List of confirmed invited speakers (July 2025)

NameInstituteProvisional title of presentation
Pierre Agostini the Ohio State University, USABirth of attosecond pulses at LOA
Ihar BabushkinLeibniz Universität Hannover, GermanyCavities Flying at the Speed of Light: Trapping Photons Inside Optical Pulses
Audrius PugslysPhotonics Institute TU Wien9.3-um high-energy femtosecond OPCPA and first filamentation-related experiments with this new source
Luc BergéCentre des Lasers Intenses and Applications (CELIA), University of Bordeaux, FranceFrequency-dependent polarization states of terahertz waveforms produced by two-color laser filaments
Maxime ChambonneauFriedrich Schiller University Jena, GermanyDouble-pulse filamentation in the bulk of silicon
Ya ChengSIOM, Shanghai, ChinaFuturistic industrial applications enabled by the extreme optical nonlinearity
See Leang ChinLaval University, CanadaHistory of filamentation
Arnaud CouaironCPHT, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, FranceInvestigating Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Self-Steepening in Multi-Pass Cells
Francois CourvoisierFEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS and Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comte, FranceMicrophysics of Bessel pulse generated nanoplasmas
Jean-Claude DIELSThe University of New MexicoStudy of the impact of runaway electrons on laser induced discharges
Pengji DING (withdrawn) Lanzhou University, ChinaRole of stimulated Raman scattering in filament-induced N2+ superfluorescence
Arthur DogariuTexas A&M University, Princeton University, USAFemtosecond Filament Diagnostics: from Velocimetry to Thermal Non-Equilibrium
Matthew R. EdwardsStanford University, USAPlasma Optics from Crossed Femtosecond Lasers
Takashi FujiiUniversity of TokyoElectric-field-induced second-harmonic generation using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses
Zuoqiang HaoShandong Normal University, ChinaMeasurement techniques for the self-focusing critical power of femtosecond pulses.
Igor JovanovicUniversity of CaliforniaCumulative Effects of Ultrafast Laser Filamentation in Cloud Media
Vytautas JUKNALaser Research Center, Vilnius UniversityHigh-repetition-rate laser supercontinuum generation in YAG: peculiarities and insights
Miroslav KolesikUniversity of Arizona, USAFrom first principles to accurate, computationally efficient material models for optical filamentation in solid-state media
Olga KosarevaLomonosov Moscow State University, RussiaTime-resolved 4D simulations of laser Superfilamentation in Air
Natalia LitchinitserDuke University, USAStructuring spatiotemporal states of polarization
Weiwei LiuNankai University, ChinaRecent advance in filamentation based remote-sensing technique
Yi LiuUniversity of Shanghai for Science and Technology, ChinaFrom filamentation to spatiotemporal vortex and Skyrmions: Generation in the UV and EUV regime
Yunquan LiuPeking University, ChinaStructure air lasing
Jerome V. Moloney (withdrawn) University of Arizona, USAMid-IR filamentation an overview
Pavel PolynkinUniversity of Arizona, USATBA
Martin C. RichardsonUniversity of Central Florida, USAGHz bursts of filaments, their properties and applications
Maria RichterMax Born Institut, GermanyUniversal ultrafast lasing in excited atomic states
Clara SaracenoBochum university, GermanyFemtosecond laser-driven plasma at high repetition rates > 10 kHz
Vladimir T. TikhonchukCELIA, University of Bordeaux,FranceModeling the gain in N2+
Albina TropinaTexas A&M UniversityDynamics of laser plasmas: energy coupling, theory and applications
Stelios TzortzakisUniversity of Crete, FORTH, GreeceFilamentation-enabled materials nanoengineering and THz applications
Tie-Jun WangShanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaRecent progress on high repetition rate femtosecond laser filamentation in air
Jean-Pierre WolfUniversity of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, SwitzerlandApplications of near-IR and visible filamentation
Chengyin WuPeking University, ChinaMeasurement and Control of Electron Dynamics Driven by Strong Femtosecond Laser Pulses
Huailiang XuJilin UniversityRemote filament fabrication and application
Liang Xu (withdrawn) University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, ChinaPopulation of ionic levels in N2+
Jinping YaoSIOM, ChinaCascaded amplification and backward radiation of air lasing
Shuai YuanUniversity of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyMultidimensional Filamentary Plasma Grating
Heping ZengEast China Normal University, ChinaFilamentary Plasma Gratings Induced Molecular Bond Rupture 
Zengxiu ZhaoNUT, ChinaMultidimensional quantum coherence in N2+ lasing