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Ultrafast Optics XIV
2025-10-05 - 2025-10-11 | Azores, Azores, Portugal
We are pleased to announce the 14th edition of the Ultrafast Optics conference (UFO XIV), scheduled to take place from October 5-10, 2025. UFO is the premier international conference focused on the science and technology of generating, manipulating, and measuring ultrafast laser sources. It is independently organized by scientists in the field, with strong support from industrial partners.
Continuing its tradition of being hosted in unique and captivating locations, the next UFO conference will be held in Furnas on São Miguel Island, part of the Azores Archipelago in Portugal. The Azores, known for its dramatic landscapes, charming fishing villages, and vibrant blue hydrangeas, offers the ideal setting for a networking retreat with the ultrafast optics community. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the mid-Atlantic, it provides a perfect backdrop for meaningful exchanges and collaboration.
We hope to see you in the Azores in October 2025. Please feel free to contact us at info@ultrafastoptics2025.org for any inquiries.
For more information, please visit the webpage: https://ufo2025.fc.up.pt/

Conference co-chairs:

Rosa Romero, Sphere Ultrafast Photonics (Portugal)
Helder Crespo, Sphere Ultrafast Photonics and Central Laser Facility, STFC (UK)

Program chairs:

Jeffrey Moses (Cornell University, US)
Xinkui He (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Cord Arnold (Lund University, Sweden)

Mass Spectrometry meets Microscopy - Meeting MS+M
2025-10-01 - 2025-10-04

Fels of Europe tutorial: Ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials revealed by time-resolved soft x-ray spectroscopies
2025-09-29 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/Berlin)
After a longer break we would like to invite you to the next focus tutorial of the Fels of Europe tutorial series on 29 September 2025 at 17:00 CEST
Justine Schlappa (European XFEL): “Ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials revealed by time-resolved soft x-ray spectroscopies”
If you are interested in the FELs of Europe tutorials, please register at www.desy.de/foetutorials
IMPORTANT NOTE: You will be receiving the Zoom-link along with your registration confirmation via Email.
Led by distinguished scholars in the field, these tutorials specifically address younger members of the FEL community and introduce hot topics in the field of FEL science with larger depth than usually possible in conference talks. They are organized by FELs of Europe together with the LEAPS Strategy Group on FELs. For additional and future information please check out the FELs of Europe website https://www.fels-of-europe.eu/ and the LEAPS website https://leaps-initiative.eu/ . Hoping to include interested scientists from all over the world, the tutorials usually take place on the first Monday of every other month at 17:00 (CEST). Please spread the word, particularly to younger colleagues in your institutions. Looking forward to seeing you online.
Kind regards, Serguei Molodtsov, John Bozek, and Elke Plönjes

International School: Quantum Chemistry of Excited States
2025-09-29 - 2025-10-03 | Cluj, Cluj, Romania

International Autumn School on CP2K-GROMACS for Multiscale Atomistic Simulation
2025-09-29 - 2025-10-01 | Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

360Carla Quantum Technologies: Entrepreneurship Experience @ Ferdinand-Braun-Institut
2025-09-25 | Berlin, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, Berlin, 12489, Germany
Are you a Master’s student in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Microsystems Technology, Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering? Curious about how your skills translate into real-world innovation or a future startup?Take part in a unique Entrepreneurship Experience Day at Ferdinand-Braun-Institute and gain first-hand insights into tech-driven innovation and careers beyond academia.
Number of participants accepted: 6
Application deadline: 15 August 2025

Programme
09:00 – 09:30 – Welcome and introduction09:30 – 10:00 – Presentation of the institute10:00 – 11:00 – Laboratory and company tour11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion: required qualifications in the industry12:00 – 13:00 – Networking lunch13:00 – 15:00 – Job Shadowing15:00 – 16:00 – Exchange with experts and open Q&A session

Lasers4EU Webinar: Open science and the societal impact of scientific research
2025-09-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Title: Open Science and the Societal Impact of Scientific ResearchSpeaker: Susana Jarmelo (University of Coimbra)Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 16:00 CEST
The presentation explores the principles and practices of Open Science, highlighting how increased transparency, accessibility and collaboration in research can enhance its societal relevance and impact. Will be also examined the key pillars of Open Science – including open access, open data, and citizen science – and how these contribute to democratizing knowledge, fostering innovation, and improving public trust in science. Furthermore, the session will address the ways in which scientific research can drive evidence-based policymaking, address societal challenges, and contribute to sustainable development. How adopting open practices can strengthen the relationship between science and society.

