Dr. Ramon Martinez Mañez Affiliation: School of Industrial Engineering Universitat Politècnica de València Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia Valencia, Spain Title: Silica-based nanomaterials in sensing applications

Dr. Claudio Rroscini Affiliation: University Autonoma of Barcelona, ICN2, CSIC, Spain, Title: Thermally switchable optical systems based on phase change materials

Dr. Pier Luigi Gentili Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Perugia (Italy) Title: Implementation of Biologically Inspired Photochromic Fuzzy Logic (BIPFUL) Systems that extend human vision to UV

Dr. Alfons Penzkofer Affiliation: Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Regensburg Universitaetsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany Title: Photodynamics of optogenetic BLUF coupled photoactivated adenylyl cyclases

Dr. Joao Carlos Lima Affiliation: Chemistry Department,LAQv REQUIMTE, FCT, University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal Title: Aurophilic gels

Dr. Jorge Parola Affiliation: Chemistry Department,LAQV-REQUIMTE, FCT, University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal Title: pH-Tunable fluorescence and photochromism in flavylium-based materials

Dr. Andrea Pucci Affiliation: University of Pissa,Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Italy Title: Enhancing Optical Efficiency of Thin-Film Luminescent Solar Concentrators by Combining Energy Transfer and Stacked Design

Dr. Ola Soderberg Affiliation: University of Uppsala, Dept of Immunology, Genetics & Pathology, Sweden Title: DNA-based molecular tools for monitoring cellular activity

Dr. Janos Erostyak Affiliation: University of Pecs. Department of Experimental Physics, Hungary Title: Luminescence Centres in Silicon Carbide Nanocrystals: TRANES and DAS Analysis of Luminescence Spectroscopy Data

Dr. Tood B. Marder Affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Department,Universität Würzburg, Germany Title: Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties and Applications of New 3-Coordinate Organoboron Compounds

Dr. Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5,  DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Title: Photochromic molecules for solar energy storage

Dr. Amparo Faustino Affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal Title: The sensing ability of new porphyrin-rhodamine conjugates

Dr. Beata Kurdziel Affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Title: Endogenous fluorophores in studies of chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthetic activity- new findings

Dr. Soo Young Park Affiliation: Center for Supramolecular Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National, University, Seoul (Korea) Title: Water-Soluble PEGylated ß-Dicyanodistyrylbenzene : Smart Fluorescent Micelle Showing Thermo-responsive Fluorescent Switching