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General Chair

Isamu Miyamoto, Osaka University, Japan
@: isamu.miyamoto _at_ ares.eonet.ne.jp

Co-Chairs

Michel Meunier,
École Polytechnique, Montreal (EPM), Canada
@: Michel.Meunier _at_ polymtl.ca

Koji Sugioka,
RIKEN-The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
@: ksugioka _at_ riken.jp

Alfred Vogel,
Universität Lübeck, Institute of Biomedical Optics, Germany
@: vogel _at_ bmo.uni-luebeck.de

Alberto Piqué,
Naval Research Laboratory, USA
@: pique _at_ nrl.navy.mil

Réal Vallée,
Centre of Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL), Quebec , Canada
@: rvallee _at_ phy.ulaval.ca

Arnold Gillner,
Fraunhofer Institute, ILT, Aachen, Germany
@: arnold.gillner _at_ ilt.fraunhofer.de

Katayama Seiji,
Osaka University, Japan
@: katayama _at_ jwri.osaka-u.ac.jp

Kazuyoshi Itoh,
Osaka University, Japan
@: itoh _at_ mls.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

International Committee Members

Alan Y. Arai,
"IMRA America, Inc. ", USA
@: aarai _at_ imra.com

Burkhard Fechner,
Lambda Physik AG, Germany
@: bfechner _at_ lambdaphysik.com

Costas Fotakis,
"I.E.S.L.-Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, F.O.R.T.H.-Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas", Greece
@: fotakis _at_ iesl.forth.gr

Kenshi Fukumitsu,
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan
@: fukumitu _at_ etd.hpk.co.jp

Alexander J. Glass,
AFOSR/AOARD, USA
@: ajglass2002 _at_ yahoo.com

Costas Grigoropoulos,
University of California Berkeley, USA
@: cgrigoro _at_ me.berkeley.edu

Dennis R. Hall,
Heriot-Watt University, UK
@: d.r.hall _at_ hw.ac.uk

Shinichi Ishizaka,
"Japan Steel Works America, Inc.", USA
@: ishizaka _at_ jswamerica.com

Teruyoshi Kadoya,
"TRUMPF Corporation,", Japan
@: teruyoshi.kadoya _at_ jp.trumpf.com

Kazuo Kamada,
"Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.", Japan
@: kama _at_ prod.mew.co.jp

Hidehiko Karasaki,
"Matsushita Welding Systems Co., Ltd.", Japan
@: karasaki.hidehiko _at_ jp.panasonic.com

Hiroshi Masuhara,
Osaka University, Japan
@: masuhara _at_ ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Simeon Metev,
BIAS-Bremen Institute of Applied Beam Technology, Germany
@: metev _at_ bias.de

Hiroaki Misawa,
Hokkaido University, Japan
@: misawa _at_ es.hokudai.ac.jp

Sumio Nakahara,
Kansai University, Japan
@: nakahara _at_ ipcku.kansai-u.ac.jp

Jyunji Nishii,
"AIST-National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Kansai", Japan
@: junji.nishii _at_ aist.go.jp

Tatsuo Okada,
Kyushu University, Japan
@: okada _at_ ees.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Reinhart Poprawe,
Lehrstuhl für Lasertechnik, Germany
@: Reinhart.Poprawe _at_ ilt.fraunhofer.de

Shozui Takeno,
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
@: takeno.shozui _at_ mdl.melco.co.jp

Program Committee Members

Craig B. Arnold,
Princeton University, USA
@: cbarnold _at_ princeton.edu

Ya Cheng,
"Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS", China
@: ycheng-45277 _at_ hotmail.com

Sung-Hak Cho,
Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, South Korea
@: shcho _at_ kimm.re.kr

Friedrich H. Dausinger,
"University of Stuttgart, Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, IFSW", Germany
@: dausinger _at_ ifsw.uni-stuttgart.de

Jan J. Dubowski,
Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
@: jan.j.dubowski _at_ usherbrooke.ca

Corey M. Dunsky,
Coherent Inc. , USA
@: Corey.Dunsky _at_ coherent.com

Eric Fogarassy,
Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, France
@: eric.fogarassy _at_ ersps.u-strasbg.fr

Bo Gu,
GSI Group, USA
@: gub _at_ gsilumonics.com

Henry Helvajian,
The Aerospace Corporation, USA
@: Henry.Helvajian _at_ aero.org

Peter R. Herman,
University of Toronto, Canada
@: p.herman _at_ utoronto.ca

Ingolf V. Hertel,
Max-Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy, Germany
@: hertel _at_ mbi-berlin.de

Minghui Hong,
Data Storage Institute, Singapore
@: Hong_Minghui _at_ dsi.a-star.edu.sg

Juergen Ihlemann,
Laser Laboratory Goettingen, Germany
@: jihle _at_ llg.gwdg.de

Yoshiro Ito ,
Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
@: itoy _at_ nagaokaut.ac.jp

Takahisa Jitsuno,
Osaka University, Japan
@: jitsuno _at_ ile.osaka-u.ac.jp

Wolfgang Kautek,
University of Vienna, Austria
@: wolfgang.kautek _at_ univie.ac.at

Naohisa Matsushita,
Fujitsu Ltd., Japan
@: matsushita.naoh _at_ jp.fujitsu.com

Sylvain Lazare,
Université de Bordeaux 1, France
@: s.lazare _at_ lpcm.u-bordeaux1.fr

Thomas Lippert,
Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
@: thomas.lippert _at_ psi.ch

Yong-Feng Lu,
University of Nebraska, USA
@: ylu2 _at_ unl.edu

Yoshiki Nakata,
Osaka University, Japan
@: nakata-y _at_ ile.osaka-u.ac.jp

Hiroyuki Niino,
"AIST-National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Tsukuba", Japan
@: niino.hiro _at_ aist.go.jp

Etsuji Ohmura,
Osaka University, Japan
@: ohmura _at_ mapse.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Masayuki Okoshi,
National Defense Academy, Japan
@: okoshi _at_ nda.ac.jp

Toshihiko Ooie,
"AIST-National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Shikoku", Japan
@: toshihiko-ooie _at_ aist.go.jp

Andreas Ostendorf,
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Germany
@: "AO _at_ lzh.de, a.ostendorf _at_ lzh.de"

Juergen Reif,
"Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus", Germany
@: reif _at_ tu-cottbus.de

Razvan Stoian,
Université Jean Monnet, France
@: razvan.stoian _at_ univ-st-etienne.fr

Vadim P. Veiko,
St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Russia
@: veiko _at_ lastech.ifmo.ru

Kunihiko Washio,
Paradigm Laser Research Ltd., Japan
@: k-washio _at_ paradigm-laser-research.jp

Xianfan Xu,
Purdue University, USA
@: xxu _at_ ecn.purdue.edu

Local Organization

Robert Corriveau,
"President of CIPI (Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation) , Quebec", Canada
@: robert.corriveau _at_ cipi.ulaval.ca

The event organizers are:

  • Japan Laser Processing Society (JLPS), Japan
  • Pole Quebec Chaudiere-Appalaches (POLE-QCA), Canada
  • Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovations (ICIP), Canada
  • Centre for Optics/Photonics and Lasers (COPL), Canada
  • Laser Processing Laboratory (LPL), Ecole Polytechnique, Canada
  • National Optics Institute (INO), Canada
  • Laval University Robert Giffard Neurophysics Research Centre (CRULRG), Canada
  • PhasOptx, Canada
  • Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan