The 20th Congress of the International Commission for Optics opened on August 22 in Changchun. The opening was chaired by CAS Vice President Cao Jianlin, and CAS President Lu Yongxiang sent his congratulatory message to the congress.
The 20th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO20) opened on August 22 in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. The opening was chaired by CAS Vice President Cao Jianlin, and CAS President Lu Yongxiang sent his congratulatory message to the congress.
The conference is hosted by the Chinese Optical Society and organized by the CAS Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), the largest optical institute of China. The five-day event has brought together about 1,000 scientists from 38 countries and regions to present their research and share their views on the development of optics technology.
With the theme of Challenging Optics in Science and Technology, the meeting will address issues in all the fields of optics. Prestigious scholars, including laureate of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics Charles H. Townes, will deliver lectures.
The International Commission for Optics was founded in 1947. Its congress is held every three years. China, which joined the commission in 1987, is the first developing country to host the conference.
