Welcome to the International Commission for Optics (ICO).

ICO is a Scientific Associate of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and an Affiliated Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

ICO News

• ICO Newsletter - Latest Issue (Now available as Newsletter PDF)


• New Volume on ICO International Trends in Optics:
  Volume VI: Advances in Information Optics and Photonics
  A.T. Friberg and R. Dandliker (Eds.)


• Letter from René Dändliker, ICO-Past President to Territorial Committees: It is elections time!
  • ICO Bureau Elections Procedure


• Winter College on Micro and Nano Photonics for Life Sciences (2.1 MB PDF)
  Miramare-Trieste, Italy
  11 - 22 February 2008


• Call for ICO Awards
  • ICO Galileo Galilei 2009 PDF Poster
  • ICO Prize 2009 PDF Poster
  • ICO/ICTP "Gallieno Denardo" Award 2009 PDF Poster


• ICO is a Scientific Associate of the International Council for Science (ICSU)
  • Announcement (PDF)
  • Slide Show (PDF)


• 2005 ICO Triennial Report (Also available as a 4.6MB PDF)


• Volume V published in Applied Optics series


• Optics in Latin America (PDF)


• President's Message


• Forthcoming 21st Congress of the International Commission for Optics
  7-10 July 2008
  Sydney Exhibition & Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia.
  Download Powerpoint Presentation (2MB Power Point file)


• PROCEEDINGS OF ETOP NOW ON-LINE!!