Dr. PAOLO BRUSINI was born in Italy. He is specialized in ophthalmology at the University of Messina. He was head of the Ophthalmic Unit at the Hospital of San Donà di Piave, Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology at Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital and Città di Udine” Health Center and founder and president of the Italian Society of Perimetry. He is a member of numerous international professional societies. He was a guest speaker at lectures and invited presentations in more than 200 national and international congresses and conferences in various fields of Ophthalmology and conducted more than 350 clinical courses.

Early diagnosis and surgical treatment of glaucoma, cataract phacoemulsification, and lamellar corneal surgery

Dr. Joseph HALLAK is an Optometrist. He was a Founder and Chairman of a continuing education study group and Director of the Contact Lens and Low Vision Clinics. Hallak is an adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, the State University of New York, College of Optometry and Adjunct Clinical supervisory faculty, the New England College of Optometry and Salus University. He is a contributing editor to Primary Care Optometry News. He is a member of certain Optometry societies.

Optometry

Lisa Brothers Arbisser teaches cataract and anterior segment surgery worldwide. Currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah Moran Eye Center after an NIH research fellowship in neurobiology and retina, Texas MD and residency at the University of Iowa, she specializes in refractive and complex adult and pediatric cataract surgery. Known for teaching complication avoidance and management, as a surgical coach, researcher and lecturer, she retired from patient care, after 30 years of high volume surgery in the practice she co-founded. Having performed live interactive satellite surgery at major national and international meetings, she regularly teaches vitrectomy for the anterior segment surgeon and skills transfer labs. She reviews, edits and authors textbook chapters, journal articles, the American Academy Online News and Education Network, Focal Points and writes two regular columns. She is former president of the American College of Eye Surgeons, serves on the Arunodaya CharitableTrust board, is secretary of Women in Ophthalmology and has been designated a Living Legend by the American Women’s Medical Association. She is honored with numerous awards and distinctions both educational and philanthropic. Designated in the top 50 ophthalmic opinion leaders by CRST.

Cataract and Anterior Segment Surgery

Clifford D Brown serves in the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System as Chief of the Eye Clinics. He was Senior Health Adviser and Senior Analyst/Operations Chief of National Biosurveillance Integration Center and the U. S. Army Deputy Chief of Eye Services and Behavioral Vision Chief for the Exceptional Family Member Department and served as a rehabilitative consultant for five school districts in USA.

Optometry

Shroug Aldaham has recently graduated from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain with a PhD degree in Optics, Optometry and Vision. She has a BSc (Hons) in Optometry from King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a Master of Science in Vision Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She has joined the Optometry department at KSU as a demonstrator (an academic position that prepares for professorship) before joining the Master program in Canada. After her masters she returned to Riyadh and later joined the PhD program at UCM. Both of her Masters and PhD studies were Saudi government-funded research grants. She has a research experience in pediatric vision screening and visual function testing in diabetics and has published in international optometric and vision research meetings. Her research interests are pediatric and diabetic visual function

Vision Screening Vision testing Optometry

Head of Radiology Science Dept. CAMS Low Vision Specialist, Elite Center Applied Medical Science College (CAMS), Assistant Professor. Low Vision Specialist. Optometry department. KSU 2000-2002 : Applied medical Science collage, Lecturers. Low Vision Specialist. Optometry department. KSU 1998-2000 : Ministry of Labor and Social Affair, Rehabilitation Specialist. 1997-1998 : Pennsylvania Collage of Optometry, Low Vision Specialist. 1989-1991 : Special Education Center, Rehabilitation Specialist.

Ophthalmology

Dr Gupta did his MS in 1984 and has ever since been working as faculty member at the Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India. He was awarded the Prestigious Colonel Rangachari National Award in 1988 at Madras. He was awarded the University of Montreal fellowship Award in 2008 in Montreal, Canada. Dr Gupta has filed two patents for Intra Ocular Lens designs. He has presented papers in USA, Canada, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, etc and has been invited as Guest speakers to many prestigious Conferences. He has several publications of original articles in Journals like the Graefe's Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology-(USA), Visual Impairment Research-(Germany) and Asian Journal of Ophthalmology. His research field is innovative ophthalmology Devices based on Optics and electronics. He has more than 85 International internet citations.

Ophthalmology

Dr. Maitreyee Roy is a Senior Lecturer and a Deputy Director of Optics & Radiometry Laboratory at the School at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She was awarded her PhD in Physical Optics from School of Physics at the University of Sydney. She is an accomplished Optical Physicist with broad experience in government and academic institutions with strong R&D background from conception, design to implementation particularly in optical metrology, 3D optical imaging and nanoparticle metrology. One of her major contributions was to demonstrate the fundamental principle of geometric phase in optics and its achromatic nature, which has opened up new insights in to broadband interferometry with application ranging from biological systems, electronics to astronomy.

Ophthalmic Imaging Instruments

Bonnie Molloy has been studying postoperative visual loss (POVL) and conducting research in this field since 2005. She completed her doctoral dissertation in 2010 in the Development of The Molloy / Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Observation Scale (MBOS). She presently is the Chief CRNA in the Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates practice at Bridgeport Hospital and as a Yale healthcare affiliate has conducted research at Yale New Haven and the Hospital of St. Raphael. She is the Research Director of the Anesthesia Department at Bridgeport Hospital as well as a clinical and didactic faculty member for the Fairfield University Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.

She was a surgical/anesthesia research team in discussing POVL, Robotics and Cosopt interventions in pursuit of normalizing rising IOP in the ST position.She conducted research in Development of The Molloy / Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Observation Scale (MBOS) correlating rising intraocular pressure (IOP) to observations in eyelid and conjunctival edema during steep trendelenburg (ST) surgical procedures.

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 30 book chapters, and 16 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008), and IBM teacher of excellence 2013. She is editor, associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Nanoscale Optoelectronic Quantum Devices

Shroug Aldaham has recently graduated from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain with a PhD degree in Optics, Optometry and Vision. She has a BSc (Hons) in Optometry from King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a Master of Science in Vision Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She has joined the Optometry department at KSU as a demonstrator (an academic position that prepares for professorship) before joining the Master program in Canada. After her masters she returned to Riyadh and later joined the PhD program at UCM. Both of her Masters and PhD studies were Saudi government-funded research grants. She has a research experience in pediatric vision screening and visual function testing in diabetics and has published in international optometric and vision research meetings. Her research interests are pediatric and diabetic visual function

Vision Screening Vision testing Optometry

Marc Bodman, MD is from Brooklyn, NY, USA, and grew up between Brooklyn, NY, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Bodman attending college at the University of California, San Diego, CA and graduated with a BSc. with Honors in Biology. He attended medical school at Memorial University, in St. John's Canada, and completed a residency in Ophthalmology at the Louisiana State University, New Orleans. Dr. Bodman completed a research fellowship in Glaucoma under the late Dr. David Epstein, at Duke University, and a clinical fellowship at Yale University, and the Universite de Montreal. In the past Dr. Bodman has taught residents ophthalmic surgery as the Site Director of residency training in ophthalmology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC with adjunct professorship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Currently Dr. Bodman works at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, where he helped open a new ophthalmology program and is a staff ophthalmologist.

Eye care, glaucoma, cataract and cataract surgery, and optic neuropathies.

Since 2009 he works as consultant at the Department of Ophthalmology of Catholic University (Roma – ITALY). He attended a lot of stages in Ophthalmological Department abroad (Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany …). He is author of a monograph entitled “Genetics of eye diseases”, I.N.C. Editor 2000 and of more than 80 papers on Italian and international peer-review journals.

Ophthalmology

Dr. Maitreyee Roy is a Senior Lecturer and a Deputy Director of Optics & Radiometry Laboratory at the School at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She was awarded her PhD in Physical Optics from School of Physics at the University of Sydney. She is an accomplished Optical Physicist with broad experience in government and academic institutions with strong R&D background from conception, design to implementation particularly in optical metrology, 3D optical imaging and nanoparticle metrology. One of her major contributions was to demonstrate the fundamental principle of geometric phase in optics and its achromatic nature, which has opened up new insights in to broadband interferometry with application ranging from biological systems, electronics to astronomy.

Ophthalmic Imaging Instruments

Professor Tyler is a visual neuroscientist specializing in visual and oculomotor function and disorders who joined City University London in 2013. He previously worked at several universities in the United States and has been a long-established researcher at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, where he established its Brain Imaging Center. Christopher Tyler received his training in Experimental Psychology at the Universities of Leicester, Aston and Keele before taking postdoctoral fellowships at Northeastern University, Boston, University of Bristol and Bell Laboratories. He then took up a position at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, where he retains an affiliation, and has taught courses at Northeastern, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley and the University of Paris along the way. He has had widespread collaborations across the globe and has given numerous keynote addresses to scientific meetings across many disciplines, from microscopy to Renaissance art.

Christopher Tyler's scientific interests are in the processes of visual perception and visual neuroscience. He has contributed to the study of the brain processing of many aspects of visual processing, including form, symmetry, flicker, motion, color, and particularly stereoscopic depth perception. He has developed effective psychophysical and electrophysiological tests for the diagnosis of retinal, optic nerve, visual cortical and oculomotor disorders. He has also studied photoreceptor dynamics, and neural processing in other species such as butterflies and fish. His current work is focused on the effects of traumatic brain damage on eye movements and their brainstem control mechanisms.

Dr Safiah Mulla is faculty staff in the Department of optometry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she has been Orthoptic from the University of Dalhousie and a BSc (1987) in Optometry from the king Saud University a member of the academic staff since 1997. She holds an MSc (2007) in Clinical Vision Science \. From 1990 to 1997, she was running an Optometry clinic at Security Forces Hospital, outpatient department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2000; she has a scholarship to Canada to get her Master degree in clinical vision science. She is also a. Board Member for the Saudi Association of Optometry and Vision Science as well as a Member of the Canadian orthoptic society.

