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Thursday, October 1st, 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Session 1 (14.00 – 16.0<\/span>5<\/span>) -Chair: Manolis Stratakis (FORTH)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.00 – 14.10<\/strong><\/td>Opening \/ Welcome Talk<\/td>Demetri Psaltis \/ Petros Koumoutsakos<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14.10 – 14.50<\/strong><\/td>Plenary I : Beyond Silica\u2019s limits: Novel Photonic Technologies for Future Communications<\/td>Periklis Petropoulos (Uo Southampton)<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14.50 – 15.15<\/strong><\/td>Keynote I : Resources and applications for advanced quantum networking<\/td>Eleni Diamanti (CNRS)<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15.15 – 15.30<\/strong><\/td>Reservoir Computing with Data-Driven Photonic Oscillators<\/td>Yannis Kominis (NTUA)<\/td><\/tr>
15.30 – 15.45<\/strong><\/td>Optics-Informed Photonic Neural Networks for \u0397igh-Speed Optical Computing<\/td>Miltiadis Moralis-Pegios (AUTH)<\/td><\/tr>
15.45 – 16.05<\/strong><\/td>Invited I : Neuromorphic Opto-Electronic Devices for Switching and Computing<\/td>Nikos Farmakidis (Uo Exeter)<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
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16.05 – 16.30<\/strong><\/td>COFFEE BREAK<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 2 (16.30 – 19.00) – Industrial<\/span> – Chair: Konstantinos Vyrsokinos (AUTH)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.30 – 16.<\/strong>45<\/td>Photonics in Manufacturing: A use case from solar-thermal sector<\/td>Ilias Chontzopoulos (PRIME Laser Technology)<\/td><\/tr>
16:45 – 17:00<\/strong><\/td>Democratizing photonics: Challenges and opportunities in a global market under major transformations\u2019<\/td>Giorgos Violakis (Componous)<\/td><\/tr>
17.00 – 17.15<\/strong><\/td>PhosPrint: In Vivo Laser Printing from Clinical Translation to Market adoption<\/td>Ioanna Zergioti (PhosPrint\/ICCS\/NTUA)<\/td><\/tr>
17.15 – 17.30<\/strong><\/td>Optical transceivers for flying datacenters<\/td>Leontios Stampoulidis (LEO Space Photonics)<\/td><\/tr>
17.30 – 17.45<\/strong><\/td>Measuring Nanometers to Millimeters: Optical Metrology for Semiconductor and Industrial Manufacturing<\/td>Ioannis Raptis (ThetaMetrisis)<\/td><\/tr>
17.45 – 18.00<\/strong><\/td>Unlocking Real-Time Biology with Photonic Sensing<\/td>Dimosthenis Spasopoulos (Lightense)<\/td><\/tr>
18.00 – 18.15<\/strong><\/td>QRBIT: Engineering Laser & Quantum Communications for Space<\/td>Giannis Giannoulis (QRBIT)<\/td><\/tr>
18.15 – 18.30<\/strong><\/td>Biomimetic: Direct laser micro-\/nano-machining, surface texturing and functionalization solutions for Industry and Academia<\/td>Emmanuel Stratakis (Biomimetic)<\/td><\/tr>
18:30 – 18.45<\/strong><\/td>Lasers and control electronics for FMCW sensing<\/td>Christos Kouloumentas (Optagon)<\/td><\/tr>
18:45 – 19:00 <\/strong><\/td>Chip-Scale Photonic Sensors for Scalable Methane Emissions Monitoring: From Research to Deployment<\/td>George Giamougiannis (Microsoft Research \/ Methairion)<\/td><\/tr>
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19:00 – 21:00<\/strong><\/td>WELCOME RECEPTION AND SOCIAL DRINK<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Friday, October 2nd, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 1 (9.00 – 10.25) – <\/span>Chair: Nikos Pleros (AUTH)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09.00 – 09:40<\/strong><\/td>Plenary II : Optical and RF signal processing with programmable photonics<\/td>Wim Bogaerts (IMEC \/ Uo Ghent)<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
09.40 – 10.05<\/strong><\/td>Keynote II : Nonlinear Photonic Materials Engineering and THz Applications<\/td>Stelios Tzortzakis (FORTH)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
