The conference NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Metamaterials for Secure Information and Communication Technologies will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco, 7-10 May 2008. More information can be found at the conference web site: http://meta.lgep.supelec.fr/ . Conference Chair is Prof. Said Zouhdi, SUPELEC (France): said.zouhdi@supelec.fr

Photonics Europe will take place in the week from 7 to 11 April 2008 at the “Palais des Congrès” in Strasbourg which is located very close to the European Parliament buildings

The NanoEnergy conference will be held in Paris Sofitel on 1 to 3 April, 2008. The call for papers deadline has been extended to October 15:

The Quantum Dot Optoelectronics Symposium (QDOS-2007) is a new event, and is part of the European ISIS project. It will be held on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

2007 Virtual Conference on Nanoscale Science and Technology (VC-NST) is in fact a conference but more than a conference. It is a new type of platform for rapid dissemination of information on important scientific achievements by nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers worldwide, a conference of the future, a face-to-face conference in Fayetteville Arkansas USA together with virtual participants from every corners of the world.

The QIPC 2007 International Conference on Quantum Information Processing and Communication will be held in Barcelona October 15-19, 2007. This meeting, co-organized by ICFO, is promoted by the coordination action project QUROPE in collaboration with the QIPC Proactive Initiative of the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET - Proactive) part of the ICT Research Program of the European Commission. The conference will cover all scientific activity in Quantum Information Science, with a clear inter-disciplinary approach.

The focus of the conference will be to sum up recent progress in the dynamically evolving scientific and technical field of one-dimensional materials, primarily related to the field of semiconductor nanowires formed by self-assembly, but also covering other kinds of 1D materials, such as carbon nanotubes as well as top-down fabricated nanowires. The conference will thus also constitute a natural opportunity for physicists, chemists, electronics and life-science experts to get together, interact and bring the field of basic and applied aspects of one-dimensional materials forward.

After last year’s successful event, the NanoEurope is once again setting its focus on the industries of the future: Medical Devices, Textiles, Plastics. The NanoEurope offers you a platform for meeting specialized prospects from the areas of medicine and life sciences, textiles und plastics, automotive engineering and chemistry, analyses and laboratory equipment, food processing, and others. Each day will be dedicated to one of the industries mentioned first, offering you the opportunity to establish new contacts on a daily basis. Please register now. Up to March 31, 2007, you will benefit from an early bird discount.

The EU Project "Zodiac" organizes an International Workshop for researches and students in the field of quantum dot and dot physics and technology and quantum dot lasers.

Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel, Denver, Colorado Intertech Pira invites you to take part in the premier nanomaterials showcase focusing on the latest end use developments and commercial applications. The multi-channel event, pre-conference workshop day and supporting exhibition will provide you with the choice to tailor your own program. Nanomaterials Symposium 2007 will promote cross industry knowledge and will be the ideal platform to gain industry allies throughout the nanomaterial supply chain.

The goal of the workshop is to address moving nanotechnology from the laboratory to industry-floor manufacturing. The workshop will address current developments and successes in transitioning research into commercial products and serve as a forum for industry, academia, and small business to interact and collaborate.

Nanotechnology is leaving the laboratories and conquering new markets. It helps to improve products and production processes with better characteristics or new functionalities. In the coming years nanotechnology will impact nearly all industrial sectors and enter consumer markets in large quantities. The EuroNanoForum 2007 will be established as the foremost European congress for the transfer of nanotechnology from research into industrial production processes, products and applications. It brings together excellent scientists with leading researchers and managers from industry. The EuroNanoForum 2007 will be held at the Congress Center D?sseldorf from June 19 to 21, 2007 and will be organised on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and promoted by the European Commission.

The Nanoscience Department of the University of Burgundy is organizing the 3rd International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP3) to be held in Dijon, France from June 17th to 22nd, 2007. The previous edition gathered over 250 participants and was held in Graz, Austria. Since Surface Plasmon Photonics is now a matured field, this specific conference should be a good opportunity for having a clear overview of the current state of the art in a convivial atmosphere and avoiding thematic dispersion.

The MONA project is building a European Roadmap for photonics and nanotechnologies. This session will present the background of the process and the people involved.

