A meeting was held on July 4th 2014 at the Centre for Optical and Laser Engineering under the auspices of the Optics and Photonics Society of Singapore to explore the possibility of setting up an ASEAN Commission on Optics and Photonics (AcOP) grouping of regional societies/organisation/associations with a mission to provide a regional forum for industry, researchers, academicians and students to network and collaborate through seminars, workshops, conferences and exhibitions and other social events. At the inaugural meeting hosted by OPSS, members from Indonesia (InOS), Malaysia, Philippines,Thailand and Singapore met to discuss the formation of AcOP Minutes of the meeting can be found here along with Optics and Photonics activities in the region. OPSS - Contact: Prof. Anand Asundi InOS - Contact Dr. Alexander A. Iskandar OP - Philippines - Contact: Dr. Percival Almoro Thailand - Contact: Dr. Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn and Dr. Joewono Widjaja If you have any suggestions or know of any persons from Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR who might be interested in this, ask them to contact any of the above persons. |
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