Her main research interest is the pediatric binocular vision abnormality and amblyopia.

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 30 book chapters, and 16 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008), and IBM teacher of excellence 2013. She is editor, associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Nanoscale Optoelectronic Quantum Devices

PRESIDENT of the National CONGRESS OF STUDENTS X Days Madridø' and IX National Congress for research for undergraduate students in Health Sciences.President of the Conference of Deans of Faculties of optics and optometry of Spain.Dean of the School of Optometry of the U.C.M.Professor of Optometry and contact of the Complutense University of Madrid

Specialty Binocular Vision

Bonnie Molloy has been studying postoperative visual loss (POVL) and conducting research in this field since 2005. She completed her doctoral dissertation in 2010 in the Development of The Molloy / Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Observation Scale (MBOS). She presently is the Chief CRNA in the Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates practice at Bridgeport Hospital and as a Yale healthcare affiliate has conducted research at Yale New Haven and the Hospital of St. Raphael. She is the Research Director of the Anesthesia Department at Bridgeport Hospital as well as a clinical and didactic faculty member for the Fairfield University Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.

She was a surgical/anesthesia research team in discussing POVL, Robotics and Cosopt interventions in pursuit of normalizing rising IOP in the ST position.She conducted research in Development of The Molloy / Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Observation Scale (MBOS) correlating rising intraocular pressure (IOP) to observations in eyelid and conjunctival edema during steep trendelenburg (ST) surgical procedures.

Prof.Antonio Carlos Centelhas is head of ophthalmology of CRMED Ministery of Health, Nise da Silveira Hospital , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ex- Professor of ABC University , SãoPaulo, Brasil and Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prof. Centelhas is international advisory board Of Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology,New Delhi, India. Panelist in many Congress and Universities ( EUA

Cataract surgery, Glaucoma, Corneal patology, Refractive surgery.

Dr. Navendu Goswami is a Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in Department of Physics & Materials Science & Engineering. Dr. Goswami did his M.Sc. in 1999 followed by Ph.D. in Physics from School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. Qualified UGC-CSIR JRF and NET for two times and was among the top 20% CSIR JRF awardees in Physics. During his Ph.D. and afterwards his research area is Nanoscience and Technology. He has supervised diverse Nanotechnology projects at M.Tech. and B.Tech. levels. He published 27 peer-reviewed research papers; 20 in international journals and 7 in conference proceedings. He attended/presented research papers in about 36 international/national conferences, attended 18 scientific workshops and delivered 4 invited talks in India and abroad. Dr. Navendu Goswami is member of Material Research Society (MRS) USA, MRS India, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Indian Physics Association (IPA), Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). He is Editorial board member and referee for several journals; Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Applied Physics A, International Nano Letters, Applied Surface Science and Materials Chemistry and Physics etc. He is recipient of various academic and teaching awards; to name a few, Chancellor’s Silver Medal and Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal for Topper in all M. Sc. level exams (1999-2000) and in M. Sc. Physics exam (1999-2000) of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi; District Winner (Ghaziabad, U.P.) of Broad Outlook-Learner Teacher (BOLT-2008) award (by Air-India & Dainik Jagran), award for highest marks in Physics at B.Sc. (1996), BBC Genius –1998 and U.P. Government’s ‘A’ category Scholarship etc.

Nanoscale Science & Technology, Materials Science

Dr. Amel Meddeb Ouertani is Professor of Ophthalmology, graduated from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. Her clinical interests include cornea and glaucoma. She served as head of the Ophthalmic Department at Charles Nicolle University Hospital. She established twinning programs with Pretoria, Alexandria and Nagasaki Universities and served as member of the Pan Arab Board of Specializations. She trained hundreds of Tunisian residents and African colleagues. She is former President of the Tunisian Ophthalmological Society, Founding President of the Tunisian Society of Aerospace Medicine and the African Society of Glaucoma. She served as member of the Advisory Board of ICO and the Global Outreach committee of the AAO. She also served as Tunisian national coordinator for prevention of blindness As general Secretary of “Nadi Al Bassar”, a leading NGO in the region, she has participated in many eye camps and developed a clear understanding of Eye health status in Africa. She is currently executive Vice-President of the Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology; Secretary General of the Middle East African Glaucoma Society and International Coordinator for Glaucoma at the WOC. Dr Ouertani received several national and regional awards.

Cornea and Glaucoma

Janardan Kumar, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology at Becker College in the United States, started his schooling at home under a tree in a small village named Rajapakar in the state of Bihar, India. His esteemed teachers, the late Sri Raghunath Prasad and Dr. Udai Narain, were real mentors who prepared him to become a confident go-getter in the fierce pursuit of his dreams. In the United States he received post-doctoral training in glaucoma at Duke University Eye Center, North Carolina, a nationally renowned eye research laboratory, under the supervision of Dr. David L. Epstein. Dr. Kumar’s approach to ex-vivo perfusion studies showed, for the first time in the history of glaucoma research, that thrombin may be involved in the pathophysiology of glaucoma; he presented those findings at ARVO in 1999. The study of glaucoma is the most humbling of disciplines – closely associated with both clinical failure and lack of understanding, yet due to Dr. Kumar’s exceptionally strong work ethic and innate scientific vision, Dr. Epstein always referred to him as a potential “superstar.” Dr. Kumar’s main objective in his involvement with the prestigious OMICS eye conferences is to bring eye clinicians and scientists together in order to further advance glaucoma research globally.

Glaucoma

Dr Sergey Cusato has the title of Master of Vision Sciences of La Salle University (2015) with clinical practice in the areas of Primary Care and Contact Lenses at the University Nova Southeastern University United States (September 2012). He has taken his Degree in Optometry from University of Contested Brazil (UNC) in 2008. He is a Director and Researcher Fellow of the Brazilian Institute for Training and Contact Lenses Research (FIBTPLC). He is also the Professor of Contact Lens at Master's (UPA) Universidad Autónoma del Paraguay. He is the member of societies and associations like British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA), Orthokeratology Academy of America (AAOMC ) and Latin American Academy of Orthokeratology and Control of Myopia (ALOCM) and Fellow of the International Association of Contact Lenses Educators (FIACLE).

Primary Care and Contact Lenses

After undergraduate studies at Guys Hospital Medical School, Dr. Alan Bird completed junior posts in general Medicine, Surgery and Neurosurgery. After a residency in Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital he worked as Senior Registrar at The London Hospital and The Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square. This was followed by a Fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute with Dr. Lawton Smith and a brief period with Dr Hoyt in San Francisco. On returning to in 1969 London Alan Bird was appointed to the Institute of Ophthalmology as Lecturer, and subsequently Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor, and Consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He changed his main interests from neuro-ophthalmology to retina, and a specialised clinical service was established. This was aided by the conversion of clinical activity in Moorfields Eye Hospital to specialised Services, and the Medical Retinal Service now holds 34 clinics each week, and has 12 Consultants. Over the years a productive multidisciplinary research team developed for the investigation of monogenic retinal disorders and age-related macular disease. Investigative techniques included molecular genetics, electrophysiology, psychophysics, specialised imaging and morphology. Establishment of research programmes was aided by the successful development of the Institute of Ophthalmology, which became a School of University College, London. In order to contribute fully to research, he spent a sabbatical period with Dr Dean Bok at UCLA in 1985. On October 1st 2005 Dr Bird retired from full time clinical practice and was appointed Emeritus Professor at London University and Honorary Consultant, Moorfields Eye Hospital so that research and teaching can be continued. Alan C Bird has completed his junior posts in general Medicine, Surgery and Neurosurgery. After a residency in Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital he worked as Senior Registrar at The London Hospital and The Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square. This was followed by a Fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute with Dr. Lawton Smith and a brief period with Dr Hoyt in San Francisco.

Boris Malyugin Prof. Boris Malyugin is the Deputy Director General (R&D, Edu) of the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Institution (Moscow, Russia). Dr. Malyugin is a world-renowned authority and expert in the field of modern ophthalmic surgery. He has established himself at the forefront of advanced cataract and anterior segment surgery by pioneering numerous techniques and technologies in the field of ophthalmology. He is well known for his educational activities all over the world. He is having multiple international awards and was invited to present lectures and live surgery sessions in numerous national and supranational meetings. Dr. Malyugin is a President of the Russian Ophthalmology Society (ROS), ESCRS Board member, as well as the member of International Intraocular Implant Club and Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, AAO, ASCRS. Dr. Malyugin has published in the literature extensively, co-edited several books in different fields of ophthalmology, and contributed to the printed and video atlases of ophthalmic surgery and video Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.

cataract and anterior segment surgery

Ildikó Süveges MD, PhD, DSc is professor emeritus of ophthalmology. She took her first degree from the Medical University of Debrecen, Hungary. In 1984 she was appointed as the head of the eye clinic of the Medical University of Szeged. From 1992 to 2004 she served as head of the 1st Ophthalmology Department of Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, where she is professor emeritus at present. Her scientific activity is concerned with corneal diseases, the subject of her academic (DSc) dissertation. The number of her publications is 252. Formerly she was the representative of Hungary in several international ophthalmological associations. She was the organising manager and president of the XIth SOE Congress in 1997. A founder member of EAO (Chair XVI) and elected member of AOI (Chair LVII). She is the author of the textbook ’Ophthalmology’ whose 4. edition appeared in 2015. She holds several international and Hungarian awards, including the „Cross of Honour” decoration of the Republic of Hungary given by the Head of State and the Semmelweis Prize given by the Hungarian Ministry of Welfare.

