ISUILS- PROGRAMME

Salamanca, 7t^h-11t^h October 2013

[October 7th (Mon)]

9:00 – 9:30	Opening Session: Tribute to the Honorary Co-chairs
	H. Kono (Tohoku University) D. Normand (CEA, Saclay)
9:30 – 12:00	Session I: Atoms and molecules in intense laser fields I
	Discussion Leader: H. Kono (Tohoku University) Invited speakers: A. Hishikawa (Nagoya University); F. Martin (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid); A. Bandrauk (University of Sherbrooke)
12:00 – 12:30	Coffee break
12:30 -13:30	Short presentations for poster papers >> List of poster presentations
14:00 -15:00	Lunch
15:00 -17:30	Session II: Laser plasma particle acceleration
	Discussion Leader: P. Martin (CEA, Saclay) Invited speakers:W. Leemans (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); M. Borghesi (Queen’s University Belfast); J. Liu (SIOM)
17:30 -18:00	Coffee break
18:00 -20:30	Session III: Filamentation and related issues
	Discussion Leader: S. L. Chin (Laval University) Invited speakers: R. J. Levis (Temple University); A. Gaeta (Cornell University); A. Mysyrowicz (LOA, ENSTA)
20:30 –	Cocktail reception at the Spanish-Japanese Cultural Center, the University of Salamanca
[October 8th (Tue)]
9:00 – 11:30	Session IV: High- order harmonics and attosecond pulse generation
	Discussion Leader: G. G. Paulus (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) Invited speakers: P. Salières (CEA, Saclay); C.H. Nam (GIST); A. Zair (Imperial College London)
11:30 -12:00	Coffee break
12:00 -13:00	Sponsors’ Session I
	“Latest achievements and future technological breakdowns in Petawatt level Lasers” – G. Matras (Thales Optronique) “Recent progress on developments presented at previous ISUILS conferences” – N. Forget (Fastlite) “Advanced, highly reliable seed and pump lasers for KHz to 100 kHz CPA and OPCPA systems”- M. Arrigoni (Coherent Inc.) “Yb lasers sources for Light Sources applications” – J. Sasaki (Japan Laser Corporation)
13:00 -14:00	Poster Session
14:00 – 15:00	Lunch
15:30 -19:30	Sponsors’ Session II & CLPU Lab Tour
	A parallel session of presentations and demonstrations from the following sponsor companies: Femtolasers. “State-of the art Carrier-Envelope Phase stabilization of ultrafast laser systems” (M. Lisowski) Amplitude Technologies. “Latest developments on high temporal contrast, ultra-short pulse duration, PW laser systems” (F. Falcoz) Lasing, S. A., Newport Corporation, and Spectra-Physics. “Lasing, S.A. a Value-added reseller” (G. Guadaño)
20:00-20:30	Poster Session
20 :30 –	Cocktail party and dinner sponsored by Amplitude Technologies
[October 9th (Wed)]
9:00 – 11:00	Session V: Biomedical applications of ultrashort intense laser science
	Discussion Leader: A. Giulietti (INO-CNR Pisa) Invited speakers: K. Kondo (JAEA); Y. Gauduel (LOA, ENSTA)
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 -14:00	Session VI: Solids and intense light field
	Discussion Leader: K. G. Nakamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Invited speakers: P. Hommelhoff (MPI of Quantum Optics); M. Stockman (Georgia State University); K. Onda (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
14:00 – 15:00	Lunch
15:00 –	Free Discussion
[October 10th (Thu)]
9:00 – 11:00	Session VII: Advanced free electron laser sources in EUV and X-ray regions
	Discussion Leader: M. Yabashi (RIKEN SPring-8 Center) Invited speakers: W. White (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory); T. Tschentscher (European XFEL)
11:00 -11:30	Coffee break
11:30 -13:30	Session VIII: Dense matter states produced by short laser pulses
	Discussion Leader: D. Batani (University of Bordeaux) Invited speakers: H. Nishimura (ILE, Osaka University); M. Roth (University of Technology Darmstadt/GSI)
13:30 -14:00	Poster Session
14:00 -15:00	Lunch
15:00 – 17:30	Session IX: Atoms and molecules in intense laser fields II
	Discussion Leader: W. T. Hill (University of Maryland) Invited speakers:Y. Nabekawa (RIKEN); K.-M. Weitzel (Philipps University of Marburg)
17:30 -19:00	Poster Session
19:30 –	Banquet