Call for applications for a CANADA EXCELLENCE RESEARCH CHAIR (CERC) IN PHOTONICS at COPL – ULAVAL

CANADA EXCELLENCE RESEARCH CHAIR (CERC) IN PHOTONICS Application deadline: 2025-09-16 Université Laval is recruiting candidates for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Photonics. The Chair holder will be a full professor and member of the Centre for Optics, Photonics...
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A look back at the 36th COPL Annual Conference and 2nd RÉQOP/COPL Summer School!

✨ A look back at the 36th COPL Annual Conference and the 2nd edition of the Summer School held at the Centre Culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke on June 2 and 3! ✨ A huge thank you to our speakers...
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François Légaré and his INRS team win Québec Science magazine’s people’s choice award for 2024 discovery of the year!

François Légaré, professor at INRS, and his team have won Québec Science's 2024 Discovery of the Year Public Award for a major breakthrough in radiotherapy. Using lasers and ambient air, they have succeeded in generating electron beams capable of destroying...
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Welcome to new COPL member Gabriella Tessitore from Université Laval!

COPL recently accepted the appointment of Professor Gabriella Tessitore of Université Laval as a regular member. Here is an overview of her research interests: Exploiting the special interactions between light and matter at the nanoscale through spectroscopic and microscopic investigations....
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14 October 2025

International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2025)

Centre des Congrès de Québec
October 14-17, 2025

From October 14 to 17, 2025 at the Quebec City Convention Center, don’t miss the Microwave Photonics International Theme Meeting.

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21 June 2026

30th International Liquid Crystal Conference

Centre des Congrès de Québec
June 21-26, 2026

From June 21 to 26, 2026, take part in the 30th International Liquid Crystal Conference.

Program and registration: https://ilcc2026.org/en

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