Corneal Diseases

Prof. MICHELE VETRUGNO got his degree during the 1986-87 Academic Year with full marks and honour, and a dissertation in Ophthalmology Clinics the title of which was “Visual evoked Potential and Oscillatory Potential in headache”. During his University years he won a scholarship from E.N.P.A.L.S. He got his diploma to practice the medical profession at the Università degli Studi in Bari in the April 1987 Session. He specialised in Ophthalmology in 1992 with full marks and honours and a dissertation entitled “Capsular cataract extraction with H.S.M. IOL implant in a hemo-dyalised patient”. On June 24, 1995 he got the the Diploma of the European Board of Ophthalmology in Milano. During the 1990-91 Academic years to now, he co-operated with his Teacher in lectures and practice with the students of the 5th course year, and with tutorial activity for dissertations for the Degree in Medicine and Surgery and for specialisation in Ophthalmology. Additionally he performs an integrating didactic activity in the “Eye Surgery Course”, with monthly attendance, since the 1994-95 Academic Year. From 2002 till today he is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of Glaucoma Research Centre of Eye Clinic – University of Bari, Italy. He is author or Co-author of 200 publications, both in Italian and International Journals (55 publications in PUBMED).

Eye Surgery

Francesco Bandello is Full Professor and Chairman at the Department of Ophthalmology at University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. He is Academic Dean of “Corso di Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia” at the same University. Professor Bandello is Past President of EURETINA, President of Academia Ophthalmologica Europea and Vice-President of EuroLam. Prof. Bandello is Co-Editor of the European Journal of Ophthalmology and former board member of the Club Jules Gonin and Macula Society. He is member of Executive Board of ESASO Foundation (European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology), member of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis and the Accademia Nazionale di Medicina. Prof. Bandello is co-author of 10 books and he serves as a peer reviewer for grant applications for the NEI. He has authored or co-authored 339 articles and he served as trained Principal Investigator in several clinical trials performed following ICH/GCP and mainly concerning retinal diseases.

Retina Disease

Emanuel Rosen MD is Co-Editor, Journal of Cataract and refractive surgery, Past President ESCRS & IIIC, Authors of six textbooks of ophthalmology including fluorescence photography of the eye 1969 and intraocular lens implantation 1979. He has qualification from Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, FRC Ophth, (1993). He is section editor on lens in Duker textbook of ophthalmology and Co-editor lens section Albert & Jacobiek ‘Ophthalmology’, Chairman and founder of Euro Times. He is visiting professor of Ophthalmology at university of Manchester, Dept. of Vision Science. He is one of the leading and respected ophthalmologists from Europe.

Prof. Dr. Luis Emilio Abad has completed his Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Bircham International University, Spain and also did Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Bircham International University, Spain followed by Diploma in Ophthalmology (DO) from Dr. Nano Eye Clinics, Argentina and Doctor in Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine from National University of Córdoba, Argentina. He is Dean and Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at Ballsbridge University, Dominica and President of International Research Group, Abad Eye Research, Dominica He is also the Honourable global member council of the Board of Quality Standards, UK. He is also awarded with many awards like Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), International Philosophical Institute, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) in Medical Research, Maha Sastra University, Cambodia and many more awards. He is the authors of many books few are Practical Manual of Ophthalmology, Revinter, The Vitreous Behavior of stem cells in eyes with chorioretinal injuries and Retinal Vasculopathy, Glosa, Spain .

Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Ocular Research

Mahmoud Mohamed Ismail has completed his Ph.D. in Ophthalmology from University of Alicante, Spain during December 1996 and master degree in Ophthalmology and Ocular Surgery from University of AL-Azhar in 1989 followed by Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery from same university. He is the Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of Cornea & Refractive surgery unit at University of AL-Azhar, Egypt. Mahmoud Mohamed Ismail also awarded with many prizes during his academia. He has published many papers in reputed journals and also participated in various national and international conferences.

Leonardo Fernández Irigaray is a Professor of Medicine and the head of strabismus Eye Clinique Dr Nano - Buenos Aires - Argentina Republic. He is the President of the Argentine Center of Strabismus and Latin American Council of Strabismus. Leonardo Fernandez Irigaray also served as the member of reputed ophthalmology associations and societies. He was recently nominated by the International Medical IOCIM Côme best professional specialty within it. You will receive the highest institutional distinction Health "prix à l'PAR MEDICAL POUR UNE VIE MEILLEURE achievement" Tribute savait played travail for life to help improve the human eats professional recognizing the best of health 2014-2015.

Strabismus

Dr. Ritch completed his M.D. at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in 1972. He is the Shelley and Steven Einhorn Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Chief of Glaucoma Services and Surgeon Director Emeritus at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. He has co-authored or edited nine textbooks and over 1700 medical and scientific papers, book chapters, articles and abstracts. He has presented 700 lectures worldwide, including 45 named lectures and has received 58 awards and medals.

Glaucoma

Harminder S Dua, MBBS, DO (Lond), DO, MS, MNAMS, FRCS, FRCOphth., FEBO, FRCP(Ed), MD, Phd; has been the chair and professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Nottingham since 1994. He is the immediate past President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK and was Editor of the British Journal of Ophthalmology for 7 years. He is currently Editor-in-chief of a new journal called Journal of EuCornea. He has over 300 peer reviewed publications and scores of awards for research and teaching including the recent Times Higher Education Award (2014) for \'Research project of the year\'.

Cornea

Cathleen McCabe, MD is one of the foremost eye surgeons practicing today and is a vital asset to The Eye Associates' team, seeing patients in Sarasota, Bradenton and Ellenton, Florida. After Dr. McCabe received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, she went on to her residency training at the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami’s School of Medicine. Dr. McCabe specializes in bladeless laser cataract surgery, clear lens replacement, LASIK and anterior segment diseases. Cathleen McCabe has received many prestigious and esteemed awards for her work in Ophthalmology, including being named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for Ophthalmology and to the Premier Surgeon 250 List of the leading innovators in premium IOL cataract surgery, and was selected as a LaserVision Top 100 Surgeon for her vast experience and excellent outcomes in LASIK and refractive surgery. Dr. McCabe’s other achievements and awards include being named an Outstanding Female Leader in Ophthalmology by Millenial EYE magazine, the recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award, and she was one of only four surgeons invited to perform LIVE cataract surgery at Texas Eye and Surgery Center in Hurst, Texas, which was telecast in real time to 1000 MDs attending the Alcon event from all over the world. Dr. McCabe’s ongoing commitment to continuing her education earned her the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA), presented by the American Medical Association, and she has also been honored with the Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist (LEO) Continuing Education Recognition Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. McCabe was granted membership into the American College of Eye Surgeons (ACES) because of her commitment to excellence in eye surgery. She has also successfully fulfilled the requirements for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) to be recertified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. Cathleen McCabe is a Board member of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, the Vice Chairman and a member of the Practicing Ophthalmologists Curriculum Panel (POCP)- Cataract and Anterior Segment Panel and a Board Member of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society. Dr. McCabe also serves on the Editorial Board for Ophthalmic ASC, EyeNet, and Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today publications. Additionally she continues to share her expertise by publishing articles and book chapters, lecturing at ophthalmological and optometric seminars all over the country, and participating in residency training programs.

Cataract, Refractive, and Advanced Lens Technology

Nikolakopoulos Athanasios Born and resident of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is Graduated from the Aristotelio University (Greece)–Medical Department. He did his postgraduate studies (fellowship) at the Hospital of Addenbrook Cambridge England on the retina diseases with Mr J.D.Scott, on glaucoma with Mr J.D.Cairns and on inflammations with Mr P.Watson. Attended Moorefield Eye Hospital on Lasers in Ophthalmology and on the retina surgery of Giant tears. Attended the Rotterdam Clinic Center with Rellyo Zivojnoviz, as a representative of the Cambridge Hospital. He is also senior registrar at Adenbrooks Hospital, organized and directed the Retina department of St.Dimitrios Hospital of Thessaloniki and he became Director of Retina clinic of St.Dimitrios Hospital. Nikolakopoulos Athanasios was the former president of the Greek Ophthalmological Federation and The Greek Vitreoretinal Society.

Glaucoma and vitreoretinal surgery

Felipe Soria studied Medicine in the Adventist University in Argentina and did his specialty in Ophthalmology in the Vision Institute of Montemorelos University in Mexico. He made the subspecialties of Cornea, Refractive and Cataract surgery in Vissum Corporation with Dr. Jorge Alio for a period of two years. He has written more than 30 scientific articles and book chapters, being Editor of the book Femtosecond Laser Assisted Keratoplasty. He has participated with 40 communications in different international congress across the world. He owns the patent: Use of Mesothelial cells in Tissue Bioengineering and Artificial Tissues.
Interview for EyeWorld TV: http://ewreplay.org/node/555?v=3784727216001

Cornea, Refractive and Cataract surgery

Cristian Falcon is the Director of Optima Laser Clinic, Valencia, Spain and member of reputed ophthalmology societies. He is an Ophthalmology surgeon specialist in Refractive surgery: LASIK, SBK, Intraocular lenses and phacoemulsificaion. He is having an extensive experience in LASIK, SBK and LASIK(SBK) for Presbyopia & performed 12,000 procedure over this years of practice. He has published his research papers in various reputed journals and he is been invited in many scientific conferences around the world as a speaker.

LASIK, SBK and LASIK(SBK) for Presbyopia

Jacob Lorenzo-Morales completed his PhD in the University of La Laguna in 2001 and held postdoctoral positions at the University of Edinburgh until December 2011 when he was granted a Ramón y Cajal Tenure Track Fellowship by the Spanish Government. His work has been focused in Free-Living Amoebae infections mainly Acanthamoeba keratitis. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals in the parasitology and tropical medicine fields. He has been the Scientific Secretary in the last two editions of the International free-living amoebae meetings (FLAM 2009 and 2011), invited speaker at the symposium of free-living amoebae of the International Congress of Parasitology 2014. In November 2013 he was awarded the Individual Award for Young Canary Islands Citizens by the Canary Islands Government in recognition to his research career.

