Light Conference

Conference Introduction

Since its establishment in 2022, the Light Sino-Italian Photonics Forum has grown into a vital academic bridge connecting optical and photonics researchers from China and Italy. As a flagship event under the globally recognized Light brand of academic conferences, it embodies Light’s commitment to fostering cutting-edge dialogue and international collaboration in photonics.

The year 2026 will mark the fifth edition of the forum, which will be held from May 1 to May 5, 2026, in Maratea, Italy. Under the theme “Light Connects Innovation, Cooperation Illuminates the Future,” the forum aims to build a high-level international platform dedicated to the future of photonic science. It seeks to promote deep collaboration and technology transfer among the scientific and industrial communities of China, Italy, and Europe at large.

Honorary Chairs

Conference Chairs

Organizing Committee Chairs

Stefano Fabris

CNR, Italy

Xuejun Zhang

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Ping Jia

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Giulio Cerullo

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Pietro Ferraro

National Research Council, CNR, Italy

Bo Chen

CIOMP, China

Costantino De Angels

University of Brescia, Italy

Liangcai Cao

Tsinghua University, China

Dieter Bimberg

CIOMP ＆ TUB

Hrvoje Buljan

Academician, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Zhigang Chen

Nankai University, China

Fei Ding

Leibniz University Hannover, Gemany

Pengfei Wang

Northeast Normal University, China

Yuhong Bai

Light Publishing Group

Keynote Talk

Invited Talk

Dieter Bimberg

CIOMP ＆ TUB

Demetri Psaltis

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Pengfei Wang

Northeast Normal University

Xiaojuan Sun

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Stefano Luigi Oscurato

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Giuseppe Chirico

Milan Bicocca University

Anna Grazia Mignani

CNR

Dario Ballarini

Italian National Research Council

Eugenio DelRe

University of Rome La Sapienza

Costantino De Angelis

University of Brescia

Goery Genty

Tampere University

Monica Bollani

Politecnico di Milano

Stefan Wabnitz

SAPIENZA University DI Roma, Italy

Michele Celebrano

Politecnico di Milano

Marcello Ferrera

Heriot-Watt University

Neven Šantić

Ming Yan

East China Normal University

Guixin Li

Southern University of Science and Technology

Dawei Wang

Zhejiang University

Hao Tian

Harbin Institute of Technology

Liangyi Chen

Peking University

Cristian Manzoni

Politecnico di Milano

Chen Tao

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Jianwei Sun

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Hanyu Wang

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Liangcai Cao

Tsinghua University

Hongbao Xin

Jinan University

Feng Pan

Beihang University

Chao He

University of Oxford

Shaojuan Li

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Chao Zuo

Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Wenhao Li

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Fei Ding

Leibniz University Hannover

Michele Rota

Sapienza University of Rome

Gianluigi Zito

National Research Council - Italy Institute for Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems

Zhiliang Yuan

Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences

Armando Rastelli

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Daqing Wang

University of Bonn

Taira Giordani

Researcher (RTDa), Sapienza Università di Roma

Sicong Tian

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS

Hosts

UNESCO International Day of Light

European Optical Society (EOS)

National Research Council of Italy, Department of Physical Sciences and Technologies of Matter (CNR-DSFTM), Italy

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatia

Tsinghua University, China

Light Publishing Group, China

Co-Organizers

Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

University of Brescia, Italy

University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

University of Turin, Italy

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Milan Bicocca University, Italy

Peking University, China

Northeast Normal University, China

Nankai University, China

State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Optical Imaging and Measurement