This conference is hosted by the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Andrea Alù
Founding Director of the Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Einstein Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Professor of Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York.

Nader Engheta
H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science and Engineering, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Azriel Genack
Distinguished Professor of Physics, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

Vinod Menon
Professor, Chair, Department of Physics, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center, CUNY

Ekmel Özbay
Director, Nanotechnology Research Center (NANOTAM)
Professor in the Departments of Physics and Electrical-Electronics Engineering
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Mordecahi Segev
Robert J. Shillman Distinguished Professor of Physics
Technion, Haifa, Israel

Matthew Sfeir
Associate Professor, The Graduate Center, CUNY