Intersociety/OSA Committee Reports

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OSA Reports

Spring 2004    Spring 2003
Spring 2002    Fall 2001    Spring 2000

 

Intersocietal/OSA G. Lindsay

 

The symposium series agreement between the ACS (POLY and PMSE Divisions) and the Optical Society of America (OSA) on "Polymeric and Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications" was extended to include the 2004 PMSE-hosted session in Washington, DC. At the 2001 October OSA annual meeting in Long Beach, CA, attendance was light – more than likely due to the 9-11 event. However, the joint ACS/OSA symposium was fairly well attended (over 50). Papers will be published from that symposium in the OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (TOPS). At the 2002 ACS meeting in Boston, the Polymer Chemistry Division is host to the joint meeting. The program organizers are: Allan Guymon (POLY), Department of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi; Randy Heflin (OSA), Virginia Tech; Bob Norwood (OSA), Photon-X, Inc.; Paul Armistead (POLY), Office of Naval Research; Alex Jen, University of Washington; Timothy Bunning , AFRL/MLPJ; Dick Broer, Philips Research Laboratories / Eindhoven University of Technology. Papers were solicited in the following areas: light emitting polymers; photovoltaic materials and devices; flat panel display materials; polymer/liquid crystal composites; electrochromic polymers /sensors; electro-optic materials; photorefractive materials; two-photon and multi-photon processes; photonic bandgap materials; self-assembled molecular and supramolecular materials; and non-lithographic fabrication techniques.

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Fall 2001

 

Intersocietal/OSA - G. Lindsay

 

A four-year Agreement (2001-2004) between ACS (POLY & PMSE) and the Optical Society of America (OSA) has been signed by all parties at the executive level on the topic of Organic and Polymeric Thin Films for Photonic Applications. Joint symposia will be held at the Fall annual meetings of ACS (even years) and OSA (odd years). The 2001 OSA meeting is being held in Long Beach on Oct 15-17 (for details see: http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/ANNUAL/ ). Planning for the joint ACS/OSA symposium to be held at the ACS Annual meeting in Boston (2002 Aug) is underway. To avoid overlap, this symposium will be coordinated with the Materials Secretariat program committee who is planning a symposium on a similar topic. Anyone who is interested in being involved in the joint programming with OSA, please contact Alex Jen (ajen@u.washington.edu) or Ghassan Jabbour (gej@optics.arizona.edu).

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From the Spring 2000 meeting

 

Intersocietal / OSA - G. Lindsay

 

POLY and PMSE Divisions of ACS have been holding joint meetings with the Optical Society of America (OSA) on polymeric and organic thin films for photonic applications for over 4 years. The meeting alternates between ACS and OSA Fall Annual meetings. This year OSA will be hosting the symposium they call "Organic Thin Films" at the OSA Annual Meeting to be held Monday - Wednesday, October 15-17, 2001 at the Hyatt Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, California. Abstract Deadline for electronic submission was April 20, 2001. See http://www.osa.org/MTG_CONF/Annual/ for more details. I have requested that OSA add to their website the fact that the meeting is joint with ACS POLY and PMSE Divisions, however, I have had no response. POLY is scheduled to be the host for the 2002 ACS meeting in Orlando. The steering committee is currently open to suggestions of POLY members who would be interested in organizing the 2002 meeting.