EOS European Optical Society

Fields of activity (organisation)

European umbrella organisation for OP and related applications
EOS offers a forum for all individuals, companies, institutes and national optical societies who recognise the advantages that a common European base provides for the further development of optics. EOS enhances the professional standing of individuals working in optics EOS supports the progress and application of optics by:

supporting the dissemination of knowledge about the use and value of optics to the general public, industry, media and politics
Monitoring and influencing European R&D policy
coordinating optics conferences and publications in Europe
enhancing the professional standing of individuals working in optics
promoting European educational standards in optics in education, training, and examination at all levels
supporting the progress and application of optics by influencing European R+D policy, fostering the exchange of students and professionals, and promoting employment in optics throughout Europe
acting as the forum for the European professional and learned societies for the collection and dissemination of information, for the coordination of policies, and for joint ventures

Moreover the European Optical Society is a member of OPEN: Optics and Photonics European Network and arranges Topical Meetings, various scientific conferences and takes a holding in different meetings, which are co-sponsored by the EOS. Beyond the EOS has the editorial for the Journal of the European Optical Society, Journal of Optics parts A and B, which are published by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing Ltd, London - UK.The EOS applies for collaboration or coordination agreements with other learned societies active in optics and related sciences

The European Optical Society (EOS) is a recognised European society in the field of modern optics and photonics which, now representing more than 5000 individuals, 100 companies and institutes as well as 18 national optical societies, has the potential to constructively contribute to the technological progress in Europe. With such a large number of players organised in one society the EOS can not only positively influence and support new research fields, but can also enhance technological innovations and reveal relevant technology trends in the field of modern optics, photonics and related fields.

This is a comprehensive and challenging task that needs to be well defined and co-ordinated on the European level. The European Commission is actively working on this difficult task and has already formulated the wish to receive competent, independent advice from the EOS. In a field as wide and rapidly further developing as modern optics and photonics qualified support and advice from scientific and technical experts is becoming increasingly important. For the EOS it is a priority task to support this process.

The success of this demanding task is essential for all of us - for individual EOS members as well as for European companies and research institutes and for the national optical societies. Everyone in the European optics and photonics community will strongly profit from the results of this process by better marked conditions, job security, ideological and financial support for R&D and last but not least competitive, innovative products and applications for industry. The basis for an effective co-ordination of this process is a focusing of the know-how and competence of all EOS members. To be able to focus such an immense quantity of know-how a subject-specific analysis, reconditioning and evaluation of the main areas of modern optics and photonics is indispensable.

EOS represents the whole bandwidth of the European optics community

National societies in 16 European countries (incl. central and eastern European countries, such as Russia, Poland, Romania, Slowakia)
Several thousand individuals and students
An increasing number of companies, universities and research institutes
Independent and impartial

Specific skills and domain of project performing unit

Specific experience in supporting dissemination and monitoring European R&D policy; vast Network in Western and Eastern Europe 19 National Optical Societies in Europe (DE,FR, IT, SW,CH, RU, RO, PL, CZ, SL, SK, DK, NL, UK, ES, N, FL, BE, Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic states)

Role within the Project

Umbrella organisation, supporting and promoting the involvement of Eastern European Countries Contribution to clustering and data collection and analysis as well as support for state- of-the-art and OPERA 2015

Key personel and qualification

Klaus Nowitzki - Executive Director (Dipl.-Soz.)
Phone: +49-511-2788-115
Fax: +49-511-2788-100
nowitzki@myeos.org

Petra Bindig - Marketing & Communications (M.A. IIM)
Phone: +49-511-2788-155
Fax: +49-511-2788-100
bindig@myeos.org

Contact European Optical Society

Hollerithallee 8
30419 Hannover
Germany

Collaborations relevant to the project

19 National Optical Societies in Europe, EOS Industrial Committee (SMEs research institutes, large enterprises in Europe)

Events of the European Optical Society (EOS)

