Symposium S2. Frontiers of Theoretical Optics and Photonics

• Professor Sergej Flach, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea
  Presentation Title: The Wonderful World of Flat bands
  Presentation Title: Parity-Time symmetry in optics 
• Associate Professor Andrey Miroshnichenko, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia
  Presentation Title: Dielectric nanoresonators

Symposium S3. Brillouin Scattering: Past, Present and Future

• Assistant Professor Thiago Alegre, University of Campinas, Brazil
  Presentation Title: Advances and challenges for enabling strong light and sound interaction in Brillouin optomechanics nanophotonic structures
• Dr Eric Kittlaus, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
  Presentation Title: Acousto-optic Interactions in Silicon Photonics
• Professor Avi Zadok, Bar-Ilan, Israel
  Presentation Title: Surface Acoustic Wave Photonic Devices in Standard Silicon on Insulator