Invited speakers

LAMP2025 Plenary Session

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fernando Adrián Lasagni, CTO, Novaindef, Spain
" From "earth" to "space": implementation of laser based additive manufacturing for the development of high value applications"

LPM2025 Special Session 1 "Laser materials processing in liquids"

Prof. Myong Yong Choi, Gyeonsang National University, Republic of Korea
"Laser-based Colloidal Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis"

Prof. Tatiana Itina, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France
"Modeling Laser-Assisted Nanoparticle Synthesis in Liquids: Advances for Catalysis and Energy Applications"

Dr. Katharine Moore Tibbetts, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Dr. Hiroyuki Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
"Preparation of functional nanoparticles by laser processing in liquid and their optical applications"

LPM2025 Special Session 2 "Ultrashort pulse laser processing of transparent materials"

Prof. Jean-Philippe Colombier, Université de Lyon, France; CNRS, UMR5516, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, Université Jean Monnet, France

Dr. Juozas Dudutis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centras (FTMC)), Lithuania

LPM2025 Regular Sessions

Prof. Dr. Camilo Florian Baron, Universität Kassel, Germany
"Temporally shaped femtosecond pulses for high resolution materials processing"

Prof. Ravi Bhardwaj, Nexus for Quantum Technologies/ Centre for Research in Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada
"Ultrafast laser processing using vector beams"

Dr. Christos Boutopoulos, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada

Dr. Xiaohan Du, City University of Hong Kong, China

Prof. Martí Duocastella, Department of Applied Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Shane Eaton, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
"Femtosecond laser fabrication of quantum technologies in diamond"

Dr. Christian Hagenlocher, Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW) University of Stuttgart, Germany
"Dynamic Beam Shaping in Laser Welding - Limits and Potentials"

Prof. Yuichi Kozawa, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan

Dr. Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Godbold Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, USA

Dr. Jie Qiao, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science,Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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High-precision figuring and finishing of glass using Gigahertz femtosecond lasers"

Prof. Hai Xiao, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, SC, USA
"Laser processing of ceramic materials and composites for next-generation hydrogen energy systems"

HPL2025 Regular Session

Prof. Dr. Frank Brückner, Head of Technology Unit „Additive Manufacturing and Surface Technology", Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Florian, Research Unit of Photonic Technologies, E311-02 Institute of Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Dr. Andreas Heider, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
"Challenges and Limits at Laser Welding of Copper for E-Mobility Applications - A Fundamental Understanding of Pore Formation"

Dr. Seung Hwan Lee, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Dr. Klaus Löffler, Managing Director, Precitec GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
"On the way to Battery Production with Zero Defects with the use of AI and Photonics"

Dr. Yuji Sato, Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schricker, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg, Chair of Joining and Welding Technology, Cottbus, Germany
"X-Ray imaging of keyhole behaviour during laser beam welding"