14.-18. September 2008
International Semiconductor Laser Conference
"Brilliant 980 nm tapered and broad area lasers for fiber coupling applications", Harald König

24.-27. June 2008
International LED Expo Kintex, Korea
“LED Backlighting”, Stanley Zhou

4.-9. May 2008
CLEO 2008 San Jose, CA, USA
“Monolithic integration of pump lasers and a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL)”, Dr. Stefan Illek

22. April 2008
LIGHT Congress - New York City, NY, USA
Offering a window into the lighting industry's innovations and technological advancements, LIGHTCongress is an annual forum that brings together world leaders in lighting, design, architecture, academia and engineering to discuss the important trends and issues affecting the industry in the commercial, residential and consumer sectors.

7.-11. April 2008
Photonics Europe Strasbourg, France
“High power semiconductor disk laser with monolithically integrated pump lasers”, Wolfgang Diehl

18.-20. March 2008
LASER World of Photonics China Shanghai, China
“First and smallest power laser diode in a surface mountable package (SMT)", Jörg Heerlein

25.-29. February 2008
DPG Frühjahrstagung Berlin, Germany

“Monolithic integration of pump lasers and high-power semiconductor disk lasers”, Wolfgang Diehl

“Influence of low-absorption laser facets on catastrophic optical damage in AlGaInP lasers”, Marwan Bou Sanayeh

“Enabling-factors for the improvement of nitride-based LED efficiency”, Ansgar Laubsch

“Temperature and current dependent electroluminescence measurements on colour-coded Multiple Quantum Well Light Emitting Diodes”, Ansgar Laubsch

“Investigation of phosphorescent blue organic light emitting diodes”, Chien-Shu Chiu

“Optimization of emission color and efficiency of organic light emitting diodes for lighting applications”, Stefan Seidel

11.-13. February 2008
Strategies in Light - Santa Clara, CA, USA
Strategies in Light is a business conference and exhibition on high-brightness LEDs produced by Strategies Unlimited and PennWell Corporation.
The foremost experts from major LED suppliers, application developers, and supporting materials and equipment providers will present first-hand perspectives on the topics of compelling interest. Pre-conference workshops will enhance the main conference by focusing on practical issues associated with the design and implementation of LED systems.

19. -24. January 2008
Photonics West and Photonics West Conference San Jose, CA, USA
“Optical analysis of down-conversion OLEDs”, Benjamin Krummacher