Program Overview

Saturday, August 2, (Odakyu Hotel Century Sagami-Ohno)

18:00-21:00 Reception and Registration (Odakyu Hotel Century Sagami-Ohno)

Sunday, August 3, 2008 (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

08:30-09:00 Registration

09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony (Chair: Fumio Koyama)

09:30-11:00 Session Su1: Quantum Dots and Nano-photonics 1 (Chair: Yasuhiko Arakawa)

11:00-11:30 Tea & Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 Session Su2: Advanced Photonics (Chair: Connie Chang-Hasnain)

13:00-14:00 Lunch (Suzukakedai Hall Lounge, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

14:00-17:00 Poster Session 1 / Poster Viewing 1 (Chair: Fumio Koyama)

17:00-18:30 Tokyo Institute of Technology Lab Tour

18:30-20:30 Welcoming Dinner at Suzukakedai Hall Loung

Monday, August 4, 2008 (Technical Tours)

09:00-17:00 NTT Labs and Fujitsu Labs Tour

17:00-19:00 Dinner (Cafeteria, NTT)

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008 (Bus to University of Tokyo)

08:00-09:30 Registration and Bus to University of Tokyo

09:30-11:00 Session TuA1 : Novel Optical Devices & Physics�iChair: Shun-Lien Chuang�j

11:00-11:30 Tea & Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 Session TuA2 : Nano-photonics (Chair: Makoto Gonokami)

13:00-14:00 Lunch (Cafeteria, University of Tokyo)

14:00-15:00 Introduction of University of Tokyo

15:00-18:00 Poster Session 2 / Poster Viewing 2 (Chair: Ming Wu)

18:00-19:00 Bus to Matsumotoro, Hibiya

19:00-21:00 Dinner (Matsumotoro, Hibiya)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 (Excursion)

08:30-17:00 Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Winery

18:00-20:00 Dinner at Yamanashi Winery

Thursday, August 7, 2008 (Excursion: near Lake Saiko / Local Registration)

08:30-12:00 Registration and Local (Lake Saiko) Excursion

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:30 Opening Ceremony

13:30-14:15 Session ThA1 : Joint Opening Session (Chair : Connie Chang-Hasnain)

14:15-14:45 Tea & Coffee Break

14:45-16:15 Session ThA2 : Advanced Photonics 2 (Chair: Hong Hee Lee)

16:15-19:15 Poster Session 3 / Poster Viewing 3 (Chair: Dieter Bimberg)

19:15-21:30 Banquet (Outdoor Barbecue Party)

Friday, August 8, 2008 (Lake Hotel Saiko, Joint Symposium)

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-10:00 Session F1 : Nano-photonics 2 (Chair: C.C. Yang)

10:00-10:30 Tea & Coffee Break

10:30-12:00 Session F2 : Plasmonics and Nano-photonics (Chair: Alfred Forchel)

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Session F3 : Nano-photonics 3 (Chair: Dieter Bimberg )

14:30-15:00 Tea & Coffee Break

15:00-18:00 Poster Session 4 / Poster Viewing 4 (Chair: Nobuhiko Nishiyama)

18:00-18:30 Group Photo

18:30-19:30 Dinner

19:30-22:00 Rump Session 1 : Secrets for Your Success

Saturday, August 9, 2008 (Lake Hotel Saiko, Joint Symposium)

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-10:15 Session Sa1 : Novel Optical Devices 1 (Chair: Yasuo Kokubun)

10:15-10:45 Tea & Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 Session Sa2 : Novel Optical Devices 2 (Chair: Fumio Koyama)

12:15-13:15 Lunch

13:15-14:15 Joint Award Ceremony

15:00 Bus to Sakuragi-cho Washington Hotel

18:00- Free night at Sakuragi-cho Washington Hotel

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 (Excursion)

08:30-16:00 Kamakura (after excursion: move to Shonan Village)

18:00-21:00 Banquet at Lounge, Shonan Village

Monday, August 11, 2008 (Shonan Village)

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-10:00 Session M1 : VCSEL and Photonic Crystal (Chair: James Harris)

10:00-10:30 Tea & Coffee Break

10:30-12:00 Session M2 : VCSEL and Photonic Crystal 2 (Chair: Toshihiko Baba)

12:00-13:00 Lunch at Cafeteria Oak, Shonan Village

13:00-14:30 Session M3 : Quantum Dots and Wires (Chair: Susumu Noda)

14:30-15:00 Tea & Coffee Break

15:00-18:00 Rump session 2 : Photonic Integration :Technologies and Applications

18:00-19:00 Dinner at Oak, Shonan Village

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 (Shonan Village)

