IPG Photonics announces 5th International Symposium on High-Power Fiber Lasers and Their Applications
Fiber-laser maker IPG Photonics Corporation (Oxford, MA) will host the 5th International Symposium on High-Power Fiber Lasers and Their Applications. The symposium, organized by IPG Photonics, will be chaired by IPG founder, chairman, and CEO Valentin Gapontsev. The event will be held June 28 to July 1, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia, in conjunction with the 14th International Conference on Laser Optics, the largest forum in the field of laser sciences in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Key topics of the symposium include high-power fiber lasers and delivery for material-processing applications, high-energy fiber lasers, cutting and welding with kilowatt-level fiber lasers, and sintering and powder deposition. A complete list of topics can be found at the symposium web site, http://www.laseroptics.ru. The symposium will feature more than 50 speakers, a plenary talk by Valentin Gapontsev, and a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the laser.
The call for papers and program details will be announced in coming weeks. For more information, contact Sergei Popov, 5th International Symposium vice chair, at [email protected], or at +44 20 7828 9929.
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John Wallace was with Laser Focus World for nearly 25 years, retiring in late June 2022. He obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and physics at Rutgers University and a master's in optical engineering at the University of Rochester. Before becoming an editor, John worked as an engineer at RCA, Exxon, Eastman Kodak, and GCA Corporation.