Schawlow-Townes Symposium on Photonics 2024
13th edition
Oct 17, 2024 — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The University of Ottawa and the National Research Council Canada established the Schawlow-Townes Symposium on Photonics in 2012, in honour of Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles H. Townes, recognized as the pioneers of laser technology. This annual symposium aims to bring to light the research and discoveries of photonics experts in Canada and around the world.
Julie St-Pierre, Interim Vice-President, Research and Innovation at the University of Ottawa, and Julie Lefebvre, Vice-President, Emerging Technologies at National Research Council Canada, cordially invite you to the 13th edition of this symposium.
Join us to learn about the latest developments from internationally recognized researchers.
Program
8:30 a.m. – Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:15 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 a.m. – Coherent Modem Technology: High-Speed Communication and Beyond - Presentation by Fanqi Kong (Ciena Corporation)
11 a.m. – Flexible traveling-wave optomechanical interactions for RF photonics, spectroscopy, and hybrid quantum systems - Presentation by William Renninger (University of Rochester)
12 p.m. – Lunch
1 p.m. – Poster Blitz
1:15 p.m. – Poster Session
2:15 p.m. – Multimode fiber laser amplifiers - Presentation by Hui Cao (Yale University)
3:45 p.m. – Integrated and fibre-based approaches for quantum and machine learning photonics applications - Presentation by Roberto Morandotti (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
4:45 p.m. – Closing Remarks
5 p.m. – End
Guest speakers

Hui Cao
Yale University
John C. Malone Professor of Applied Physics and professor of Electrical Engineering and of Physics

Roberto Morandotti
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Full Professor and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Smart Photonics

William Renninger
University of Rochester
Associate Professor of Optics and of Physics

Fanqi Kong
Ciena Corporation
Senior Research Scientist, WaveLogic Science Division
To attend this free event, preregistration is required. Please confirm your attendance before October 10.
Contact us
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Tabaret Hall
550 Cumberland St
Room 246
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1N 6N5
Email: [email protected]