Fraunhofer IPM and VDI-Kompetenzfeld Optische Technologien jointly organize the "International Forum on Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging onMarch 06/07, 2012. The event will be the 5th in a series of conferences on terahertz technology. The venue is Fraunhofer IPM's subsiduary in Kaiserslautern. The workshop will focus on terahertz technology in the fields of non-destructive materials testing, homeland security, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. New trends in terahertz technology will be discussed: Nondestructive Materials Testing Technology for Homeland Security New Technologies Health and Social Aspects of Terahertz Technology

The school precedes the semi-annual review of the AFOSR MURI “Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Validation of Ultrafast Nonlinear Light-Matter Coupling associated with Filamentation in Transparent Media “. While attendance is open to all applicants first preference will be given to students within the MURI program. A nominal fee of $100 per student will be charged to cover incidental expenses (reception, coffee breaks etc). For more information please contact Lacey Singh: lsingh@math.arizona.edu

The aim of the High-Intensity Sources and High-Field Phenomena meeting is to assemble a multi disciplinary group of participants to present and exchange breakthrough ideas relating to the physics and applications of high field sources, and related developments in high intensity lasers and related technology. The conference topics include both fundamental science and applications of high field phenomena, as well as technical aspects related to source development. The latest research results in terawatt/petawatt lasers, amplification of a few cycle pulses, laser fusion technologies, EUV and X-ray sources based on lasers, plasmas in ultra high fields, advances in attosecond science and relativistic nonlinear phenomena are among the topics to be discussed. High quality experimental and theoretical contributions are solicited in any topical area related to the coverage of the conference, including the following: *High-peak power lasers and high-intensity laser-matter interactions *Recent progress in terawatt to petawatt lasers and the amplification of few cycle pulses *Laser technology for fusion and laser based EUV and X-ray sources *Strong field laser science including interactions with atoms, molecules, clusters, and plasmas *Advances in attosecond science *High harmonic generation, high-field rescattering physics, relativistic nonlinear phenomena, intense pulse propagation *Plasmas in ultrahigh fields, and laser based particle acceleration

CLEO/QELS and PhAST has evolved into a dynamic six-day event that has successfully bridged the science and applications sides of the optics and photonics industry. CLEO/QELS offers high-quality programming

Modern technology increasingly relies on miniaturization and microfabrication to improve the performance of a wide variety of devices and systems. Lasers and laser processing are uniquely suited to a wide variety of microfabrication applications in both production and research environments,making these topics of significant interest to researchers in both industry and academia. The annual International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication(LPM) is unique in that it allows researchers from a wide variety of fields to exchange ideas and techniques, and fosters dicussion on the latest research and technological development in laser micro- and nanofabrication.

The Nonlinear Photonics meeting is a venue for researchers interested in nonlinear optical processes in structures, devices and systems. The meeting covers all aspects of nonlinear photonics and is devoted to both temporal and spatial nonlinear effects. It covers computational as well as experimental aspects and discusses nonlinear material aspects as well as nonlinear systems.

This meeting is the third edition of the “Workshop on Laser-Matter Interaction” after the first two editions held at Luminy (France) in October 2008 and at Porquerolles (France) in September 2010. Its primary purpose is to review recent progress, both theoretical and experimental, in the study of extreme nonlinear optics, ultrashort pulse propagation, ionization physics, parametric instabilities in laser-created plasmas, relativistic plasmas at ultra-high intensity, as well as warm dense matter regimes.

The 2012 Ultrafast Phenomena Conference will be the eighteenth in a series of conferences on advances in ultrafast science and technology. This meeting is widely recognized as the main international forum for gathering the community of scientists and engineers working in research and technology related to ultrafast phenomena. It is indeed a unique opportunity to bring together atomic, molecular and condensed matter physicists, physical chemists, biophysicists and scientists developing new tools, methodologies and techniques, all working on the science of ultrafast phenomena. These phenomena cover the time scales ranging from picoseconds to hundreds of attoseconds

The twenty first annual International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'12) will be held from July 23 to July 27, 2012, in the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. LPHYS'12 continues a series of Workshops held in Dubna 1992, Dubna/Volga river tour 1993, New York 1994, Moscow/Volga river tour (jointly with NATO SILAP Workshop) 1995, Moscow 1996, Prague 1997, Berlin 1998, Budapest 1999, Bordeaux 2000, Moscow 2001, Bratislava 2002, Hamburg 2003, Trieste 2004, Kyoto 2005, Lausanne 2006, León 2007, Trondheim 2008, Barcelona 2009, Foz do Iguaçu 2010, and Sarajevo 2011. The total number of participants is expected to be about 400. In the past, participation was typically from over 30 countries.

The COFIL 2012 is the fourth of a very successful series of conferences organized every 2 years. The previous editions took place in Quebec (Canada) in 2006, Paris (France) in 2008 and Crete (Greece) in 2010. This Symposium is addressed to scientists who lead fundamental and applied research in femtosecond laser filamentation in transparent optical media and applications, as well as scientists from other fields interested in this field of research. The goal is to gather the majority of scientists working in this field and discuss present status and future perspectives.