Registration

Workshop Theory@XFEL
2025-09-24 - 2025-09-26 | Paris, Paris, France

International Workshop on Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multidisciplinary Research on Materials and Structures
2025-09-24 - 2025-09-26 | Singapore, Singapore

LKH2 - Laser Colloquium Hydrogen 2025
2025-09-23 - 2025-09-24 | Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Laserlab-Europe Talk: Laser ablation propulsion: high power pulsed laser irradiation and advanced experimental investigation
2025-09-17 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Séverine Boyer (MINES-Paris/PSL)
Orbital debris removal in low Earth orbit (LEO) opens the way to a new paradigm in space propulsion. The use of high-power pulsed laser interaction (HP PLI) offers a perspective in this field. This concept is based on laser ablation. The high-power HiLASE beamline facility (Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic), with Perla-B and BIVOJ, is used as a laser facility enabling high-energy, short-pulse, repetitive irradiation. First, the performance of laser ablation propulsion (LAP) will be presented by measuring the coupling coefficient (Cm) using a specially designed ballistic pendulum coupled with a Photonic Doppler Velocimetry system and an angle measurement using laser deflection. Second, to illustrate such an application, a “V-track” system will be introduced with the quantification of the laser/matter interaction-induced velocity of ablated targets. Model materials are used (metal and polymers). The laser conditions are suitable for the prospect of laser propulsion with limited creation of additional debris.

Watch the Laserlab-Europe Talk

This webinar is an activity of Lasers4EU in co-organisation with 360Carla.
Lasers4EU offers international researchers from academia and industry access to state-of-the-art laser technology at 27 facilities across Europe. This project is co-funded by the European Commission (HE-GA 101131771).

Meeting of the expert group 'Lasers for clean energy'
2025-09-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Members of the expert group have received the meeting link by email.
If you are interested in joining this expert group meeting, please contact Giulio Cerullo (POLIMI) and Panagiotis Loukakos (ULF-FORTH).

Symposium on Biomimetic Photoswitches
2025-09-16 | London, London, United Kingdom
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to our Symposium on Biomimetic Photoswitches, on Tuesday 16 September 2025, at UCL in the Gideon Schreier Lecture Theatre (room 124), Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG.
The symposium is being organised by the LUMIERE Marie Sklodowska-Curie doctoral training network in collaboration with London Light (London Institute for Advanced Light Technologies) and the UCL Chemistry & Light research theme.
Programme
14:00 Opening remarks
14:10 Massimo Olivucci Siena, Italy
Rotor-stator repulsion and medium-induced dephasing enhance and equalise the quantum efficiency of a fluorinated photon-only rotary motor
14:45 Shirin Faraji Dusseldorf, Germany
Watching chemistry happen with light: Database accelerated on-the-fly hybrid quantum/classical dynamics in complex environment
15:20 Steve Meech University of East Anglia, UK
Mechanism in reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins
15:55 Closing remarks
16:00 Reception and networking (Nyholm Room, Christopher Ingold Building)
Attendance is free, but we would like to have an idea of numbers for catering purposes, so please register here if you would like to attend: registration.

26th International Conference on Horizons in Hydrogen Bond Research
2025-09-15 - 2025-09-20 | Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

PLASMA 2025: International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas
2025-09-15 - 2025-09-20 | Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

13th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
2025-09-14 - 2025-09-20 | Tours, Tours, France
The 13th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA 2025) is happening in the beautiful city of Tours, France, from September 14th to 19th, 2025. This in-person gathering is a fantastic opportunity for scientists, engineers, and experts from universities, national labs, and private companies to come together and dive into the fascinating fields of inertial fusion sciences and high-energy-density physics.
With Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) gaining recognition as a promising source of decarbonized energy, IFSA 2025 will focus on advancing inertial fusion science and cutting-edge enabling technologies. It’s the perfect platform to explore groundbreaking research, share fresh ideas, and foster new collaborations in the vibrant community of High Energy Density physics.
Important dates
11 February 2025: registration and abstract submission open11 April 2025: end of abstract submission14 May 2025: program published14 July 2025: registration closed
Topics
Inertial Fusion Science:

Laser-plasma interactions
Fundamental properties (atomic physics, EoS, transport coefficients, etc.)
Hohlraum energetics
Hydrodynamics (incl. hydro. instabilities, heat and radiation transport, etc.)
Burning plasma physics
Target design
Alternative laser-driven approaches (shock ignition, fast ignition, shock-augmented ignition, etc.)
Z-pinch physics

Technologies:

Drivers (pulsed power machines, lasers, heavy ion beams)
Targets (fabrication, injection, tracking, survival)
Diagnostics
Inertial fusion energy reactors

High Energy Density Science:

Particle sources (generation and applications)
Radiation sources (generation and applications)
Laboratory astrophysics
Other topics (plasma photonics, plasma nuclear science, etc.)

International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (ISUILS 2025)
2025-09-14 - 2025-09-19 | Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Meeting of the expert group 'Laser science for health'
2025-09-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Members of the expert group have received the meeting link by email.
If you are interested in joining this expert group meeting, please contact Antonio Pifferi (POLIMI).

