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International Year of Light Symposium Where: Corwin Pavillion, the University of California Santa Barbara When: October 8th, 1:00–6:30pm Articles about IYL 2015:
The University of California, Santa Barbara's is holding a Year of Light Symposium on October 8th, sponsored by the UCSB College of Engineering, the UCSB Photonics Society and the Institute for Energy Efficiency. The event features a prestigious panel of experts in the field, as well as a poster session filled with on-going research and industry activities, and four lectures by Nobel Laureates, including a key note lecture by Nobel Laureate and former Secretary of Energy, Steve Chu. Program 1:00PM Welcome Henry T. Yang Chancellor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara Rod Alferness Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, UC Santa Barbara Alan Willner President Elect, The Optical Society of America Session 1 Chair: Rod Alferness Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, UCSB Herb Kroemer Professor of Physics, UC Santa Barbara & Nobel Laureate John Bowers Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency, Kavli Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSB Amnon Yariv Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics & Professor of Electrical Engineering, Caltech 2:05PM Session 2 Chair: Gui Bazan Professor of Chemistry and Materials, UC Santa Barbara Alan Heeger Professor of Physics and Materials, UC Santa Barbara & Nobel Laureate Eva Silverstein Professor of Physics, SLAC, Stanford University Bill Parrish Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Seek Thermal 2:55PM Break 3:15PM Session 3 Chair: Robert Leheny Associate Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University Shuji Nakamura Professor of Materials, Co-Director of the Solid-State Lighting & Energy Center, UCSB & Nobel Laureate Steve DenBaars Professor of Materials and ECE, Co-Director of the Solid-State Lighting & Energy Center, UC Santa Barbara Larry Coldren Kavli Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Professor of ECE and Materials, UC Santa Barbara 4:10PM Session 4 Chair: Pierre Wiltzius Susan & Bruce Worster Dean of Science, UC Santa Barbara Waguih Ishak Div. Vice President & Director, Corning West Technology Ania Jayich Assistant Professor of Physics and Materials, UC Santa Barbara Dan Morse Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry of Molecular Genetics, UC Santa Barbara 5:00PM Posters & Reception 6:30PM Keynote Chair: Rod Alferness Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, UCSB Steve Chu Professor of Physics & Molecular & Cell Biology, Stanford University & Nobel Laureate  |
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