of Arizona, United States
    Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser Development at ASU
  • Lucas Schaper, DESY (Zeuthen), Germany
    Generation of fully coherent MHz repetition rate beams from EUV to soft X-ray at FLASH
  • Svitozar Serkez, European XFEL GmbH, Germany
    Attosecond Pulses from the EuXFEL
  • Yoshifumi Ueno , Gigaphoton Inc, Japan
    High-Brightness and Compact LPP-EUV Light Source from Gigaphoton
  • Jochen Vieker, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik, Germany
    Laser Driven X-ray Sources for Industrial Applications

High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS)

  • Seth Brussaard, Invisix Measuring Systems BV, Netherlands
    Soft X-ray Metrology for Advanced Semiconductor Device Characterization
  • Stefan Haessler, Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, France
    Relativistic Plasma Mirrors at kHz Repetition Rate on A Liquid Sheet
  • Marko Hubner, FBH, Germany
    Progress in High Repetition Rate Diode Laser Pumps for High Intensity Laser Systems
  • Andreas Maier, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany
    Plasma Injector for an X-Ray Synchrotron Lightsource
  • Nathan Ray, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
    Glass-engraved Metasurfaces: the Path Toward Birefringent and Antireflective Capabilities for High Power Laser Applications
  • Bedrich Rus, the Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Czech Republic
    Commissioning of L4 ATOM at ELI Beamlines: Generation of 5PW 840J Pulses
  • Clara Saraceno, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany
    High Average Power Broadband Terahertz Source
  • Jiri Sisma, ELI Beamlines - Intl Laser Research Ctr, Czech Republic
    Laser-Driven Electron Acceleration to 10 GeV in All-Optical Plasma Waveguides
  • Robin Timmis, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
    Efficiency-optimized Relativistic Plasma Harmonics for Extreme Fields
  • Iain Wilkinson, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany
    Development and Application of a High-Power SWIR OPCPA to soft X-ray High-Harmonic Generation
  • Zhong Yin, Tohoku University, Japan
    Uncovering Chemical Dynamics in the Liquid Phase via Time-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy
  • Jonathan Zuegel, University of Rochester, United States
    NSF OPAL – A Next-Generation Laser Reaching for the Brightest Light

Laser Applications Conference (LAC)

