High-profile Keynote speakers need to be approved by the PIERS Conference Quality Committee in advance. Before the session organizers send out the invitation to the keynote speaker, please email the name and web link of the keynote speaker to PIERS OFFICE for approval in advance. The list of confirmed keynote speakers will be highlighted on this website.
* All Names of keynote speakers are in order of accepted dates.
Professor Yuri Kivshar || Australian National University
Paper Title: Mie-resonant Metaphotonics and Metasurfaces
Organized by: Prof. Renmin Ma and Prof. Haoliang Qian
Session Title: SC3 - Nanoscale Light Sources
Accepted Date: 2021/03/11
Professor Mordechai Segev || Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Organized by Prof. Luqi Yuan, Prof. Da-Wei Wang, and Prof. Zhaoju Yang
Session Title: SC2: Topological Phenomena in Classical Optics and Quantum Optics 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/03/17
Professor Shanhui Fan || Stanford University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Organized by Prof. Luqi Yuan, Prof. Da-Wei Wang, and Prof. Zhaoju Yang
Session Title: SC2: Topological Phenomena in Classical Optics and Quantum Optics 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/03/17
Dr. Davide Comite || Sapienza University of Rome
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Organized by Dr. Davide Comite
Session Title: FocusSession.SC5: Physical Modeling and Applications in GNSS-R
Accepted Date: 2021/03/23
Professor Andrea Alù || City University of New York
Paper Title: Twisted Polaritonics
Organized by: Dr. Qingdong Ou, Dr. Guangwei Hu, and Dr. Ying Chen
Session Title: SC2: Twist-Controlled Electromagnetic, Acoustic and Thermal Phenomena
Accepted Date: 2021/03/25
Professor Nikolay Zheludev || University of Southampton
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Jin Hui Shi and Dr. Zeyong Wei
Session Title: SC2: Metamaterial Polarization Optics and Applications
Accepted Date: 2021/04/08
Professor Filiberto Bilott || Roma Tre University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Mengmeng Li and Dr. Ming Jiang
Session Title: SC1: Advances in Modeling and Optimization Methods for Realistic Applications
Accepted Date: 2021/04/09
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng || Boston University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Delong Zhang, Prof. Minbiao Ji, and Prof. Hyeon Jeong Lee
Session Title: SC3: Molecular Vibrational Spectroscopy and Imaging
Accepted Date: 2021/04/13
Professor Carlos Torres-Verdin || The University of Texas at Austin
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Decheng Hong, Prof. Jiefu Chen, and Dr. Hu Li
Session Title: SC5: EM/Acoustic and Machine Learning Techniques in Oil&Gas Exploration: Modeling, Inversion, and Interpretations
Accepted Date: 2021/04/14
Dr. Laurent Mosse || Schlumberger Limited
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Decheng Hong, Prof. Jiefu Chen, and Dr. Hu Li
Session Title: SC5: EM/Acoustic and Machine Learning Techniques in Oil&Gas Exploration: Modeling, Inversion, and Interpretations
Accepted Date: 2021/04/17
Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara || Aramco Services Company
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Decheng Hong, Prof. Jiefu Chen, and Dr. Hu Li
Session Title: SC5: EM/Acoustic and Machine Learning Techniques in Oil&Gas Exploration: Modeling, Inversion, and Interpretations
Accepted Date: 2021/04/17
Prof. Lei Zhou || Fudan University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Cheng Zhang and Prof. Fei Ding
Session Title: Recent Advances in Optical Metasurfaces
Accepted Date: 2021/04/20
Professor Leung Tsang || University of Michigan
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Shurun Tan and Dr. Yanlei Du
Session Title: SC5: Advances in Random Medium Scattering Theory and Microwave Remote Sensing
Accepted Date: 2021/05/06
Prof. Tiejun Cui || Southeast University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Jiafang Li and Prof. Zuojia Wang
Session Title: SC2: Flexible Metamaterials and Smart Metadevices
Accepted Date: 2021/05/08
Prof. Jelena Vuckovic || Stanford University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Zhun Wei and Prof. Xudong Chen
Session Title: FocusSession.SC5: Machine Learning for Electromagnetic Inverse Problems
Accepted Date: 2021/05/10
Prof. Qi-Jun Zhang || Carleton University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Zhun Wei and Prof. Xudong Chen
Session Title: FocusSession.SC5: Machine Learning for Electromagnetic Inverse Problems
Accepted Date: 2021/05/10
Professor Che Ting Chan || The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Ming-Hui Lu, Prof. Xueqin Huang, and Dr. Xiujuan Zhang
Session Title: SC2: Topological Acoustics and Phononics - Fundamental Concepts and Advanced Developments
Accepted Date: 2021/05/11
Prof. Steven Johnson || Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Zhun Wei and Prof. Xudong Chen
Session Title: FocusSession.SC5: Machine Learning for Electromagnetic Inverse Problems
Accepted Date: 2021/05/11
Prof. Mahta Moghaddam || University of Southern California
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Zhun Wei and Prof. Xudong Chen
Session Title: FocusSession.SC5: Machine Learning for Electromagnetic Inverse Problems
Accepted Date: 2021/05/12
Prof. Philip St. J. Russell || Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Dr. Feng Li and Dr. Zhe Kang
Session Title: SC3: Supercontinuum and Frequency Combs: Fundamental Physics and Applications
Accepted Date: 2021/05/12