RIANA Training School on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-12 | Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Would you like to learn about nanoscience and nanotechnology including material nano-structuring and characterization techniques? Join the 1st RIANA Training School and gain exclusive insights into the cutting-edge world of nanoscience and nanotechnology. This program offers PhD students and young postdoctoral researchers a unique opportunity to explore key technologies, including:

Laser Structuring
Focused Ion Beams
Electron Microscopy
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Neutron Scattering
High-Power Computing
Clean Room Techniques (not sure in the program yet)

What RIANA provides
Admission is free of charge but subject to abstract approval. The program includes:

Accommodation (single room with breakfast) in the B&B Hotel Düren
Shuttle bus between FZJ and B&B
Coffee breaks & lunches
Poster Session offering the chance to present your work and engage with experts from various sectors (including best poster award)
Presentations led by renowned scientific experts and top researchers
Site visits of FZJ institutes, including Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C), Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI), Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

Travel to / from the hotel has to be organized and paid at your own expenses.

Dates and deadlines

Abstract submission deadline: 15 April 2025
Notification of acceptance: 12-16 May 2025
Registration opening: 19 May 2025
Registration deadline: 13 June 2025
RIANA Training School: 8-11 September 2025

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17th International Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Excitation Kinetics in Semiconductors (NOEKS)
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-12 | Marburg, Marburg, Germany

6th International Conference on Scattering of Atoms and Molecules from Surfaces
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-11 | Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Workshop on Electronic Structure Theory for Dynamics
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-09 | Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lasers4EU General Assembly 2025
2025-09-04 10:00 - 16:30 | Online
The Lasers4EU General Assembly 2025 has two main goals: to reflect on the achievements of the project’s first year and to coordinate the next steps in its implementation. The meeting is an important milestone in the consortium’s ongoing efforts—not only to fulfill the objectives agreed with the European Commission, but also to deliver meaningful services to the Laserlab-Europe scientific community and to foster innovation and progress.
The meeting will be held online, with the detailed agenda made available on the project’s website.

Theoretical Chemistry Group Graduate Student Meeting 2025
2025-09-04 - 2025-09-05 | https://laserlab-europe.eu/event/theoretical-chemistry-group-graduate-student-meeting-2025/

Explainable AI models for Materials Science with the SISSO Approach - Online Webinar
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-04
We are pleased to announce the next entry in the FHI-aims webinar series. The series showcases the electronic structure package FHI-aims (https://fhi-aims.org) in important applied research fields and industries. The next webinar will be held on September 03 and September 04, 2025.
Title:
Explainable AI models for Materials Science with the SISSO Approach
Speakers and Talks:
An Introduction to SISSO and Recent Advances in the Methodology
By Thomas A. R. Purcell (Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona, USA)
Describing Materials Properties and Functions via the “Materials Genes” Concept
By Lucas Foppa (Group Leader, NOMAD Laboratory at FHI of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
Each webinar consists of keynote talks and a hands-on session; both are free to attend without registration. We provide resources for running the calculations during the hands-on sessions. Only participants who want to access these resources need to register in advance. We are happy to welcome you and your colleagues at this event. Please feel free to distribute this invitation.
More details and registration can be found at:
https://indico.ms1p.org/e/webinar_sisso
What is FHI-aims?
FHI-aims is an all-electron electronic structure code based on numeric atom-centered orbitals and can treat isolated molecules, clusters, surfaces, and solids on the same footing. It enables first-principles simulations with very high numerical accuracy for production calculations, with excellent scalability up to very large system sizes (> ten thousand atoms for Hybrid DFT) and up to very large, massively parallel supercomputers (ten thousand CPU cores). FHI-aims is the product of a very large community, without whom this code would not exist, and to whom we are immensely grateful. The code can be acquired for free for academic use. Please see https://fhi-aims.org for more information.
With best wishes,
Konstantin Lion
On behalf of the FHI-aims coordinators

CECAM Workshop: "Future Directions in Non-Adiabatic Dynamics: Towards Complex Systems and Long Time Scales"
2025-09-02 - 2025-09-06 | Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

ELCH 2025 (Extreme Light and Chiral Molecular Systems)
2025-09-02 - 2025-09-06 | Kassel, Kassel, Germany
ELCH 2025 (Extreme Light and Chiral Molecular Systems) is an international conference that will be held in Kassel, Germany, from September 2–5, 2025.
This conference will bring together experimentalists and theorists focusing on chiral molecules (primarily in the gas phase) and their interactions with light of any kind.
Topics included:
– Parity violation in chiral molecules
– microwave, IR, VIS, UV, and X-ray spectroscopies
– Interaction with single and multi photons, strong field
– AMO techniques (3WM, PECD, Coulomb Explosion Imaging, COLTRIMS-reaction-microscopes)
– chiral molecules in gas phase, clusters, droplets, and liquid jets
– Excitation via particles
Important Dates:
1st announcement November 2024
2nd announcement February 2025
call for abstracts February 2025
Registration opens in February 2025
Abstract submission deadline April 2025
Early registration deadline May 2025
Conference September 2025

Quantum Optics XI
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-06 | Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Registration open

Extreme Matter Summer school (second edition)
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-05 | Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

Workshop on Structural Dynamics of Elementary Proton Transport Processes
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-03 | Berlin, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, Berlin, 12489, Germany
