FEATURED ARTICLE ICALEO 2014: BY GEOFF GIORDANO


 33rd


International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-


) will undergo a peer-review process that will bring even more scholarly rigor to the cutting-edge research presented at the conference.


Optics (ICALEO®


“It’s my second year as general chair, but there have been a few more years of my being a member of the conference chairs,” says returning Congress General Chair Stefan Kaierle of Laser Zentrum Hannover. “The lessons I have learned have grown  good team, composed out of the conference chairs, the advisory committees and the staff from the LIA in order to set up a good conference. Only if we all work closely together with intense  changes to incorporate or just to decide on how successful parts of the conference can be further improved or maintained.”


 be held Oct. 19-23 in San Diego, CA, is a brainstorm that arose directly from attendee feedback.


“A big novelty of course is the implementation of peer-reviewed   idea to introduce peer review of papers arose from the fact that more and more often in recent years I heard from colleagues who did not take their latest research results to ICALEO because           journal. This led me to the idea to introduce that process at ICALEO.” This year, peer review is optional “and all those that ‘survive’ that process will be published in a special edition of the Journal of Laser Applications®


(JLA).”


“Since this peer review of papers is a lot of work, we have motivated all the members of


the advisory committees to


participate in the evaluation of the papers,” he says. “And since these are all experienced researchers, we are able to maintain a         papers will be by the conference chairs and the general chair in a   


6 LIATODAY FOCUS: SCIENCE & RESEARCH SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014


The Premier Conference for World-Class Laser Research


33rd


World-Class Research As always, ICALEO offers something for everyone at every career stage.


“Young career professionals should not miss any parts of the program!” Kaierle urges. “Of course, some topics may not be relevant for everybody, but due to the large number of parallel sessions, there should always be a topic of interest for everybody. And besides the technical sessions, I also highly recommend that attendees participate in the short courses on Sunday, since there will be interesting presentations — especially for newcomers. Last but not least, the social program, which includes the President’s Reception and all the other excellent networking opportunities, should be taken advantage of, since there is always a wonderful forum for getting to know colleagues 


Besides the Sunday short courses, overseen by Kerstin Funck of Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), are the traditional education tracks and business forum and panel discussion.


“We’re excited about the number and quality of papers, which is likely driven by the introduction of the peer-review option,” notes   Processing (LMP) Conference. “Aside from driving higher-quality contributions, it also increases the visibility of ICALEO and the LMP. As is the case every year, the majority of contributions are in the area of welding and additive manufacturing — but plenty of other topics have exciting contributions. As in the previous years, the LMP starts Monday afternoon with a subplenary, this year highlighting the use of lasers in energy generation. While this has traditionally meant cladding of machinery used in energy generation, this year’s subplenary puts a new twist on it: How can we use lasers to decommission power plants?”


Meanwhile, Laser Microprocessing Conference Chair Henrikki Pantsar of Cencorp notes that “areas that have increased the most since last year are laser processing in renewable energy and microelectronics. It will be interesting to see especially the former and the differences in research focus since 2010,  waiting to see the recent advances in solar cell processing and  submit a paper in a peer-review process has attracted more


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