The 4th Pacific International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Optics PICALO , presented by Laser Institute of America in cooperation with Laser Processing Committee of China Optical Society and Huazhong University of Science & Technology, was held in Shangri-La Hotel, Wuhan on 23-25 March.
About 300 attendees participated in the three-day session. Over 230 abstracts submitted covered various fields in laser processing encompassing new laser devices, high power laser cutting, welding, surface modification, rapid manufacturing, Laser Micro, Nano Fabrication and diagnosis, and laser processing equipments, 40% of which are from overseas scholars.
PICALO 2010 was another grand meeting in laser industry after the third session held in Beijing in 2008, and was an unprecedented event for the city of Wuhan to host such a great event in the field of industrial laser, laser processing technology and equipments. PICALO brought together many renowned experts, entrepreneurs, laser manufacturing enterprises and laser processing end-users.
PICALO 2010 included two separate conferences, the Laser Materials Processing Conference LMP and the Laser Micro, Nano and Ultrafast Fabrication Conference LMF . In addition, the international enterprise summit is set up to meet the demands of the variety of laser and optoelectronic industries in the "Optical Valley" of China.
Four sub-sessions was scheduled to each day including 21 themes, the plenary session, 12 LMP sessions, 6 LMF sessions, the international enterprise summit and the poster presentation gallery.
Many world-class researchers and enterprise experts were invited to give plenary speeches. Mr. Peter Baker, director of Laser Institute of America, Prof. Luo Qingming, vice president of HUST and Prof. Zeng Xiaoyan, general chair of PICALO 2010 gave the welcome speeches.
The conference also invited executives and experts from the laser industry, to name a few, such as Aptowave Laser, GE, Rofin-Sinar,etc, to showcase their latest research development and discuss how to take the lead in reversing the economic downturn and facilitating the economic growth.
