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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Sep 15, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Dec 28, 2025

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Zhihong Zhu
National University of Defense Technology, China
Title: Single-Cavity Loss-Enabled Nanometrology
Zhihong Zhu received the Ph.D. degree in optical engineering from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in 2007. He is currently a full professor with the College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, NUDT. His research fields include light-matter interactions in artificial nanostructures, graphene -related two -dimensional materials and devices, integrated optoelectronic chips and so on .He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in top journals such as Nature materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communication, light: Science & Applications, ACS Nano, Optics letters, Optics express etc.
Prof. Xiao-Guang Yang
CAS, China
Title: Quantum dot DFB arrays for silicon-based photonics integrated circuits
Prof. Xiao-Guang Yang is the director of China Instrument and Control Society (CIS) and young director of Chinese Materials Research Society (CMRS). He received his BS degree in physics from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in 2005 and Ph. D degree in electronic engineering from Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOSCAS) in 2011. Now, he serves as a professor in IOSCAS and University Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), as well as the deputy director of key laboratory of semiconductor materials science CAS. He has authored more than 80 papers relating to low-dimensional III-V compound materials and photonic devices.
Prof. Nikolaos K. Efremidis
University of Crete, Greece
Title: Will Update
Nikolaos K. Efremidis received his bachelor’s degree in physics from University of Crete in 1996, and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 2001. He subsequently held postdoctoral positions at Lehigh University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2001-2002), the College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida (2002-2004), and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (2005-2006). Since 2006 he joined the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Crete where he is currently Professor. Since 2017 he is also a member of the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas and, since 2019 a visiting professor at the TEDA Applied Physics Institute and School of Physics, Nankai University. Elected in 2020, he is a Fellow of Optica (formerly Optical Society of America).

His research interests include linear and nonlinear wave phenomena in optics and photonics and their potential applications using analytical and numerical methods. His work has led to the publication of more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and over 120 contributions to international conferences, including more than 30 invited presentations. According to google scholar his articles have received more than 10 000 citations with h-index 38.
Dr. Rohit K. Ramakrishnan
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
Title: Will Update
Dr Rohit K. Ramakrishnan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, specializing in Quantum Technology and Artificial Intelligence. His expertise spans theoretical frameworks, design, simulations, and experimental pursuits in quantum photonics. Dr Ramakrishnan completed his PhD in Quantum Technology from the Electrical Communication Engineering Department at IISc. He previously contributed significantly to the Quantum Satellite project as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, and as a Postgraduate Researcher at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He is also a co-author of The Quantum Internet – The Second Quantum Revolution, published by Cambridge University Press, highlighting his contributions to the quantum community. His current work at IISc pushes the frontiers of quantum computing and photonics, leveraging advanced machine learning to solve complex problems.  
Dr. Fengfu Shen
Qinghai University, China
Title: Will update
Dr. Fengfu Shen is affiliated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Qinghai University. He holds a Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Beijing Institute of Technology. Dr. Shen has many years of research experience in topological photonics, phononic crystals, photonic crystals, and gravitational wave astronomy, and he has published relevant research papers in leading journals. His recent work focuses on exploring the mechanisms of subsymmetry protection in topological photonic insulators. During his presentation, Dr. Shen will share his latest findings on all-dielectric topological photonic insulators and topological state design.