The 18th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers
September 9-11, 2009
Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, on Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia

POF 2009

The 18th International conference on Plastic Optical Fibers and associated mPOF and POF Workshop, was held in Sydney, Australia from September 7-11, 2009.

The meeting was most successful and included the launch of Kiriama by Professor Ben Eggleton, Director of IPOS, The University of Sydney.

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Pictured L-R: Prof Ben Eggleton, Director IPOS, Dr Alex Argyros, CEO Kiriama and co-convenor, Dr Maryanne Large convenor, Dr Richard Lwin, Kiriama, Prof Leon Poladian, co-convenor

Sydney and Dockide on Cockle Bay Wharf, were a vibrant backdrop for this exciting conference, with the foremost international researchers in the field joined by highly involved corporate sponsors for these few days of intense collaboration, exciting science - and great social occasions!

As with all POF meetings, the Poster Sessions were a vital and stimulating part of proceedings. Please return next week to view some of the photos of this event. Prizes were awarded for Academic and Artistic efforts! The standard of entries was very high and additional prizes were awarded. Congratulations to all who entered and to the winners.

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PROGRAM and PRIZES

The program is in two related parts - the main POF Scientific Program, invited speakers listed here, held on the Harbour at Cockle Bay, and the Workshop Program held at the University of Sydney.  There are a limited number of places for the pre-conference Workshops. Please submit your application on-line; you will be notified of acceptance by the organisers.

Please see the Workshop Program page for full details.

• September 7-8, 2009:
  COMBINED WORKSHOP: 2nd International Workshop on POF modelling and 3rd international workshop on Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres
  (held at the Darlington Centre, the University of Sydney - please see map and transport details)

• September 9 - 11, 2009: Conference Program
  (held at Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf)

Prizes are listed here - and include the Inaugural Pak-Chu Student Prize and the Inaugural POF Art Prize.

CONFERENCE TOPICS AND THEMES

Topics to be addressed at the Sydney meeting include themes of historic significance to POF researchers, as well as those which will exercise our minds over the next five years.

• Datacom networks & FTTX
• Sensors, Devices, Components
• Fibre & System Design
• Cabling & Connectors
• Transmitters& Receivers
• Industrial, Auto & Aero application
• Illumination
• Standards & Characterisation
• Materials & Fabrication
• THz transmission and materials
• Medical applications              
  

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Convenors:

Dr Maryanne Large,
The University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Leon Poladian,
The University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Alexander Argyros,
The University of Sydney, Australia

Secretariat:

Magic Touch Consultancies
PO Box 717, Caringbah,
Sydney  NSW  Australia
T: +612 9524 1799
F: +612 9524 1744
eM: pof2009@mtci.com.au

ABN 78 084 758 154