Victoria, BC, Canada
29 August - 2 September 2022
We are pleased to welcome you to "The 16th International Conference on Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics and Related Techniques (NFO16)".
NFO has been held every second year since 1992, making it the leading conference in this area. Travelling between Europe, Asia and the Americas, in 2022 NFO visits Canada for the first time and will be held in the beautiful city of Victoria.
Find the latest COVID-19 information for visitors traveling to Canada.
Date | Event |
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16 August 2021 | Announcement of Conference |
21 February 2022 | Abstract Submission Deadline (extended) |
28 February 2022 | Notification to Authors (extended) |
1 March 2022 | Deadline Early-Bird Hotel Booking |
29 May 2022 | Program Announcement
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27 June 2022 | Early Registration Deadline |
29 August - 2 September 2022 | Conference |
Pablo ALONSO-GONZÁLEZ (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Vartkess APKARIAN (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Guy BARTAL (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Jeremy BAUMBERG (University of Cambridge, UK)
Pierre BERINI (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Kenneth B. CROZIER (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Simone de LIBERATO (University of Southampton, UK)
Jennifer DIONNE (Stanford University, USA)
Christophe GALLAND (EPFL, Switzerland)
Ado JORIO (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Yuri S. KIVSHAR (Australian National University, Australia)
Stefan MAIER (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
Albert POLMAN (AMOLF, Netherlands)
Romain QUIDANT (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Riccardo SAPIENZA (Imperial College London, UK)
Frank VOLLMER (University of Exeter, UK)
Cuifeng YING (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
International Advisory Committee
Javier AIZPURUA (DIPC and CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain)
Renaud BACHELOT (University of Technology of Troyes, France)
Andrea BRAGAS (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Jordan GERTON (University of Utah, USA)
Jean-Jacques GREFFET (Institute of Optics of Paris, France)
Naomi J. HALAS (Rice University, USA)
Bert HECHT (University of Würzburg, Germany)
Rainer HILLENBRAND (CIC nanoGUNE and Ikerbasque, Spain)
Wonho JHE (Seoul National University, Korea)
Satoshi KAWATA (Osaka University, Japan)
Yoshimasa KAWATA (Shizuoka University, Japan)
Fritz KEILMANN (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Germany)
Ole KELLER (University of Aalborg, Denmark)
Joachim KRENN (Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria)
Olivier MARTIN (EPFL, Switzerland)
Alfred MEIXNER (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany)
Lukas NOVOTNY (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Jérôme PLAIN (University of Technology of Troyes, France)
Markus RASCHKE (University of Colorado, USA)
Vahid SANDOGHDAR (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany)
P. James SCHUCK (Columbia University, USA)
Din Ping TSAI (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Niek VAN HULST (ICFO, Spain)
Xing ZHU (Peking University, China)
International Program Committee
Martin AESCHLIMANN (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Ritesh AGARWAL (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Hatice ALTUG (EPFL, Switzerland)
Arnaud ARBOUET (CEMES-CNRS, France)
Guillaume BAFFOU (Fresnel Institute, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, France)
Paolo BIAGIONI (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy)
Joshua CALDWELL (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Andrea CENTRONE (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
Wayne DICKSON (King’s College London, UK)
Rubén ESTEBAN (DIPC and CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain)
Monika FLEISCHER (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany)
Jer-Shing HUANG (Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany)
Chen-Bin (Robin) HUANG (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Yasushi INOUYE (Osaka University, Japan)
Francesca INTONI (University of Florence, Italy)
Laura Na LIU (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Síle NIC CHORMAIC (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
David J. NORRIS (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Sang-Hyun OH (University of Minnesota, USA)
Matthew PELTON (University of Maryland, USA)
Hrvoje PETEK (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Romain QUIDANT (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Ann ROBERTS (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Claus ROPERS (University of Göttingen, Germany)
Toshiharu SAIKI (Keio University, Japan)
Isabelle STAUDE (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany)
Ventsislav K. VALEV (University of Bath, UK)
Jianfang WANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Jérôme WENGER (CNRS-Institut Fresnel, France)
Gary P. WIEDERRECHT (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
NFO16 Organization Committee
Chair: Reuven GORDON, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Victoria
Co-Chair: Alex BROLO, Professor, Chemistry, University of Victoria
Time/Day | Monday, 29 August | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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8:30-9:00 | Summer School
| Check-in | Check-in | Check-in | Check-in |
9:00-10:00 | Summer School | Plenary | Plenary | Plenary | Plenary |
10:00-10:30 | Summer School | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
10:30-12:30 | Summer School | Technical | Technical | Technical | Technical |
12:30-1:30 | Summer School | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
1:30-3:00 | Summer School | Technical | Technical | Technical | Technical |
3:00-3:30 | Summer School | Refreshments | Excursion/Banquet | Refreshments | Refreshments |
3:30-5:00 | Summer School | Technical | Excursion/Banquet | Technical | Technical |
5:00-7:00 | Welcome Reception | Poster Session | Excursion/Banquet | Poster Session |
Summer School Lecturers
Renaud BACHELOT, University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), France
Reuven GORDON , University of Victoria, Canada
Stephen HUGHES, Queen’s University, Canada
Owen MILLER, Yale University, USA
Program Changes, Aug. 27, 2022
Updated Daily Program
Tuesday Program Oral Abstracts
Wednesday Program Oral Abstracts
Thursday Program Oral Abstracts
Friday Program Oral Abstracts
Poster Sessions
Poster abstracts - Session A Poster abstracts - Session B
All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Poster presentation: The maximum poster size is 45 in. (115cm) wide by 45 in. (115cm) high.
Please contact nfo16-manager@uvic.ca if you have any question.
Please note there has been changes in presentations.
We will post the updated daily program schedule at the conference.
Delta Hotels by Marriott Victoria
Butchart Gardens
Delta Hotels by Marriott Victoria
Travel to Canada
Please check the Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s website for visa requirements before you arrange your travel. Most people need a visa OR an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to travel to Canada.
Conference Location
The conference will be located on campus at the University of Victoria.
About Victoria
Victoria has an international airport (YYJ), and can be reached by ferry and floatplane from Vancouver and Seattle. (There are also ferry routes to Port Angeles and other destinations).
August is a very busy tourist season in Victoria so delegates are encouraged to book hotels early to ensure reasonable pricing and availability.
About University of Victoria
UVic is 7 km from downtown. With a bus exchange located on campus, it is conveniently served by many routes. More details can be found here.
If you are interested in hosting the NFO17, please fill in the template and send it to nfo16-manager@uvic.ca.