MEDELLÍN, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Optical Society (OSA), the leading global professional association in optics and photonics, today will host the latest in its Light the Future program with speaker Susana Marcos, director of the Visual and Biophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Optics, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. The program will take place at the Latin America Optics and Photonics (LAOP), a premier international conference in Latin America promoting industry development in optics and photonics within Latin America, on Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 18:15 – 19:00 COT in Medellín, Colombia.
Marcos’ presentation “An Eye Into the Future” will explore the advances in light-based optical technologies that are leading the way for better diagnosis and treatment of eye ailments such as Myopia and Presbyopia.
“Susana is an excellent choice to keynote this Centennial program,” said Elizabeth Rogan, CEO of The Optical Society (OSA). “She’s a highly respected expert within this complex field and is well known through her research, publishing and patents.”
Marcos’ work has earned her multiple awards, including the prestigious International Commission for Optics ICO Prize, European Young Investigator Award, the OSA’s Adolph Lomb Medal, among many others. Marcos’ is a fellow of the OSA, has served on the OSA Board as a Director at Large, has served as the Director of Optical Imaging Program at MIT M+Vision Consortium, and was Topical Editor in Vision Research for Biomedical Optics Express. Outside of her research, Marcos’ has co-founded two companies, 2EyesVision, Madrid, Spain, and Plenoptika, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
“I’m honored to take part in this innovative speaker series as part of the OSA’s centennial,” said Susana Marcos. “The current research results are compelling and the potential future discoveries in the optics vision field will offer millions of people improved and enhanced abilities.”
The Light the Future speaker series includes a tour of eight international cities as part of OSA’s Centennial program, featuring visionaries, futurists and Nobel Prize winners discussing how science affects our lives every day.
The series kicked off in February of this year in Washington, D.C. with Ira Flatow, host of Science Friday, and has featured Mary Lou Jepsen at OFC 2016; Ray Kurzweil and fomer U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at CLEO 2016; Joseph Izatt and Bernard Kress at the Imaging Congress in Germany.
Upcoming Light the Future events include:
20 October:
Michio Kaku, futurist and theoretical physicist,
City College of New York
Sir Peter L. Knight, emeritus
professor, Imperial College, London, 2004 OSA President
http://www.frontiersinoptics.com/home/special-events/light-the-future/
2-5 November:
Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate, former U.S.
Secretary of Energy and OSA Fellow
Asia
Communications and Photonics Conference
Wuhan, China
4-8 December:
Professor Sir David Payne, University of
Southampton, Highfield and OSA Fellow
Photonics
India
Kanpur, India
The schedule will be updated at www.osa.org/lightthefuture. All sessions are free and open to the public and media. RSVP at randersen@osa.org. Additional information can be found by following #OSA100LTF @OpticalSociety on Twitter. Most Light the Future presentations will be recorded and available at: osa.org/100 or on The Optical Society’s YouTube channel.
About The Optical Society
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About Latin America Optics and Photonics
The Latin America Optics & Photonics Conference is the major international conference sponsored by The Optical Society in Latin America with the explicit objective to promote optics and photonics activities in that the region to enhance their development and impact. Featuring a comprehensive technical program with recognized experts in fields critical to Latin America, the conference covers all major areas of optics and photonics, and features the latest research results that are making an impact in fundamental research and applications.
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