EOS Short Course on Optical Fabrication Technology (OFT)
(May 18th 2006 - May 19th 2006)
Topics include: History of optical fabrication, Review on optical fabrication technologies, Manufacturability of lenses and mirrors, Optical technical drawings and norms, State-of-the-art fabrication and research topics.
EOS Annual Meeting 2006
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
This year's Annual Meeting of the European Optical Society (EOS) will be held alongside the OPTO exhibition in Paris, France (16 - 19 October 2006). For the first time, the EOS Annual Meeting will also feature six topical meetings.
Topical Meeting on Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics (QEOD/EPS and EOS)
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
Topics include but are not limited to: Microscopy and Nanoscopy, Micromanipulation, Biophotonic Imaging, Biochips and Assay Technology/ Surface Analysis/ Nanostructures & Nanoparticles, Optical Probes, Biosensors and Tomography and Spectroscopy.
Topical Meeting on Extreme Optics (QEOD/EPS and EOS)
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
Topics include but are not limited to: Ultra-fast photonic switches, Ultra-compact photonic memories, Photonic integrated devices, Ultra-fast optical signal processing, All-optical packet switches, Ultra-high capacity optical systems, Single- and entangled-photon sources, Applications of squeezed or entangled states, Quantum cryptography, Metrology beyond the standard quantum limit, Attosecond metrology, Extreme wavelength generation, Precision spectroscopy, Metrology and generation of ultrashort pulses, Frequency comb metrology and Fundamental tests.
Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics, Metamaterials and Optical Microcavities (QEOD/EPS and EOS)
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
Topics include but are not limited to: Fundamental optical properties of structured, periodic and disordered, metamaterials (anisotropy, dispersion), Photonic crystals, Wave propagation and localization in random and periodic media, Partial coherence, coherent backscattering, random lasing, Negative-index materials and novel composites with unusual optical properties, Plasmonics and nanoplasmonics, Nonlinear optical materials at the nanoscale, Metallic and semiconductor nano-dot structures, Control and enhancement of light extraction via nanophotonic structures, Nano devices for generation, transport, and detection of light (resonators, light sources, nano-MEMS, modulators, quantum information processors), Nano-fabrication and photonic properties of metamaterials (self-organized methods, epitaxial growth and deposition approaches, lithography techniques), Characterization tools on the nanoscale and Modelling and simulation tools.
Topical Meeting on Micro-Optics, Diffractive Optics and Optical MEMS
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
Primary topics include but are not limited to: ,Modeling, design and optimization, Fabrication and replication techniques, Metrology and testing, Subwavelength structures, photonic crystals and nanostructures, Novel devices and materials, Dynamic (tunable, adaptive, switchable, scanning) micro-optics, System concepts, optical MEMS, Applications in communications, biophotonics, data storage, display, imaging, signal processing, sensors, security, and other areas.
Topical Meeting on Photonic Devices in Space
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
Topics include but are not limited to: , New photonic materials and emerging technologies, Photonic crystals, Nanophotonic devices, Guided-wave devices, Diamond optics, Photonic sensors, Optical signal processors, Optical devices for remote sensing, Advanced metrology and Space effects on photonic devices.
Topical Meeting on Nonlinear Optics: From Sources to Guided Waves
(Oct 16th 2006 - Oct 19th 2006)
Topics include but are not limited to: Parametric processes (harmonic generation, attosecond pulses, Raman/Brillouin scattering, wave mixing,…), Applications of nonlinear optics (laser, OPO, data storage, nonlinear microscopy,…), Nonlinear guided waves (solitons, nonlinearities in micro-structured fibers,…), Transverse nonlinear optics (optically induced photonic lattices, spatial solitons,…), Terahertz nonlinear optics and Novel, nonlinear optical materials, organic/inorganic.

Events 2007

3rd EOS Topical Meeting on "Advanced Imaging Techniques"
(Jun 13th 2007 - Jun 15th 2007)
This meeting will be the third in the series of EOS Topical Meetings: "Advanced Imaging Techniques". Two previous events took place in Delft (2003) and London (2005). The main topics are: (i) image creation, (ii) object reconstruction and (iii) new imaging technologies.
EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging
(Jun 18th 2007 - Jun 20th 2007)
The EOS Conference on "Frontiers in Electronic Imaging" is part of the World of Photonics Congress, the 18th International Conference on Photonics in Europe