The Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) and the Australian Optical Society (AOS), with the support of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) and the Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN), would like to invite you to submit abstracts for presentation at the 23rd AIP Congress and the Australian Optical Society Conference that will be held jointly with the 43rd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and with the 2018 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD).

The Congress website is www.aip2018.org.au.

Seamlessly integrated to form one of Australia’s foremost science forums, the meeting will take place in beautiful Perth on the leafy campus of the University of Western Australia, during 9-13 December 2018.

To Australia’s and the world’s industries, we welcome your presence at the congress and look forward to your suggestions as to how to make the Congress most relevant to you! To all science teachers, we want to include you as part of the Congress and look forward to your involvement.

To all university academics, government and industry scientists, to all science students and to our international colleagues, please help us make this meeting a big success by submitting your best work.

The conference strongly supports the principles of equity and diversity and encourages contributions from all. The Congress organisers will strive to achieve gender balance and are committed to equal representation of male and female speakers in plenary and invited talks.

Abstracts can be submitted before 15 June 2018.

For information about the abstract submission process and the link to the submission portal, please click here.

On behalf of the Australian physics, science and technology community, welcome to Perth!

If you have any questions, please contact Conference Logistics on 02 6281 6624 or email aip@conlog.com.au or visit the website www.aip2018.org.au.