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-10:00 Session TuB1 : Advanced Photonics 3 (Chair: Markus Amann)

10:00-10:30 Tea & Coffee Break

10:30-12:00 Session TuB2 : Quantum Dots and Nano-photonics 2 (Chair: Dennis G. Deppe)

12:00-13:00 Lunch at Cafeteria Oak

13:00-14:30 Session TuB3 : Novel Materials and Teraherts Emitter (Chair: Tetsuya Mizumoto)

14:30-15:00 Tea & Coffee Break

15:00-17:15 Session TuB4 : Photonic Integration (Chair: Kent Choquette)

18:00-19:00 Dinner at Oak

19:00-20:30 Japanese Calligraphy School

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 (Shonan Village)

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-10:00 Session W1 : Photonic Integration and Bio-photonics (Chair: Shun-Lien Chuang)

10:00-10:30 Tea & Coffee Break

10:30-12:00 Session W2 : Nitride Emitters (Chair: Zhangyuan Chen)

12:00-13:00 Lunch at Cafeteria Oak

13:00-14:30 Session W3 : Novel Materials and Optoelectronics (Chair:Yi Luo)

14:30-15:00 Tea & Coffee Break

15:00-18:00 Rump session 3 : Broadband Access Systems - Networks, Applications and Devices -

18:00-20:00 Banquet at Lounge

Thursday, August 14, 2008 (Shonan Village)

08:00-08:30 Registration

08:30-10:00 Session ThB1 : Novel Optical Devices & Physics 2 (Chair: Masahiro Asada)

10:00-10:30 Tea & Coffee Break

10:30-12:00 Session ThB2 : Advanced Photonics 3 (Chair: Federico Cappaso)

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-15:00 Bus to Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo

15:00- Free Evening

Friday, August 15, 2008

08:00- Bus to Narita Airport (1.5hr)

11:00- Departure

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Detailed Program

Saturday, August 2, 2008 (Odakyu Century Hotel, Sagami-ono)

18:00-21:00 Reception and Registration (Room Phoenix 1)

Sunday, August 3, 2008 (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

7:00 - 7:45 Breakfast

8:00 Bus departs for Tokyo Institute Technology

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony (Chair: Fumio Koyama)

9:00 - 9:30 Opening Welcome Remarks

- Kenichi Iga, Tokyo Institute of Technology

- Connie Chang-Hasnain, UC Berkeley

- Fumio Koyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology

- Yasuhiko Arakawa, University of Tokyo

9:30-11:00 Session Su1 Quantum Dots and Nano-photonics 1 (Chair: Yasuiko Arakawa)

9:30 - 10:15 Flying Q-bits and Entangled Photons for Quantum Cryptography

- Dieter Bimberg, Technical University of Berlin

10:15 - 11:00 Cooling and Amplifying Micro-mechanical Motion Using Light

- Kerry Vahala, Caltech

11:00-11:30 Tea & Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 Session Su2 Advanced Photonics (Chair: Connie Chang-Hasnain)

11:30 - 12:15 Advances in Quantum Dots for Nanophotonics and Quantum Information

- Yasuhiko Arakawa, University of Tokyo

12:15 - 13:00 Optical Performance Monitoring for Reconfigurable Optical Networks

- Alan Willner, University of Southern California

13:00-14:00 Lunch at Suzukakedai Hall Lounge, Tokyo Institute of Technology

14:00-17:00 Poster Session 1 (Chair: Fumio Koyama)

14:00 - 15:30 Poster Introduction (3 min. each)

15:30 - 17:00 Refreshments and Poster Viewing

17:00-18:30 Tokyo Institute of Technology Lab Tour

18:30-20:30 Dinner at Suzukakedai Hall Lounge, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Monday, August 4, 2008 (NTT Labs and Fujitsu Labs Field Trip)

7:00 - 9:00 Breakfast

9:00-17:00 NTT Labs and Fujitsu Labs Tour

18:00-20:00 Dinner at Cafeteria , NTT

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 (University of Tokyo)

7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast

8:00-9:30 Registration and Bus to University of Tokyo

9:30-11:00 Session TuA1 Novel Optical Devices & Physics (Chair: Shun-Lien Chuang)

9:30 - 10:15 Enhanced Optical Activity in Metal and Dielectric Chiral Nanograting Structures

- Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami, University of Tokyo

10:15 - 11:00 High Speed Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers

- Ming Wu, UC Berkeley