P R O G R A M
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Friday, March 26, 2004th
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8:00-10:00 pm |
Sponsors Speech
Welcome cocktail at the Faculty Club, University of Toronto
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Saturday, March 27, 2004th
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8:30-9:00 am |
Registration
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9:00-9:10 am |
Official welcome/opening
A. Villeneuve
R. Morandotti
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9:10-9:50 am |
Chairman: G. Stegeman, CREOL, USA
Invited talk on "Spatial solitons"
Speakers: M. Segev, Technion, Israel, and G. Assanto, Univ. of Roma 3, Italy
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9:50-10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30-11:10 am |
Coffee break
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11:10-11:50 am |
Chairman: F. Lederer, Univ. of Jena, Germany
Invited talk on "Discrete solitons"
Speakers: Y. Silberberg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and D. Christodoulides, CREOL, USA
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11:50-12:30 |
Discussion
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12:30-2:00 p.m |
Lunch break & Poster session
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2:00 -2:20 p.m |
Chairman: L. Lugiato, Univ. of Insubria, Italy
Invited talk on "Cavity solitons"
Speaker: W. Firth, Univ. of Strathclyde, UK
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2:20-2:40 p.m |
Discussion
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2:40-3:00 p.m |
Chairman: M. Segev, Technion, Israel
Invited talk on "BECs solitons"
Speaker: L. Khaykovich, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
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3:00-3:20p.m |
Discussion
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3:20-3:50 p.m. |
Coffee break
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3:50 -4:20 p.m |
Chairman: F. Wise, Cornell Univ., USA
Invited talk on "Spatio-temporal effects and light bullets"
Speakers: S. Barad, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel and P. di Trapani, Univ. of Insubria, Italy
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4:20-5:00 p.m. |
Discussion
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6:00 pm reception, 7:00 pm dinner |
Evening BANQUET at the CN Tower
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Sunday, March 28, 2004th
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9:00-9:40 a.m. |
Chairman: U. Peschel, Univ. of Jena, Germany
Invited talk on "Future directions in nonlinear optics - Discrete breathers, BECs solitons, left handed metamaterials"
Speakers: Y. Kivshar, ANU, Australia and G. Eleftheriades, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
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9:40-10:20 a.m. |
Discussion
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10:20-11:00 a.m. |
Coffee Break
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11:00-11:20 a.m. |
Chairman: R. Boyd, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Invited talk on "Nonlinear ring resonators"
Speaker: J. Sipe, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
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11:20-11:40 a.m. |
Discussion |
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11:40-12:00 a.m. |
Chairman: D. Hutchings, Univ. of Glasgow, UK
Invited talk on "Solitons in magneto optic materials"
Speaker: A. Boardman, Univ. of Salford, UK
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12:00-12:20 p.m. |
Discussion
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12:20-2:20 p.m. |
Lunch Break
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2:20-3:00 p.m. |
Chairman: N. Broderick, Univ. of Southampton, UK
Invited talk on "Nonlinear optics in PBGs and holey fibers"
Speakers: Dmitry Skryabin, Bath Univ., UK and A. Gaeta, Cornell Univ., USA
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3:00-3:40 p.m. |
Discussion
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3:40-4:00 p.m. |
Final remarks and conclusions
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