A series of 6 hands-on laboratory courses in the area of Micro and Nano technology will be offered at the Technion (Israel), CEA Grenoble (France), and IFN-CNR (Italy). The aim of this series of courses is to train young researchers in the experimental tools needed to close the gap between the Nano and Micro technologies. These events are financed by the European Union, Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses, PROMINAS contract. In the summer of 2007 the first 2 courses will be offered at the Technion (Basic Microelectronics Processing) and IFN-CNR (Single Electron Transistors, Photonic Crystals, and Nano Tools)

Global senior researchers, industry leaders and policy makers will gather for in-depth discussions and technical sessions on a variety of issues related to the future of international collaboration in nanotechnologies. In order to further strengthen the continuous dialogue between Europe, Japan and the United States, broad regional overviews will be combined with detailed presentations from each of the regions. Technical sessions will highlight today's state of affairs and tomorrow's challenges and bottlenecks regarding various related domains in nanoelectronics and explore the links with related areas, such as biotechnology, advanced materials development, microsystems and photonics. A topical session will highlight the economical and societal implications of nanotechnology. The INC3 conference will be preceded by the 'European Nano Day' and a parallel topical seminar on Intellectual Property Rights in nanotechnology.

Global senior researchers, industry leaders and policy makers will gather for in-depth discussions and technical sessions on a variety of issues related to the future of international collaboration in nanotechnologies. In order to further strengthen the continuous dialogue between Europe, Japan and the United States, broad regional overviews will be combined with detailed presentations from each of the regions. Technical sessions will highlight today's state of affairs and tomorrow's challenges and bottlenecks regarding various related domains in nanoelectronics and explore the links with related areas, such as biotechnology, advanced materials development, microsystems and photonics. A topical session will highlight the economical and societal implications of nanotechnology. The INC3 conference will be preceded by the 'European Nano Day' and a parallel topical seminar on Intellectual Property Rights in nanotechnology.

Nanotech Northern Europe 2007 takes place in Helsinki, Finland on March 27 -29 2007. The event includes both a congress and exhibition. The congress will feature cutting-edge work from leading academics and companies, whilst the exhibition offers a great opportunity to meet existing and new customers. To get an idea of what you can expect, view the presentations from previous Nanotech Northern Europe events here. To be kept informed about Nanotech Northern Europe 2007, please join our mailing list.

From Atoms to Materials to Devices to System Architecture Symposium and Spring School (Tutorial Lectures) Phoenix, Arizona, March 12-16, 2007

Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology AMN-3 will be held 11-16 February 2007 in Wellington not only New Zealand’s political capital but also its cultural, intellectual and increasingly its scientific capital. Building on the hugely successful AMN-1 (2003) and AMN-2 (2005) conferences we intend to offer you a smorgasbord of the latest findings in the areas of nanotechnology and advanced materials. Maintaining our programme format, we’ll have two and a half days of plenary addresses from many of the best international and local researchers in these areas including Prof Sir John Pendry, and Nobel Laureates Prof Stephen Chu and Prof Sir Harry Kroto, followed by two days of more highly specialised parallel sessions, including the fabulously successful breakfast poster sessions.

Follow up IST 2006 with a visit to Köln 2007, a one day event to help ICT researchers respond to the calls for proposals under the work programme 2007/2008 of the 7th Framework Programme for R&D. Köln 2007 will be an opportunity to meet other people with similar or complementary research interests, and wishing to form project consortia. After a short opening ceremony with speeches from the German Federal Minister of Research, and Commissioner Reding, the rest of the day will be organised as an information fair, with no formal agenda.

MONA (Merging Optics and Nanotechnologies, www.ist-mona.org ) is a two-year action of the European Commission. The principal outcome of the MONA project will be a Roadmap for Nanophotonic Technologies. In this workshop you are invited to participate in the construction of this roadmap. There will first be presentations of nanophotonics roadmap progress from around the world. From these efforts some key areas for debate have been identified. You will be able to contribute by joining a work group to develop a response to one of these issues. The results of all working groups will be presented in the concluding part of the workshop.

These international partnering days provide a platform for industrial and R&D institutions to find and to be found as partner - customers, respectively. Especially for the coming 7th framework programme, specific know-how, products, technologies, specific demands, cooperation needs etc. can be announced in technology profiles. Prior to the event all profiles can be checked and up to 12 appointments with specific participants can be announced. Every participant receives his individual meeting schedule few days before the event.

The 1st European Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials 8-11 January, 2007, Seefeld ski resort, Tirol, Austria

BUILDING THE IST ERA Joint Information Stand for IST ERA Projects FP6 witnessed the launch of key initiatives aiming to strengthen and build the European Research Area in IST, some focussing on general issues and challenges, while others targeting specific IST areas. Sharing experience; communicating objectives and results; renewing interest and commitment to IST ERA; engaging key European stakeholders in future coordination – in summary, these key aims are motivating IST ERA projects to join forces and make a lasting impression with key stakeholders at the IST 2006 ERA Information Stand. The Joint Information Stand will offer a lively meeting place for IST ERA projects and attract key European stakeholders from the Commission, national policy makers and programme managers, industrial actors, and the research community at large.

