AOS 2000 : THE 13TH CONFERENCE OF THE
AUSTRALIAN OPTICAL SOCIETY
The Australian Optical Society AOS2000 will be held at the University of Adelaide 11-15
December 2000, as part of the biennial Australian Institute of Physics Congress
AIP2000.
There will be a plenary lecture, a number of invited lectures as well as contributed
talks and poster sessions. Contributions are invited in any area of optics.
VENUE
The conference will be held at the Nth Tce. campus of the University of Adelaide
with the trade exhibit and poster sesions in the student union. December is early
summer and Adelaide is at its best, surrounded by clean beaches and excellent wine-
growing districts. Rundle St. with a large variety of cafes and restaurants is nearby.
PROGRAM
PLENARY SPEAKER
Professor Sajeev John (University of Toronto) will present
the Coherent Scientific Plenary Lecture.
Title: Photonic Band Gap Materials: A New Frontier in Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
INVITED SPEAKERS
CALL FOR PAPERS
A copy of the call for papers in pdf format
is available here. This contains the
instructions and a pro forma for submitting papers. Papers are to be submitted to the
AIP2000 organisers who will forward them to the relevant conference program committee.
The deadline for submission of abstracts WAS the 31st of July 2000!!
Notification of acceptance of papers (oral or poster) will be made by the 6th
of October (by email to the corresponding author).
This date was earlier advertised as the 15th of Sept.
There has been a delay in the transmission of
abstracts to the program committees, which has resulted in a change to the date
for notifications of acceptance.
Note added 1/9/00: There have been many late submissions of abstracts. Anybody
who still wishes to submit an abstract for AOS2000 may still do so.
As well as submitting the abstract electronically to the AIP organisers they should
copy the submission to the program committee convenor at
mwh@physics.adelaide.edu.au .
REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION
Registration and accommodation are being handled by the organisers of
AIP2000 and
intending participants should visit the homepage of the congress where the necessary
forms will be found when they are available. A wide variety of hotels and other
accommodation is available close to the University. A list of suggestions will be made
available on the conference web-page. Information on fees can be found on the AIP2000
page. There will be a single fee for all participants of the congress
(excepting the ASTA conference attendees) , entitling them
to attend any of the subconferences of
AIP2000
including AOS2000.
CONFERENCE FEES
These have been set at
| Type | Early | Late |
| Member (AIP or cognate) | $395 | $495 |
| Non-member | $425 | $525 |
| Student | $225 | $275 |
| Teacher (Mon and Tues) | $150 | $150 |
The deadline for early registration is 13 October 2000.
There has been a delay in the transmission of
abstracts to the program committees, which will result in a delay
in the notifications of acceptance.
According this deadline has been moved back by one week.
The AOS is a cognate society, so members of the AOS receive the members discount.
"Teacher" refers to high school teachers attending the ASTA conference.
AOS2000 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- M Hamilton (chair), University of Adelaide
- C Walsh, CSIRO
- C Chantler, University of Melbourne
- J Hermann, DSTO
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For further information please see the
AIP2000 congress homepage
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