Committees

Conference Chair

Manuel Filipe P. C. M. Costa (University of Minho, Portugal)

Technical Chairs

Optical Communications

• Rogerio Nogueira (University of Aveiro)
• Ana Rocha (IT-Aveiro)
• Gil Fernandes (IT)

Optical Fibers, Sensors and Applications

• Orlando Frazão (University of Porto)
• Susana Silva (INESC-Tec)
• Marta Ferreira (i3N/UA)
• Nélia Alberto (IT)

Lasers and Nonlinear Optics

• Gonçalo Figueira (University of Lisbon)
• Helder Crespo (University of Porto)
• Margarida Facão (i3N/UA)

Theoretical and Computational Optics

• Manuel F. M. Costa (University of Minho)
• Ariel Guerreiro (University of Porto)

Quantum Optics

• Nelson Muga (IT)
• Nuno Silva (IT)

Optical Metrology and Image Processing

• Paulo Tavares (University of Porto)
• Manuel Filipe Costa (University of Minho)

Optical Design and Illumination

• João Pinto Coelho (University of Lisbon)

Industrial Applications

• Paulo Antunes (i3N/UA)
• Luis Rino (i3N/UA)

Biomedical and Medical Applications of Optics & Photonics

• Susana Novais (INESC-Tec)
• Cátia Leitão (i3N/UA)
• Pedro Jorge (University of Porto)
• Fátima Domingues (IT/Khalifa University)

Optometry, Ophthalmic Optics, Color and visual sciences

• Sandra Franco (University of Minho)
• António Baptista (University of Minho)

Nano-Photonics and Optoelectronics

• José Manuel Baptista (University of Madeira) ^{* in memoriam}
• José Figueiredo (University of Lisbon)
• Paulo Marques (University of Porto)

Optical Instrumentation for Space and Astronomy

• Carlos Marques (CICECO/UA)
• Manuel Abreu (University of Lisbon)
• Alexandre Cabral (University of Lisbon)

Microwave Photonics

• Miguel Drummond (IT)
• Bruno Romeira (INL)

Materials Processing and Characterization

• Sónia Pereira (i3N/UA)
• Teresa Monteiro (i3N/UA)

Energy, Sustainability and Smart Cities

• José António Rodrigues (University of Algarve)
• Micael Nascimento (i3N/UA)
• João Leça (i3N/UA)

Optics and Photonics Education and Outreach

• João Lemos Pinto (i3N/UA)
• Alessandra Kalinowski (i3N/UA)

Other topics

• Manuel Filipe Costa (University of Minho)

Scientific Committee

• Amália Martinez (CIO, Mexico)
• Anna Consortini (University of Florence, Italy)
• Anand Krishna Asundi (dOptron Pte Ltd, Singapore)
• Andrea Cusano (University of Sannio, Italy)
• Andrew Moore (Herriot-Watt University, Scotland)
• Andrés Márquez Ruiz (Universidade de Alicante, Spain)
• Angel Augier Calderin (INSTEC, Cuba)
• Angel I. Negueruela (University of Zaragosa, Spain)
• Angela M. Guzman (CREOL, USA)
• Armando Nolasco Pinto (Universidade de Aveiro/IT, Portugal)
• Asticio Vargas (Universidad de La Frontera, Chile)
• Benoît Boulanger (Néel Institute / Société Française d'Optique, France)
• Carlos Ferreira (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
• Carlos Saavedra Rubilar (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
• Cesar Augusto Costa Vera (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador)
• Clementina Timus (INFLR, Romania)
• Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro (University of Campinas, Brazil)
• Cristina Margarita Gomez-Sarabia (Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico)
• Daniel Malacara Hernández (CIO - Center for Optics Research, Mexico)
• Efraín Solarte Rodriguez (RCO, Colombia)
• Eric Rosas (CIO, Mexico)
• Gonçalo Figueira (University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
• Guillermo Baldwin (University Pontificia Catholic University of Peru)
• Hai-Ning Cui (University of Nanjin, China)
• Hector Rabal (CIOP - Center for Optics Research, Argentina
• Humberto Michinel (University of Vigo, Spain)
• Hypolito Kalinowski (UTFPR, Brazil)
• Ignacio Moreno Soriano (SEDOPTICA / Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain)
• Imrana Zahid (ICO-TC, Pakistan)
• James Wyant (University of Arizona, USA)
• Jana Nieder (INL, Portugal)
• Jesús Lancis (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
• Joaquín Campos Acosta (Instituto de Óptica, CSIC, Spain)
• João Lemos Pinto (I3N, Aveiro, Portugal)
• João Manuel Tavares (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Jorge Ojeda-Castaneda (Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico)
• Jose Benito Vazquez-Dorrio (University of Vigo, Spain)
• José Figueiredo (University of Algarve, Portugal)
• José Luis Paz (CTOV, Venezuela)
• José Ramiro Fernandes (UTAD, Portugal)
• José R. Salcedo (Portugal)
• José Manuel de Nunes Vicente Rebordão (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
• Juan G. Darias Gonzalez (CEADEN, Cuba)
• Justo Arines (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• Luciano Alberto ANGEL-TORO (RCO, Colombia)
• Luis Miguel Bernardo (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Luis Roso (Centro de Láseres Pulsados Ultracortos Ultraintensos, Spain)
• Luís Silvino (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
• Katrina Svanberg (University of Lund, Sweden)
• Kiyofumi Matsuda (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan)
• Kim Chew Ng (Monash University, Australia)
• Manuel Lopez-Amo (Public University of Navarra, Spain)
• Manuel Melgosa Latorre (University of Granada, Spain)
• Maria Josefa Yzuel (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
• Maria Luisa Calvo (ICO, Spain)
• Maria Sagrario Millan (Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Spain)
• Mário Vaz (INEGI, Porto, Portugal)
• Maité Flores-Arias (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• Marta Ramos (University of Minho, Portugal)
• Michael Scott Belsley (Universidade do Minho)
• Miguel Gonzalez Herraez (University of Alcalá, Spain)
• Mikiya Muramatsu (University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
• Mikhail Vasilevski (University of Minho, Portugal)
• Mourad Zghal (STO, Tunisia)
• Mustafa Erol (Bozok University, Turkey)
• Pablo Artal (University of Murcia, Spain)
• Paulo André (Universidade de Lisboa, IST, Portugal)
• Paulo Fiadeiro, (University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
• Paulo Tavares (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Radu Chisleag (Technical University of Bucharest, Romania)
• Ramón Rodríguez-Vera (CIO, Mexico)
• Rastogi Pramod (EPFL, Switzerland)
• Robert Lieberman (SPIE President, USA)
• Salvador Bará (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
• Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb (Ain-Shams University, Egypt)
• Sun Tong (City University, UK)
• Toyohiko Yatagai (SPIE Past-President, Japan)
• Waclaw Urbanczyk (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
• Zuqing Zhu (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

