Topics
The Workshop intends to cover various "hot" topics that are grouped into five different thematic sessions.
Session A: Biomedical and Biological PA & PT
1. Instrumentation design, software and signal
generation techniques for biomedical photoacoustics and
imaging.
2. Clinical applications of biomedical photoacoustics
3. Microscopy, spectroscopy and endoscopy
4. Animal imaging
5. Dyes, nanoparticles and other contrast agents
6. Biothermophotonics and biophotothermal diagnostics
and imaging
7. Biological photoacoustics and photothermics
Session B: Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Imaging
8. Ultrafast thermoelastic phenomena
9. Thermal and elastic properties on the nanoscale
10. Picosecond photoacoustics
11. Phonon Transport
Session C: Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing
12. Infrared Thermography and Thermophotonic Imaging
13. Non-destructive testing and industrial applications
14. Depth profiling of materials and inverse problems
15. Phononic bandgap materials and processes
16. Environmental sensors, biosensors, new instrumentation,
and methodology
Session D: Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties
17. Complex fluids, phase transitions and glass transitions
18. Spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, nonlinear optics and
photochemistry
19. Thermophysical and thermodynamic properties using PA &
PT
20. Semiconductors, Photovoltaics, MEMS, NEMS
Session E: Gas Sensing and Spectroscopy and novel laser sources
21. Photoacoustic and photothermal gas sensing
22. Mid-IR sources for gas sensing
23. Particulate sensing
24. Industrial applications
Programme
The Schedule at a Glance of the Workshop and International Autumn School
will be reported below.......when available
Important Dates
November 5th : Transfer
from local Airports
Registration
& Welcome party
November 6th :
International Autumn School
Foundations
of Photothermal and Photoacoustic Techniques: Theory,
Instrumentation and Applications
November 7th :
Session A “Biomedical and Biological PA &
PT”
November 8th :
Session B “Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Imaging”
November 9th :
Session C “Non Destructive Evaluation &
Testing
November 10th : Session D “Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties”
Excursion +
Social Dinner
November 11st : Session E
“Gas Sensing, Spectroscopy & Novel laser sources”
PRIZES and
awards ceremony
November 12nd : Transfer to
local Airports
Timetable of the Workshop and International Autumn School
the Timetable of the Workshop and International Autumn School together with the complete list of the invited talks, oral talks and poster presentations
will be reported below.......when available