The international conference which will focus on topics related to the implementation of semiconductor sources and detectors in the mid-infrared spectral region and their use for environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics and security applications will be held from 8th to 11th April 2015 at our institute together with the 3rd Annual Conference of COST Action MP1204.

The year 2015 has been declared as the International Year of Light and light-based technologies at the 68th General Assembly of the UN. We will remember 12 eminent scientists of the 20th century, who had an indelible impact on the history of photonics and influenced, directly or indirectly, the activity of our institute within the 12 months of the International year of Light.