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Talks & Events

The Rochester Section meets approximately twice each month, usually on Tuesdays. Our meetings include a talk by a featured speaker. Each talk is preceded by an informal dinner at a local restaurant with the invited speaker. The annual dinner meeting in May includes a banquet dinner. These meetings are open to all individuals.

Upcoming events

    • April 02, 2024
    • April 03, 2024


    Leverage your cluster connections and find your global partners at Optica & Optimax Industry Summit on Freeform Optics at a 25% off

    On April 2 – 3, 2024 Optica and Optimax (Ontario, NY, USA) are teaming up to host an Industry Summit focused on the progressive field of freeform optics.

    What is going to happen? This industry-centric event will bring together professionals across the entire global supply chain of freeform optics, from design to applications, providing a platform to establish new partnerships and broaden your business scope.

    Freeform optics is the avant-garde of optical innovation, offering nearly limitless potential in shaping light. Their non-standard shapes cater to most advanced applications, whether in aerospace, healthcare, automotive lighting, laser machining, or virtual reality via optimizing size and weight for more compact, efficient technologies. These advancements do come with challenges—complex design approaches, intricate manufacturing techniques, and the need for advanced testing and metrology methods. Join the industry leaders to tackle these challenges together.

    Why shall you be there? The summit is designed to facilitate direct interactions, enabling you to network and build connections with key stakeholders throughout the international supply chain.

    Registration and additional details follow here.

    Affiliates of partner Photonic Industry Associations are eligible for a 25% discount on the registration fees*, offering a significant opportunity to be part of this influential event and engage with industry leaders. Leverage your cluster connections and join a global photonics network.

    To avail of this offer, please use the discount code 24Optimax_MemberCluster.

    We hope you consider joining us for this event!

    Optica Industry Team

    * Please note that for affiliates who also hold Optica Industry Membership, registration will be processed exclusively at the Optica member's rate. The discounts offered to affiliates and Optica members are not cumulative.


    • April 30, 2024
    • 7:00 PM
    • University of Rochester/Institute of Optics, 480 Intercampus Drive
    Register

    TITLE TBD

    Matt East - L3Harris






    Abstract

    TBD

    About the speaker

    TBD

    Parking and location

    The talk will be held in the Room 101 of Goergen Hall (Institute of Optics, 480 Intercampus Drive).  Parking is available in the lot across the street in Intercampus Drive Lot, and is free for talk attendees (no pass needed).

    Pre-talk dinner 

    TBD: A pre-talk dinner will be held at the King and I Thailand Cuisine at 5:15 pm on 12/5 located at 1455 East Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14623. If you would like to attend, please contact the house committee by email to make reservations. Email: house@opticarochester.org



