OPTICS & PHOTONICS International 2012
Congress & Exhibition

Council of OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Dr. Sadao Nakai: President (President, The Laser Society of Japan)

Optics and laser technologies have been developing dramatically during the 50 years since the invention of the laser. These technologies are now key in all areas of science and industry, as well as contributing to improving the environment of the earth. For these reasons, the 21st century is the optics and photonics age.
Laser Society of Japan initiated LASER EXPO in 1994, which was co-located with several optics-related EXPOs. Expanded in 2011, it became the leading Asian event, the OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition. In 2012 this will be the OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress and Exhibition--the only annual international event in Japan on optics and laser technologies involving both science and industry. The objective of co-locating the Congress and the Exhibition is to find future applications of lasers by participation of worldwide innovators on the most advanced optics and lasers.

25-27 April 2012, Pacifico YOKOHAMA, Japan
OPIC 2012

Conferences and Sponsors

- The 1st Advanced Laser & Photon Source Conference (ALPS' 12)
(Conference Chair：Katsumi Midorikawa)
The Laser Society of Japan
- Laser Display Conference '12 (LDC '12)
(Conference Chair：Kazuo Kuroda)
The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- Conference on Laser Surgery and Medicine (CLSM 2012)
(Conference Chair：Makoto Kikuchi)
Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine
- International Conference on High Energy Density Science 2012 (HEDS 2012)
(Conference Chair：Ryosuke Kodama)
The Laser Society of Japan
- Conference on Laser Fusion Energy (CLIFE '12)
(Conference Chair：Hiroshi Azechi)
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University and The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research (JSPF)
- International Symposium on Laser Processing for CFRP and Composite Materials 2012(LPCC '12)
(Conference Chair：Muneharu Kutsuna)
Japan Laser Processing Society, The Laser Society of Japan and Nagoya Laser Technopole For Innovation

Council of OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Board Member

- Sadao Nakai; President, Laser Society of Japan
- Yoshiaki Kato; President, Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries
- Kazuo Kuroda; Chairman of Planning Committee, LENS EXPO
- Toyohiko Yatagai; Chiarman of Planning Committee, IR + UV EXPO
- Mitsuo Takeda; President, Optical Society of Japan
- Makoto Kikuchi; President, Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine
- Kazuhisa Yamamoto; Executive Director, Laser Society of Japan
- Seiji Katayama; President, Japan Laser Processing Society
- Tetsuya Miki; Chief Secretary of Planning Committee, Optical Fiber EXPO
- Mitsutoshi Hatori; President, Japan Photonics Council
- Shigeo Oka; Chairman, Japan Industrial Imaging Association
- Nobuyuki Kondo; Chairman, Japan Importers Association of Lasers and Electro-Optics

Cooperating Organization: SPIE
Secretariat: The Optronics Co., Ltd.