Special Symposia

Symposium I: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials

Symposium Chair

Fratalocchi

Andrea Fratalocchi
KAUST (Saudi Arabia)

The symposium will delve into the cutting-edge progress in nanophotonics, metamaterials, and metasurfaces, addressing materials challenges and presenting innovative solutions. Attendees can also expect valuable insights into applications and manufacturing techniques, ensuring a dynamic and engaging exploration of diverse topics at the forefront of nanophotonics and related fields.

Topics:

  1. Functional metamaterials and plasmonics
  2. Nano-optics & optical antennas
  3. Active and tunable optical metamaterials and metasurfaces
  4. Quantum metasurfaces and topological photonics
  5. Nonlinear optics in nanostructures and metamaterials
  6. Graphene-based metamaterials
  7. Nanomanipulation with light, optical trapping
  8. Nanophotonics for bio- and chemo-sensing applications
  9. Nanophotonics for energy applications
  10. Elastic, Acoustic, and Seismic Metamaterials
  11. Advanced Computational Electromagnetics
  12. Novel nanofabrication and manufacturing techniques
  13. Emerging applications

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

  1. Pierre Michel Adam, Université de Technologie de Troyes, France
  2. Vladimir Aksyuk, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA
  3. Alessandro Alabastri, Rice University, USA
  4. Steven Anlage, University of Maryland, USA
  5. Benfeng Bai, Tsinghua University, China
  6. Ali Belarouci, École Centrale de Lyon, France
  7. Philippe Ben Abdallah, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France
  8. Paolo Biagioni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  9. Sébastien Bidault, ESPCI, France
  10. Francesco Bisio, CNR SPIN, Italy
  11. Andrey Bogdanov, ITMO University, Russia
  12. Kirill Bronnikov, University and Ioffe Institute, Russia
  13. Frank Brückerhoff-Plückelmann, Heidelberg University, Germany
  14. Remi Carminati, Institut Langevin, France
  15. Zhigang Chen, Nankai University, China
  16. Matteo Clerici, University of Glasgow, UK
  17. Christophe Couteau, University of Technology of Troyes, France
  18. Aurelien Cuche, CEMES - CNRS, France
  19. Javier Cuerda, Aalto University, Finland
  20. Javier García de Abajo (Keynote Speaker), ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotonique, Spain
  21. Yannick De Wilde, ESPCI Paris, France
  22. Johannes Dickmann, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  23. Bahram Djafari-Rouhani, Université de Lille 1, France
  24. Hermann Dürr, Uppsala University, Sweden
  25. Abdulhakem Elezzabi, Univeristy of Alberta, Canada
  26. Shaya Fainman, University of California San Diego, USA
  27. Nikolaos Farmakidis, Oxford University, UK
  28. Vassili Fedotov, University of Southampton, UK
  29. Marcello Ferrera, Heriot-Watt University, UK
  30. Vivian Ferry, University of Minnesota, USA
  31. Andrea Fiore, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherland
  32. Marian Florescu, University of Surrey, UK
  33. Braulio Garcia Camara, UC3M, Spain
  34. Denis Garoli, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
  35. P. André D. Gonçalves, ICFO, Spain
  36. Yuri Gorodetski, Ariel University, Israel
  37. Tatjana Gric, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
  38. Thierry Grosjean, CNRS - FEMTO-ST, France
  39. Hayk Harutyunyan, Emory University, USA
  40. Mona Jarrahi (Keynote Speaker), University of California Los Angeles, USA
  41. Magnus Jonsson, Linköping University, Sweden
  42. Safi Jradi, Technological University of Troyes, France
  43. Kotaro Kajikawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  44. Tobias J. Kippenberg, EPFL, Switzerland
  45. Roman Krahne, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  46. Thomas Krauss, York University, UK
  47. Hac Huong Thu Le, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
  48. Dangyuan Lei, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  49. Giuseppe Leo, Université Paris Cité, France
  50. Wendi Li, The Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
  51. Yongmin Liu, Northeastern University, USA
  52. Tony Low, University of Minnesota, USA
  53. Wei Ma, Zhejiang University, China
  54. Konstantinos Makris, University of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece
  55. Maria Manera, CNR-IMM Lecce, Italy
  56. Manuel Marques, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
  57. Jordi Martorell, ICFO, Spain
  58. Hiroaki Minamide, RIKEN, Japan
  59. Roberto Morandotti, INRS-EMT, Canada
  60. Yuto Moritake, Tokyo Tech, Japan
  61. Alberto Naldoni, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
  62. Kristiaan Neyts, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  63. Yoshiaki Nishijima, Yokohama National University, Japan
  64. Hiromi Okamoto, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
  65. Taiichi Otsuji, Tohoku University, Japan
  66. Vittorio M. N. Passaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
  67. Dorota Anna Pawlak, ENSEMBLE3 Centre of Excellence, Poland
  68. Vincent Paillard, Université de Toulouse, France
  69. Dmitrii Pidgaiko, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  70. Marco Rahm, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
  71. Luca Razzari, INRS-EMT, Canada
  72. Junsuk Rho (Keynote Speaker), POSTECH, Korea
  73. Carlo Rizza, CNR-SPIN (L'Aquila), Italy
  74. Hatem Rmili, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
  75. Matthias Saba, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  76. Jose Sanchez-Gil, CSIC, Spain
  77. Tigran Shahbazyan, Jackson State University, USA
  78. Vladimir M. Shalaev (Keynote Speaker), Purdue University, USA
  79. Alexey Slobozhanyuk, Australian National University, Australia
  80. Dmitry Solnyshkov, Institut Pascal, France
  81. Olivier Soppera, Université de Haute Alsace, France
  82. Giuseppe Strangi, Case Western Reserve University, USA
  83. Junichi Takahara, Osaka University, Japan
  84. Michele Tamagnone, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  85. Takasumi Tanabe, Keio University, Japan
  86. Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora, Loughborough University, UK
  87. Alessandro Tredicucci, Università di Pisa, Italy
  88. Mona Treguer-Delapierre, ICMCB, Bordeaux, France
  89. Stelios Tzortzakis, FORTH, Greece
  90. Pol Van Dorpe, IMEC, Belgium
  91. Miriam Vitiello, CNR-NANO and Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

