@europeanoptics.bsky.socialRounding out our #EOSAM2026 thank-yous! 🙌
A huge thank you to our sponsors, all 23 exhibiting companies, and our EOS national societies & partners for their support and contribution to the EOS community. You helped make EOSAM 2026 a truly memorable week!
@europeanoptics.bsky.social#EOSAM2026 wouldn’t have happened without the many people behind it!
Thank you to General & Programme Chairs Goëry Genty, Juha Toivonen, Jyrki Saarinen, and Ignacio Moreno; the EOS Office led by Elina Koistinen; the local team at Tampere University; PREIN Flagship; and @photonicsfinland.bsky.social!
@europeanoptics.bsky.social📢 We’re excited to announce that the #EOSAM2026 proceedings are available online in the EPJ Web of Conferences!
🔗Access them here: tinyurl.com/4x6vhpfk
Submit an extended article on the results presented at the conference to the EOSAM 2026 Topical Issue.
Read more and submit: tinyurl.com/mr2bzz3a
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Huge thank you to our volunteers: Huimin Liu, Anni Pörsti, Venishaa Sethumadhavan, Tien Ishimoto, Manar Soliman, Dhanushi Srinivasan, Redwan Islam, Ilir Lampros, Hossameldin Elsayed, Amna Muneer, Junaid Hassan, Sonia Alipour, Tanzina Hossen, Katja Mustonen, and Shah Ali Rafi!🙌
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The Conference Dinner was also a chance to pause and say thank you to our outgoing EOS Past-President, Patricia Segonds, whose contribution to EOS spans well over a decade.
Thank you, Patricia, for everything you've given to our community.🙏
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Congratulations to all new EOS Fellows for their outstanding contributions to the optics and photonics community:
🔹Rogério Nogueira (Instituto de Telecomunicações)
🔹Mircea Guina (Tampere University)
🔹Bertrand Kibler (CNRS-Université Bourgogne Europe)
🔹Maurizio Ferrari (CNR IFN)
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The Conference Dinner celebrated not only EOS, but also our wider international community. We were honoured to welcome representatives from several of EOS's MoU partner societies: Yukitoshi Otani (OSJ), Maria S. Millán (RIAO) and Donghyun Kim (OSK).
Thank you for joining us!
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“Research Collaboration and Exchange in Optics and Photonics: Europe–Korea” brought researchers from both regions together to share their work and explore opportunities for closer collaboration.
Thank you to everyone who contributed and to the Optical Society of Korea! 🤝
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We were delighted to welcome Hui Cao (Yale University), Polina Bayvel (University College London), Donghyun Kim (Yonsei University), Fedor Jelezko (Ulm University), and Daniele Faccio (University of Glasgow) to the plenary stage.
A huge thank you to all plenary speakers! 👏
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No recap of EOSAM 2026 would be complete without its headline moment: a plenary lecture from Anne L'Huillier, laureate of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Students were also given an opportunity to meet and speak with her directly in a student-only session.
@europeanoptics.bsky.social#EOSAM2026 Highlights: EOS Prize 2026
Congratulations to F. R. Talenti, L. Lovisolo, A. Gerini, H. Peng, P. Parra-Rivas, T. Hansson, Y. Sun, C. Alonso-Ramos, M. Morassi, A. Lemaître, A. Harouri, C. Koos, S. Wabnitz, L. Vivien & G. Leo, for their work! 🎉
Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1051/jeos...
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We were delighted to welcome Paloma Arroyo Huidobro (UAM, IFIMAC) to Tampere, where she gave a plenary talk on “Light-matter Interactions in Time Varying Media.”
She was also the 2025 recipient of the EOS Early Career Women in Photonics Award.
Thank you @paloma-ah.bsky.social !
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Throughout the week, EOSAM 2026 featured parallel sessions across 8 Topical Meetings & 5 Focused Sessions.
Congratulations to Ina Heckelmann and Valentin Rollo, winners of the Best Student Oral Presentation Awards, sponsored by Evatec and EOS!
A big thank you to all presenters!
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Across two poster sessions, 112 posters showcased the latest research in optics and photonics. Congratulations to Margarida Bernardes, winner of the Best Student Poster Award, sponsored by RhySearch!🎉
A big thank you to everyone who presented a poster this year!
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The roundtable on photonics' path to industrial deployment featured panelists Florent Colas (Thales France), Aleksi Leinonen (VTT), Antti Härkönen (Picophotonics) & Ville Polojärvi (Winse Power), moderated by Jyrki Saarinen (UEF, PREIN). A big thank you to all!
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Our sold-out exhibition brought together 23 companies from across optics & photonics. The Exhibitor Pitch Session was such a hit with participants and companies that it's already confirmed to return for future editions of EOSAM! 🎉
Thank you to all exhibitors!
@europeanoptics.bsky.socialContinuing our #EOSAM2026 highlights: EOS's Annual General Assembly (AGA) announced the new Executive Committee.
Congratulations to Ignacio Moreno (President), Nathalie Destouches (President-Elect), Emiliano Descrovi (Past-President), and Emilija Petronijevic (Secretary) on their new roles! 🎉
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The week opened with a full day of tutorials, from nonlinear crystals to AI data centers, followed by a cruise to Viikinsaari, setting a relaxed tone from the very start.
Thank you to all tutorial speakers for such a strong start to the week!
📷: Tuukka Pakarinen