On 21 September 2012 NB-Photonics organizes its Annual Meeting 2012. The goal of the meeting is to evaluate the state of the art of the multi-disciplinary research at the Center.

Keynote speaker is prof. Peter Peumans, IMEC. The international members of the NB-Photonics advisory board prof. Daniel Vanmaekelberg and prof. Bernard Vandenbunder will attend to the meeting. Two finalizing PhDs from the NB-Photonics group - Hendrik Deschout and Nebiyu Yebo - will be presented.

The NB-Photonics Annual Meeting targets all involved academic staff, postdocs, PhD and Master students from the participating research groups. Poster sessions of each of the 8 drivers will highlight the latest developments.

Program

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome and registration

9:00 - 9:30 NB-Photonics in the Past Year: Director NB-Photonics professor Roel Baets

9:30 - 9:45 Highlight presentation PhD student Hendrik Deschout

9:45 - 10:00 Highlight presentation PhD student Nebiyu Yebo

Title:'Silicon photonic chips functionalized with nanoporous materials for selective and sensitive gas detection: towards low cost and portable biomedical, environmental and industrial gas sensors'

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:30 State of the art of the research drivers and poster sessions

• 10:30-10:45 Driver 1: Large Area Photonics: general introduction prof. Zeger Hens, Poster introductions by authors
  
• 10:45-11:00 Driver 2: Ultra-low-power high speed optical sources and switching: general introduction prof. Dries Van Thourhout, Poster introductions by authors

• 11:00-11:15 Driver 6: Electro-optical particle manipulation: general introduction prof. Filip Beunis, Poster introductions by authors
• 11:15-11:30 Driver 7: Active Nano-Photonic Implants: general introduction prof. Peter Dubruel, Poster introductions by authors

11:30 - 12:30 Poster Session

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:20 Keynote speaker: prof Peter Peumans (IMEC)

Title: 'Biology up close and personal with semiconductor nanotechnology'

14:20 - 16:15 State of the art of the research drivers and poster sessions

• 14:20-14:35 Driver 3: Biosensors: general introduction prof. Peter Bienstman, Poster introductions by authors
• 14:35-14:50 Driver 4: Integrated photonic systems for mid-infrared biospectroscopy: general introduction prof. Gunther Roelkens, Poster introductions by authors
• 14:50-15:10 Driver 5: (Bio)-Imaging of nanosized matter and biomolecules: general introduction prof. Kevin Braeckmans, Poster introductions by authors
• 15:10-15:25 Driver 8: Raman biospectroscopy enabled by nanophotonics: general introduction prof. Andre Skirtach, Poster introductions by authors

15:25-16:00 Break 

16:00-16:45 Poster Session

16:45-17:00 Round up

17:00-18:00 Reception and Networking

Practical details

Technologiepark Zwijnaarde, Campus Ardoyen, Auditorium Magnel, Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research
Technologiepark- Zwijnaarde 904, B-9052 Ghent (Belgium)

Registration

Please register before September 19, 2012 (registration link in email invitation).

Participation is free of charge but registration is required. Everybody is welcome.