LASER-TEC is sponsoring and facilitating a focus group meeting of OPCN faculty during the international Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference in Cocoa Beach, Florida on May 17, 2023.

Optics and Photonics college faculty from Indian Hills Community College, Madison Area Technical College, Bridgewater State University, Front Range Community College, State Technical College of Missouri, Hillsborough Community College, SUNY Corning Community College, Indian River State College, Gallatin College, Valencia College, and Central Carolina Community College will be travelling to the conference to learn and share the best practices in photonics college education.  The focus group will meet during the conference on May 17^th at 8:30 a.m. to discuss the current state of optics and photonics programs in the nation, challenges, and solutions. If you would like to learn more about the focus group meeting and attend, contact Natalia Chekhovskaya at nchekhov@irsc.edu.

About ETOP, 

ETOP 2023 will be held in Cocoa Beach, Florida on May 15-18, 2023 (Monday – Thursday).  Just 45 minutes from the Orlando International Airport, the host site will be the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront.

We are planning some special activities in the area as well as a tour of CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics.  Plan on staying the full week so you don’t miss out!

ETOP, Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, is a conference held every two years, that brings together leading optics and photonics educators from all around the world and from all levels and orientations to discuss, demonstrate and learn about new developments and approaches to teaching in these fields.

Through presentations, panel discussions, workshops and exhibits, it is the intent of this conference to inform professors, students, teachers and professional trainers on how to teach optics and photonics for the future