• Dates: January 2-6, 2012
  • There will be a reception on Monday evening, January 2nd, in honor of the 2012 recipients of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics: Henry Kapteyn of The University of Colorado, Margaret Murnane of The University of Colorado, Jorge Rocca of Colorado State University.

  • The conference sessions will be Tuesday, January 3 through Friday, January 6.

  • Please note that the conference will run through the evening of Friday, January 6. Please make plans to attend the entire conference.

• Deadlines:
  • December 1: — Deadline for making a hotel reservation. – past. If you have not made your hotel reservation, do so immediately! If there are rooms left, you can still get the PQE discount, (see the instructions) but only if there are rooms left and they may already be gone.
  • December 7: — Deadline for abstract submission. – past. Abstract submission is now closed.
  • December 25: — Deadline for prepayment of the registration fee. – Extended.

• Hotel and travel
  Participants must make their own lodging and travel arrangements. Instructions are here.

• Conference Fee
  All participants are expected to pay the registration fee. This is necessary because the conference is only supported by the registration fees. Thank you for your understanding. Instructions are here.

• Instructions:
  • Instructions for participants.
  • Instructions for session organizers.

• Conference Program. We have posted the complete conference program which includes a list of all speakers and the schedule of talks.

• Registration. It is important for all participants to register to test our email communication. It only takes a minute. Just fill out this form.

• Please direct all inquiries to and confirm your attendance by sending email to
  

Organizing Committee: Marlan O. Scully and George R. Welch.
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