10.05 – 10.25<\/strong><\/td>Invited II : Ultrafast Heterogeneously Integrated Membrane Lasers for AI Datacenter Scaling and Neuromorphic Computing<\/td>Nikolaos-Pantelis Diamantopoulos (NTT)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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10:25 – 11:00<\/td>COFFEE BREAK<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 2 (11.00 – 12:55) – Chair: Yannis Papadopoulos (NTUA)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.00 – 11:20<\/strong><\/td>Invited III : Advanced modulation formats for short-haul optical communications<\/td>Ioannis Roudas (Montanta State Univ)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
11.20 – 11.35<\/strong><\/td>Field Demonstration of QoT-Aware SDN-Controlled Coherent Transmission over a Hybrid Fiber\/FSO Link<\/td>Dimitrios Apostolopoulos (ICCS\/NTUA)<\/td><\/tr>
11.35 – 11.50<\/strong><\/td>Microwave Silicon Photonics Processors in support of wireless signal processing<\/td>Christos Vagionas (AUTH)<\/td><\/tr>
11.50 – 12.05<\/strong><\/td>Controlling the Scattering Response of Cylindrical Scatterers through Time-Modulation<\/td>Maria Kafesaki (FORTH)<\/td><\/tr>
12.05 – 12.20<\/strong><\/td>From Sunlight to Synapses: Perovskites Under the Cretan Sun and the Light-Programmable Devices They Inspired<\/td>Emmanuel Kymakis (HMU)<\/td><\/tr>
12.20 – 12.35<\/strong><\/td>Scalable Hybrid Optical Data Center Networks with AI-Aware Resource Allocation<\/td>Betty Baziana (UTH)<\/td><\/tr>
12.35 – 12.55<\/strong><\/td>Invited IV : Multimodal fiber-based neurophotonic interfaces<\/td>Christos Markos (DTU)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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12:55 – 14:15<\/strong><\/td>LUNCH BREAK<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 3 (14.15 – 16.00) – Industrial Session – Chair: Adonis Bogris (UWA)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.15 – 14.30<\/strong><\/td>Enhancing network sensing capabilities via modern optical infrastructure<\/td>Ioannis Chochliouros (COSMOTE)<\/td><\/tr>
14.30 – 14.45<\/strong><\/td>Optical Networks for AI Datacenters<\/td>Paraskevas Bakopoulos (NVIDIA)<\/td><\/tr>
14:45 – 15.00<\/strong><\/td>TBA<\/td>Nikos Bamiedakis (Marvell)<\/td><\/tr>
15:00 – 15.15<\/strong><\/td>Theon Sensors, a Greek industrial success<\/td>Eirini Kakkava (THEON)<\/td><\/tr>
15:15 – 15.30<\/strong><\/td>Photonic Integrated Circuits for Next-Generation Coherent Transceivers<\/td>Despoina Petousi (Adtran)<\/td><\/tr>
15:30 – 15.45<\/strong><\/td>Electronic\u2013photonic co-design for AI-era optical interconnects<\/td>Christos Tsekrekos (Cspeed)<\/td><\/tr>
15:45 – 16:00 <\/strong><\/td>Advanced Nanomanufacturing Beyond Cleanroom Lithography: Opportunies for Photonics<\/td>Nikos Kehayas (Nanotypos)<\/td><\/tr>
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16:00 – 17.45<\/strong><\/td>POSTER SESSION<\/a> and COFFEE BREAK<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 4 (17.45 – 20.00 – PHOS General Assembly)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Saturday, October 3rd, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 1 (Keynote Talks 9.00-10.30) – Chair: Irene Georgakoudi (DU)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09.00 – 09:25<\/strong><\/td>Keynote III : Single-Cycle Photonics<\/td>Eleftherios Goulielmakis (Uo Rostock, Germany)<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
09.25 – 09.50<\/strong><\/td>Keynote IV : Label-free biomolecular detection using optoacoustics<\/td>Vasilis Ntziachristos (TU Munich, Germany)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
09.50 – 10.10<\/strong><\/td>Invited V : Spectrum of Life: Rainbow NIRS for Brain Metabolic and Haemodynamic Mapping<\/td>Ilias Tachtsidis (UCL)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
