2nd Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Photonics
October 13 – 15, 2020
Conference Program
Day 1 – October 13, 2020
14:00−14:30
Meeting opening
  • Welcome speech by Alexey Ponomarev, Vice-President of Industrial Cooperation, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
  • Welcome address by Andrey Romanov, Deputy Director, Department of Public Science&Technology Policy, Ministry of Science & Higher Education of the Russian Federation
  • Welcome address by Alexey Romanov, Professor, Doctor of Engineering Science, Adviser to Director General, Joint Stock Company «Central Research Institute for Machine Building» (JSC «TsNIIMash»)
14:30—14:50
Greetings from representatives of BRICS countries
  • Eduardo Soriano Lousada, Director of Applied Technologies, Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil
  • Mr Sanjeev Varshney, Head (IC), DST, India
  • Qiang Li, Professor, Zhejiang University, China
  • Tebogo Modiba, Deputy Director Innovation Priorities, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
14:50 – 15:40
Opportunities of Photonics
    • Professor Arkady Shipulin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia— Overview of Russian experience (Photonic Integrated Circuits Ecosystem)
    • Felipe Silva Bellucci, General Coordinator of Enabling Technologies,, Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil— Overview of Brazilian experience
    • Professor Ranjani Viswanatha, JNCASR, India— Overview of Indian experience
    • Professor Xinqiang Wang, Peking University, China — Overview of Chinese experience
    • Professor Andrew Forbes, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa— Overview of South African experience
    15:40 – 15:50
    Break
    15:50 – 16:40
    Session I: «Integrated optics and radio photonics»
    Moderator: Professor Arkady Shipulin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
    • Professor Arkady Shipulin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia - Presentation of Russian projects (Industry demands for Photonic Integrated Circuits in Russian Federation)
    • Roberto Ricardo Panepucci, Center for Information Technology Renato Archer (CTI Renato Archer), Brazil - Presentation of Brazilian projects
    • Professor L N Hazra, University of Calcutta, India - Presentation of Indian projects
    • Professor Zejie Yu, Zhejiang University, China - Photonic integration with bound states in the continuum
    • Q&A session
    16:40 – 16:50
    Break
    16:50 – 17:50
    Session II: «High speed optical communication systems»
    Moderator: Professor Franko Küppers, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
    • Trescchikov Vladimir, CIO of company T8, Russia - Presentation of Russian projects
    • Hugo E. Hernández Figueroa, National Institute of Photonics and Optical Communications (FOTONICOM), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil - Presentation of Brazilian projects
    • Professor Deepa Venkitesh, India - Presentation of Indian projects
    • Dr. Li Zhao, CMIF Intelligent Manufacturing Branch Association, China- VCSEL: application and market in China
    • Professor Andrew Forbes, University of Witwatersrand , South Africa- Presentation of South African projects
    • Q&A session
    Conference Program
    Day 2 – October 14, 2020
    14:00−14:40
    Discussion of VIP BRICS
    Moderator: Professor Arkady Shipulin, Skoltech, Russia
    14:40 – 16:45
    «BRICS Joint Call 2021/2022: Main Findings & How to Improve Photonics Collaboration Projects»
    Moderator: Yaroslav Sorokotyaga, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russia
    • Dr. Yaroslav Sorokotyaga, Russian Foundation for Basic Research - Presentation on the progress of Projects supported under BRICS joint calls for proposals (Photonics)
    • Pavel Belov, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University), Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (Russia), Professor Samir Mondal, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization (India), Qiang Li, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (China) - All-dielectric and hybrid nanoantennas for multifunctional sensors
    • Alexis Kudryashov, Institute of Geosphere Dynamics Russian Academy of Science (Russia), Shanti Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) (India), Andrew Forbes, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) - Optical communication with spatial modes of light
    • Valentin Jmerik, Doctor Sc., Leading Researcher, Ioffe Institute, Center of Nanoheterostructure Physics, Anirban Bhattacharyya, University of Calcutta, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (India), Zhixin Qin, Peking University, School of Physics (China) - New principles and fabrication technologies of extreme 2D and 0D AlGaInN nanoheterostructures for high efficiency mid- and deep-ultraviolet spontaneous and laser emitters
    • Paulo H. Souto Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Sergei Kulik, Moscow State University (Russia), Xiaosong Ma, Nanjing University (China) - Multi-photon and high-dimensional platforms for photonic quantum information processing
    • Roberto Ricardo Panepucci, Centro de Tecnologia da Inovação Renato Archer (Brazil), Rajesh Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India), Daoxin Dai, Zhejiang University (China) - Energy-efficient reconfigurable silicon photonic integrated devices and circuits for optical interconnects
    • Anton Bourdine, Povolzhskiy State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (Russia), Manish Tiwari, Manipal University Jaipur (India), Juan Yin, University of Science and Technology of China (China), Francesco Petruccione, University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Dr. Yaseera Ismail, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Quantum Satellite and Fibre Communication
    • Q&A session
    Conference Program
    Day 3 – October 15, 2020
    14:00−15:00
    Session III: «Photonics applications in bio-medicine. Photonics for agriculture and food industry»
    Moderator: Professor Dmitry Gorin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
    • Valery Tuchin, Professor, corr.-member of the RAS, PhD., Dr. Sc., Russia - Presentation of Russian projects
    • Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, National Institute of Science and Technology of Optics and Photonics of São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC), University of São Paulo, Hernandes Faustino de Carvalho, National Institute of Photonics Applied to Cell Biology - Presentation of Brazilian projects
    • Professor Sudipta Maity, TIFR, India - Presentation of Indian projects
    • Professor Zhiyi Liu, Zhejiang University, China - Early diagnosis of diseases relying on noninvasive, high-resolution, label-free imaging
    • Dr Patience Mthunzi-Kufa, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), National Laser Centre, Dr. Williams, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa - Overview of South African projects on photonics applications in bio-medicine
    • Q&A session
    15:00 – 16:00
    Session IV: «Nanophotonics and Metamaterials»
    Moderator: Professor Pavel Belov, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University), Russia
    • Andrey Bogdanov, Assistant Professor, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University), Russia - Presentation of Russian projects
    • Anderson Stevens Leonidas Gomes, INFO, Photonics National Institute for Science and Technology. Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil - Presentation of Brazilian projects
    • Prof. Sushil Mujumder, TIFR, India - Presentation of Indian projects
    • Professor Pan Wang, Zhejiang University, China - Plasmonic tunnel junctions for opto-electronic device applications
    • Professor Mark Tame, Stellenbosch University, South Africa - Overview of South African projects on photonics applications in bio-medicine
    • Q&A session

    16:00 – 16:30
    Closing Remarks
    Moderator: Professor Arkady Shipulin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
    16:30 – 17:00
    Adoption of Minutes and closure of the Meeting
    Moderator: Professor Arkady Shipulin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
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