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The article reports that photonics West 2005 is expected to once again attract large numbers of industry insiders and newcomers who will meet with their peers, learn about the newest innovations, and see the latest product offerings from the photonics industry. The conference, sponsored by SPIE, will be held January 22-27 in San Jose, California. The program on nanotechnologies in photonics includes Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices II and Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices 111. INSET: China, nanophotonics, and more.

Reports on the 2005 Advanced Solid-State Photonics topical meeting in Vienna, Austria. Highlights of the event; Topics of discussion.

The article reports on meeting on nanophotonics at Stanford Photonics Research Center in Palo Alto, California. As usual, topics covered in the three-day multidisciplinary optics meeting ranged from the farthest reaches of fundamental optical sciences, such as quantum computing with linear optics, to everyday commercial realities, such as the technical challenges of meeting explosive consumer demand for cameras in cell phones. So nanophotonics, a field in which fundamental enabling research continues at the same time as companies and products are beginning to appear on the market, seemed an apt topic choice for the annual industry panel session.

Highlights the 2004 Photon Forum held in Tucson, Arizona. Companies that participated in the convention; Photonic opportunities for investors identified during the forum; Industrial applications of solid-state lighting, displays, photonic sensors and fiber to the home/curb/desk; Other developments related to optical system technologies.

Reports that the biennial international conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics was held with the 2004's annual meeting of the Optical Society of America. Theme of the conference; Topics; Speakers; Programs and activities. INSET: Hands-On Optics grant targets middle-school students.

This article informs that Laser 2005 and the European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) are again collocated in Munich, Germany, where from June 13-16, the city is viewed not only as the beer capital of the world, but also as the European mecca for professionals in the laser and optoelectronics community. CLEO/Europe is held in conjunction with the European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC), which features the fundamentals of quantum optics and related research in lasers, nonlinear optics, and fundamental laser spectroscopy of atoms and condensed matter.