Symposium II: Advanced Techniques for Computational Electromagnetics

Symposium Chair

Maha Ben Rhouma

Maha Ben Rhouma
Gustave Eiffel University - ESYCOM Lab (France)

This symposium aims to bring together experts in computational electromagnetics for a comprehensive examination of recent advancements and challenges in simulating complex materials and devices. The focus of the symposium includes addressing general issues in applied computational electromagnetics, with the option to delve into specific applications, techniques, codes, or computational challenges. The symposium may capture the interest of both theoretical researchers and numerical analysts, as well as appeal to experimentalists and designers looking to implement these approaches in the domain of complex structures.

Topics:

  1. Wave Propagation, Programmable Metasurfaces, Optical Communication, Terahertz Electronics, Wireless Optical Communication, Nanophotonic and Metamaterials Design, and Others
  2. 5G/6G, EMC, EM Protection, and Industry Software
  3. AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning for EM Problems, Low Frequency EM, Scattering in Complex Environments, EM Measurement, Quantum EM, Multiphysics Modeling for Integrated Packaging
  4. Mobile Systems, Millimeter-Wave Antennas, Reconfigurable Antennas, Antenna Array, Millimeter-Wave Propagation, Ground-Penetrating Radar Imaging, Metamaterials, Topological EM, OAM Mode Theory
  5. Semi-Analytical Methods, Fast Algorithms, High-Frequency Asymptotics, Domain Decomposition, High-Performance Computation

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

  1. Johannes Gedeon, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  2. Hasan Abbas, University of Glasgow, UK
  3. Karim Achouri, EPFL, Switzerland
  4. Ali Adibi, Georgia Tech, USA
  5. Mauro Antezza, University of Montpellier, France
  6. Mondher Besbes, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France
  7. Martina Bevacqua, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
  8. Luis Cerdan, CSIC, Spain
  9. Che Ting Chan (Keynote Speaker), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  10. Rasmus E. Christiansen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  11. Costantino De Angelis, University of Brescia, Italy
  12. Bastiaan de Hon, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
  13. Roeland J. Dilz, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
  14. Francesco Ferranti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  15. Johannes Gedeon, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  16. Frédéric Grillot, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
  17. Tian Gu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  18. Brahim Guizal, University of Montpellier, France
  19. Manfred Hammer, University of Paderborn, Germany
  20. Chia Wei Hsu, University of Southern California, USA
  21. Huatian Hu, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  22. Jakob Hüpfl, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria
  23. Mikko Huttunen, Tampere University, Finland
  24. Hajime Ishihara, Osaka University, Japan
  25. Alexander Kildishev, Purdue University, USA
  26. Koray Köksal, Bitlis Eren University, Turkey
  27. Arkadii Krokhin, University of North Texas, USA
  28. Lilli Kuen, Zuse-Institut Berlin, Germany
  29. Yongmin Liu (Keynote Speaker), Northeastern University, USA
  30. Ya Yan Lu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  31. Bjorn Maes, University of Mons, Belgium
  32. Giulia Marcucci, University of Glasgow, UK
  33. Riccardo Messina, Laboratoire Charles Fabry - Institut d’Optique, France
  34. Owen Miller, Yale University, USA
  35. Juliano Mologni, ANSYS Inc., USA
  36. Alessio Monti, Roma Tre University, Italy
  37. Antoine Moreau, Université Clermont Auvergne, France
  38. Michal Mrozowski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
  39. Jens Niegemann, Ansys, Canada
  40. Victor Pacheco-Peña, Newcastle University, UK
  41. Pedro Parra-Rivas, Universita la Sapienza di Roma, Italy
  42. Alejandro Rodriguez, Princeton University, USA
  43. Charles Roques-Carmes, Stanford University, USA
  44. Marin Soljačić (Keynote Speaker), MIT, USA
  45. Masood Ur Rehman, University of Glasgow, UK
  46. Kazuhiro Yabana, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  47. Zongfu Yu, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA