Name: Dr. Alberto Carrasco-Casado
Affiliation: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Homepage: https://www2.nict.go.jp/spacelab/en/alberto.html
Research interests: space laser communications; optical terminals; optical ground stations; small satellites; CubeSats

Name: Dr. Bo Fu
Affiliation: School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Homepage: https://shi.buaa.edu.cn/fubo/en/index.htm
Research interests: laser photonics; ultrafast optics; nanophotonics

Name: Dr. Chengao Yang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Homepage: https://people.ucas.ac.cn/~yca
Research interests: semiconductor laser diodes; T2SL detectors; quantum dot lasers and detectors; molecular beam epitaxy; antimony; infrared lasers and detectors

Name: Dr. Chenghao Bi
Affiliation: College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Homepage: http://homepage.hrbeu.edu.cn/web/bichenghao?locale=en_US
Research interests: quantum dots; perovskite; light-emitting diodes; nanocrystals; ultrafast spectra

Name: Dr. Cuiwei He
Affiliation: School of Information Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/cuiweihe/home
Research interests: optical wireless communications

Name: Dr. Dario Giannotti
Affiliation: Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
Homepage: https://www.fisi.polimi.it/it/personale/dario.giannotti
Research interests: mid-IR lasers; frequency combs; high-power ultrafast lasers; optical amplifiers; harmonic generation; optical rectification

Name: Dr. Dário Machado Garcia
Affiliation: Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Homepage: https://www.cefitec.fct.unl.pt/people/members
Research interests: solar-pumped lasers; solar concentrators; spectroscopy; simulations; machine learning

Name: Dr. Dongmei Huang
Affiliation: Photonics Research Institute, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Homepage: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/eee/people/academic-staff-and-teaching-staff/prof-huang-dongmei/
Research interests: mode-locked lasers; swept lasers; nonlinear optics; integrated optics; optical coherence tomography; high-resolution measurement and LiDAR; optical fiber sensing

Name: Dr. Elena De Vita
Affiliation: Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale Isola C4, 80143 Naples, Italy
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=P0sGZRQAAAAJ&hl=it
Research interests: fiber optic sensors; Bragg grating; biomedical applications of optical fiber sensors

Name: Dr. Geer Teng
Affiliation: Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
Homepage: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/geer-teng/
Research interests: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; hyperspectral imaging; cancer diagnosis; clinical and biofilm samples monitoring; Raman spectroscopy; photoacoustic spectroscopy

Name: Dr. Hangbo Yang
Affiliation: Florida Semiconductor Institute, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA
Homepage: https://www.ece.ufl.edu/people/faculty/hangbo-yang/
Research interests: integrated photonics; silicon photonics; photonic neural networks; photonic AI hardware; heterogeneous integration; 3D photonic integration/packaging; LiDAR photonics; optical interconnects; photonic transceivers; AR/VR waveguides; optical engines

Name: Dr. Hao Wang
Affiliation: School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B7EPY8EAAAAJ&hl=en
Research interests: nanophotonics; nanofabrication; two-photon polymerization lithography; metasurface; metalens; structural color; diffractive optics; holography

Name: Prof. Dr. Jiahao Huo
Affiliation: School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Homepage: http://scce.ustb.edu.cn/shiziduiwu/jiaoshixinxi/2020-11-09/190.html
Research interests: short-reach optical communications; digital signal processing; intensity modulation and direct detection

Name: Dr. Jianfeng Chen
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&tzom=-480&user=9wuTaAUAAAAJ&authuser=1
Research interests: atmospheric detection lidar; optical design; laser device and technique; atmospheric remote sensing; optical waveguide; opto-mechanical integration

Name: Prof. Dr. Jiawei Sun
Affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Theranostics and Medical Instrumentation, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China
Homepage: https://jiawei-sn.github.io/
Research interests: AI for photonics; lensless fiber endomicroscopy; digital holography; optical trapping; optical tomography; wavefront shaping

Name: Dr. Jiawei Yan
Affiliation: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
Homepage: https://www.jwyan.com/
Research interests: attosecond science; X-ray free-electron lasers; accelerator physics; AI for science

Name: Dr. Jixi Lu
Affiliation: School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Db5ax2gAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN
Research interests: quantum sensing; atomic magnetometers; optically pumped magnetometers

Name: Dr. Leonardo Bianchi
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardo-bianchi-02a8081b8
Research interests: biophotonics; biomedical optics; fiber Bragg grating sensors; hyperspectral imaging; label-free imaging; label-free spectroscopy; optical fiber sensors; optical metrology; optical properties; photothermal therapy; thermal properties; thermographic imaging; tissue optics