Contact lens, Ocular diseases

Baswati Prasanth, Specialist Ophthalmology has 10 years of vast experiences from various hospitals in India and other countries, completed her MS Ophthalmology from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and Fellowship in Glaucoma and Anterior segment from Dr Shroffs Eye Hospital, New Delhi. She is the winner of A D Patwardhan Gold medal from university of Pune. She is the Director of Ophthalmology, Ahalia hospital, Abudhabi. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals and has been part of several clinical trials.

Phacoemulsification, small incision cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery

Miguel Rechichi has completed his training in ophthalmology at 28 and his PhD at 32 from Magna Graecia University and Diploma of Specialist Superior in Ophthalmology from University of Lugano (Switzerland). He’s actually a researcher for Magna Graecia University and Director of corneal and refractive Surgery service of S.Lucia Eye Clinic, Cosenza, Italy. He was a pioneer of crosslinking clinical application and actually is involved in developing new accelerated cxl protocols for which he’s invited as opinion leader to several meetings. He has published several papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals.

Optical Coherence Tomography, Cornea

George Beiko is a medical graduate of Oxford University and completed his ophthalmology specialty training at Queens University in Canada. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University and a Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Dr. Beiko has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and also authored twelve book chapters. He has given over 500 scientific presentations at meetings throughout the world. He has been awarded 3 best papers of session at the ASCRS annual meeting, one best poster award at AAO, one Best Paper of Session (Cataract) at APAO-AAO Joint Meeting and the Best Original Paper in Cataract Surgery at AAO in 2010. He is on the review panel or editorial board of 25 ophthalmology journals. His honours include being elected to membership in the International Intraocular Implant Club, being named one of the “Premier Surgeons” of North America and being made an Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, by Her Majesty The Queen of England. He has been honoured on 3 occasions with the Gold Medal by the Indian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, a Senior Achievement award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, an Achievement Award by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, the Presidential Award of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the Boberg-Ans Award of the Danish Ophthalmological Society.

Cataract

Supriyo Chatterjee is an educator and a practitioner in Optometry since 1990. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology from Calcutta University and thereafter completed his 4 year PG Diplomas in Optometry and Contact Lens Practice from Indian Optical Institute& Refraction Hospital (Estd.1932), the pioneer Institute of Optometry in India, Calcutta. He went to USA for advanced studies and clinical internship in California under Optometric Extension Program Foundation and State University of New York – College of Optometry, in the areas of Binocular Vision, Pediatric Optometry and Behavioral Optometry. He was an Associate of College of Optometrists in Vision Development of USA and Clinical Associate of Optometric Extension Program Foundation, California. He has presented many papers in home on Behavioral Optometry, Sports Vision, Myopia, Near point Vision Stress, Non Strabismic Binocular Dysfunction and Vision Therapy. He was awarded Bausch & Lomb Certificate of Excellence in Contact Lens Practice as well as Silklens India Award for Outstanding Contribution to Optometry Education in Eastern India. He also represented India, particularly his Alma Mater in 4th World Council of Optometry Educators’ Meet in Atlanta, Georgia in 2002, as the Director of Academic Affairs of the AII India Institute of Optometrical Sciences (AIIOS). He was selected by ORBIS International, Ethiopia to serve as an Assistant Professor of Optometry, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia in 2008. His areas of interest are: General & Pediatric Optometry, Infant Vision Development, Non-Strabismic Binocular Dysfunctions, Myopia, Computer Vision Syndrome, Sports Vision, Ocular Pathology & Therapeutics, Vision Therapy and Neuro-Optometry.

General & Pediatric Optometry, Infant Vision Development, Non-Strabismic Binocular Dysfunctions, Myopia

Chris (tiane) Lange-Küttner obtained her Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute of Human Development, Berlin, and worked thereafter as a post-doc in Cognitive Science at the Free University of Berlin. Since 1994, she holds an academic faculty position in the UK, initially at the University of Aberdeen, and up to now at the London Metropolitan University. From 2009-2011 she was Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Konstanz, Germany. She is also affiliated faculty at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Perspective Mapping, Psychology

She holds a degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of State University of Campinas - BR (1985), master's degree in Medicine by Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas -BR(1997) and PhD in Medicine from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas –BR (2001). She is currently a State University of Campinas, a founding member and the Brazilian Cornea and Eye Bank. Medical assistant of the discipline of ophthalmology of the Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas (CH Unicamp) Chief sector of cornea and external diseases of the ophthalmology discipline of CH Unicamp Physician responsible for corneal transplant team of the CH Unicamp

Ophthalmology, cataract, cornea and external diseases, prevention of blindness.

Choun-Ki Joo MD, PhD is a Prof. of department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. He completed research fellowship (1992~1994) of cornea and external disease for 2 years at Washington University in USA after finishing residency training (1988) in Korea. Prof Joo has a reputation for his basic and clinical knowledge in the field of cornea/external disease and refractive surgery. He is a frequent invited lecturer at international meetings, and over the past five years has directed one of the most prestigious training programs for specialists in refractive surgery. Prof Joo is the author of many articles in basic and clinical science. Prof Joo is the Director of Laboratory for Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Prof Joo has attracted much attention for his dedication to his patients and helping those in need.

Corneal transplantation, Refractive surgery and Cataract surgery

Chief of the refractive surgery department of ophthalmology clinic «Sokol». MD 1994 -2000 S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Ophthalmologist with more than 12 years of career experience and over 6 000 laser surgeries performed. Practice includes extensive experience in different kinds of laser vision correction including LASIK, Femto LASIK, PRK, PTK ,laser treatment of glaucoma, secondary cataract etc. The observership with Dr. Allan Slomovic and Dr. David Rootman specializing in Cornea in the Department of Ophthalmology at Toronto Western Hospital and Toronto laser center, Canada(February 2016,Canada). My interests lie in refractive surgery, keratoconus treatment and corneal transplantation.

refractive surgery, keratoconus treatment and corneal transplantation.

Sergio Ozan completed his studies from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an optician and contact lens specialist and having enriched experience in the manufacturing of ocular prosthesis. Dr. Sergio is also associated with scientific societies and currently he is a scientific advisor for ocular prosthesis in APO (Association Professional de Optometras in Argentina). He is the precursor and creator of multi-perforated orbital implants i.e. JUMAT, first prosthetic sclera lens and expander of orbit osmotic hydrogel filling for microphthalmia. He is the director of CEPROC along with Ocular Prosthesis Division in Perfect Vision, Santiago, Chile. Dr. Sergio Ozan also developed the one hour customized ocular prosthesis method which is unique in Latin America.

Contact Lenses, Ocular Prosthesis

Ioannis Pallikaris received his medical degree at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1972) and completed his residency and PhD thesis at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (1981). During these years, he also completed graduate studies at the University of Munich (Institute of Physiological Optic, 1978), at the University of Vienna (Ultrasound in Ophthalmology, 1979), and at the University of Zurich (Department of microvascular surgery, 1980). Subsequently, he received an honorary consultant position at the Hippocration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece (1981-1986), and became Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic Hospital of Chania, Greece (1986-1988). He became an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, University of Crete in 1988 and has been a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Crete since 1996. Over the course of the years at the University of Crete, he became the founder and director of the Vardinoyannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC, 1989) and Institute of Vision and Optics (IVO, 2005), chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Crete, and the director of the Eye Clinic of the University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece (1996-2004). Ioannis Pallikaris was the rector of the University of Crete from 2004 to 2011, while he is also a Board member of ESCRS from 2011.

refractive surgery, visual optics, medical lasers, biopolymers, retinal surgery and image analysis, and the design and development of microsurgical instrumentation.

Dr. Uyar graduated from Hacettepe University Medical School in 1987 and completed his specialization in Ophthalmology at Istanbul Educational and Research Hospital in 1991 and worked there until 2012. His practice and experience is especially in surgical retina, medical retina, ocular trauma, cataract refractive surgery, lasers and medicolegal ophthalmology. In addition to his associate professorship, he has FEBO and FICO titles. He has been working at his own office since 1996 and at the Ophthalmology Clinic of Maltepe University since 2013. Dr. Uyar is member of both some national and international ophthalmological associations and societies.

Surgical retina, medical retina, ocular trauma, cataract refractive surgery, lasers and medicolegal ophthalmology

Dr. Pavel Kuchynka is the Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty of Charles University and of Institute for Postgradual Medical Education Prague from 1991 to ptresent. He completed his Ophthalmology Speciality Certification in 1982 from Medical School, Charles University. Now he is also the director of Medical Director of the International Eye Bank, Prague. Presently he is the president of Czech Society of Ophthalmology and Czech Society of Refractive and Cataract Surgery. He is also being the member of International societies and editorials boards like member of the International Committee of the "American Academy of Ophthalmology" - AAO, member of "European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons" – ESCRS, member of the „International Intra-Ocular Implant Club. He is awarded as honorary council member of European Society of Ophthalmology. He is in Editorial member of Ocular Surgery News and Ophthalmology times.

Ocular Surgery

Dr Sergey Cusato has the title of Master of Vision Sciences of La Salle University (2015) with clinical practice in the areas of Primary Care and Contact Lenses at the University Nova Southeastern University United States (September 2012). He has taken his Degree in Optometry from University of Contested Brazil (UNC) in 2008. He is a Director and Researcher Fellow of the Brazilian Institute for Training and Contact Lenses Research (FIBTPLC). He is also the Professor of Contact Lens at Master's (UPA) Universidad Autónoma del Paraguay. He is the member of societies and associations like British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA), Orthokeratology Academy of America (AAOMC ) and Latin American Academy of Orthokeratology and Control of Myopia (ALOCM) and Fellow of the International Association of Contact Lenses Educators (FIACLE).

