LIA's ICALEO Conference Takes on a New Look with Four Industry-Specific Foci
The Laser Institute's ICALEO conference returns with its 38th iteration, bringing with it a range of enhancements including a four-day trade show, Business Conference, User Solutions Forum, Market Driver Symposium, and more.
ORLANDO, Fla., June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This year The Laser Institute (LIA) is proud to once again host the International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO) in Orlando, Florida, which runs October 7-10, 2019. First held in 1981 as the Joint US/Japan International Laser Processing Conference in Anaheim, California, ICALEO is now the premier conference for laser applications running for the 38th consecutive year this fall.
Focusing on the advanced uses of industrial lasers, last year's ICALEO attracted attendees from a record-breaking 23 countries around the world, with the largest number of participants from the US, Germany, and China. ICALEO 2018 was a historic and important milestone for LIA's 50th anniversary as a world-renowned professional not-for-profit society for lasers, laser applications, and laser safety. Leaders from academia and industry reflected on the history of photonics and LIA, while looking forward to the next 50 years of lasers and laser applications.
Past sponsors of ICALEO include American fiber lasers manufacturer IPG Photonics, German technology and innovations company TRUMPF, California-based industrial lasers, and laser systems solutions provider Coherent. Notably, the Shenzhen-based laser machinery provider Han's Laser will be returning to ICALEO as the official Diamond Sponsor.
This year, LIA is taking ICALEO to greater heights by incorporating new agenda items, building on the traditional technical conference and workshops past participants are already familiar with. For the first time ever ICALEO 2019 will feature four industry-specific conferences that will be the core focus of each day, in the following order: Aerospace, Medical Devices & Life Sciences, Microelectronics, and Automotive.
Each of the industry foci will have its own Technical and Business Plenary Sessions, Business Conference and Evening of Innovation Symposiums. The ICALEO Technical Conference and its workshops will span across the four-day conference with some emphasis on each of the focused industry verticals.
However, the integration of industry foci will streamline these topics into relevant industries, enriching discourse and the exchange of ideas in these fields where the above-mentioned topics are applied. Leaders and experts from the field of material interaction will also be presenting cutting-edge results of their research in these technology spheres for high impact applications within the four industry themes of the conference.
During the Business Conference, each industry focus will consist of a tradeshow revolving around innovative photonics materials processing solutions specific to the industry. These tradeshows will connect users and end-users with laser manufacturers and include ICALEO's Live User Solutions Forum, a platform where businesses showcase their solutions to challenges in laser applications to a live audience.
An extension of the Business Conference is the Market Driver Symposium, combining an innovation and discussion session in the form of presentations and panels. In the innovation aspect, notable industry users will speak on industry defining applications of lasers for advanced materials processing. They will detail the demands for the development and manufacturing of laser technology to meet these industry needs. The discussion facet takes a page from the direction of advanced laser materials processing along with challenges and efforts, from the perspective of industry users, manufacturers, integrators, and R&D experts.
The much-anticipated award ceremony will reveal two new prestigious awards, the William M. Steen Award, and the Theodore H. Maiman Award. The William M. Steen Award is presented to organizations that demonstrate significant innovation in the use of lasers for advanced materials processing in their respective industry. The Steen Award recipient with the highest achievement in advancing laser materials processing technology will be bestowed with the Theodore H. Maiman Award.
Once again, LIA will present the 2019 Arthur L. Schawlow Award for pioneering basic and applied research in laser science and engineering at the conference. First established in 1982 and carrying the namesake of the late laser pioneer, the award is handed out annually, recognizing outstanding, career-long contributions to basic and applied research in laser science and engineering for increased application in industry, medicine, and daily life.
This year's winner will join the likes of Donald R. Scifres, PhD, the latest recipient of the Arthur L. Schawlow Award. Dr. Scifres was formerly the founder, CEO, and Chairman of SDL, Inc., as well as a recognized pioneer in high power semiconductor diode laser arrays. His work enabled the first generation of diode pumped solid state lasers and telecom amplifiers, which lead to the development of fiber lasers.
ICALEO's registration portal is now open—visit the ICALEO 2019 website to find out more about LIA's upcoming world-class conference on laser applications.
SOURCE The Laser Institute (LIA)
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