9.30: Welcome and morning panel introduction

9.45 - 12.15: Keynote speakers

9.45: Dr. Laurent Vivien - Which perspectives for silicon photonics

10.20: Dr. Massimo Vassali - Integrating optics and nanomechanics to study cellular mechanosensitivity

10.55: Coffee/tea break

11.10: Dr. Jess Wade - Chiral materials and their application in optoelectronic devices

11.45: Panel discussion

12.15: Lunch break

13.30 - 14.30: Workshop timeslot 1 - Wikipedia workshop by Dr. Jess Wade / Creative science communication by Uni. of Kent Applied Optics group members

14.30: Coffee/tea break

14.45: Afternoon panel introduction

14.45 - 17.30: Keynote speakers

15.00: Prof. Pablo Artal - Optics of the eye in the peripheral retina: from myopia to cataracts

15.35: Dr. Gabrielle Thomas - The Power of Photons - on the path to solve society's greatest problems with photonics

16.10: Coffee/tea break

16.25: Dr. Phil Marsden - The Business of Imaging

17.00: Panel discussion

17:30 - 19:00: Student poster session and networking

10.00: Welcome

10.15 - 11.15: Workshop timeslot 2 - Job Hunting Tips: How to get noticed? by John Barnes / 3-min thesis by Gavrielle Untracht

11.15: Coffee/tea break

11.30 - 13.00: Joint outreach and employability session with the High Energy Physics conference

11.30: Mr. John Barnes - Your career in industry

12.30: Dr. Sadie Jones - Doing physics outreach is life changing

13.00: Lunch break

14.00: Afternoon panel introduction

14.15 - 15.45: Keynote speakers

14.15: Prof. Francesca Palombo - Unlocking the potential of light scattering spectroscopy in biomedicine

14.50: Prof. Irina Larina - Biophotonic investigation of early embryonic development

15.25: Panel discussion

15.45: Coffee/tea break

16.00 - 17.00: Workshop timeslot 3 - Integrating cloud computing into the optical biopsy workflow by Dr. Andy Thrapp / Hijack attention in presentations by Dr. Víctor Manuel Rico

17.00: Conference wrap-up