4 revolutionary and commemorative lectures will be held in the plenary session.
Plenary SessionWednesday 22 April
9:15-9:25 Opening Remarks by Congress Chairs

Chair, Kenichi Iga, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Chair, Andreas Ostendorf, Professor, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
9:25-10:05 Keynote Speech 1
Digital Photonic Production- the role of Lasers in Industry 4.0

Reinhart Poprawe, Director, Fraunhofer Inst. for Laser Tech., Germany
10:05-10:45 Keynote Speech 2
Nuclear Photonics for the 21st Century

Chris Barty, CTO, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
<10:45-11:00 Break>
11:00-11:45 Special Presentation 1
Optical Communication and Semiconductor Lasers -Expectation for the Future-

Yasuharu Suematsu, Honorary Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
11:45-12:30 Special Presentation 2
Nobel Prize Winner Honorary Lecture in Physics

Hiroshi Amano, Professor, Nagoya University
<12:30-13:40 Lunch Break>
13:40-15:25 Joint Sessions
<15:25-15:45 Break>
15:45-17:30 Joint Sessions
<17:30-18:00 Break/Move>