Name: Prof. Dr. Li Liu
Affiliation: School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Homepage: https://grzy.cug.edu.cn/liuli/zh_CN/index.htm
Research interests: silicon photonics; microwave photonics; intelligent photonics

Name: Dr. Li Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aTHTT-MAAAAJ&hl=en
Research interests: topological photonics; non-hermitian photonics/acoustics; nonlinear photonics; metamaterials

Name: Dr. Mario Ferraro
Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87069 Rende, Italy
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=npy4sTIAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao
Research interests: optical fibers; nonlinear optics; nonlinear photonics; optical thermodynamics

Name: Dr. Nageswara Lalam
Affiliation: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nagesh-lalam-ph-d-a635431b/
Research interests: fiber optic sensors; AI/ML for sensors; nonlinear fiber optics; optoelectronics; quantum sensors; gas/chemical fiber sensors

Name: Dr. Naresh Kumar Ravichandran
Affiliation: Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/nareshr-9169/greetings
Research interests: optical coherence tomography (OCT); multimodal biomedical imaging; multiphoton microscopy (SHG, 2PEF, THG, 3PEF); fluorescence microscopy; hyperspectral imaging (HSI); medical and clinical diagnostics; image-guidance for surgical navigation; AI-assisted imaging and signal analysis; industrial inspection and non-destructive testing

Name: Dr. Paolo Piergentili
Affiliation: School of Science and Technology, Physics Division, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy
Homepage: https://docenti.unicam.it/pdett.aspx?ids=N&tv=d&UteId=1439
Research interests: optical resonators; optomechanics; electro-optomechanics; quantum transduction; hybrid systems; integrated photonics; quantum technologies

Name: Dr. Qiancheng Zhao
Affiliation: School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Homepage: https://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/?tagid=zhaoqc&iscss=1&snapid=1&orderby=date&go=2&lang=en
Research interests: low-loss waveguides; nonlinear integrated photonics; tantalum pentoxide integrated photonics; gallium phosphide-on-insulator integrated photonics

Name: Dr. Qichang An
Affiliation: Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
Homepage: https://people.ucas.edu.cn/~qichangan
Research interests: wavefront sensing and control; multi‑parameter high‑precision opto‑mechanical reference calibration; the establishment of internal wavefront reference frames; multi‑scale hierarchical control of wavefront quality

Name: Dr. Qirui Wang
Affiliation: AiMiLight Sensors and Intelligent Systems Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15241, USA
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/qiruiwang
Research interests: distributed optical fiber sensing; optical metrology; photonics; automation; control systems

Name: Dr. Sandeep Kumar Chamoli
Affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-chamoli/
Research interests: photonics; optical computing; metasurfaces; plasmonics; microscopy; biophotonics

Name: Dr. Song Yang
Affiliation: Laboratory of All-Solid-State Light Sources, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
Homepage: https://people.ucas.edu.cn/~songyang
Research interests: nonlinear optics; nano/micro fabrication; laser imaging; optical sensor

Name: Dr. Stephanos Yerolatsitis
Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Homepage: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/stephanos-yerolatsitis/
Research interests: optical fibre; specialty optical fibres; optical fibre devices; fibre components; microstructured optical fibres; fibre fabrication; fibre modelling

Name: Dr. Sushanta Kumar Pal
Affiliation: School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Homepage: https://www.globalscientificguild.com/laser-optics-photonics/speakers.php
Research interests: structured light; optical vortices; beam shaping; optical coherence

Name: Dr. Tao Yang
Affiliation: State Key Lab of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Homepage: https://teacher.bupt.edu.cn/yangtao1/zh_CN/index.htm
Research interests: ultra-high-speed coherent optical transmission; next-generation optical access network; optical network performance monitoring; wired/wireless fused optical communication; optical access networks; optical performance monitoring

Name: Dr. Victor Guerra
Affiliation: 1. Institute for Technological Development and Innovation in Communications (IDeTIC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas, Spain
2. Wooptix S.L., San Cristóbal de La Laguna, 38320 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.cn/incareer/in/vguerra1987
Research interests: optical wireless communication; underwater wireless optical communication; visible light communication; optical camera communication; machine learning for wireless communication

Name: Dr. Wanzhuo Ma
Affiliation: Space Photoelectric Technology Institute, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
Homepage: https://gd.cust.edu.cn/szdw/jszy/kjgdjsyjs/a5f2dca758b646f09f41bd98efc1888b.htm
Research interests: ultrafast fiber laser; free-space optical communication; integrated optical devices and applications

Name: Dr. Xiaobo Li
Affiliation: School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Homepage: http://marine.tju.edu.cn/info/1316/2812.htm
Research interests: optical imaging; polarization; ocean optics

Name: Dr. Xiaoyan Zhou
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Homepage: https://faculty.tju.edu.cn/206188/en/index.htm
Research interests: integrated photonics; quantum photonics; nano-opto-electro-mechanical systems

Name: Dr. Xing Peng
Affiliation: College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tIS-BysAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research interests: precision manufacturing; micro-nano optics; defect inspection; optical design; machine vision; image processing

Name: Dr. Xinyang Su
Affiliation: School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Homepage: https://faculty.bjtu.edu.cn/9560/
Research interests: fiber lasers; nonlinear optics; mid-infrared lasers

Name: Dr. Yanmin Zhu
Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Homepage: https://www.eee.hku.hk/people/y-zhu/
Research interests: computational imaging; digital holography; intelligent diagnosis; artificial intelligence and deep learning; spectroscopy; polarization imaging; portable and wearable devices

Name: Dr. Yeming Qing
Affiliation: College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Homepage: https://yjs.njupt.edu.cn/dsgl/nocontrol/college/dsfcxq.htm?dsJbxxId=ac81fe1003ed4c38b2ce8c2e421a28b6
Research interests: nanophotonics; light-matter interactions; plasmonics; metamaterials/metasurfaces; 2D materials; nonreciprocal radiation

Name: Dr. Yinhui Kan
Affiliation: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Homepage: https://nbi.ku.dk/ansatte/kvanteoptik/?pure=da/persons/924556
Research interests: nanophotonics; nanodiamond photonics; single-photon sources

Name: Dr. Yiwei Ma
Affiliation: Key Lab of In-Fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry of Education of China, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Homepage: https://faculty.hrbeu.edu.cn/mayiwei/zh_CN/more/264136/jsjjgd/index.htm
Research interests: optical fiber sensing technology; optical fiber gratings and their applications; special optical fiber sensors; physical and chemical sensing; fiber-based biosensors

Name: Dr. Yuan Wang
Affiliation: School of Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&pli=1&user=bBXWRuUAAAAJ
Research interests: distributed fiber sensors; fiber optics

Name: Dr. Yuming Wei
Affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Homepage: https://faculty.jnu.edu.cn/lgxy/wym1/list.htm
Research interests: single-photon sources; on-chip quantum devices; optical microcavities; light-matter interactions; micro-lasers; nonlinear optics; quantum interference

Name: Dr. Zexiao Li
Affiliation: School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Homepage: https://jyxy.tju.edu.cn/cn/szdw/20221229/2150.shtml
Research interests: freeform optical design; fabrication of freeform optics; freeform optical inspection; precision measurement of freeform optics; optical machining and measurement; metrology and characterization; other technologies

Name: Prof. Dr. Zhaohong Liu
Affiliation: Center for Advanced Laser Technology (CALT), Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Homepage: https://eie.hebut.edu.cn/szdw/jsml/js/d0e59f14508242788709b17463e0c786.htm
Research interests: high-power laser technology; nonlinear optics

Name: Dr. Zhaojian Zhang
Affiliation: College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9EfMQ0oAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN
Research interests: photonic metasurfaces; polaritonic metasurfaces; photonic crystals; topological photonics

Name: Dr. Zhaopeng Xu
Affiliation: Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=czm59okAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN
Research interests: optical communication; digital signal processing; machine learning

Name: Dr. Zhe Shen
Affiliation: School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Homepage: https://jszy.njust.edu.cn/dzgd/sz_en/list.psp
Research interests: optical tweezers; plasmonics; metasurfaces; beam shaping; SERS

Name: Dr. Zixin Zhao
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, School of Instrument Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Homepage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=qttxj6gAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F6wCRd6w5TByN8RmELIdgfksCjDaLKBm-_YRuKOaaf-T0GJ96RjpdNtZkPlL90G03nclP0pVS5g4rbETuHyAQ4q6gQthlV5l73lx2-tJJVyNA3wN4iNGbMzQ250LbNd2dVVWYK3LuLahzTkd_W_j05pbu4euw
Research interests: optical metrology; interferometry; diffraction imaging; machine vision; deep learning