The VIII International conference on photonics and information optics was carried in January 23-25, 2019. Organizers of the conference: The Russian Academy of Sciences and National Research Nuclear University «MEPhI» (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute). Chairmen of program committee: member of Presidium of the RAS, president of IRE RAS, academician Gulyaev Yu.V. and head of the department of NRNU MEPhI, professor Evtikhiev N.N. Chairman of organizing committee – deputy director of Institute of Laser and Plasma Technologies of NRNU MEPhI, professor Kuznetsov A.P. Conference themes: coherent and nonlinear optics, fiber and integrated optics, optics of crystals and acousto-optics, interaction of radiation with matter and optical materials, nano- ana biophotonics, holography and digital optics, optical communication and optoelectronic data processing, element base and applied photonics. Information support of the conference: Russian journals Quantum Electronics and Photonics.
The program included 356 reports of scientists from NRNU MEPhI and its branches, from the organizations of the Moscow region (MSU, MIPT, NUST «MISIS», PFUR, MIREA, Bauman MSTU, MPEI, MAI, MPSU, MSTU «Stankin», LPI RAS, GPI RAS, JIHT RAS, FORC RAS, STS UI RAS, IS RAS, IRE RAS, FSRC «Crystallography and Photonics» RAS, ISSP RAS, All-Russian RIOPM, All-Russian SRIPTRM, All-Russian RIA, NRC «Kurchatov institute», SRTI «Technomach», RQC, IRE-Polus Corporation, et. al.), from the organizations from the other cities of Russia (Saint-Petersburg (SPb SU, SPb PU, SPb SEU «LETI», SPb SUAI, SPb SUT, SPb NRU ITMO, Hersen RSPU, BSTU «Voenmech», Ioffe PTI RAS, SOI, et. al.), Kaliningrad (KSTU), Apatity (ICTREMRM KSC RAN), Arkhangelsk (NAFU), Yaroslavl (YaSTU), Tver (TvSU), Vladimir (VlSU), Voronezh (VSU, VAIU), Penza (PSU, PSUAC), Simferopol (CFU), Sebastopol (MHI RAS), Krasnodar (KubSU), Taganrog (SFU), Rostov-on-Don (RSTU), Volgograd (VolSU), Nizhny Novgorod (IAP RAS), Samara (SamNRU, SB FI RAN), Saratov (Saratov SU, IPMC RAS), Ulyanovsk (UlSU), Izhevsk (ISTU), Orenburg (OSU), Kazan (KFU, KNRTU – KAI), Perm (PNRPU, PSU), Ekaterinburg (UrFU), Chelyabinsk (SUSU), Omsk (OmSTU), Tomsk (TGU, TUSUR), Novosibirsk (IAE SB RAS), Krasnoyarsk (SFU, ICM SB RAS), Irkutsk (ISMU), Khabarovsk (FESTU, PNU), Vladivostok (FEFU, IASP FEB RAS), etc., and from universities and institutes of NAS of Republic of Belarus (Minsk, Grodno), Armenia (Yerevan), Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek) and Republic of Kazakhstan (Karaganda) from international groups of scientists from different countries, and so from universities of Poland, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, France and Germany. In total there were reports from 188 organizations, from them from 73 higher education institutes, 39 institutes of the RAS, 16 scientific research institutes, 30 scientific production organizations from Russia, 11 organizations from the CIS and 19 organizations from European Union, China, Taiwan, South Korea, USA, and Peru.
The conference included 12 meetings in total: 2 plenary sessions and 10 section meetings, also 4 poster sessions took place. Languages of conference – Russian and English. The presentation of scientific-technical literature and catalogues and exhibition of equipment for scientific research from some organizations (Azimuth photonics, IC Specpostavka and others) was carried out during the conference. The proceedings of conference were published and distributed among participants and guests of conference. Best reports were recommended for publication in the form of papers in the reviewed magazines entering the bulletin of VAK and Web of Science, Scopus and RISC.
The VIII International conference on photonics and information optics carried on traditions of the previous forums since 2000. Number of reports, as well as number of the participating organizations and countries, is increasing every year. Conference speeches of well-known scientists from foreign universities contribute to the development of international relations and improve the efficiency of scientific researches. This is especially important for students, graduate students and young researchers and will contribute to improvement of the level of knowledge and quality of education of the specialists in this industry.