OPAL' 2027: 10th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers Crowne Plaza hotel Geneva, Switzerland, May 3-5, 2027

About the Event

The 10^th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers (OPAL’ 2027) aims to bring together leading researchers, engineers, technology developers, industry representatives, and emerging scientists to exchange knowledge and present advances that are shaping the next generation of light-based technologies. As optics and photonics increasingly underpin progress in communications, sensing, manufacturing and scientific instrumentation, the conference will provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussing both fundamental breakthroughs and their transition into reliable, efficient, and deployable technologies. Particular emphasis will be placed on research that responds to the growing requirements for higher performance, miniaturization, integration, scalability, sustainability, and intelligent operation.

For the first time, OPAL’ 2027 will be held under the same conference umbrella with the inaugural International Conference on Advances in Quantum Technologies and Information (AQTI’ 2027). This joint framework reflects the rapidly growing convergence between optics and photonics on the one hand and quantum science, engineering, and information technologies on the other. Photonic technologies play an increasingly important role in the generation, manipulation, transmission, and detection of quantum states, while advances in quantum science are creating new requirements and opportunities for optical devices, integrated platforms, sources, detectors, instrumentation, and information-processing systems. Bringing the two communities together is intended to promote cross-disciplinary exchange and facilitate new collaborations at the boundaries between established and emerging technological fields.

The scope of OPAL’ 2027 extends from fundamental scientific investigations to devices, integrated systems, instrumentation, engineering solutions, and industrial applications. The conference particularly encourages work that connects different levels of technological development and demonstrates how advances in materials, components, fabrication, modeling, measurement, and system design can be combined into increasingly sophisticated optical and photonic solutions.

The participants will have an opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplinary boundaries, establish new academic and industrial partnerships, and identify emerging directions where optics, photonics, lasers, quantum technologies, information science, and intelligent computation can mutually reinforce one another. The conference aims not only to present the latest scientific achievements but also to encourage forward-looking discussion of the technological challenges that must be addressed in the coming years.

The OPAL' 2027 is organized by the IFSA - professional, non-profit association serving for industry and academy since 1999: https://sensorsportal.com/

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Regular papers
• Posters
• Special sessions papers
• Keynote presentations
• Invited talks
• Industrial presentations
• Virtual presentations (on demand)

Papers must be prepared according to the conference proceedings template

Posters size: A0 (21 x 29.7 cm), vertical orientation

List of Topics

Optics:

• Optical and Fibre Optical Sensors and Instrumentation
• Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MOEMS)
• Physical Optics
• Adaptive Optics
• Optoelectronic Devices
• Organic Optoelectronics
• Optical Communications, Switching and Networks
• High-speed Opto-electronic Networking
• Optical Fiber Technology: Materials, Devices and Systems
• Optical Information Processing
• Holography
• Optical Metrology
• Optical Imaging Systems and Machine Vision
• Optical Computing
• Guided Wave Optics
• Optics in Condensed and Soft Matter
• Quantum Optics
• Nonlinear Optics
• Nano and Micro Optics
• Matter Waves
• Quantum Information
• Bio and Medical Optics
• Optical Materials, Characterization Methods and Techniques
• Optical Methods for Process Control
• Microscopy and Adaptive Optics
• Engineering Applications of Spectroscopy
• Optical Microscopy of Composites
• Printed Optical Waveguides

Photonics:

• Photonic Sensors
• Photodetectors
• Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)
• Photonic Integration and Packaging
• Photonic Crystals
• Silicon Photonics
• Biophotonics
• Microwave Photonics
• Nanophotonics
• Photonic Materials and Metameterials
• Quantum Photonics
• Terahertz Photonics
• Photonic Computing
• Organic Photonic Materials and Devices
• 2D Photonic Materials and Devices
• Photonic Instrumentation Engeneering
• Applications of Photonic Technologies

Lasers:

• Laser Science
• Laser and laser optics
• Semiconductor Lasers
• Laser Metrology
• Chemical Gas Lasers
• Fiber Lasers
• Nonlinear Lasers
• Laser Propulsion
• Lasers and LEDs
• Laser Nanotechnology
• Laser Spectroscopy and Microscopy
• Laser Applications
• Lasers in Medicine and Biology
• Ultrafast Laser-Matter Interaction

Committees

Chairman:

Prof., Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish (IFSA, Spain)

Advisory Chairmen:

• Dr. Qiang​ Wu (Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)
• Prof., Dr. Claude Phipps (Photonic Associates, USA)
• Prof., Dr. George Semouchkin (Michigan Technological University, USA)
• Prof., Dr. Sandeep Singh Sengar (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK)
• Prof., Dr. Boris Mizaikoff (Ulm University, Germany)
• Prof., Dr. Mahmoud Daoudi (National Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Tunisia)
• ​Dr. Aleksej Rodin (State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciencesand Technology, Lithuania)

Conference and Publication Manager:

Mrs. Tetyana Zakharchenko (IFSA Publishing, S.L., Spain)​

Publication

One event - three different publications !

1) All registered abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings (with the ISBN and DOI), distributed before the conference and submitted for indexing to the Web of Science. The previous OPAL' 2018 and OPAL' 2019 Conference proceedings are indexed by the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Web of Science.

2) Authors will be invited to submit full-page extended papers to the special issues of Sensors & Transducers (ISSN 2306-8515, e-ISSN 1726-5479) open access journal (indexed in Scopus) and other affiliated open access journals.

3) The limited number of full-page papers published in the journal will be selected by the Editorial Board to extend for book chapters for the open access Book Series on 'Advances in Optics', Vol. 8/9. This open access Book Series is indexed in Book Citation Index, Web of Science.

Venue

The OPAL' 2027 Conference will be held in Crowne Plaza hotel, Geneva, Switzerland.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to opal@sensorsportal.com