Primary Care and Contact Lenses

Dr. Fox was a Merit Scholar and an Honors graduate from Colgate University. He received his medical degree at Hahnemann Medical College where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He is the Chief of Refractive Surgery at the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Practice of New York as well as Clarity/TLC Refractive Services in West Orange New Jersey, Dr. Fox cares for patients throughout the metropolitan area for the full spectrum of refractive procedures as well as those seeking care for cornea and external disease issues. With over 20 years of experience in the field, he is widely regarded as a national leader in corneal and refractive surgery. He has performed over 30,000 laser vision correction procedures over the last 15 years.

Cornea and Refractive Surgery

Donald S Minckler is a very well known personality in the field of Ophthalmology. He is currently serving as an Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Glaucoma Service at University of California, Irvine, USA He also contributed his services as Chair, American Academy of Ophthalmology Skills Transfer Committee Jan 1986 – 1991 Editor-in-Chief, Ophthalmology, 1995 – 2002 American Academy of Ophthalmology Board of Trustees, 1995 – 2002 President, Glaucoma Research Society (International Congress of Ophthalmology), 1998-2003 American Ophthalmological Society, 1986-present. Senior Honor Award, AAO, 1997 & Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1999 – December 2006 Chairman American Board of Ophthalmology 2006 Editorial Board, Cochrane Eye and Vision Group, January 08 - present PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS: Total 189 Symposia, chapters, editorials, abstracts, published symposia, manuals: 210

Glaucoma, Optic Nerve diseases and Ophthalmic pathology

Dr. Sunalp has provided state of the art ophthalmologic services in the San Joaquin valley for the last 30 years. His specialized training has given the community access to ophthalmic laser surgery using VISX and LASIK Excimer Laser systems, up-to-the minute cataract management using multifocal and toric intraocular lens implants; and glaucoma and diabetic eye care. He has developed innovative techniques to treat common eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy in a safe and effective manner. Though dedicated to professional services. Dr. Sunalp has also pledged time and resources to the community, providing eye examinations, and support to local charities such as CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for Children and Visalia Veterans Committee.

Cornea, Lasik and etc

Dr. Selwa Al-Hazzaa is Consultant of Ophthalmology since 1993 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH& RC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Head of Ophthalmology since 1997 (first woman). She is Professor in the College of Medicine at Alfaisal University since 2011 (first woman), and Senior Clinical Scientist since March 2008 and Consultant in Genetics in the Research Centre of KFSH&RC since March 2009. She is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, since 2003 and was reappointed in 2006-2009 (first from the Middle East). In January 2007, she was appointed Senior Advisor to Minister of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 1995, she was “The First Woman” appointed to the Medical Advisory Council, the strongest governing body of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Al-Hazzaa has published 38 international papers, 4 book chapters; the most important in Duane’s International Ophthalmology, on “Genetic Eye Diseases in Saudi Arabia (first ophthalmologist), and concluded 7 book reviews. She attended 209 symposia and presented 294 lectures in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East and was an invited international guest speaker in 52 lectures and an invited local speaker in 50 lectures. She is currently undergoing 7 research projects and has had over 243 international and national television, radio and newspaper interviews.

Genetic Eye Diseases, Retinal Diseases

Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary 1988-1990.Assistant in Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital 1990-1992.Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, 1992-1995 Affiliate Scientist, Division of Neurobiology, Yerkes Regional Primate Center 1992-1995.Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco 1996-1997.Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1997- 2007; Tenure April 2001.Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles Spring 2007 – June 17, 2007.Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Retina Service, University ofIllinois, Department of Ophthalmology, Chicago, July 2007 Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Retina Service, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, July 2008 – present. Licensure and Certification: Illinois Medical License, 7-31-07 to present California Medical License, 10-4-95 to present Illinois Medical License, 6-86 to 6-91 Maryland Medical License, 5-23-90 to 9-30-92 Georgia Medical License, 8-92 to 12-95

Retina and Aging EYE Care

Prof. J.T. Lin, PhD (1981), University of Rochester. He served as a Visiting Professor at National Chao-tung University and Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, Founder & CEO of Nasdaq-listed companies, He is the Chairman & CEO of New Vision Inc. and a Visiting Professor at HE Medical University (China). He holds over 40 patents and is the inventor (US patents, 1992, 2000) of LASIK procedure using flying-spot scanning method and the solid-state UV laser. He has published over 55 book chapters and 70 SCI journal papers. He is WHO's WHO in Leading American Executives, Model of oversea Chinese Young Entrepreneur and Fellow of American Society of Laser Surgery & Medicine.

Laser treatments

Dr. Saba Al Rashaed, an ophthalmologist who has experience in handling eye diagnosis, surgeries and recommendations to help patients perform proper care for their eyes; has excellent skills in performing surgeries and giving treatments; values time and work management; practices effective organizational skills strategies for better coordination with peers; has ability to diagnose and perform tests. Dr. Rashaed responsibilities are to performed surgeries on patients who had disorders with their eyesight and required to have surgeries in order to be cured. Constantly participated in the training of residents, as well as fellows. I enthusiastically prepared and delivered didactic lectures, which were always highly rated. I am a dedicated researcher, rigorous when it comes to designing the research projects, as well as in implementing them. Dr. Rashaed has Scientific Publication of 30 and Scientific Posts of 66. Conducted research once a rare disease is encountered and consulted with the experts

Vitreoretinal Diseases,Diabetic Retinopathy

Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. Born in Cairo, Egypt. Joined Cairo University Faculty of medicine in 1977 and graduated with an excellent degree with honour and got residency in Cairo University hospitals (about 6000 beds). Ophthalmology department in Cairo university hospitals is considered as a referral center from all over Egypt. Thus, practicing ophthalmology since 1985. Head of ophthalmology department Misr University for science and Technology since 2015 with main interest in corneal infections and ophthalmology ultrasound. Education and teaching undergraduate and postgraduates is my hobby. Moreover interested in Research work and published a lot of national and international papers. Through my research achieved the patency of new topical drug for treating fungal and acanthamoeba keratitis from Academy of Scientific Research in Cairo August 2005. Attendance and participation by two researches in the 5th international conference of ocular infections Florida, U.S.A February 2010.Also, attendance and participations with a lecture about corneal infections in the first meeting of Arab forum in ophthalmology. An arbitrator by supreme council of universities in Egypt to evaluate research papers done by lecturers and assistant professors for promotion. Co-coordinator and lecturer for courses of ophthalmology at National Training Institute and chosen as Head of consultancy committee for training of ophthalmology doctors all over EGYPT by National Training Institute.

Corneal infections and ophthalmology ultrasound

Cosimo Mazzotta Graduated from School of Medicine of University of Siena, Italy, Medical Doctor in 1997. He had a Specialist Diploma in Ophthalmology in 2001 and received his PhD in Ocular Pathology in 2006. He introduced the Corneal Cross Linking in Italy in 2004 being awarded by the Italian Society of Ophthalmology. In 2009 Assistant Professor of Corneal Surgery at Optometry School of University of Siena, Italy. Currently he is Assistant Professor of Corneal Pathology and Surgery at Post-Graduate Ophthalmology School of Siena University and Director of the Siena International Crosslinking Center. His areas of interest include corneal cross-linking, keratoconus, corneal transplants, corneal dystrophies, cataract and refractive surgery, in vivo confocal microscopy.

corneal cross-linking, keratoconus, corneal transplants, corneal dystrophies, cataract and refractive surgery, in vivo confocal microscopy.

Ronni M Lieberman has received her Medical training at SUNY Downstate in New York, where she also completed her Ophthalmology Residency. She then went on to complete a 2 year Surgical Retina Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She is the Director of Medical Retina Services for the Queens Hospital Network, an HHC affiliate. She has published extensively, participated in clinical trials and is involved in the training of ophthalmology residents in the HHC and at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Retina

Irina Trifanenkova has completed his PhD at the age of 45 years from «MNTK «Eye Microsurgery» named after acad. S.N. Fedorov». She is the Deputy Director on scientific work in Kaluga branch of FGAU «MNTK «Eye Microsurgery» named after acad. S.N. Fedorov», a leading eye microsurgery clinic in Russia. She has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

ROP

Anna Laura Giacomin has completed her Medical degree in 1986 at the Padua University. She has joined as the Ophthalmological Specialist at the Padua University in 1991. In 1996, she joined in the Ophthalmology Unit of the Camposampiero PD Civil Hospital, responsible for the Ophthalmoplastic Service. She has obtained Homeopathy clinic course and in 2011, Master 2° level in Ophthalmoplastic Surgery from Naples Federico II University. From 2005, she is a full Member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

eyelid disorders

Samantha Harding was a Chemist, Polymer Scientist and Journalist before entering medicine. She was a Resident and Fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London where she developed her interest in pediatric ophthalmology. She was the first in the history of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus to win best of show twice as first author for posters in 2008 and 2011 and was the first to publish a series of pediatric deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty cases with Ken Nischal. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Strabismus and Neurology

Pedro Mattar M.D. Consultant at the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Education: Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellow at University of Colorado, Denver, USA. Ophthalmology: A.V.A.O. Venezuela. Medicine: Universidad Central de Venezuela. Associations: American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Venezuelan Society Ophthalmology, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, Latin-American Pediatric Ophthalmology Society and Pan American Society of Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Daniel Valverde is currently working as a Faculty of Medical Sciences at University of Guayaquil. He is a Specialist in Retina Medicinal, Ocular Nutrition, Low Vision, Pediatric Vision, Public Health and Community Development Projects in Public Health.

Low Vision, Pediatric Vision and Retina

Elisha Bartov M.D, Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology in the Edith Wolfson Medical Center and Associate Clinical professor in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of the Tel Aviv University, Israel. . His residency and retina surgery fellowship were in the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and he was for two years a Fulbright and Jules Stein Research and Clinical fellow at the Wilmer institute, Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the Club Jules Gonin International Retina Association. He published 77 scientific papers on basic, clinical and surgical topics in Ophthalmology.

