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Program & Speakers

Optica British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics

 
06 November 2024

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The Program

BICOP 2024 will again feature technology leaders from across industry and academia presenting the latest disruptive advances in optics, photonics and quantum technologies across diverse fields, including Communications, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Sensors, Lasers, Medicine, Manufacturing, and Quantum Computation, Communication, Metrology, and Optical Computing. In addition to an outstanding line-up of plenary, keynote and invited talks, a limited number of the best contributed papers have been accepted for oral or poster presentation.

View the Schedule at a Glance here. 

We are pleased to announce the conference will be opened by Lord Willetts.

The Rt Hon Lord Willetts FRS, HonFREng is Chair of the Foundation for Science and Technology and of the UK Space Agency. Lord Willetts served as Minister for Universities and Science (2010-2014). He has held a range of Board positions across the Space and Science sector. He was a Board member of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), and Chair of the British Science Association. 
 
Lord Willetts is a visiting Professor at King’s College London and an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.

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