September 8-10, 2026
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The Optics Exchange 2026, is a congress promoting collaboration among Brazilian researchers in optics and photonics. The event featured discussions on recent developments, student poster presentations, practical workshops, and talks on diversity in academia. It offered a valuable opportunity for knowledge exchange and collaboration.
The 2026 edition:
The 2026 edition:
The event was held at the University of São Paulo, in São Carlos - SP, and registered 93 participants over the three days of activities, with people from 8 different countries and 7 Brazilian states.
Program:
Program:
The event was held at the Jorge Caron Amphitheater at USP São Carlos (Google Maps).
Day 1 - September 8th
Day 1 - September 8th
07:30 - Registration: Reception and distribution of badge if necessary
08:00 - Opening: Opening ceremony of the event with presentation of the schedule and planned activities to congress participants; brief presentation of IFSC-USP.
08:30 - 12:10: Invited Talks
08:30 - 34 Years of Biophotonics at IPEN: From Laser Applications in Dentistry to Tumor Diagnosis Using Hyperspectral Micro-FTIR Imaging
Speaker: Profa. Dra. Denise Maria Zezell (IPEN-USP)
09:30 - Industry Talk: PHELCOM
09:40 - Coffee Break: Break and interaction time between speakers and congress participants.
10:10 - Advances in Derivative Optical Imaging and Materials Characterization
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Emerson Cristiano Barbano (UFPR)
11:10 - From the red to the near-infrared: phthalocyanines as powerful optical molecular and nanomaterials
Speaker: Profa. Dra. Fabienne Dumoulin (Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University)
12:10-14:00 - Lunch
13:30-14:00 - Registration: Reception and distribution of the badge, if necessary
14:00 - 17:30: Invited Talks
14:00 - Dark and Bright States of Light and the Hidden Energy in Thermal Fields
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Celso Jorge Villas Boas (UFSCar)
15:00 - Poster Session A + Coffee Break
16:30 - Round Table
18:00 - Integration
Day 2 - September 9th
Day 2 - September 9th
08:00 - Registration
Reception and distribution of the badge, if necessary
08:30 - 12:10: Invited Talks
08:30 - Compact High Resolution Hyperspectral Imaging
Speaker: Prof. Dr. John M. Girkin (Durham, UK)
09:30 - Industry Talk: Upcoming Informations
09:40 - Coffee Break: Break and interaction time between speakers and congress participants.
10:10 - Super-resolution THz Imaging with Rydberg atoms and Optical Trapping with Tapered Optical Fibers
Speaker: Prof. Dr. John M. Girkin (Durham, UK)
11:10 - Ultrafast Laser Processing at the Frontier of Photonic, Quantum, and Biofunctional Materials
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Cleber R. Mendonça (IFSC-USP)
12:10-14:00 - Lunch
13:30-14:00 - Registration: Reception and distribution of the badge, if necessary
14:00 - 17:00: Invited Talks
14:00 - Rare Earths—The Oil of the 21st Century
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sidney Ribeiro (UNESP Araraquara)
15:00 - Poster Session B + Coffee Break
16:30 - Superconducting qubits in hybrid quantum systems
Speaker: Dr. Rodrigo Benevides (IF-USP)
17:30 - Photonics Labs Visit
18:00 - "Pizzada"
Day 3 - September 10th
Day 3 - September 10th
08:00 - Registration
Reception and distribution of the badge, if necessary
08:30 - 12:10: Invited Talks
08:30 - Angular momentum of rotating fermionic superfluids by Sagnac phonon interferometry
Speaker: Dra. Marcia Frometa Fernandez (IFSC-USP)
09:30 - Industry Talk: Upcoming Informations
09:40 - Coffee Break: Break and interaction time between speakers and congress participants.
10:10 - Optical Tweezers: From Imagination to Reality
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Antonio Ranha Neves (UFABC)
11:10 - Challenges and Opportunities in the Use of Glass for Photonic Applications
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Nalin (UNESP Araraquara)
12:10-14:00 - Lunch
13:30-14:00 - Registration: Reception and distribution of the badge, if necessary
14:00 - 16:00: Invited Talks
14:00 - From the Photonics Lab to the Market: Technologies That Are Transforming Brazilian Agribusiness
Speaker: Dra. Débora Bastos Pereira (Embrapa Instrumentações Agropecuárias)
15:00 - Poster Session C + Coffee Break
16:30 - Closing Ceremony
Registration and Fees:
Registration and Fees:
Includes: The right to attend the conference, poster presentation and ticket for the confraternization.
SPIE / Optica Society Member:
- R$ 80.00 (undergraduate students)
- R$ 120.00 (master’s students)
- R$ 150.00 (doctoral students)
- R$ 200.00 (postdocs/faculty)
SPIE / Optica Society non-member:
- R$ 100.00 (undergraduate students)
- R$ 150.00 (master’s students)
- R$ 200.00 (doctoral students)
- R$ 300.00 (postdocs/faculty)
Venue:
Venue:
São Carlos Institute of Physics
São Carlos Institute of Physics
University of São Paulo
Avenida Trabalhador São-carlense, nº 400
Parque Arnold Schimidt - CEP 13566-590
São Carlos - São Paulo - Brazil
Hotels and restaurants:
Hotels and restaurants:
How to get to São Carlos?
How to get to São Carlos?
São Carlos city is 260 km from São Paulo (Google Maps), 160 km from Campinas (Google Maps), 110 km from Ribeirão Preto (Google Maps) and 50 km from Araraquara (Google Maps). São Carlos is easily accessible by car.
Main Airports Distance:
Congonhas (CGH) – 3h10 min (240 km) via Rod. dos Bandeirantes
Guarulhos (GRU) – 3h20 min (255 km) via Rod. dos Bandeirantes
Viracopos (VCP) – 2h03 min (160 km) via Rod. dos Bandeirantes
Board:
Board:
USPhotonics Student Chapter
USPhotonics Student Chapter
President: Leonardo Garcia
Vice President: Artur Barbedo
Secretary: Julia Nonato Croce and Vinicius Pereira Pinto
Treasurer: Ana Clara Boiam and Inara Yasmin
Organizing Committee
Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Leonardo De Boni
Prof. Dr. Cristina Kurachi
Prof. Dr. Daniel Magalhães
Members: Leonardo, Artur Barbedo, Dalila Rivero, Nathan Marucci, Vinicius Pinto, Pedro Milet, Maria Júlia Marques, Pedro, Júlia Croce, Vinícius Bastos, Gabriel Lima Alves, Carol Nascimento, Ana Clara
Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee
Biophotonics:
Nonlinear Optics:
Quantum Technologies:
Prof. Philippe Courteille
Sponsors:
Sponsors:
Promotion:
Promotion:
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