Past events

March 12, 2024 2024 ROC Optica Steve Jacobs Memorial Talk: Paul Dumas, QED
March 04, 2024 2023-2024 Joint Seminar University of Rochester and Optica Speaker Series: Jue Wang, Corning Advanced Optics
February 20, 2024 2023-2024 ROC Optica Speaker Series: Charbel Rizk, Founder CEO at Oculi
January 22, 2024 2023 New York Photonics / RRPC Annual Meeting
December 16, 2023 Family Night at the Institute of Optics - University of Rochester
December 05, 2023 2023-2024 ROC Optica Speaker Series: Zak Niazi, CEO at Circle Optics
October 18, 2023 2023-2024 ROC Optica Speaker Series: Nicholas Kochan - Principal Scientist, Physical Sciences Inc
October 03, 2023 2023-2024 ROC Optica Speaker Series: Saeed Pegahan, TOPTICA Photonics USA
September 26, 2023 2023-2024 ROC Optica Speaker Series: Jue Wang, Corning Advanced Optics
May 31, 2023 ROC Optica Corporate Sponsor Open House - TOPTICA Photonics
May 16, 2023 OPTICA Rochester Section Annual Dinner Meeting 2023
May 12, 2023 Optics Outreach at the Rochester Lilac Festival - SPIE and Optica
April 18, 2023 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Christopher Striemer, AIM Photonics
February 28, 2023 Stephen D. Jacobs Memorial Talk: Dr. Svetlana Lukishova, University of Rochester Institute of Optics
February 07, 2023 2022-2023 Optica RS Special Event: Raymond Ohl, NASA-GSFC
January 17, 2023 2022-2023 Optica RS Special Event: Tour of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
December 17, 2022 Family Night at The Institute of Optics - University of Rochester
December 06, 2022 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Tony Whitman, L3Harris Technologies
November 14, 2022 Roman Space Telescope / L3Harris Precision Optics Tour
November 08, 2022 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Tyler Howard, University of Rochester
November 01, 2022 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Dr. Alexis Vogt, Monroe Community College
October 18, 2022 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Dr. Matthew Cich, TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
October 11, 2022 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Dr. Cristina Canavesi, LighTopTech Corp.
September 13, 2022 2022-2023 Optica RS Speaker Series: Dr. Li Qian, University of Toronto
May 24, 2022 OPTICA Rochester Section Annual Dinner Meeting 2022
April 19, 2022 2021-2022 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Annual Student Talks
April 12, 2022 2021-2022 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Dr. Adam Heiniger, TOPTICA
March 22, 2022 Stephen D. Jacobs Memorial Talk - Dr. Tayyab Suratwala, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
February 22, 2022 2021-2022 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Dr. Nishikant (Nish) Sonwalkar, SunDensity
February 11, 2022 UN International Year of Glass Opening Ceremonies (live/recorded)
February 08, 2022 2021-2022 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Juniyali Nauriyal, Photonect Interconnect Solutions
January 20, 2022 NES OSA Virtual Talk - Steven Spector, Draper Laboratory
December 07, 2021 2021-2022 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Michael Williams, Boston Electronics, Optica Ambassador 2021
November 16, 2021 OSA-RS Speaker Series: André Richter, VPIphotonics
November 02, 2021 2021-2022 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Susana Marcos, University of Rochester Center for Visual Science
April 20, 2021 2020-2021 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Christopher Gerry, Lehman College, The City University of New York
March 23, 2021 OSA-RS Speaker Series Annual Student Talks: Julia D'Rozario (RIT) and Tyler Howard (UR)
January 12, 2021 2020-2021 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Ildar Begishev, UR Laboratory for Laser Energetics
December 08, 2020 Stephen D. Jacobs Memorial Talk - Dr. Iam-Choon Khoo
November 17, 2020 2020-2021 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Don Figer and Justin Gallagher, RIT
October 13, 2020 2020-2021 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Stephen D Fantone, Optikos
September 22, 2020 2020-2021 OSA Rochester Speaker Series - Chuck McFee, Trioptics
March 24, 2020 Postponed: OSA-RS Speaker Series: Stephen D Fantone, Optikos
March 10, 2020 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Mike DeMarco, QED Optics
February 25, 2020 OSA-RS Speaker Series Annual Student Talks: Nick Takaki,UR and Justin Gallagher, RIT
January 14, 2020 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Felix Kim, Ovitz
