2007 Committees

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Michael Duncan, NRL, USA, Co-Chair
Andreas Ostendorf, Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany, Co-Chair

PhAST TRACKS
Lasers in Manufacturing
Bo Gu, GSI Group, USA, Chair
Heinrich Endert, Newport Corp., USA
Rainer Paetzel, Coherent GmbH, Germany
Henry Peng, GE Global Res., China
Ron Schaeffer, Photomachining, USA
Koji Sugioka, RIKEN, Japan
Kunihiko Washio, Paradigm Laser Res. Ltd., Japan
Xiaoyan Zheng, HUST, China
Minlin Zhong, Tsinghua Univ., China

Photonics in Homeland and National Security
Rick DeFreez, MesoSystem Technology, USA, Chair
John Carrano, Luminex, USA
Dave Cullin, ICx Technologies, USA
Steve Guch, Full Spectrum Concepts, USA
Bill Gunning, Rockwell Scientific, USA
Peter Hairston, Northrop Grumman Corp., USA
Bill Hug, Photon Systems, USA
Mike McLoughlin, DHS, USA
Ruth Woodward, HT Consulting, USA

ONE-DAY SYMPOSIA
BioPhotonics
James Fujimoto, MIT, USA, Chair
Thomas Baer, Stanford University, USA, Vice Chair
Adam Wax, Duke University, USA, Vice Chair

Commercialization of Applied Research
Jim Zavislan, Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA, Chair
Maryann Feldman, Univ. of Georgia, USA, Vice Chair

High-Power Laser Systems
Hagop Injeyan, Northrop Grumman Corp., USA, Chair

Solid-State Lighting
Ian Ferguson, Georgia Tech, USA, Chair
Charles Yun-Li, Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taiwan, Vice-Chair