A NMP session is organized on 17th November 2006 during the two days conference inaugurating FP7 in Poland. The session will be proceeded by general and parallel sessions devoted to different aspects of FP7, e.g. Program Ideas, Program People, Joint Research Center, Cooperation with Eastern European Countries as well as financial and legal aspects. NMP session will be accompanied by an extra session devoted to technology platforms related to NMP priority (e.g. EuMat, Manufuture, Construction etc.) on Nov. 17th as well as project meetings arranged on need.

The International Association of Nanotechnology is a non-profit professional association with the goal of fostering research collaboration worldwide for the benefit of society.

The conference scope covers all aspects related to fiber optic and guided-wave sensing devices, systems, theories and techniques for research and applications in industrial, life sciences, medical, oil & gas, civil engineering, materials and defense industries, among others.

This announcement is a call for abstracts for the IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference(IEEE NMDC). This conference, sponsored by the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) and the National Center for Nanomaterials Technology (NCNT), will be held in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 22 - 25,2006. IEEE NMDC aims to develop critical assessment of existing work and future directions in nanotechnology research including nanomaterials and fabrications, nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, devices, and integration. This conference will bring together key researchers from all over the world and from everysector of academy and industry in the nanotechnology research field, with a special focus on materials and devices. The conference will consist of plenary talks, invited talks, and contributed presentations with aseparate poster session.

This year’s Annual Meeting of the European Optical Society (EOS) will be held alongside the OPTO exhibition in Paris, France (16 - 19 October 2006). For the first time, the EOS Annual Meeting will also feature six topical meetings.

Wroclaw University of Technology (WRUT) in collaboration with the European Photonic Industry Consortium (EPIC) ( ) and under the auspices of the European Programme OPERA-2015 , is organising a symposium devoted to Photonic Technologies for Framework Programme 7.

Photonics for Applications in Industry, Life Sciences, and Communications

Don't miss Small Times NanoCon International, nanotechnology's most important event focusing on key business issues, partnership development and market strategies.

1st International Conference on Nano-Networks

The upcoming NanoEurope will be held in St.Gallen from September 12 - 14, 2006. Detailed information and forms to register for the exhibition will be available in January 2006

QEP-17: the latest in the series of conferences initiated in 1973 by the Quantum Electronics and Photonics Group of the Institute; · An Industry Technology Programme: sessions of particular interest to those in the optics industry. · An exhibition of the latest optics and photonics technology · Associated courses and workshops

Photon06 is the largest optics event in the UK and the third in the series; following Photon02 in Cardiff and Photon04 in Glasgow. Photon06 will be held on 3 - -7 September 2006 at the University of Manchester.

The Conference “Micro- to Nano-Photonics - ROMOPTO 2006” is an international scientific event dedicated to optics and lasers, held in Romania.

The 3rd European School on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies which will be held in Grenoble, France, from August 27th to September 16th, 2006

Call for papers

International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology ICN&T 2006. The conference will be held at the conference centre in Basel/Switzerland from July 30 through August 4, 2006.

A regional symposium focused on Canadian and international business and technology innovations in optics and photonics

A distinguished group of committee members have selected the following topics to be a part of the 2006 PhAST Conference. In addition to many other responsibilities, the Program Committee organizes the Tracks and Symposia, determines invited speakers and reviews the submitted papers.

The largest gathering in the field worldwide, ICCN is the premier technical forum for presenting the latest research and development in computational methods, tools and applications in the biology, chemistry, physics and materials fields.

Integrated Photonics Research and Applications Topical Meeting (IPRA) and Nanophotonics Topical Meeting (NANO) Collocated Topical Meetings and Tabletop Exhibit Submission Deadline: December 7, 2005 12:00p.m. Noon EST (17.00 GMT) Pre-Registration Deadline: April 3, 2006 Housing Deadline: March 22, 2006

The "NanoSciencesTech" series of events is composed of five training courses and one conference, all taking place at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese in Corsica, France, within the time-span 2004-2006

The goal of the workshop is to identify the key issues related to nanophotonic devices at industrial scale. It will gather experts from nanoscale materials, equipment and processes as well as applications and devices.

The conference will cover a broad range of topics in nanophotonics including the detailed theoretical foundations, mechanisms, optical techniques, characterization principles and novel fabrication methods (Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France).

Swiss know-how in Asia The SWISS Pavilion at the nanotech 2006 in Tokyo offers a unique opportunity for Swiss companies and universities. Register soon - limited space only!

The US Department of Energy will host a Workshop on at the Grosvenor Hotel in Orlando, Florida, on February 1-3, 2006. The Workshop provides a forum for sharing progress reports on the portfolio of projects in the DOE's Solid-State Lighting program.