This 2015 year, on September 9-11, the Academia Mexicana de Óptica (AMO) organizes the third edition of the Mexican Optics and Photonics Meeting (MOPM-2015). MOPM is an international scientific three-day meeting concerning optics and photonics in which recent outstanding research results are presented.
With this MOPM edition the Mexican optics and photonics community joins the world-wide celebration of the "International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, 2015 (IYL2015)" and also celebrate the XXXV Anniversary of the Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica (CIO). These events are two highly important celebrations; the IYL2015 is a global initiative which highlight to the world citizens the importance of light and the optical technologies in our everyday life, for our future, and for the development of our society. It is a unique opportunity to inspire, educate, and connect on a global scale. In addition, here in Mexico, CIO is a prestigious institution that over 35 years has being impacting our society with optics and photonics uses and applications.
MOPM-2015 will be honored with the participation of Prof. William Esco Moerner, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, as the inaugural plenary speaker; his talk, “Light paves the way to single-molecule detection and photo-control, foundation of super-resolution microscopy” will surely show the attendees how important photonics is to reach a better understanding of the processes in nature that opens up new ways to the scientific knowledge and technological issues.
Six additional plenary talks will be offered as part of the MOPM-2015 scientific program; four of those will be given by Profs. Yasuhiro Arakawa, Pedro Andrés, Toyohito Yatagai and Eric Mazur, who will also be representing the main scientific international societies concerning optics and photonics: The International Commission for Optics (ICO), the Red Iberoamericana de Óptica (RIAO), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and the Optical Society (OSA), respectively. We would like to take this opportunity to express our special gratitude to our colleagues from ICO, RIAO, SPIE and OSA for their decisive support to the Mexican optics and photonics community and MOPM meeting. The two remaining plenary talks will be given by Prof. Chandra Shakher, who will be receiving the 2014 ICO Galileo Galilei Award during the MOPM 2015; this Award contributes to one of the essential missions of the International Commission for Optics: recognize the promotion of Optics under difficult circumstances. And by Prof. Zeev Zalevsky, 2008 ICO Prize recipient; this Award goes each year to a person who has made a noteworthy contribution to optics before reaching the age of 40; Prof Zalevsky is worldwide well known as one of the most successful innovators and entrepreneurs in optics and photonics. MOPM-2015 scientific program will be completed with the participation of seventeen invited remarkable researchers and peer-reviewed contributions.
Last but not least, MOPM-2015 will serve as a gold frame to the official announcement of the Mexico Photonics Initiative, a joint endeavor between the AMO and ProMexico, the Mexico's agency devoted to the promotion of our country as a high-tech destination for investment. Mexico Photonics Initiative looks for designing a Mexican route map for the optics and photonics development in Mexico.
Therefore I have no doubt that all the attendees will very much enjoy this special edition of MOPM 2015 event; come to CIO on September 9-11, 2015, and learn on what Mexican optics and photonics community offer to the world!
Dr. Oracio Barbosa
MOPM 2015 Director
