Conference committees:
International Advisory Committee:
S. Adjepong, co-chair (Ghana)
T. Asakura, co-chair (Japan)
A.H. Guenther, co-chair (USA)
K. Chalasinska-Macukow (Poland)
R. Dändliker (Switzerland)
G. Denardo (Italy)
L. Diop (Sénégal)
M.C. Hutley (UK)
F. Merkle (Germany)
S.S. Lee (Korea)
G.G. Mu (China)
R.R. Shannon (USA)
M. Sourang (Sénégal)
Programme Committee:
A. Wagué, co-chair (Sénégal)
P. Chavel, co-chair (France)
P.K. Buah-Bassuah (Ghana)
K. Diomandé (Côte d'Ivoire)
A. Consortini (Italy)
A.T. Friberg (Sweden)
M. Kwatonjock (Cameroun)
J. Ojeda Castaneda (Mexico)
Organising Committee:
P.K. Buah Bassuah (Ghana)
K. Diomandé (Côte d'Ivoire)
Ndeye Arame Faye (Sénégal)
A.T. Friberg (ex officio, ICO)
A. Konte (Sénégal)
M. Mouhou (Togo)
A.S. Ndao (Sénégal)
A. Ndaye (Sénégal)
A. Wagué (Sénégal)
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
Optical Sciences and Applications
for Sustainable Development
An ICO Topical Meeting cosponsored by ICTP and IUPAP, with OSA and SPIE as cooperating organizations.
Dakar, Senegal, April 10-14, 2000.
Tentative Program, February 16, 2000. Communication times indicated includes discussion. Buffet lunch breaks on Tuesday and Thursday will allow ample time for poster presentation. At least 17 contributed papers by African scientists (AC) + more posters to be added
Monday, April 10
7:30-8:15 registration, hotel Meridien
8:15-9:00 bus transportation to Universite Cheikh Anta Diop
9:00-10:30 Session 1 : Opening Ceremony, K.A. Fall auditorium:
welcome address, the UCAD Rector
introduction by the organizers, the ICO and the ICTP
official opening by Dr Andre Sonko, Minister of Nat. Education;
10:30-11:30 bus transportation back to Meridien Hotel and coffee break there
11:30-13:00 Session 2 : Optics in Medicine and Biology I
23I Svanberg 30min
I Diop 30 min
+2 African Contributed (AC) 2*15min
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:00 Session 3 Optics in Medicine and Biology II
I Gueye 30 min
07 Uchida 15 min
18 von Bally 15 min
27 Itoh 15 min
+1 AC 15 min
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Session 4 Opt. Storage
33T Sincerbox tutorial 30 min
I Diomande 30 min
28I Tschudi 30 min
18:00-19:00 Bus Transportation to Cocktail Party or time left for AC
19:00-20:00 Cocktail Party
Tuesday, April 11
8:30-10:00 Session 5 Environment I
I Wague 30 min
01I Ernst 30 min
19 Consortini 15 min
+ 1 AC 15 min
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:30 Session 6 Diffraction and Propagation
36I Bertolotti 30 min
08 Lalanne 15 min
29 Popov 15 min
15 Friesem 15 min
+3 AC 15 min each
12:30-14:30 Buffet lunch break with posters
10 Bouslimani
14 Lo
30 Lessard
and more posters
14:30-16:30 Session 7 Environment II
03I Takeuchi 30 min
I Buah Bassuah 30 min
16 Aminou 15
+ 3 AC 15 min each
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
From 17:00 : free time
Wednesday, April 12
Full day excursion to Goree, lunch at hotel Savannah and the Pink Lake
Thursday, April 13
8:30-10:00 Session 9 Optical Telecommunications I
37I Armenise 30 min
09 Yabre 15 min
21 Righini 15 min
+ 2AC 15 min each
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:30 Session 14 Sensors, Signals and Systems I
I Abdallah 30 min
02I Tanaka 30 min
25 Dandliker 15 min
22 Friberg 15 min
20 Sheppard 15 min
12 Calvo 15 min
12:30-14:30 Buffet lunch break with posters (same posters as on Tuesday)
14:30-16:00 Session 11 Optical Telecommunications II
I Sarr (Sonatel) 30 min
17 Zhou 15 min
32 Tanaka 15 min
11 Galian 15 min
+ 1 AC 15 min
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Session 12 - Special session on Optics, Cooperation, Training and Education
26 Guenther, 15 min, training opticists
31 Lessard, 15 min, optics ed. Quebec
panel discussion Guenther, Lessard, Consortini, Kwanto Ndjok, Semlali, Wague
Friday, April 14
8:30-10:00 Session 13 Sensors, Signals and Systems II
04I Jaaskelainen 30 min
24 Arsenault 15 min
38 Ojeda-Castaneda 15 min
+ 2 AC 15 min each
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:30 Session 10 Polymers in Optoelectronics
05I Sato 30 min
I Kwato Ndjok 30 min
13 Masenelli 15 min
+3 AC 15 min each
12:30-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-17:00 Session 15 - Special session on Optics, economy and development
35 Guenther, 30 min COSE
06T Breault, 45 min clusters
panel discussion with Guenther, Breault, von Bally, Tschudi, Wague, Buah-Bassuah, Diomande
17:00-18:30 Closing ceremony with the Minister of Science and Technology and cocktail
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