Retina surgery

Avinoam Ophir completed his medical studies and Residency in Hadassah Medical Center in Israel. During his Retina fellowship in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, he together with another young doctor, Mark Blumenkranz, introduced the antimetabolites, primarily 5-FU, to the ophthalmology world, in order to treat non-malignant proliferating cells, especially in the prevention of postoperative scarring. Due to 5-FU efficacy in trabeculectomy, Dr. Ophir moved to specialize also in glaucoma. He explained the mechanism of MMC on bleb toxicity and how to prevent it, and also introduced the "mini-trabeculectomy" approach without radial incisions. Meanwhile he and his team found that Zn-Desferal in the cat substantially inhibited reperfusion injury following CRAO. He was appointed as chairman in the department of Ophthalmology in Hadera in 1993, associated with the Technion School of Medicine. For the last 4 years he works at the retina unit in Wolfson MC

Retina and Glaucoma

Gail completed her PhD from the University of Melbourne, Center for Eye Research Australia. She has worked with international humanitarian programs for more than 25 years. Her recent experience was focused in Pakistan, Cambodia and Vietnam. She is interested in addressing issues of quality and the barriers associated with accessing eye health care to decrease the impact of avoidable blindness.

Eye health care

M. Roy Wilson, M.D., M.S., was unanimously elected President of Wayne State University by the Board of Governors on June 5, 2013. He assumed the presidency on August 1, 2013.ChairPrior to joining Wayne State, Dr. Wilson served as deputy director for strategic scientific planning and program coordination at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Glaucoma,Ocular Hypertension treatment

Dr. Satya Prakash Singh completed his postgraduation from M.L.N medical college Allahabad, currently he is Director and Professor Department of Ophthalmology R.I.O. Allahabad India and Principal M.L.N Medical college Allahabad. His name is endorsed in the prestigious “Limca book of records 2002” for performing maximum number of surgeries in a day. He has been awarded “Best Eye Surgeon” in state in the year 2005. He was also Editor- in chief - Journal SPOSI 2013-2014. He has 118 research papers in national and international journals and invited as a guest speaker in various national and International conferences.

Cataract and Refractive Surgery

For over 20 years Mr Chitkara has established a reputation as one of the leading expert in Refractive or Corrective Eye surgery in UK and Internationally. Graduate of Manchester University Medical School in 1983 – MBChB with Honours in Physiology and Biochemistry Trained as an Eye surgeon in Manchester and North East England passing his specialist post-graduate exams and became a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist (FRCOphth) in 1993. He developed a passion for corrective (refractive) eye surgery during his specialist training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery in USA. The fellowship was completed with distinction under Professor Marguerite McDonald in New Orleans in 1995. Prof McDonald is the first person in the world to perform Laser eye surgery and a world renowned authority in Corneal and Laser Eye surgery.

Corneal and Laser Eye surgery

Dr.Milan IZÁK is the former Head II of eye clinics Slovak Medical University Hospital FD Roosevelt in Banska Bystrica. He is an internationally recognized authority in the field of ophthalmology. He is the member of many prestigious international medical organizations. He is the member of the editorial boards of several international peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is the pioneer and inventor of many new diagnostic and therapeutic, in particular microsurgical techniques in Slovakia and Czechoslovakia.

Ophthalmology, Cataract

Elisha Bartov M.D, Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology in the Edith Wolfson Medical Center and Associate Clinical professor in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of the Tel Aviv University, Israel. . His residency and retina surgery fellowship were in the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and he was for two years a Fulbright and Jules Stein Research and Clinical fellow at the Wilmer institute, Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the Club Jules Gonin International Retina Association. He published 77 scientific papers on basic, clinical and surgical topics in Ophthalmology.

Retina surgery

Avinoam Ophir completed his medical studies and Residency in Hadassah Medical Center in Israel. During his Retina fellowship in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, he together with another young doctor, Mark Blumenkranz, introduced the antimetabolites, primarily 5-FU, to the ophthalmology world, in order to treat non-malignant proliferating cells, especially in the prevention of postoperative scarring. Due to 5-FU efficacy in trabeculectomy, Dr. Ophir moved to specialize also in glaucoma. He explained the mechanism of MMC on bleb toxicity and how to prevent it, and also introduced the "mini-trabeculectomy" approach without radial incisions. Meanwhile he and his team found that Zn-Desferal in the cat substantially inhibited reperfusion injury following CRAO. He was appointed as chairman in the department of Ophthalmology in Hadera in 1993, associated with the Technion School of Medicine. For the last 4 years he works at the retina unit in Wolfson MC

Retina and Glaucoma

Gail completed her PhD from the University of Melbourne, Center for Eye Research Australia. She has worked with international humanitarian programs for more than 25 years. Her recent experience was focused in Pakistan, Cambodia and Vietnam. She is interested in addressing issues of quality and the barriers associated with accessing eye health care to decrease the impact of avoidable blindness.

Eye health care

M. Roy Wilson, M.D., M.S., was unanimously elected President of Wayne State University by the Board of Governors on June 5, 2013. He assumed the presidency on August 1, 2013.ChairPrior to joining Wayne State, Dr. Wilson served as deputy director for strategic scientific planning and program coordination at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Glaucoma,Ocular Hypertension treatment

Dr. Satya Prakash Singh completed his postgraduation from M.L.N medical college Allahabad, currently he is Director and Professor Department of Ophthalmology R.I.O. Allahabad India and Principal M.L.N Medical college Allahabad. His name is endorsed in the prestigious “Limca book of records 2002” for performing maximum number of surgeries in a day. He has been awarded “Best Eye Surgeon” in state in the year 2005. He was also Editor- in chief - Journal SPOSI 2013-2014. He has 118 research papers in national and international journals and invited as a guest speaker in various national and International conferences.

Cataract and Refractive Surgery

For over 20 years Mr Chitkara has established a reputation as one of the leading expert in Refractive or Corrective Eye surgery in UK and Internationally. Graduate of Manchester University Medical School in 1983 – MBChB with Honours in Physiology and Biochemistry Trained as an Eye surgeon in Manchester and North East England passing his specialist post-graduate exams and became a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist (FRCOphth) in 1993. He developed a passion for corrective (refractive) eye surgery during his specialist training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery in USA. The fellowship was completed with distinction under Professor Marguerite McDonald in New Orleans in 1995. Prof McDonald is the first person in the world to perform Laser eye surgery and a world renowned authority in Corneal and Laser Eye surgery.

Corneal and Laser Eye surgery

Dr.Milan IZÁK is the former Head II of eye clinics Slovak Medical University Hospital FD Roosevelt in Banska Bystrica. He is an internationally recognized authority in the field of ophthalmology. He is the member of many prestigious international medical organizations. He is the member of the editorial boards of several international peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is the pioneer and inventor of many new diagnostic and therapeutic, in particular microsurgical techniques in Slovakia and Czechoslovakia.

Ophthalmology, Cataract

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 31 book chapters, and 18 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008). And IBM teacher of excellence 2013, and the 2016 Jan Czochralski Award. She is editor , associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Pioneer in the area of III-V compound semiconductors and optoelectronic devices from the deep ultraviolet to the far infrared spectral bands, including in particular InP and GaAs based semiconductors and devices, which were at the heart of the optical fiber telecommunication revolution of the late 20th Century and the rise of the information age.

Prof. Vladislav E. Bougrov, Director of School of Photonics, Head of Chair of Light Technologies and Optoelectronics at the ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, a leading Russian University in the filed of Photonics, Photonics Materials, and Quantum Informatics; 42 years old; Master degree in optoelectronics from Department of Optoelectronics chaired by Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Zhores Alferov, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"; Ph.D. in 1999 and D.Sc. in 2013 in physics from Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; holder of the prize of the Government of Russian Federation in science and engineering; highly qualified in material physics and engineering of semiconductor optoelectronics devices; author of more than 60 papers in reputed journals, inventor in more than 100 patent applications, including more than 30 granted patents; extensive experience with dynamic management of growing international start-up companies, founder of Optogan.

III-nitride based semiconductor heterostructures, ultrahigh performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs), development of novel MOCVD growth technique, advanced laser device structures, bulk materials growth: gallium nitride and gallium oxide.

Dr. Douglas R McCarter, Dhc, is the Technical Integrator of McCarter Machine & Technology Inc. , founded in 1981. McCarter’s patented and proprietary silicon processes achievements were documented by published technical papers and over 50 oral presentations. In turn, McCarter has won many awards, mentioned in Forbes.com, Kiplinger Letter, Entrepenuer.com, Nasa Tech Briefs, Missile Defense Briefs Open and Classified, and recognized as the current world expert in precision silicon components. McCarter has served as member of editorial staff of Advanced Optical Technology, in Munich Germany since 2012. In 2016, Dr. Babin, Congressman District 37 and leader of Nasa Funding, endorsed McCarter and staffers are working directly with backing of the development of McCarter Silicon Space Systems. In addition to over 3000 hours of Technical Schools, McCarter has been directly mentored by the late Frank Anthony, Bell Labs and past 10 years Roger Paquin Perk & Elmer retired Materials Expert.

Inventor of processes to enable the use of Silicon in Optics and Opto-mechanical structures. McCarter’s Silicon Components are Modular, Scalable and Producible. In particular, McCarter has developed a glass frit bonding process for building meter class systems for ground, flight or space missions.

Branislav Vlahovic is Director of the National Science Foundation Computational Center of Research Excellence, NASA University Research Center for Aerospace Device, and NSF Center Partnership for Research and Education in Materials at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, he was awarded by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner statewide award for his research and contribution to science. He has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Computer simulations of nanostructures, tunneling and charge transfer between nanostructures, pulsed laser deposition of nanostructures, nonlinear optics, detectors and devices based on quantum confinement, nanophotonics, semiconductor structures, and photovoltaics.

