TECHNICAL PROGRAM & EVENTS
MICROCONCERT
As in the past conferences, the 25th microconcert as one of the MOC social events is planned for MOC 2025.
PLENARY SPEAKERS

Toshihiko Baba (Yokohama National University)
Nanostructured photonic devices and circuits

Kent Choquette (University of Illinois)
VCSEL Progress - High Power and Array -

Michal Lipson (Columbia University)
Revolution of Nanophotonics, Silicon photonics

Heidi Ottevaere (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Next-Generation Sensing with Micro-Optics
KEYNOTE ADRESS SPEAKER

Kazuo Kyuma (National Agriculture and Food Research)
Creating innovations to realize Society 5.0 and beyond
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Patrice Genevet (Colorado School of Mines)
- Michael Strain (Strathclyde University)
- Jin-Wei Shi (National Central University)
- Hamed Dalir (University of Florida)
- Alexander A. High (High Argonne National Laboratory)
- Florian Willomitzer (University Arizona)
- Mona Jarrahi (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Yang Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
- Ryszard Buczynski (University of Warsaw)
SUNDAY SPECIAL SESSION
Microoptics for Sustainable Society ~ Green Photonics
On Sunday afternoon of October 12th, a special session is scheduled focused on the mission of optics and related science/technology in our present society.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kazuo Kyuma (National Agriculture and Food Research)
Creating innovations to realize Society 5.0 and beyond
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Shu Namiki (AIST)
- Shinichiro Hirai (Canon Inc.)
- Nathan Hagen (Utsunomiya University)