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Santander

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Santander - Península de la Magdalena (Riancho-Bringas)

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Descripción de la actividad

Photonics is the science and techniques of generating, controlling, propagating, storing and detecting light waves and photons, which are particles of light. Photonics is the field of Light Sciences and Technologies.

Light plays a vital role in our daily lives and is being an imperative cross-cutting discipline of science in the 21st century. It has revolutionized medicine, opened up international communication via the internet, enabled sustainable development and provided solutions to global challenges in education, energy, environment and agriculture. It continues to be a key discipline to link cultural, economic and political aspects of the global society. Today, it is widely accepted that the present century will depend as much on photonics as the 20th century depended on electronics.

The United Nations Organization (UN) has recognized the key role of Light Sciences and Technologies to raise global awareness and proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015).

Aware of the key roll of Photonics in the economies and in the societies of the XXI century, the UIMP has decided to create the “International School on light Sciences and Technologies (ISLiST)”.

This school is envisioned to be a worldwide top International forum (every fourth week of June) on Light Sciences and Technologies in the framework of a “special top university” that is recognized as the “university of universities” and in a privileged environment “the Royal Magdalena Palace” in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. Each edition of this international school will have an intensification or main core in a specific application area and additional current hot topics.  Light in Life Science and Health is the core of this edition.

ISLIST has been conceived as a great opportunity to review and actualize knowledge in this Key or Essential science and technology for the development of the nations and also to contribute to the education of their citizens.  It is also a great opportunity to ensure that policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other key “actors” will be aware of the problem-solving potential of Photonics.

Highly renowned professors (including a Nobel Laureate) and researchers from the most prestigious institutions and, as well, presidents of the most reputed international Photonic Scientific Unions and some politicians will participate currently in the meeting.

The award ceremony of Justiniano Casas Prize for Research into Optical Imaging will be held at the end of afternoon of the second day (June 21). This prestigious award of The Spanish Optical Society Committee for Image Techniques, is sponsored by INFAIMON S.L.

In this edition, the UIMP has distinguished Prof. Russell with Its Doctor Honoris Causa.  This prestigious honor will be given at a solemn ceremony to be held in the Royal Hall of the Palace of Magdalena at the end of the 23rd morning.

To be able to reach this ambitious program this International School of UIMP has been supported by several sponsors: Gobierno de Cantabria, Fundación ACS and the Optical Society of America, OSA.

It is also supported by several collaborators such as: SPIE-the International Society for Optics and Photonics, the Official College of Physicians of Cantabria, the Royal Society of Physics of Spain, RSFE; the Spanish Optical Society, SEDOPTICA, AMBAR Telecommunications, OZ Optics, Lasing, INNOVA Scientific. It is also supported by Hotel Santemar and Photonics and the Photonics Engineering Group of the University of Cantabria.

Without these Sponsors and Collaborators this top quality school and the grants for international students will not be able possible. The UIMP, the direction of the event and the scientific community using Light are grateful with the generosity of these Organizations.

Objectives

To actualize and improve the knowledge of scientists, professionals and technicians; to contribute in the education and to enhance the motivation of PhD students; to offer an ideal frame for networking.  It is also a great opportunity to ensure that policymakers, politicians and the citizens in general terms will be made aware of the problem-solving potential of Photonics.

Overview

The event will be developed from Monday (June 20, 2016) to Friday (June 24, 2016). The first two and half days will be focused on key subjects concerning the light in medicine and their impacts. The rest of the week will be focused on the review of the current situation and to identify challenges and trends in several key areas where Photonics will play roles of paramount importance. Two round-tables will be considered. The first one (Wednesday morning) to analyse challenges of the light technologies on some main areas of medicine and, the second one (Friday), to analyse the needs to reach an efficient and effective transference of the created knowledge and technology for they societal and comertial exploitation.