Special Events
Plenary Session
Monday, October 20, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North and South, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
The 2008 Joint FiO/LS Awards Ceremony and Plenary Session will feature two world-renowned speakers. See the plenary page for detailed descriptions of the speakers and their presentations.
Welcome Reception and Joint FiO/LS Poster Session I
Sunday, October 19, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Riverside Court and Galleria Lobby, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Start the FiO 2008/LS XXIV meeting by attending the welcome reception and opening poster session! Meet with your colleagues, kick off the technical program with over 50 poster presentations, network with your peers and make new acquaintances.
Optics Overviews: What’s Hot in Optics Today?
Sunday, October 19, 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Discover the scientific and technical advances that are occurring in the entire field of optics. The OSA Technical Division Chairs will present the trends in their respective technical areas. The overviews highlight recent developments in optics and are designed to be informative and accessible even to the non-technical attendee.
FiO/LS Poster Presentations
Joint FiO/LS Poster Session I
Sunday, October 19, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Galleria Lobby, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Joint FiO/LS Poster Session II
Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Empire Hall, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Vision and Color Poster Session
Thursday, October 23, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Riverside Court, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Poster presentations offer an effective way to communicate new research findings and provide an opportunity for lively and detailed discussion between presenters and interested viewers.
OSA Division and Technical Group Meetings
Sunday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. except where noted
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Network with peers, meet group leaders and get involved in planning future group activities by attending division meetings during FiO. Please check back for more information.
OSA Fellow Member Lunch
Tuesday, October 21, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Rochester
All OSA Fellow Members are invited to a Fellows Lunch on Tuesday, October 21, at 12 noon in the Hyatt Hotel. Please email rsvp@osa.org by October 3 to reserve your place.
OSA’s Annual Business Meeting
Learn more about OSA and join the OSA Board of Directors for the Society’s annual business meeting. The 2007 Activity Reports will be presented and the results of the Board of Directors election will be announced. To view the slate of candidates, go to http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/electionprocess/default.aspx.
Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Highland E, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Agenda
| I. Welcome |
2008 OSA President, Rod Alferness |
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| II. 2007 Activity Reports from Society Representatives |
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| Treasurer |
Stephen Fantone |
| Chair, Board of Editors |
Tony Heinz |
| Chair, Publications Council |
James Fienup |
| Co-Chairs, Science & Engineering Council |
David Fittinghoff and Edward Watson |
| Chair, Member & Education Services Council |
Irene Georgakoudi |
| Chair, Corporate Associates Committee |
Paul Crosby |
| Chair, International Council |
Jonathan Marangos |
| Chair, OSA Foundation |
Gary Bjorklund |
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| III. 2008 Election Results |
2008 OSA President, Rod Alferness |
| Vice President and Directors at Large |
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OSA Student Member Welcome Reception
Monday, October 20, 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Downtown Rochester,New York, 14604, Phone: 585.232.3230
OSA Student Members are invited to attend this social event that provides a perfect opportunity to meet new friends and have a good time. The reception is free of charge for OSA student members.
Minorities and Women in OSA Luncheon
Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Rochester
OSA boasts a distinguished list of past presidents; each has brought individual talents and passions to the job and left a lasting and positive impact on the Society. Since 1917, four outstanding women have been elected by their peers to serve as OSA’s president. Please join us for the unique opportunity to hear their perspectives on being a female scientist in a predominately male field, serving as the president of OSA and sharing their views on future trends in optics and photonics.
There is limited space for this event. Please RSVP to mwosa@osa.org by October 10, 2008.
Moderator:
Meredith M. Lee, Stanford Univ.— OSA Student Member
Panelists:
Janet S. Fender, ACC/ST, USA —1997 OSA President
Elsa M. Garmire, Dartmouth College, USA —1993 OSA President
Susan N. Houde-Walter, LaserMax, Inc., USA —2005 OSA President
2008 OSA Science Educators’ Day
Thursday, October 23, 4:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Lilac Ballroom North and South, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Special FREE event for Middle and High School Educators
Featuring the theme:
OPTICS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Time: 4:30-8:00 PM (dinner provided)
Where: Rochester Riverside Convention Center –Lilac Room, Rochester, NY
Cost: FREE (includes dinner and parking)
The event includes:
- Approximately 20 stations with educators demonstrating and discussing hands-on
materials for teaching optics to secondary school students
- Gift bags containing demonstration aids and lesson plans for the first 100 registrants
- Additional optics materials available as door prizes
- A buffet dinner allowing you to mingle with fellow teachers and conference attendees
This year, in addition to general optics education, we are emphasizing the theme "Optics for the Environment." Demonstrations and information will be provided about solar cells, efficient lighting (compact fluorescents, LEDs), light pollution, UV protection, and increased awareness of lighting as a significant form of energy consumption. Local vendors of energy-conscious optical products will be present. We hope that "Optics for the Environment" can provide a useful entry point for optics in your school's existing science curriculum.
Questions? Email EDAY@osa.org, call Andrew Berger at 585-273-4724 or visit
http://www.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/berger/ for other information.
Space will be limited! Register by Friday, October 3, 2008!
To register, please submit the registration form via any of the following, or register online:
- Email: EDAY@osa.org
- Fax: 585-244-4936, attention to Andrew Berger
- Mail: Educators' Day
c/o Andrew Berger
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0186
Meet the APS Journal Editors and Celebrate 50 Years of PRL
Tuesday, October 21, 3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Riverside Court, Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Physical Review Letters turned 50 in 2008, and is still going strong. Please join the editors of the APS journals in celebrating 50 years of publication of interesting and important physics. Refreshments will be served. Please note that this follows the technical session on the history of PRL (LTuH: PRL 50th Anniversary Celebration, Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Highland K, Rochester Convention Center).
