Programme

Thursday, October 1st, 2026

Session 1 (14.00 – 16.00)

14.00 – 14.10Opening / Welcome TalkDemetri Psaltis / Petros Koumoutsakos
14.10 – 14.50Plenary I : Beyond Silica’s limits: Novel Photonic Technologies for Future CommunicationsPeriklis Petropoulos (Uo Southampton)
Keynote Talks: History of Photonics in Greece
14.50 – 15.15Keynote I : Resources and applications for advanced quantum networkingEleni Diamanti (CNRS)
15.15 – 15.30Contributed Paper
15.30 – 15.45Contributed Paper
15.45 – 16.05Invited I : Advanced modulation formats for short-haul optical communicationsIoannis Roudas (Montanta State Univ)
16.05 – 16.30COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 (16.30 – 18.30) – Industrial

16.30 – 16.45Photonics in Manufacturing: A use case from solar-thermal sectorIlias Chontzopoulos (PRIME Laser Technology)
16:45 – 17:00Democratizing photonics: Challenges and opportunities in a global market under major transformations’Giorgos Violakis (Componous)
17.00 – 17.15PhosPrint: In Vivo Laser Printing from Clinical Translation to Market adoptionIoanna Zergioti (PhosPrint)
17.15 – 17.30Optical transceivers for flying datacentersLeontios Stampoulidis (LEO Space Photonics)
17.30 – 17.45Measuring Nanometers to Millimeters: Optical Metrology for Semiconductor and Industrial ManufacturingIoannis Raptis (ThetaMetrisis)
17.45 – 18.00Unlocking Real-Time Biology with Photonic SensingDimosthenis Spasopoulos (Lightense)
18.00 – 18.15QRBIT: Engineering Laser & Quantum Communications for SpaceGiannis Giannoulis (QRBIT)
18.15 – 18.30Biomimetic: Direct laser micro-/nano-machining, surface texturing and functionalization solutions for Industry and AcademiaEmmanuel Stratakis (Biomimetic)
20:00 – 22:00DINNER

Friday, October 2nd, 2026

Session 1 (9.00 – 11.00)

09.00 – 09:40Plenary II : Optical and RF signal processing with programmable photonicsWim Bogaerts (IMEC / Uo Ghent)
09.40 – 10.05Keynote II : Nonlinear Photonic Materials Engineering and THz ApplicationsStelios Tzortzakis (FORTH)
10.05 – 10.25Invited II : Ultrafast Heterogeneously Integrated Membrane Lasers for AI Datacenter Scaling and Neuromorphic ComputingNikolaos-Pantelis Diamantopoulos (NTT)
10:25 – 11:00COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 (11.00 – 12:55)

11.00 – 11:20Invited III : Neuromorphic Opto-Electronic Devices for Switching and ComputingNikos Farmakidis (Uo Exeter)
11.20 – 11.35Contributed Paper
11.35 – 11.50Contributed Paper
11.50 – 12.05Contributed Paper
12.05 – 12.20Contributed Paper
12.20 – 12.35Contributed Paper
12.35 – 12.55Invited IV : Multimodal fiber-based neurophotonic interfacesChristos Markos (DTU)
12:55 – 14:15LUNCH BREAK

Session 3 (14.15 – 16.10) – Industrial Section

14.15 – 14.30Enhancing network sensing capabilities via modern optical infrastructureIoannis Chochliouros (COSMOTE)
14.30 – 14.45Optical Networks for AI DatacentersParaskevas Bakopoulos (NVIDIA)
14:45 – 15.00TBANikos Bamiedakis (Marvell)
15:00 – 15.15Theon Sensors, a Greek industrial successIrini Kakkava (THEON)
15:15 – 15.30Photonic Integrated Circuits for Next-Generation Coherent TransceiversDespoina Petousi (Adtran)
15:30 – 15.45Electronic–photonic co-design for AI-era optical interconnectsChristos Tsekrekos (Cspeed)
15:45 – 17.45POSTER SESSION and COFFEE BREAK

Session 4 (17.45 – 20.00 – PHOS General Assembly)

17.45 – 18.00Review of 1st Year
18:00 – 18:10Working Group Dissemination/Communication
18.10 – 18.20Working Group Education/Training
18.20 – 18.30Working Group Scientific Thematic Area I
18.30 – 18.40Working Group Scientific Thematic Area II
18.40 – 18.50Working Group Scientific Thematic Area III
18.50 – 19.00Working Group Scientific Thematic Area IV
19.00 – 19.10Working Group Scientific Thematic Area V
19.10 – 20.00General Assembly
20:00 – 22:00DINNER

Saturday, October 3rd, 2026

Session 1 (09.00 – 11.00 – Keynote Talks)

09.00 – 09:25Keynote III : Single-Cycle PhotonicsEleftherios Goulielmakis (Uo Rostock, Germany)
09.25 – 09.50Keynote IV : Label-free biomolecular detection using optoacousticsVasilis Ntziachristos (TU Munich, Germany)
09.50 – 10.10Invited V : Spectrum of Life: Rainbow NIRS for Brain Metabolic and Haemodynamic MappingIlias Tachtsidis (UCL)
10.10 – 10.30Invited VI : TBAStavros Pissadakis (FORTH)
10:25 – 11:00COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 (11.00 – 12.55)

11.00 – 11:20Invited VII : Laser processing of materials and devices for photonics, optoelectronics, and smart surfacesMaria Kandyla (EIE)
11.20 – 11.35Contributed Paper
11.35 – 11.50Contributed Paper
11.50 – 12.05Contributed Paper
12.05 – 12.20Contributed Paper
12.20 – 12.35Contributed Paper
12.35 – 12.55Invited VIII : Harvesting energy from the Cold Universe: The missing piece in the renewables puzzle?Papakonstantinou Ioannis (UCL)
12:55 – 14:15LUNCH BREAK

Session 3 (14.15 – 16.10)

14.15 – 14.35Invited IX : Light as a Tool: Processing of Materials Across Three Frontiers – Nanostructuring, Defect Engineering and Light-Induced ChemistryNikos Kalfagiannis (UoI)
14.35 – 14.50Contributed Paper
14.50 – 15.05Contributed Paper
15.05 – 15.20Contributed Paper
15.20 – 15.35Contributed Paper
15.35 – 15.50Contributed Paper
15.50 – 16.10Invited X : Engineering quasi-dark resonances in photonic dielectric metasurfaces for lasing and sensing applicationsDimitrios Zografopoulos (AUTH)
16:10 – 16:30COFFEE BREAK

Session 4 (16.30 – 18.00)

16.30 – 16.50Invited XI: Topological rainbow trappingKosmas Tsakmakidis (NKUA, Costas Soukoulis Award Winner 2025)
16.50 – 17.10Announcements of Awards: Costas Soukoulis Award and Best Poster AwardElefterios Lidorikis
17.10 – 17.40Presentation of Kostas Soukoulis Award Winner
17.40 – 18.00Announcement regarding ELEF – Next Year Conference – Closing Ceremony

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