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SUMMARY:75th Birthday Symposium for Gerd Leuchs
DTSTART:20260625T065000Z
DTEND:20260626T160000Z
DTSTAMP:20260808T223600Z
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DESCRIPTION:The programme is now available online! Please check here for d
 etails.\nTo mark the 75th (+1) birthday of Professor Gerd Leuchs\, foundin
 g director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Head o
 f the Leuchs Emeritus Group\, a scientific symposium will be held from Jun
 e 25 to 26\, 2026.\nOver the course of two days\, leading international sc
 ientists and colleagues of Gerd Leuchs will offer insights into current de
 velopments in the fields of quantum sciences and technologies as well as m
 odern optics\, under the theme “Light\, Lasers & Quanta”.\nIn addition
  to scientific talks and panel discussions\, the symposium will place a sp
 ecial focus on scientific and personal exchange between participants and s
 peakers.\nThe event celebrates the remarkable scientific career and lastin
 g legacy of the Institute’s emeritus founding director. With his groundb
 reaking contributions and influential personality\, Gerd Leuchs has signif
 icantly shaped the field of light science. Bringing together researchers f
 rom around the world\, the symposium will highlight current developments i
 n the context of his work and honor his lasting influence on the scientifi
 c community.\nSpace is limited\, so please register sooner than later!\n\n
 Registration will be possible until June 10.\n\n \nInvited Speakers\nUlri
 k L. Andersen (Technical University of Denmark)János A. Bergou (Hunter Co
 llege\, CUNY)Gunnar Björk (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)Robert W. Bo
 yd (University of Rochester)Maria V. Chekhova (Max Planck Institute for th
 e Science of Light)Silke H. Christiansen (Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic
  Technologies and Systems IKTS)Peter D. Drummond (Swinburne University of 
 Technology)Berthold-Georg Englert (Beijing Institute of Technology)Élisab
 eth Giacobino (Sorbonne Université)Ebrahim Karimi (Chapman University)Pet
 er L. Knight (Imperial College London)Friedrich König (University of St A
 ndrews)Natalia V. Korolkova (University of St Andrews)Peter Lambropoulos (
 University of Crete\, IESL-FORTH)Norbert Lütkenhaus (University of Waterl
 oo)Christoph Marquardt (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light)Marg
 aret Reid (Swinburne University of Technology)Klaus W. Rith (Friedrich-Ale
 xander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)Philip St.J. Russell (Max Planck In
 stitute for the Science of Light)Luis L. Sánchez-Soto (Universidad Complu
 tense de Madrid)Wolfgang P. Schleich (Universität Ulm)Bernhard Schmauß (
 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)Harald G. L. Schwefel 
 (University of Otago)Christine Silberhorn (Universität Paderborn)Konstadi
 nos Siomos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)Andreas Tünner
 mann (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IO
 F)Peter van Loock (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz)Albrecht Winnack
 er (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)\nFormat\nThe in-p
 erson symposium will start on June 25\, at 9:00 am and end on June 26 at a
 pproximately 6:00 pm. There will be invited talks and panel discussions. O
 n Thursday\, we will organisz a conference dinner at MPL which is included
  in the registration fee. Lunch will also be provided during the event.\nT
 his event is supported by Qinu\, Quint Computing and TOPTICA Photonics.\n\
 n\nhttps://indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/28/
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