Diskcon 2008 17th - 18th September 2008 Santa Claral Convention Center Booth: 307 Santa Clara, California, USA http://www.idema.org

OPTO 2008 30th September - 2nd October 2008 Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition centre http://www.optoexpo.com in cooperation with TRIOPTICS France http://www.trioptics.fr

Photonex 2008 15th - 16th October 2008 Stoneleigh Park Coventry UK http://www.photonex.org in co-operation with LINOS Photonics Ltd. http://www.linos-photonics.co.uk

ILOPE 2008 Optoelectronics Industry Exposition 25th - 27st November 2008 China International Center Beijing P.R. China http://www.ilope-expo.com/en/index.htm in co-operation with Tianjin MicroNano Manufacturing Tech Co., Ltd. e-mail: chenjinping@tju.edu.cn

Photonica 2008 at the hi.tech.expo 25h - 28th November 2008 Milan Fair Center Rho (Mi), Italy http://www.hitechexpo.eu in cooperation with Micos Italia GmbH http://www.micos.it

MRS Fall Meeting 2008 2nd - 4th December 2008 Hynes Convention Center (Level 2) Boston, MA, USA http://www.mrs.org