The Italian Society for Optics and Photonics (SIOF), in the spirit of promoting the study and development in optics and photonics, issues a call for one award of € 1000,00 (euros onethousand,00) for the best Ph.D. thesis. The prize will be delivered as a contribution to the attendance expenses for a conference, school, or any other similar activity, at the request of the winner.

The price is dedicated to young members who carried their activity at Italian Universities and/or Research Centers and whose thesis has optics and photonics as its main subject.

The Italian Society for Optics and Photonics (SIOF), in the spirit of promoting the study and development in optics and photonics, issues a 2024 call for two prizes of € 500,00 (euros fivehundred,00) for undergraduate (master) theses. The prizes will be delivered as a contribution to the attendance expenses for a conference, school, or any other similar activity, at the request of the winners.

The fifth edition of the “National School of Optical Biosensors and Biophotonics”, BiO&B, will take place in the charming city of Lecce (Italy) on 3-7 June 2024.

BiO&B is a multidisciplinary event organized by SIOF to promote the education and collaboration of young researchers in the field of optical biosensing and biophotonics.

The International Day of Light, established by UNESCO in 2015 on May 16 to commemorate the creation of the world's first laser by T.H. Maiman in 1960, aims to highlight the crucial role of light and light-based technologies in science, culture, education, and sustainable economic development.

The Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics, ICOP, will be held in Florence on 17 - 19 June 2024.

It aims to bring together researchers from all over Italy and worldwide, networking and exchanging their research developments in the field of Optics and Photonics, in a stimulating and multidisciplinary forum.

The "Photoluminescence in Rare Earth: Photonic Materials and Devices" Conference, PRE’24, will be held in Trento on 13 - 15 May 2024.

It is the tenth event in the series of International Workshops covering a wide range of research topics concerning the properties and applications of rare-earth ions in optoelectronics and photonics.

PRE’24 aims at providing to material scientists, chemists and physicists the opportunity of debating about the state of the art and the perspectives of the photonic materials based on rare earth ions.

The Italian Society for Optics and Photonics (SIOF), in the spirit of promoting the study and development in optics and photonics, issues a call for one award of € 1000,00 for the best Ph.D. thesis. The prize will be delivered as a contribution to the attendance expenses for a conference, school, or any other similar activity, at the request of the winner.

The price is dedicated to young members who carried their activity by an Italian or Research Center and whose Ph.D. thesis has optics and photonics as the main subject.

The Italian Society for Optics and Photonics (SIOF), in the spirit of promoting the study and development in optics and photonics, issues a 2023 call for two prizes of € 500,00 for undergraduate (master) theses. The prizes will be delivered as a contribution to the attendance expenses for a conference, school, or any other similar activity, at the request of the winners.

The prizes are dedicated to young SIOF members who carried their activity by an Italian or Research Center and whose thesis has optics and photonics as the main subject.

The Erice Course, celebrating 50 years of Biophysics in Italy when SIBPA (www.sibpa.it) started  the activities within a growing italian network made by CNR and University labs with Prof.Antonio Borsellino, full professore of theoretical physics at Department of Physics of the University of Genoa. Among the international lecturers (list to be completed) we will have Carlos Bustamante, Martin Chalfie, Laura Finzi, David Dunlap, Joerg Enderlein, Tony Watts, Leonel Malacrida, Jose Maria Carazo and  others to be confirmed soon.

The BpAI-Biophotonics & Artificial Intelligence School was born in 2022 by the minds of Andrea Barucci, Ambra Giannetti and Francesca Rossi. All of them works as researchers at the Institute of Applied Physics-CNR in Florence but in different areas. Thanks to their different research fields ranging from optical biosensor, photonics and Artificial Intelligence, the idea of the BpAI School was born.