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His research has been extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reported in invited talks and published in international conference proceedings. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. Since August 2014 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate. As a Program Director he is promoting and managing translational research in the field of optics and photonics.

He has over 28 years of active research in the field of photonic components, integrated optics and heterogeneous integration. His recent research interests are in high power semiconductor lasers, tunable sources, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, and hybrid organic-inorganic components for heterogeneous integration.

Devki N. Talwar conducts research on defects in semiconductor materials used in various electronics and opto-electronics applications. He has been with IUP for almost twenty nine years, and is the author of more than 130 refereed journal articles, three book chapters, and review articles. His expertise in the sophisticated Green’s function technique is considered very useful for providing information on the electronic and vibrational properties of defects in semiconductors, quantum wells, and superlattices. He is recognized by the international community as a prolific researcher.

Electronic, Vibrational and Optical properties of Nano-structured Semiconductor materials and Superlattices

Ortwin Hess is a theoretical physicist in condensed matter quantum optics. He currently holds the Leverhulme Chair in the Blackett Laboratory (Department of Physics) at Imperial College London. He heads a team of researchers working on light-matter interaction in quantum nano-photonics, plasmonics and metamaterials, semiconductor nano-photonics and nano-laser dynamics and is Co-Director of Imperial’s Centre for Plasmonics & Metamaterials. He obtained the PhD degree from the Technical University of Berlin (Germany) in 1993, while spending extended time (1990 – 1992) in Edinburgh (UK). After a post-doc at the University of Marburg (Germany) he obtained his Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the University of Stuttgart in 1997. He was Visiting Professor at Stanford University (1997/98) and at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (1999/2000). Before moving to Imperial College in January 2011 he was from 2003 to 2010 Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter and Optical Physics at the University of Surrey (Guildford, UK).

• quantum nano-photonics (nanoplasmonics, plasmonic nano-lasers, quantum plasmonics) • optical, electronic and phononic metamaterials, • ultrafast semiconductor nano-photonics and nano-laser dynamics.

Shien-Kuei Liaw received double doctorates in photonics engineering from National Chiao-Tung University in 1999, and in mechanical engineering from National Taiwan University in 2014, respectively. He joined the Chunghua Telecommunication, Taiwan, in 1993. Since then, he has been working on optics communication and fiber based devices. He joined the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology since 2000 and served as the directors of Optoelectronic Center and Technology Transfer Center, respectively. Currently, he is a distinguished Professor at the same university and Taipei Chapter Chair of the IEEE Photonic Society. He was an academic visitor of University of Oxford, Nanyang Technological University, Tsing Hua University and Bellcore (now Telcordia). He has been awarded about 37 patents and has published 240 journal articles and international conference presentations. His research interests are in optical sensing, optical communication and reliability testing. He is a senior member of IEEE, OSA and SPIE.

optical sensing, optical communication and reliability testing

Dr. Peng-Sheng Wei received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of California, Davis, in 1984. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since 1989. Dr. Wei has contributed to advancing the understanding of and to the applications of electron and laser beam, plasma, and resistance welding through theoretical analyses coupled with verification experiments. Investigations also include studies of their thermal and fluid flow processes, and formations of the defects such as humping, rippling, spiking and porosity. Dr. Wei has published more than 80 journal papers. He is a Fellow of AWS (2007), and a Fellow of ASME (2000). He also received the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from both the National Science Council (2004), and NSYSU (1991, 2001, 2004), the Outstanding Scholar Research Project Winner Award from National Science Council (2008), the Adams Memorial Membership Award from AWS (2008), the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award from AWS (2012), and the William Irrgang Memorial Award from AWS (2014). He has been the Xi-Wan Chair Professor of NSYSU since 2009, and Invited Distinguished Professor in the Beijing University of Technology, China, during 2015-2017.

1.Thermal science in manufacturing and materials processing 2.Interactions between laser and surfaces 3.Plasma physics 4.Controlling of surface patterns and porosity Phase change across interfaces

Huikai Xie is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Florida. He received his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees all in electrical engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and Carnegie Mellon University, respectively. Before he joined the University of Florida in 2002, he worked at Tsinghua University (1992-1996), Bosch Corporation (2001), and Akustica Inc. (2002). His research interests include MEMS/NEMS, integrated inertial sensors, microactuators, optical MEMS, biophotonics, optical microendoscopy, microspectrometers, and micro-LiDAR. He has published over 250 technical papers and holds 30 US patents. He has served on the technical program committees of various international conferences including IEEE Transducers, IEEE Optical MEMS, and IEEE Sensors, and the editorial boards of several international journals. He is a senior member of IEEE and OSA

Optical MEMS, optical imaging, microspectrometers, micro-LiDAR

Dr. Jingsi Li is currently working as a Scientific R&D Manager in Integrated Photonics Chip Design Team at Lumentum. Lumentum is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Dr. Li has completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, focusing on design, fabrication, and characterization of integrated distributed feedback laser arrays for wavelength division multiplexing systems.

Optical Communications, Photonic Integrated Circuits

Kimberley Hall completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 2002, followed by postdoctoral studies at the University of Iowa. Since 2004, Hall has been a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University and holds a Canada Research Chair in Ultrafast Science. At Dalhousie University, Dr. Hall directs a research group focused on ultrafast spectroscopy and quantum control in semiconductor materials.

Electron spin coherence and relaxation, Quantum information, Photonic and spintronics devices, Magnetic semiconductors, Ultrafast dynamics in semiconductors, nanostructures.

Y. Fainman received M. Sc and Ph. D degrees from Technion, Israel in 1979 and 1983, respectively. Currently he is a Cymer Professor of Advanced Optical Technologies and Distinguished Professor in ECE at UCSD. He is directing research of the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics group at UCSD and made significant contributions to near field optical phenomena, nanophotonics and plasmonics, and non-conventional imaging. The research applications target information technologies and biomedical sensing. He contributed over 250 manuscripts in peer review journals and over 450 conference presentations and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of OSA, IEEE, and SPIE, and a recipient of the Miriam and Aharon Gutvirt Prize, Lady Davis Fellowship, Brown Award, Gabor Award and Emmett N. Leith Medal.

Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics

Luís António Dias Carlos got his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Évora, Portugal, in 1995 working on photoluminescence of polymer electrolytes incorporating lanthanide salts. Currently, he is Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Aveiro and vice-director of the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (Portugal). He is member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. His current research interests include luminescent nanothermometers, luminescent solar concentrators, organic-inorganic hybrids for green photonics (solid-state lighting and integrated optics), and luminescent/magnetic nanoparticles, as new probes for multimodal imaging. He has published around 370 papers and 6 patents, which have received ca. 10,500 citations (Hirsch’ index h of 53), and co-guest editor of a RSC book on Nanoscale Thermometry (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology series) and special issues of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2010) and of the Journal of Luminescence (2015).

Luminescent nanothermometry Applications of organic-inorganic hybrids in luminescent solar concentrators, solid-state lighting, and integrated optics Light emission of organic-inorganic hybrids, silicates, nanocrystals and metal organic frameworks Crystal-field, local coordination and energy transfer in lanthanide-based compounds Luminescent, magnetic and luminescent/magnetic nanoparticles as new probes for multimodal imaging Self-assembly and emergence of complexity in organic/inorganic hybrids

Junpeng Guo earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined Rockwell International Science Center in Thousand Oaks, California as a Research Scientist after receiving his Ph.D. and later moved to Sandia National Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff. Since 2005, he has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Optics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Guo has worked in many areas of optics, including ultrafast fiber laser, semiconductor lasers, RF/Photonics, photonics crystals, waveguide optics, micro-ring resonators and sensors. He fabricated the first high resolution micropolarizer array device, which enabled the industrial development of 3D TV displays. Currently, Dr. Guo’s research is nanostructure plasmonics, photonics, metamaterials, and spectrometer sensors. He received Alan Berman Research Publication Award in 2012 and was the sole recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Research Award of the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2016. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor of Photonics Research.

Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, and Sensors

Prof. Manuel Hegelich, an experimental laser physicist, very successfully joint with his group the exploration of the laser interaction with ultra-thin foils (produced at MAP). We are observing very dense laser-induced ion beams, the breakout of dense electron bunches and the production of high harmonics at different lasers, exploring this new coherent physics. The ultrashort dense secondary beams promise to have new properties in nonlinear interactions.

Interaction of ultra-intense electromagnetic fields with matter; high-energy density physics; laser-particle acceleration

Prof. Minvydas Ragulskis received his Ph.D. (Doctor of Sciences) degree at Kaunas University of Technology. In 2008 he has been a professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. In 2012 he has elected as Member of Lithuanian Academy of Science, in 2013 he received award from Official Expert at the Committee of National Science Awards. In 2015 he is Invited as Expert for Horizon 2020 projects (European Commission)

Optics has traditionally been an important research area for our Group. Our field in optics could be shortly described as modelling of optical effects in virtual computational environments. The utilization of three basic components – numerical models of elastic dynamically interacting bodies, a physical model describing interference effects occurring whenever optical whole field fringe based experimental techniques are used to investigate these bodies, and the construction of digital graphical representations helps to mimic realistic optical processes taking place in those systems. And not only – such tools help to interpret complex optical phenomena and help to develop new measurement techniques. We managed to propose several new measurement techniques and improvements of existing measurement techniques – time average photoelasticity; time average stochastic moire; time average geometric super moire; the generalization of Abel transform for vibrating tubes; corrections of classical formulas describing time average projection moire and time average geometric moire. The range of investigated systems is quite wide: from MEMS up to fluids, membranes, or bodies with fractal surface geometry. Investigations of optical phenomena originated new numerical cryptographic methods and initiated the development of specialized numerical techniques.

