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OPTIQUE BFC 2026: call for contributions
The biennial Congress of the French Optical Society will be held in Dijon from 6 to 10 July 2026 – Palais des Congrès, Dijon, France. Presentations are accepted both in English and in French.
Ultrafast sources of coherent light Current research and emerging applications The Houches Physics School, France
23- 27 March 2026
70 attendees expected
The application deadline is October 31, 2025( short motivation letter + CV)
OPTIQUE BFC 2026 Dijon- Palais des congrès
06- 10 july 2026
+ 670 participants expected
The application deadline is February 15, 2026
The International Award SFO LUMIÈRES Arnulf-Françon
The application deadline is February 26, 2026
The French Optical Society( SFO) is organizing its biennial congress OPTIQUE BFC 2026, to be held from 6 to 10 July 2026 at the Palais des Congrès in Dijon. This major event in optics and photonics will bring together more than 650 researchers, PhD students, and industry experts from across Europe and beyond. The 2026 edition will open with an inaugural lecture by Anne L’ HUILLIER, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. Under the scientific co-chairmanship of Bertrand Kibler( ICB, CNRS) and Daniel Brunner( FEMTO-ST, CNRS), and the local chairmanship of Guy Millot( ICB, IUF), the congress will highlight the vitality of all areas of optics and photonics: lasers, silicon photonics, quantum optics, optical materials, biophotonics, nanophotonics, optical sensing, AI, and many others. An industrial exhibition will host more than 45 companies and start-ups, providing a unique opportunity to showcase innovations and equipment, and to strengthen synergies between academic research and industry. The SFO invites the scientific community to submit contributions( oral communications or posters). The Conftool platform will open for submissions on 15 November 2025, with a deadline set for 15 February 2026. Submissions will be evaluated by SFO scientific committees, composed of more than 120 experts covering all fields, ensuring both quality and diversity of the program. PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are strongly encouraged to participate.“ I will take part in a major congress in my field at least once during my PhD!”— this is the commitment of the SFO, which works to keep registration fees accessible so that every PhD student can present their work. The congress will feature a strong international dimension( 50 % of plenary speakers will be from outside France, and more than 30 % of participants are expected from abroad) and a firm commitment to gender parity.
Plenary Lectures at OPTIQUE BFC 2026
11 plenary lectures will be given by worldrenowned experts: ✓ Hatice Altug( EPFL, Switzerland) ✓ Anne Amy-Klein( LPL, France) ✓ Roel Baets( Ghent / IMEC, Belgium)
✓ John Dudley( FEMTO-ST, France) ✓ Sylvain Gigan( ENS Paris, France) ✓ Anne L’ Huillier( Lund, Sweden, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023) ✓ Hélène Perrin( LPL, France) ✓ Carlo Sirtori( ENS Paris, France) ✓ Birgit Stiller( MPL, Germany) ✓ Giovanni Volpe( University of Gothenburg, Sweden) ✓ … and the lecture by the 2026 Léon Brillouin Grand Prize laureate.
SFO Awards at OPTIQUE BFC 2026
The SFO will present its prestigious awards:
🏆 Léon Brillouin Grand Prize – lifetime achievement,
💡 Jean Jerphagnon Prize – technological innovation and outreach,
✨ Fabry-de Gramont Prize – young researcher of international recognition,
📚 Lumières Arnulf-Françon Prize – pedagogical or outreach production,
🎓 SFO Thesis Prize – five annual prizes, including one with industrial partnership.
REOD at OPTIQUE BFC 2026
The Meetings on Optics Education and Didactics( REOD) will foster exchanges between teachers, didacticians and physicists. Three sessions will address:. Optics teaching in primary and secondary education. Optics teaching in higher education. Didact tools, LightBox, SHIRE, …
OPTIQUE BFC 2026 in Numbers
✓ + 650 participants ✓ + 45 industrial exhibitors ✓ 5 awards presented by the SFO ✓ + 7h30 plenary sessions ✓ + 80h thematic sessions ✓ + 250 oral presentations ✓ + 200 posters
👉 More information: www. sfoptique. org
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