ANZCOP 2019 (The Australian and New Zealand Conferences on Optics and Photonics)

The Australian and New Zealand Conferences on Optics and Photonics - ANZCOP 2019 brings together four co-located conferences with a central theme of optics and photonics. The ANZCOP conferences will connect people across all scientific disciplines associated with optics and photonics, incorporating general streams on optical science and technology and focused topical conferences on micro- and nanomaterials and devices, biomedical photonics, and astronomical instrumentation.

AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) (Conference AU101)
Chairs: Arnan Mitchell and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

SPIE Micro + Nano Materials, Devices, and Applications (Conference AU102)
Chairs: M. Cather Simpson and Saulius Juodkazis

SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia (Conference AU103)
Chairs: Ewa M. Goldys and Brant C. Gibson

SPIE Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation (Conference AU104)
Chairs: Simon C. Ellis and Céline d' Orgeville

The meeting will incorporate presentation and discussion of science in plenaries, themed sessions, speed science discussions, and industry engagement forums.

The event will take place over five days, December 8-12, 2019, in the recently built ‘New Academic Street’ RMIT University campus on Swanston Street in the Melbourne CBD.