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 31 book chapters, and 18 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008). And IBM teacher of excellence 2013, and the 2016 Jan Czochralski Award. She is editor , associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Pioneer in the area of III-V compound semiconductors and optoelectronic devices from the deep ultraviolet to the far infrared spectral bands, including in particular InP and GaAs based semiconductors and devices, which were at the heart of the optical fiber telecommunication revolution of the late 20th Century and the rise of the information age.

Dr. Douglas R McCarter, Dhc, is the Technical Integrator of McCarter Machine & Technology Inc. , founded in 1981. McCarter’s patented and proprietary silicon processes achievements were documented by published technical papers and over 50 oral presentations. In turn, McCarter has won many awards, mentioned in Forbes.com, Kiplinger Letter, Entrepenuer.com, Nasa Tech Briefs, Missile Defense Briefs Open and Classified, and recognized as the current world expert in precision silicon components. McCarter has served as member of editorial staff of Advanced Optical Technology, in Munich Germany since 2012. In 2016, Dr. Babin, Congressman District 37 and leader of Nasa Committee endorsed McCarter’s development of McCarter Silicon Space Systems. In addition to over 3000 hours of Technical Schools, McCarter has been directly mentored by the late Frank Anthony, Bell Labs and past 10 years Roger Paquin Perk & Elmer retired Materials Expert.

Inventor of processes to enable the use of Silicon in Optics and Opto-mechanical structures. McCarter’s Silicon Components are Modular, Scalable and Producible. In particular, McCarter has developed a glass frit bonding process for building meter class systems for ground, flight or space missions.

Branislav Vlahovic is Director of the National Science Foundation Computational Center of Research Excellence, NASA University Research Center for Aerospace Device, and NSF Center Partnership for Research and Education in Materials at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, he was awarded by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner statewide award for his research and contribution to science. He has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Computer simulations of nanostructures, tunneling and charge transfer between nanostructures, pulsed laser deposition of nanostructures, nonlinear optics, detectors and devices based on quantum confinement, nanophotonics, semiconductor structures, and photovoltaics

Mahmoud Fallahi is a professor in the college of optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toulouse and LAAS-CNRS, in 1988. He joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1989 and became a member of technical staff as a Research Scientist during 1992-1995. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant professor in 1995. His research has been extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reported in invited talks and published in international conference proceedings. He has authored or co-authored several book chapters, patents and invention disclosures. He has served as Conference Chair and Program Committee member in several international conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers and integrated optics. Since August 2014 he has been with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Director of the photonics program in the ECCS Division of Engineering Directorate. As a Program Director he is promoting and managing translational research in the field of optics and photonics.

Mahmoud Fallahi’s research is in the field of high power semiconductor lasers, nonlinear frequency generation, photonic integrated circuits, micro/nanofabrication, hybrid organic-inorganic components, heterogeneous integration.

Ching Eng Jason PNG completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from Surrey University and MBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua. He is the director of Electronics & Photonics Department, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) A*STAR, a premier organization. He published more than 90 papers in reputed journals, conferences, books, and book chapters. He is President and Founding Chair for URSI Singapore Committee, SPIE Photonics West Committee member, and also serves as topic editor for Frontiers in Physics and Taylor CRC Press. Funded by INSEAD, Singapore Government and investors, Jason started up A*STAR’s first silicon photonics spin-off company Optic2connect offering end-to-end solutions for telecoms and datacenters.

Quantum photonics, silicon photonics, dielectric nanoantennas, radio frequency electromagnetic interference and compatability (EMI/EMC), wireless charging

Dr. Selim Shahriar completed his PhD at the age of 27 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Professor in the Department of EECS and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University (NU). He is the Director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Photonic Technologies, and the Director of the Solid and Photonics Division within EECS. He is a council member for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. He has published 173 papers in reputed journals, and has served as an Associate Editor for Optical Engineering. For his contributions to the detection of gravitational waves, he was a co-recipient of the 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and the Gruber Prize in Cosmology.

Optical Communication, Quantum Information Processing, Atomic Interferometry, Atomic Clock, Slow and Fast Light, Holographic and Polarimetric Image Processing, Spin Squeezing

Prof. Tang Xiahui has completed his PhD at the age of 37 years from Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST) and now work as a professor and doctoral supervisor in School of Optical and Electronic Information, HUST. He is the vice director of National Engineering Research Center for Laser Processing. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals.

Laser Technology

Chaohong Lee got his PhD degree from Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. From 2003 to 2009, he worked as a guest scientist in Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems and then a Research Fellow in Australian National University. Since December 2009, he works as a full professor in Sun Yat-Sen University. He has published more than 50 papers in high-impact international academic journals, including one in Rev. Mod. Phys., seven in Phys. Rev. Lett. and 23 in Phys. Rev. A/B/E.

many-body quantum physics (macroscopic quantum phenomena, quantum correlations and quantum phase transitions etc), quantum dynamics (nonlinear matter-waves, Kibble-Zurek mechanism and quantum walks etc) and quantum technology theory (quantum metrology and quantum simulation etc).

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow; Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) . Dr. Suhir has authored about 400 publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering (he is the third Russian American, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award); and 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products.

Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering; Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering; Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers; Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing; Thermal Stress Analysis, Embedded Systems; “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Interaction;

Professor Blanche received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Liege (Belgium) in 1999 in the field of non-linear optics and holography. He then held a post-doctoral position at the University of Arizona where he developed new refreshable holographic recording materials called photorefractive polymers. Back in Belgium, he co-founded a company manufacturing large volume phase gratings for the optics industry, astronomers, and space applications. Professor Blanche returned to the University of Arizona in 2005 where he is currently an Associate Research Professor.

Diffraction optics, 3D display, non-linear and photonic materials.

Professor Devki N. Talwar, is a Distinguished University Professor in the Physics Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), USA and conducts research on defects in semiconductor materials used in various electronics and opto-electronics applications. He has been with IUP for almost thirty years, and is the author of more than 135 refereed journal articles, four book chapters and more than 80 international conference presentations. He served as an Organizer in nine International Conferences organized by Materials Research Society, USA; Singapore; 5th World Congress on Materials Science and Engineering – Spain; Optics 2016; Mesoscopic Condensed Matter Physics, and Condensed Matter Physics -USA. He was invited as Honorary Guest member in Science Conclave with Nobel Laureates at IIIT-Allahabad from 2009-2014 and delivered Keynote addresses at Moscow Institute of Science and Technology and many other international conferences. His expertise in the sophisticated Green’s function technique is considered very useful for providing information on the electronic and vibrational properties of defects in semiconductors, quantum wells, and superlattices. He is recognized by the international community as a prolific researcher.

Defect characterizations in III-V, II-VI and III-N semiconductors by optical spectroscopy (infrared, Raman and Photoluminescence). Lattice dynamics study of bulk and low dimensional structured materials, Band structure calculations of III-V semiconductors and superlattices.

Yifu Zhu received his PhD degree from University of Virginia in 1987 and did postdoctoral studies at University or Oregon. He is a professor of physics at Florida International University. He has published over 100 papers in refereed journals.

Quantum optics and nonlinear optics

Shien-Kuei (Peter) Liaw received double PhD degrees from National Chiao-Tung University in photonics engineering and from National Taiwan University in mechanical engineering, respectively. He joined the Chunghua Telecommunication, Taiwan, in 1993. Since then, he has been working on optical communication and fiber based technologies. Prof. Liaw joined the department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in 2000. He has ever been director of the Optoelectronics Research Center and the Technology Transfer Center, NTUST. He was a visiting researcher at Bellcore (now Telcordia), USA for six months in 1996 and a visiting Professor at University of Oxford, UK for three months in 2011. He owned six U.S. patents, and authored or coauthored for 250 journal articles and international conference presentations. He earned many national honors such as Outstanding Professor of the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering in 2015; the winner of The 7th Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award in 2009; the best project award of National Science and Technology Program for Telecommunication in 2006; the outstanding Youth Award of The Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering; and the outstanding Youth Academic Award of the Optical Engineering Society of the Republic of China. He has been actively contributing for numerous conferences as technical program chair, international advisory committee, session chair and invited speaker. He serves as an Associate Editor for Fiber and Integrated Optics. Currently, Dr. Liaw is a senior member of IEEE, OSA and SPIE. Currently, Dr. Liaw is a distinguished Professor of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Vice President of the Optical Society (OSA) Taiwan Chapter and Secretary-General of Taiwan Photonic Society.

Optical sensing, optical communication, fiber optics devices and reliability testing.

Dr. Peng-Sheng Wei received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of California, Davis, in 1984. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since 1989. Dr. Wei has contributed to advancing the understanding of and to the applications of electron and laser beam, plasma, and resistance welding through theoretical analyses coupled with verification experiments. Investigations also include studies of their thermal and fluid flow processes, and formations of the defects such as humping, rippling, spiking and porosity. Dr. Wei has published more than 80 journal papers, delivered keynote or invited speeches in international conferences more than 90 times. He is a Fellow of AWS (2007), and a Fellow of ASME (2000). He also received the Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from both the National Science Council (2004), and NSYSU (1991, 2001, 2004), the Outstanding Scholar Research Project Winner Award from National Science Council (2008), the Adams Memorial Membership Award from AWS (2008), the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award from AWS (2012), and the William Irrgang Memorial Award from AWS (2014). He has been the Xi-Wan Chair Professor of NSYSU since 2009, and Invited Distinguished Professor in the Beijing University of Technology, China, during 2015-2017.

Thermal science in manufacturing and materials processing, Interactions between laser and surfaces ,Plasma physics, Controlling of surface patterns and porosity Phase change across interfaces