Program Committee

• Alessandro Fantoni (Portugal)
• Alexandre Cabral (Portugal)
• Amit Garg (India)
• Anand Krishna Asundi (Singapore)
• Angel Augier Calderin (Cuba)
• Angela M. Guzman (USA)
• Ana Maria Rocha (Portugal)
• Antonio Batista (Portugal)
• António Lobo (Portugal)
• Carla Carmelo Rosa (Portugal)
• Carlos Saavedra Rubilar (Chile)
• Cesar Augusto Costa Vera (Ecuador)
• Clementina Timus (Romania)
• Efraín Solarte Rodriguez (Colombia)
• Eric Rosas (Mexico)
• Gerardo Ávila (ESO, Germany)
• Gonçalo Figueira (Portugal)
• Hai-Ning Cui (China)
• Humberto Michinel (Spain)
• Iran Rocha Segundo (Brasil)
• Ireneu Dias (Portugal)
• João M. P. Coelho (Portugal)
• Joaquim Carneiro (Portugal)
• Jose Benito Vazquez-Dorrio (Spain)
• José Figueiredo (Portugal)
• José Luis Paz (Venezuela)
• José Luís Santos (Portugal)
• José Manuel Baptista (Portugal)
• José R. Salcedo (Portugal)
• Lúcia Bilro (Portugal)
• Luis Miguel Bernardo (Portugal)
• Kim Chew Ng (Australia)
• Manuel Filipe P. C. M. Costa (Portugal)
• Manuel Joaquim Marques (Portugal)
• Michael Scott Belsley (Portugal)
• Orlando Frazão (Portugal)
• Paulo António Ribeiro (Portugal)
• Pedro Serra (Portugal)
• Karola Panke (Latvia)
• Robert Liberman (USA)
• Rogério Nunes Nogueira (Portugal)
• Sandra Franco (Portugal)
• Susana Novais (Portugal)
• Susana Silva (Portugal)

Local Organizing Committee

• Paulo Antunes (i3N/UA) * Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
• Alessandra Kalinowski (i3N/UA)
• Carlos Marques (CICECO/UA)
• Cátia Leitão (i3N/UA)
• João Leça (i3N/UA)
• João Lemos Pinto (i3N/UA)
• Luís Pereira (i3N/UA)
• Margarida Facão (i3N/UA)
• Marta Ferreira (i3N/UA)
• Micael Nascimento (i3N/UA)
• Sónia Pereira (i3N/UA)
• Ana Isabel Freitas (i3N/UA)
• Ana Rita Fernandes (CICECO/UA)
• Ana Sofia Assunção (i3N/UA)
• Diana Pereira (i3N/UA)
• Jorge Moura (i3N/UA)
• Lucca Matuck (i3N/UA)
• Miguel Vidal (i3N/UA)
• Rodrigo Rito (i3N/UA)
• Simone Soares (i3N and CICECO/UA)
• Gil Tavares (i3N/UA)
• João Paulo Silva (i3N/UA)
• Manuel M. Freitas (i3N/UA)
• Sandra Franco (CF-UM-UP)
• António Batista (CF-UM-UP)
• Joel Borges (CF-UM-UP)
• Iran Rocha Segundo (CF-UM-UP)
• Claver Pinheiro (CF-UM-UP)
• Nathalia Hammes (CF-UM-UP)
• Élida Margalho (CF-UM-UP and ISISE/UM)
• Orlando Lima Jr. (CF-UM-UP and ISISE/UM)