January 07, 2020 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Jeffrey Powers, Bond, Schoeneck & King
December 11, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Miguel Alonso, Institut Fresnel and University of Rochester
November 19, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Michael Campbell, UR Laboratory for Laser Energetics
November 12, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Ken Marshall, UR Laboratory for Laser Energetics
November 05, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Zak Niazi, Circle Optics
October 29, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Vicki Cobb, Author
October 01, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Len Zheleznyak, Clerio Vision
September 24, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Sujatha Ramanujan, Nextcorps Luminate
September 10, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Wayne H Knox, University of Rochester
July 30, 2019 Annual Stephen D Jacobs Memorial Talk: Kathleen Richardson, CREOL, U. Central Florida
June 11, 2019 OSA-RS Joint Event with New York Photonics - Storing Petabytes of Data on Light in Space!
April 30, 2019 OSA Rochester Annual Dinner Meeting 2019
March 26, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Annual Graduate Student Talks
March 12, 2019 OSA-RS Joint Event with New York Photonics - What's Going On in Materials Research at Alfred University?
February 12, 2019 Postponed: OSA-RS Speaker Series: Julie Bentley, University of Rochester
January 29, 2019 OSA Rochester Optics Education & Outreach Community Discussion
January 29, 2019 Joint OSA-RS and RIT OSA Speaker: Nelson Tabiryan, Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Corporation
January 15, 2019 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Mike Bechtold, OptiPro
November 27, 2018 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Will Renninger, UR Institute of Optics
November 13, 2018 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Michael Zemcov, RIT School of Physics and Astronomy
October 30, 2018 Annual Stephen D Jacobs Memorial Talk: Alexis Vogt, Monroe Community College
October 09, 2018 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Paul Conrow, East High School
September 25, 2018 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Max Kotlarchyk, Intelon Optics
April 24, 2018 OSA Annual Dinner Meeting 2018
April 10, 2018 Steve D. Jacobs memorial talk by Kenneth L. Marshall
April 03, 2018 Imaging Polarimetry of the 2017 Solar Eclipse (and Other Objects) by Dr. Dmitry Vorobiev
March 27, 2018 RIT Photonics Open House Tour
February 20, 2018 OSA Lecture by Dr. Jason Nordhaus
February 13, 2018 OSA Lecture by Dr. Nick Vamivakas
December 12, 2017 OSA Lecture by Prof. P. Scott Carney, Director - Institute of Optics on synthetic optical holography
November 07, 2017 OSA lecture by Richard O'Shaughnessy, RIT.
October 24, 2017 A PERTURBATIVE APPROACH FOR TRANSVERSE MODES OF ELLIPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
October 03, 2017 Integrated Photonics: Challenges and Opportunities
April 25, 2017 Annual Dinner Meeting 2017
April 04, 2017 Silicon nanophotonic networks for quantum optical information processing
March 28, 2017 Steve D Jacobs Memorial Talk
March 07, 2017 Entrepreneurship in Optics and Photonics: A Panel Discussion
February 21, 2017 Ultrafast Lasers for Photonics/Optics Fabrication and Optical Differentiation Wavefront Sensing for Freeform Metrology and Wavfront Control of Laser Systems
January 17, 2017 Everything you want to know about freeform optics, but were afraid to ask.
December 06, 2016 The strange world of polarized light
November 15, 2016 Integrated Photonics
October 04, 2016 Omega EP
May 03, 2016 Annual Dinner Meeting 2016
April 19, 2016 Chemically strengthened glasses: principles and applications
April 05, 2016 The origin of the quantum entanglement experiments and space-to-space interferometric communications.
March 15, 2016 Computer Vision with a Billion Eyes
February 23, 2016 MCC Open House
January 26, 2016 How to measure a bone’s chemical composition and mechanical strength using nothing but light: transcutaneous Raman spectroscopy of mouse legs
December 15, 2015 Astronomical Telescope Optics
December 01, 2015 Advanced Mirror Technologies for Space-based Applications
November 17, 2015 Vision Science
October 27, 2015 History of LLE
October 06, 2015 Light-Matter Interactions in Engineered Optical Media
September 29, 2015 The Future of Optics in Rochester
April 28, 2015 Annual Dinner Meeting
March 31, 2015 3D Printing of Optics
March 17, 2015 Lasers in Display, Why They Matter, and Other Bedtime Stories.....
