Month: January 2018

A week at Photonics West

🎵 If you’re going to San Francisco 🎵

I’ve been humming Scott McKenzie’s lyrics for a couple of months now, as I have been planning and preparing my trip to the SPIE Photonics West congress that will be held in San Francisco from Jan. 26th to Feb. 1st. This is the first time that I will attend this conference and needless to say that I am incredibly excited to be travelling back to North America to “the world’s largest photonics technologies event”.

For all SPIE students out there, I will be giving a talk at the Student Chapter Meeting on Sun. 28th Jan called “Building your mentorship toolkit through your student chapter”. Beware, you need to register by Friday, 19 January to attend! See the schedule below for more information.

SPIE Student and Early Career Professional Committee 2018SPIE Student and Early Career Professional Committee 2018.

I have joined 2 committees of the SPIE, A.K.A the international society for optics and photonics. I will be part of their Education committee and help guide the society in its mission in developing and delivering Education activities worldwide. I am also delighted to join the SEaCarP ad hoc committee (this maritime acronym stands for “Student and Early Career Professional”) with officers whose reputation precedes them. I’m excited to meet or see them again again in San Francisco. I want to take the opportunity to thank SPIE for the Student and Early Career Professional ad hoc Committee member travel grant offered to me to attend Photonics West 2018, as well as their help in the organisation of this trip.

I will be around at technical talks and the trade show throughout the week. I’ve posted my abridged non-technical schedule below, which has lots of times when it might be convenient to meet! If you want to catch up then drop me a message on LinkedIn, Facebook or Whatsapp.

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Abridged non-technical schedule

Sunday 28th Jan

  • Student Chapter Meeting, Sun. 28th Jan, 18:00-21:00, with my talk “Building your mentorship toolkit through your student chapter”. Registration required at students@spie.org by Friday 19 January!

Monday 29th Jan

  • Essential Skills for a Career in Industry by David Giltner of Turning Science, 13:30-17:30, Intercontinental Hotel. No registration required, but get there early to avoid disappointment!
  • Women in Optics and Diversity Inclusion Program and Reception, 17:00-19:00,  Intercontinental Hotel. Details here.
  • SPIE Careers Lab Meet-up, 21:00, The Chieftain, 198 5th St.
Join me, moderators and members of the SPIE Career Lab on Monday night!
Join me, moderators and members of the SPIE Career Lab on Monday night!

Tuesday 30th Jan

  • “How Global Investment is Bringing Quantum Technologies to the Marketplace”, 8:30-9:45, Moscone Centre, Room 21 (North Exhibit Level).
  • SPIE After-dinner Member Reception, 20:00-21:30, Hilton Union Square, Cityscape Lounge (SPIE Members only).

Wednesday 31st Jan

  • Early Career Networking breakfast, Moscone Centre, Room 2000. Registration at earlycareer@spie.org