  • Martynas Adomaitis, OPTOMAN, Lithuania
    Title to be Announced
  • Rondepierre Alexandre, Mitsubishi Electric Adv Tech R&D Center, Japan
    Advanced Laser Processing Solutions to Enable Next-Generation Packaging: GHz-Burst-Mode Picosecond DUV Microvia Drilling in ABF
  • Roman Antipenkov, ELI ERIC, Czech Republic
    Title to be Announced
  • Mihaela Balu, UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute, United States
    Advances in Multiphoton Microscopy for Clinical Imaging
  • Yves Bellouard, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Title to be Announced
  • Markus Bohrer, Dr. Bohrer Lasertec GmbH, Austria
    Machine Learning for Excellence in Laser Depaneling of Selected Material
  • Jan Buss, Marvel Fusion GmbH, Germany
    Title to be Announced
  • Simas Butkus, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania
    Title to be Announced
  • Fedor Chernikov, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
    Deep Learning Enabled Coherent Beam Combinaiton
  • Maurice Clair , Fluence Technology sp. z o.o., Poland
    From Full-Field to Single-Spot – Laser-Based processing for Microelectronics
  • John Dominik, Hades Resources GmbH, Germany
    Drilling Hard Rock with High-Power Fiber Lasers
  • Thomas Forner , Focused Energy GmbH, Germany
    Title to be Announced
  • Christoph Franz, 4D Photonics GmbH, Germany
    ML/AI for Process Monitoring
  • Lina Grineviciute, Ctr for Physical Sciences & Technology, Lithuania
    Nanostructured Coatings for High-power Laser Optics: Waveplates, Polarizers and Diffractive Elements
  • Marie Groot, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 
    Clinical Translation of Higher Harmonic Generation Microscopy
  • Jonas Grünewald, Technische Universität Munchen, 
    Beam Shaping and Additive Manufacturing
  • Erik Hosler, OBSIDIA Semiconductors Inc., United States
    Title to be Announced
  • Stephanie Joachim, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany
    LIRIC: From Preclinical Development to Clinical Translation of Laser-induced Refractive Index Change
  • Tadas Kildusis, Akoneer, UAB, Lithuania
    Manufacturing of Copper Traces for Semiconductors and Electronics Using SSAIL Technology
  • Sabina Kuprėnaitė, OPTOMAN, Lithuania
    Non-degrading IBS-coated Optics for High-power Beam Delivery from UV to NIR
  • Luca Labate, CNR IPCF, Italy
    Development of Compact, Laser-driven Accelerators for Novel Radiotherapy Modalities with VHEE Beams
  • Achim Lenenbach, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik, Germany
    Hard Tissue Laser Surgery
  • Deividas Macius, Beamera, Lithuania
    How to Choose A Beam Expander for High Power Ultrafast Beams
  • Mangirdas Malinauskas, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania
    High Performance Microoptics realized via MPL
  • Andrius Melninkaitis, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania
    Title to be Announced
  • Matteo Moscatelli, Politecnico di Milano Biblioteche e Arch, Italy
    AI-Assisted Autonomous Trajectory Planning for Vision-Guided Robotic Laser Welding Applications
  • Christophe Moser, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Volumetric 3D Printing
  • Paul Rudy, Blue Laser Fusion Inc, United States
    Commercializing Laser Fusion with a Novel Optical Enhancement Cavity Laser
  • Daniel Schwab, GFH GmbH, Germany
    Ultrafast Laser Solutions: Challenges and Trade-Offs in Microelectronic Applications
  • Remigijus Sliupas, OPTOMAN, Lithuania
    Title to be Announced
  • Paul Somers, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
    Temporal-focusing 2PP and 3D Holographic Multiphoton Printing
  • Valdemar Stankevic, Ctr for Physical Sciences & Technology, Lithuania
    Title to be Announced
  • Henrik Tuennermann, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany
    Physics-informed AI for Ultrafast Optical Thin-film Coating Design
  • Modestas Vainoris, Workshop of Photonics, Lithuania
    Next Steps in Laser Processing of Glass to Address AI Needs
  • Frederik Wolf, Midel Photonics GmbH, Germany
    3D Beam Shaping – A New Era of Industrial Processing
  • Sanin Zulic, InnoLas Laser GmbH, Germany
    Title to be Announced

Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS)

  • Ady Arie, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    New Opportunities in Quasi Phase Matched Nonlinear Interactions
  • Satoshi Ashihara, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Background-Free Vibrational Spectroscopy Enabled by Mid-Infrared Mode-Locked Lasers
  • Esther Baumann, National Inst of Standards & Technology, United States
    Coherent Free-Form Dual-Comb Spectroscopy: From Gas Plume Sensing to Muscle Health Investigation
  • Martin Bernier, Université Laval, Canada
    Mid-IR fiber Laser Development
  • Martin Bock, Max-Born Institut, Germany
    Self-compression of Millijoule Pulses At 5 µm in Different Hollow Waveguides
  • Paolo De Natale, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Italy
    Exploring the Limits of Laser Molecular Spectroscopy Sensitivity
  • Naoki Higashitarumizu, University of California Berkeley, United States
    Novel Mid-infrared Detectors and Emitters
  • Caroline Juliano, Lunds Universitet, 
    Power Scaling of A High Repetition Rate, Passively CEP-stable, Few-cycle SWIR OPCPA for Strong-field Applications
  • Hansuek Lee, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Tech, Republic Of Korea
    Highly Coherent On-chip Mid-IR Light Sources Including Brillouin Lasers and Supercontinuum Based on Ultra-low-loss Chalcogenide Glass waveguides
  • Giuseppe Leo, Université Paris Cité, France
    Frequency U-conversion of Infrared Radiation InAlGaAs-on-insulator Nonlocal Metasurface
  • Jeffrey Moses, Cornell University, United States
    Harnessing Phase Matching and Hybridization for New Functionalities in Mid-IR Frequency Conversion
  • Valdas Pasiskevicius, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, Sweden
    Advances in Backward Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators: from Scientific Curiosity to Practical Systems
  • Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, United States
    Nonlinear and Quantum Photonics with Thin-Film Lithium Niobate
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