Prof. Qing Huo Liu || Duke University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Wenchao Chen and Prof. Min Tang
Session Title: SC1: Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Electronic Devices and Integrated Circuits/Structures
Accepted Date: 2021/05/13
Prof. Dmitri N. Basov || Columbia University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof Xiao Lin, Prof. Huanjun Chen, Prof. Peining Li, and Prof. Jianing Chen
Session Title: SC2: Optics with Twistronics and Polaritonic Nano-optics 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/05/19
Prof. Marin Soljacic || Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paper Title: Neural Networks for Photonics and Photonics for Neural Networks
Organized by: Prof. Yongmin Liu, Prof. Junsuk Rho, and Prof. Wei Ma
Session Title: SC2&SC3: Photonics Empowered by Artificial Intelligence 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/05/24
Prof. Rainer Hillenbrand || CIC nanoGUNE
Paper Title: Nanophotonics with Phonon Polaritons in 2D Materials
Organized by: Prof. Peining Li and Prof. Zhigao Dai
Session Title: SC2: Hyperbolic Polaritons in the Emerging Layered Materials
Accepted Date: 2021/05/26
Prof. Marko Lončar || Harvard University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Zejie Yu and Prof. Xiankai Sun
Session Title: SC3: Integrated Lithium Niobate Photonics
Accepted Date: 2021/05/27
Prof. Javier García de Abajo || Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO)
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Zhaoyun Duan and Prof. Xiao Lin
Session Title: SC2: Electromagnetic Radiation with Charged Particles
Accepted Date: 2021/05/28
Prof. Anatoly V Zayats || King's College London
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Guixin Li and Prof. Yuanmu Yang
Session Title: SC2: Nonlinear Plasmonics and Metasurfaces
Accepted Date: 2021/05/31
Prof. Hongxing Xu || Wuhan University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Xiaojun Wu, Prof. Sailing He, and Prof. Xinjian Zhou,
Session Title: SC3&SC4: Industry Forum in Photonics, Electronics and Opto-Electronics
Accepted Date: 2021/06/02
Prof. John Bowers || University of California, Santa Barbara
Paper Title: Supercontinuum and Frequency Combs: Fundamental Physics and Applications
Organized by: Dr. Feng Li and Dr. Zhe Kang
Session Title: SC3: Supercontinuum and Frequency Combs: Fundamental Physics and Applications
Accepted Date: 2021/06/04
Prof. Weng Cho Chew || Purdue University
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Qiwei Zhan, Prof. Weijie Wang, Prof. Mingwei Zhuang and Prof. Qing Huo Liu
Session Title: SC1: Advanced Techniques in Multiphysics Modeling 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/06/13
Prof. Benjamin J. Eggleton || The University of Sydney
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Dr. Yiwei Xie and Prof. Rajesh Kumar
Session Title: SC3: Programmable Optical Devices and Circuits
Accepted Date: 2021/06/20
Professor Stefan Rotter || Vienna University of Technology
Paper Title: Wave Control and Suppression of Scattering by Non-Hermitian Index Tailoring
Organized by: Prof. Guancong Ma, and Prof. Kun Ding
Session Title: SC2: Non-Hermitian Physics and Its Applications in Light and Sound
Accepted Date: 2021/06/20
Dr. Simon H. Yueh || JPL, California Institute of Technology
Paper Title: Signals of Opportunity Synthetic Aperture Radar for High Resolution Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces
Organized by: Dr. Davide Comite, Dr. James D. Campbell, Dr. Rashmi Shah and Dr. Mehmet Kurum
Session Title: FocusSession.SC5: Physical Modeling and Applications in GNSS Reflectometry and other SoOp Observables 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/06/20
Professor Jeff Dozier || University of California, Santa Barbara
Paper Title: Observations of the Water Cycle from Imaging Spectroscopy
Organized by: Prof. Hui Lu, and Prof. Jian-Cheng Shi
Session Title: SC5: Remote Sensing of Water and Energy Cycles
Accepted Date: 2021/06/21
Professor Jianping Yao || University of Ottawa
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Dr. Yiwei Xie and Prof. Rajesh Kumar
Session Title: SC3: Programmable Optical Devices and Circuits
Accepted Date: 2021/06/21
Professor Oliver G. Schmidt || Leibniz IFW Dresden
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof. Anlian Pan and Prof. Xiao Wang
Session Title: SC3: Low-dimensional Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Integration
Accepted Date: 2021/07/01
Professor Manijeh Razeghi || Northeastern University
Paper Title: Innovative Path of Antimonide-based Gap-engineered Type-II Superlattices Imagers
Organized by: Prof. Jiang Wu
Session Title: SC3: Optical Sensing and Detection
Accepted Date: 2021/07/14
Professor Frank Koppens || ICFO
Paper Title: TBD
Organized by: Prof Xiao Lin, Prof. Huanjun Chen, Prof. Peining Li, and Prof. Jianing Chen
Session Title: SC2: Optics with Twistronics and Polaritonic Nano-optics 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/07/20
Professor Federico Capasso || Harvard University
Paper Title: Inverse Design of Large-scale Aperiodic Meta-optics
Organized by: Prof. Yongmin Liu, Prof. Junsuk Rho and Prof. Wei Ma
Session Title: SC2&SC3: Photonics Empowered by Artificial Intelligence 1 & 2
Accepted Date: 2021/07/20
Professor Jinsong Huang || University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Paper Title: Addressing the Key Issues in Perovskite Module Fabrication
Organized by: Prof. Dehui Li and Prof. Yupeng Zhang
Session Title: SC2&SC3: Perovskite Photonics and Optoelectronics
Accepted Date: 2021/07/23
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