500. JENAer Optikkolloquium
OptoNet e.V. Speakers: Prof. em. Richard Kowarschik and Prof. Michael Kaschke
Prof. em. Richard Kowarschik.
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Aula, Hauptgebäude Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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50 years of JENA optics colloquium – review and outlook
Prof. Dr. Richard Kowarschik, Institute for Applied Optics and Biophysics, University of Jena
The lecture presents important stages in its history on a journey through 50 years of the JENA Optical Colloquium and also addresses some highlights from the extensive lecture program.
The optics colloquium was initially launched by Prof. Hofmann in 1971 as an internal training event in the field of optics for Zeiss employees in Jena. By the time of reunification, it had developed into a broader optics discussion forum, in which representatives from other institutions and companies from the GDR optics centers in Jena, Berlin, Dresden and Ilmenau also took part. After the fall of the Wall, the optics colloquium, supported by a scientific advisory board and other Jena sponsoring institutions from the academic and industrial environment, was continued and established as a forum for new developments in science and technology relating to optics/photonics, which is now widely used Jena and Thuringia extends. The special character of the JENA optics colloquium as a continuing education event and place of scientific exchange between the optical industry and academic research has always been maintained.
Optics as a science and pacemaker of knowledge and innovations
Prof. Dr. Dr. H. c. Michael Kaschke, President of the Stifterverband, Chairman of the Supervisory Board/Chairman, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
The lecture will examine the role of optics as an independent field of physics. The 2,000-year history of optics is examined at a glance and, in particular, its key contributions to the development of other disciplines. The last 50 and 25 years are examined with a certain microscopic eye, with particular emphasis on the forecasts made at the beginning of 2000 on the development of optics and photonics in the so-called century of the photon. Finally, a perhaps daring look is taken at the next 25 years.