04 - 08 May, 2024
Charlotte Convention Center
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
Schedule and speakers subject to change.
All Day Hotel Check-In
Hilton Garden Inn
18:30-19:30 Welcome Reception
Room E222
07:30-08:45 Breakfast
Room E222
08:50-09:00 Welcome & Introductions
MC Gabrielle Thomas, Menlo Systems, Germany
09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks
Elizabeth A. Rogan, CEO, Optica, USA
Janet Fender, United States Air Force (retired); 1997 Optica President, USA
09:15-10:30 Sustainable Networking for Scientists and Engineers
Christina Willis, Director of External & Government Affairs, Infleqtion, USA
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Pioneering Fusion Energy for Future Generations
Tammy Ma, Lead, Inertial Fusion Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA
12:00- 13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Foundations and Frontiers: Shaping the Future of Photonics
Ursula Keller, Professor of Physics, ETH Zurich, Swizterland
14:00-15:00 The Future of Biomedical Optics for Aspiring Talent
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Malcolm Gillis University Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University, USA
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:20 Quick-Fire Mentoring
Michal Lipson, Columbia Univ., USA Keeley Hurley, Applied Energetics, Inc., USA
Gabrielle Thomas, Menlo Systems, Germany Janet Fender, US Air Force (retired), USA
Deepa Venkitesh, IIT Madras, India Elizabeth Rogan, Optica, USA
Ursula Keller, ETH Zurich, Swizterland Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice Univ., USA
Chiara Trovatello, Columbia Univ., USA
17:20-17:40 Wrap Up
17:45-19:30 Dinner
Room E222, Chalottee Convention Center
07:30-08:30 CLEO Chairs Breakfast – Making the Most of CLEO 2024
Applications & Technology General Chair
Jie Qiao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Fundamental Science General Chair
Julia Mikhailova, Princeton University, USA
Fundamental Science General Chair
Camille Sophie Brès, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
08:30 Conclusion of Women Scholars Conference Programming
We encourage you to explore the opportunities throughout the CLEO conference (cleoconference.org). Below, are a few activities we recommend, including talks from your Women Scholar recipient colleagues.
16:30-16:45 Applications of Hadamard-Multiplexed Fluorescence Imaging using a Hyperspectral Camera - Room 201AB
Emma Abbey, University of Victoria, Canada
08:00 – 10:00 Plenary Session I - CLEO Hub Theater
Near- & Mid-IR Integrated Photonics for Sensing, Interconnects and Computing
Ray Chen, The University of Texas Austin, USA
How Can Optical Imaging Help Reduce Global Inequities in Cancer?
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University, USA
Quantum Science and Atomic Clocks
Jun Ye, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
13:00 – 14:00 Optica Ambassador Meet & Greet
Optica Booth, CLEO Hub Theater
18:00 – 20:00 Conference Reception
NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte Convention Center
08:30 – 10:00 Joint Plenary II - CLEO Hub Theater
Science Diplomacy in the Middle East: Slogan or Reality?
Gihan Kamel, SESAME and Helwan University, Egypt
A Revolution in High-Q Integrated Photonic
Kerry Vahala, California Institute of Technology, USA
11:30 Dynamics of Pump Power-Dependent Soliton Molecules in Yb-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser - CLEO Hub JR2A.198
Yingchu Xu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
13:30 – 13:45 Ultrafast Nanoscopy of Single-Grain Morphology and Charge Carrier Dynamics in Metal Halide Perovskites - Room 201CD
Svenja Nerreter, Universität Regensburg, Germany
14:30 – 16:00 Laser Fusion - What's Next?
Moderator: Gabrielle Thomas, Menlo Systems, Germany
Afternoon Departures
