Invitation for Second Symposium of the Photonics Society of Poland

Dear Members of Photonics Socety of Poland,

On behalf of the International Katowice Fair Management, Exhibition Center FairExpo Ltd. and the Photonic Society of Poland, we would like to invite you to take part in the second edition of Second Symposium of the Photonics Society of Poland combined with OPTON 2012 International Trade Fair for Optoelectronics and Photonics which will take place on 15-16th May 2012.

OPTON International Fair will be organised in Katowice every two years. It is a great opportunity to become familiar with domestic and foreign offers in the field of optoelectronics and photonics, which are sciences used in many industrial branches. It is a presentation of the state-of-the-art equipment and technologies that are launched in the Polish market. It is a variety of industrial branches and an opportunity to compare specialist exhibitions presented in one place and time. A fair that gathers representatives of the abovementioned fields will have a chance to become an excellent forum for presenting new solutions, exchanging experience between specialists, as well as an excellent meeting place for experts in these areas. For many years, International Katowice Fair has been an experienced organiser of specialist fair exhibitions. Therefore, it intends to prepare and present to our professional consumers an exhibition that boasts a select team of exhibitors and a varied programme of accompanying events in which policymakers and specialists of the appropriate sector will participate.

Our aim is to help you – our Exhibitors – establish long-lasting and satisfying business contacts. Bearing this in mind, we constantly collect information about potential recipients of your commercial offer: among other things, we conduct electronic registration of visitors and organise meetings with key clients for you. We are assisted by recognised experts in the field of science and industry, who give seminars and thematic lectures during Exhibitions.

We are pleased to inform you that the OPTON Fair is organised under the honorary auspices of and in cooperation with Photonics Society of Poland and under the auspices of Polish Society for Sensing Techniques.

We are convinced that participation in OPTON 2012 Fair will be an exceptional experience for you. It is with great pleasure that we can already today invite you to Katowice in May 2012.

Organizers
 
Welcome

Photonics Society of Poland (PSP) - Polskie Stowarzyszenie Fotoniczne was transformed from the SPIE Poland Chapter on October 18, 2007 during the Extraordinary General Meeting of the SPIE Poland Chapter members. All the members unanimously voted (103 out of 199 SPIE PL members) for transformation of the SPIE Poland Chapter to Photonics Society of Poland. The similar unanimous decision was confirmed by the General Members Meeting on February 25, 2008. The whole registration process of the Photonics Society of Poland was finished in March 2008 by official approval of the National Registration Court in Warsaw.

The reaction of SPIE Headquarters was straightforward and enthusiastic:

“I wish you a very successful meeting later this week and assure you of an ongoing close and supportive relationship with the new Photonics Society of Poland. SPIE’s leadership recognizes and greatly appreciates the wonderful work done by the chapter members in Poland and I know there is sadness in a way at losing our model chapter, but we believe that this step is the fullest recognition of what the chapter there has done. We wish all our chapters had developed in a way to take a similar step”. (Eugene Arthurs)

Photonics Society of Poland (PSP) is presently with its 215 members (as of February 25, 2008) the largest and the most powerful optics/optoelectronics/photonics organization in Poland. It has already started integration and consolidations activities with Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication/Polish Academy of Sciences (Prof. T.R. Wolinski chairs also its Optoelectronics Section) and with Committee of Optoelectronics/ Society of Polish Electrical Engineers.

The official opening ceremony of the Photonics Society of Poland will take place on May 31, 2008 during First Symposium of PSP.