Schedule
The goal is to introduce 50 Black physics and engineering undergraduate or first year Master’s students annually to the research and career opportunities in optics and photonics and to the Optica community.
Following is a general overview of the program timeline and description.
Program Timeline
The program will run 25-28 October (4 days and 3 nights) co-located with the Optica annual meeting Frontiers in Optics:
- Saturday, 25 October– arrival and networking event
- Sunday, 26 October – Immersion programming, Student Leadership plenary and party
- Monday 27 October – FiO/Student Leadership programming, DLS Symposium on Undergraduate Research
- Tuesday 28 October – show floor tour, Plenary and departure
Program Description
Time will be split between programming designed specifically for this group, joint activities with the Optica Student Leadership program, and attending FiO talks and programming. The activities for the Immersion attendees will include:
- Overview of optics and photonics research, technologies and career opportunities.
- Introduction to Optica and of FiO technical program and special events with programming on getting the most out of the experience.
- Participation in the DLS Symposium on Undergraduate Research
- Participation in FiO activities including small group guided tours of FiO exhibit floor and the opening Plenary talk.
- Informal networking activities and meals
Schedule and speakers subject to change.
Afternoon Arrivals & Hotel Check-In, Sonesta Denver Downtown
17:30 – 19:00 Welcome Reception, Lockwood, Sonesta Denver Downtown
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast, Room 2C
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome, Room 2B
Elizabeth Nolan, CEO, Optica, USA
Sarah Moore, Outreah Specialist, Optica, USA
09:00 – 09:30 Introductions & Kick-off with Master of Ceremonies
Kenneth Barber, Edmund Optics, USA
09:30 – 10:15 Enabled By Optics Panel 1: The Landscape of optics and photonics
Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation Division Chair
Image Acquisition Processing and Display Division Chair
Optical Interaction Science Division Chair
Photonics & Opto-electronics Division Chair
10:15– 10:45 Enabled by Optics Panel 2: The potential of optics and photonics to change the world
Bio-Medical Optics Division Chair
Quantum Division Chair
Sensing Division Chair
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 When Life Gives You Lemons
Bienenvu Ndagano, INRS, Canada
12:00-13:00 Networking Lunch with the Optica Foundation Board of Directors and Student Leadership
13:00-13:30 Lunch Debrief
13:30-14:00 Group Project Overview
George Okyere Dwapanyin, University of St Andrews, UK
14:00-14:30 Industry Career Insights
Jaylond Martins, Edmund Optics, USA
14:30-15:00 Break
15:00-15:30 Doing Cool S#!* With Optics
Andrew Fisher, Edmund Optics, USA
Johnnie Green, USA
15:30 - 16:30 Being Black in STEM Mentoring Sessions
16:30 - 17:00 Mentoring Debrief
18:00 – 18:30 What’s Next?
Kenneth Barber, Edmund Optics, USA
18:30 Joint Student Leadership Dinner
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 Keynote 2
Anthony Johnson, UMBC, USA
09:30 – 12:00 Small Group Project Work Time – see the project page for details
12:00 – 13:00 DLS Symposium on Undergraduate Research Joint Lunch & Programming
13:00 – 16:30 Small Group Project Work Time – see the project page for details
17:00 - 18:00 Small Group Project Report Out
18:30 – 19:30 Joint Dinner DLS Symposium
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast & Breakfast Talk from FiO Chairs
Afternoon Departures – note hotel check out is 11:00