March 03, 2015 Overview of Photovoltaic Research at Natcore
February 17, 2015 Rediscovering Daguerroeotype
January 27, 2015 Étendue and what you can Étendue with it
January 13, 2015 Quasioptic Millimeter Wave Probing and Diagnostics of Materials
December 16, 2014 Successful Implementation of Precision Optical Systems
December 02, 2014 Streak Cameras - Where do we go from here?
November 11, 2014 Laser dissection of vegeatation.. there is more to a tree than meets the eye
October 28, 2014 A History of Optics at Bausch + Lomb - Past, Present & Future
October 14, 2014 Sydor Optics Open House
September 30, 2014 A Novel Anamorphic Adapter for Mobile Filmmaking
September 16, 2014 Freefrom and Conformal Optics Manufacturing and Metrology
May 06, 2014 Annual Dinner Meeting
April 22, 2014 Monitoring and Analyzing Gaze Behavior in Mobile Observers
April 08, 2014 Cooled CCD Cameras for Scientific Imaging
March 25, 2014 Biological and Bio-inspired Photonic Materials
March 11, 2014 Technical Marketing for High-Tech Products and Innovations
February 25, 2014 NIR Optical Diagnostic Techniques for Isolating Yield and Reliability Faults in Nanoscale ICs - Capabilities and Challenges
February 11, 2014 Multispectral Photoacoustic Imaging for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: An Ex-vivo Study
January 28, 2014 Corning's Metrology Technologies
January 14, 2014 Beam shaping for coherent laser applications
December 17, 2013 Digital Micromirror Development
December 14, 2013 Family Night at The Institute of Optics 2013
December 10, 2013 Seeing cells in the living eye: Pushing the limits of high-resolution retinal imaging
December 03, 2013 RPO Rochester Precision Optics Open House event
November 19, 2013 Development of Infrared Focal Planes for Low Background Space Astronomical Cameras
November 12, 2013 TISCH: Terahertz Imaging & Spectroscopy for Cultural Heritage
October 29, 2013 Optics at ASML, Sub-Wavelength Litho For The Next Generation Electronics
October 16, 2013 Special event talks at SPIE Optifab featuring two guest speakers
October 01, 2013 TISCH: Terahertz Imaging & Spectroscopy for Cultural Heritage
September 17, 2013 3D Printing Technologies by Dr. Denis Cormier from RIT
September 05, 2013 RRPC 2013 Annual Meeting and Golf Tournament
May 07, 2013 Annual Dinner Meeting
April 23, 2013 The Kodak Research Laboratories at 100, 1912-2012
April 09, 2013 Use of Optics to Study Electrically Silent Functions of the Brain - Novel Insight into Why We Sleep
March 26, 2013 Metrology Developments at QED
March 26, 2013 CEIS University Technology Showcase
March 21, 2013 THz Photonics: Bridging the "Gap" and Beyond
March 13, 2013 Single photon slow light: Quantum optics at a snail's pace
March 12, 2013 Lens Design for Low Sensitivity to Thermally Induced Stress Birefringence
February 26, 2013 What's up at Semrock? Complex Thin-Film Coatings for Spectral Transmission and Dispersion Control, and Who is IDEX/Semrock?
February 12, 2013 The Design and Integration of a Custom Broadband 15x Zoom Lens for NIR Fluorescence-Guide Surgery
January 29, 2013 Terahertz - Last Frontier of the EM Landscape
January 15, 2013 Quantum Information, Computation, and Teleportation
December 15, 2012 Family Night at The Institute of Optics
December 11, 2012 The Legacy of Rex Bishop Wilsey, an Early OSA-RS President
November 27, 2012 Computational Illumination for Scene Recovery and Material Classification
November 13, 2012 Latest Developments in MRF Technologies
October 30, 2012 Special Event Sponsored by Optimax: Kodak Contribution to Cold War Surveillance
October 16, 2012 OIDA: Update and Outlook for the Optics Market
October 02, 2012 A Look at How Optics Saved the World, Really!!... the Corona Program
September 18, 2012 Multiphoton Endoscopy for Clinical Diagnostics
April 17, 2012 Annual Dinner Meeting
April 03, 2012 Plant Tour - Optimax
March 19, 2012 Jupiter's Moon Io: A World of Many Volcanoes
March 13, 2012 Solar Sailing via Radiation Pressure and Optical Lift
March 06, 2012 Freeform Optics on the Frontier
February 21, 2012 Interferometeric Radius Measurements
February 07, 2012 Laser Speckle Control for Nuclear Fusion Research
January 24, 2012 Precision Instrumentation at the University of Rochester
January 10, 2012 Modeling the Image Chain
December 10, 2011 Family Night at The Institute of Optics
November 22, 2011 Next-Generation Photovoltaics
November 08, 2011 The Importance of 'Middle Skill' Training in Supporting the Optics Workforce
October 25, 2011 Plant Tour: Sydor Optics
October 11, 2011 Talk
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