Our story on OSA’s annual meeting in our November 2018 issue included a photo collage of some moments from the meeting. Here is some additional information on those photos. (If you recognize yourself or someone you know in these photos who isn’t identified, by all means give us a holler at opn@osa.org.)
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An FiO attendee at the booth of Karolina Kokurewicz, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., in the FiO 2017 “Science and Industry Showcase.”
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Ronald Driggers, The editor of Applied Optics, discusses submitting to the journal with an FiO attendee.
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Former U.S. congressman and current CEO of AAAS Rush Holt, at “The Rush Hour,” a special event focused on what scientists can do to better communicate with policymakers and the public.
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OSA CEO Liz Rogan, OSA staff member Monique Rodriguez, OSA 2017 President Eric Mazur and OSA staff member John Taylor at the FiO/LS reception and party.
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Participants in the “Global Women of Light” symposium, an event focused on ways to better improve the representation of women in physics leadership positions.
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A family shows its optical spirit at FiO/LS 2017.
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At the rededication of OSA’s headquarters building in honor of former executive director Jarus Quinn, three large balloons in front of the building offered some OSA pride for the occasion.
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Student member Aixin Zhang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, at FiO 2017.
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A group of FiO 2017 attendees from the Indian Instutite of Technology (IIT) campuses in Kharagpur and Delhi, India
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OSA Fellow Ursula Keller of ETH Zurich (left) and Frederica Darema of the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (right) participate in a panel discussion at the “Global Women of Light” symposium.
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One of a plethora of discussions in the busy poster session section of the “Science and Industry Showcase” at FiO 2017.
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Board of Editors members Joseph Izatt, Xi-Cheng Zhang, Grover Swartzlander, Andrew Weiner, P. Scott Carney, Govind Agrawal, Martijn de Sterke, Alexandra Boltasseva, Christoph Hitzenberger, Ronald Driggers, Alex Gaeta and Tony Campillo pose for a group shot at FiO 2017.
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Greyson Stocker of Bethel University, St. Paul, Minn., USA, smiles before his poster at FiO 2017.
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Some student and other attendees cut loose as FiO 2017 draws to a close.
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Sarah Kidan of Regensburg, Germany and Mai Desouky of American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, at a Lego-driven demonstration in the FiO 2017 “Science and Industry Showcase.”
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Attendees enjoy the FiO 2017 reception and party.
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Thomas Murphy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA (right), talks with an exhibitor about his product offerings.