10.10 – 10.30<\/strong><\/td>Invited VI : Fiber-to-the-Tree: Optical Fiber Sensors for Precision Agriculture<\/td>Stavros Pissadakis (FORTH)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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10:30 – 11:00<\/td>COFFEE BREAK<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 2 (11.00-12.55) – Chair: Ioanna Zergioti (NTUA)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.00 – 11:20<\/strong><\/td>Invited VII : Laser processing of materials and devices for photonics, optoelectronics, and smart surfaces<\/td>Maria Kandyla (NHRF)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
11.20 – 11.35<\/strong><\/td>Microwave Frequency Fiber Interferometry in Subsea Cables for Deep-Ocean Geophysical Monitoring<\/td>Adonis Bogris (UWA)<\/td><\/tr>
11.35 – 11.50<\/strong><\/td>Optical Fiber Sensing for Sustainable Crude Oil Transportation<\/td>Mary Konstantaki (FORTH)<\/td><\/tr>
11.50 – 12.05<\/strong><\/td>Engineering Optical Materials, Structures and Devices for Sensing, Defence, Biomedical and Quantum Applications<\/td>Christos Riziotis (NHRF)<\/td><\/tr>
12.05 – 12.20<\/strong><\/td>Nanomaterials Platform for Plasmonic Applications<\/td>Spyridon Kassavetis (AUTH)<\/td><\/tr>
12.20 – 12.35<\/strong><\/td>Digital Laser-Induced Forward Transfer of graphene and hBN heterostructures for integrated electronic and photonic devices<\/td>Katerina Magoula (NTUA)<\/td><\/tr>
12.35 – 12.55<\/strong><\/td>Invited VIII : Harvesting energy from the Cold Universe: The missing piece in the renewables puzzle?<\/td>Papakonstantinou Ioannis (UCL)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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12:55 – 14:15<\/strong><\/td>LUNCH BREAK<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 3 (14.15-16.10) – Chair: Amalia Miliou (AUTH)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.15 – 14.35<\/strong><\/td>Invited IX : Light as a Tool: Processing of Materials Across Three Frontiers – Nanostructuring, Defect Engineering and Light-Induced Chemistry<\/td>Nikos Kalfagiannis (UoI)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
14.35 – 14.50<\/strong><\/td>Engineering optical thermalization through lattice geometry, topology, and symmetry<\/td>Nikolaos Efremidis (FORTH)<\/td><\/tr>
14.50 – 15.05<\/strong><\/td>Ultrathin free-space lasers based on broken-symmetry metasurfaces and MoS2\/WSe2 heterobilayers<\/td>Odysseas Tsilipakos (NHRF)<\/td><\/tr>
15.05 – 15.20<\/strong><\/td>SrTiO\u2083 Perovskite Thin Films for Dielectric and Photonic Applications<\/td>Argyro Klini (FORTH)<\/td><\/tr>
15.20 – 15.35<\/strong><\/td>Engineering and Enhancing Nonreciprocal Wave Propagation in Photonic Structures<\/td>Anna Tasolamprou (UoA)<\/td><\/tr>
15.35 – 15.50<\/strong><\/td>Ultrafast All-Optical Control through Asymmetric Thermal Dynamics in Plasmonic Dimers via Polarization-Selective Excitation<\/td>Nikos Matthaiakakis (NCSR Demokritos)<\/td><\/tr>
15.50 – 16.10<\/strong><\/td>Invited X : Engineering quasi-dark resonances in photonic dielectric metasurfaces for lasing and sensing applications<\/td>Dimitrios Zografopoulos (AUTH)<\/em><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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16:10 – 16:30<\/strong><\/td>COFFEE BREAK<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session 4 (16.30 – 18.00) – Chairs: Manolis Stratakis (FORTH), Nikos Pleros (AUTH)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16.30 – 16.50<\/strong><\/td>Invited XI: Topological rainbow trapping<\/td>Kosmas Tsakmakidis (NKUA, Costas Soukoulis Award Winner 2025)<\/span><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
16.50 – 17.10<\/strong><\/td>Announcements of Awards: Kostas Soukoulis Award and Best Poster Award<\/td>Elefterios Lidorikis<\/td><\/tr>
17.10 – 17.40<\/strong><\/td>Presentation of Kostas Soukoulis Award Winner<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
17.40 – 18.00<\/strong><\/td>Announcement regarding ELEF – Next Year Conference – Closing Ceremony<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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