OPNPD 2026:
Optical Pulses in Nonlinear Photonic Devices
June 29–July 1, 2026
Weierstrass Institute Berlin
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Scientific Scope
The workshop aims to promote cooperation among leading national and international researchers – both theorists and experimentalists – working on pulses, turbulence, and extreme waves in nonlinear optical fibers.
Program
The program will be available later
Topics
Topics covered by the workshop include, but are not limited to:
- Wave mixing in nonlinear fibers, modulation instability
- Optical solitons in active and passive optical systems
- Spatio-temporal phenomena in nonlinear optics
- Ultrashort optical pulses, higher-order dispersion
- Optical turbulence and extreme waves in nonlinear fibers
- Applications of optical systems to machine learning
- Modelling and numerical methods
Invited Speakers
- Stephane Barlard, Institut de Physique de Nice
- Fabio Biancalana, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
- Kurt Busch, Humboldt-Universität, zu Berlin (to be confirmed)
- Neil Broderick, University of Auckland
- Martijn De Sterke, University of Sydney
- Daria Dolinina, Ferdinand Braun Institute, Berlin
- John Dudley, Université de Franche-Comté
- Margarida Facao, Universidade de Aveiro
- Svetlana Gurevich, Universität Münster
- Lina Jaurigue, Technische Universität Ilmenau
- Julien Javaloyes, Universitat de les Illes Balears
- Kathy Lüdge, Technische Universität Ilmenau
- Cristina Masoller, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Arnaud Mussot, Université de Lille
- Antonio Picozzi, Université de Franche-Comté
- Maria Richter, Max Born Institute, Berlin
- Günter Steinmeyer, Max Born Institute, Berlin
- Antoine Runge, University of Sydney
- Giovanna Tissoni, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
- Sergei Turitsyn, Aston University
Call for Abstracts
We welcome contributed talks for the workshop. Please prepare a short abstract (max. 300 words, plain text) for a contributed presentation on any of the topics listed above.
Title and abstracts must be submitted using the registration form (see below).
Important Dates
| Registration period: | March 20 – May 18, 2026 |
| Abstract submission: | March 20 – May 1, 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance: | May 10, 2026 |
Registration
Each participant (speaker or conference attendee) is requested to register online.
The registration will open soon.
Workshop Fee
We will charge all attendees a registration fee of 120 EUR for participation in the workshop.
After receiving the confirmation of your registration, please transfer the conference fee to the bank account provided in the e-mail.
Please note that, due to financial reasons, we can only accept payments via bank transfer. Cash payments at registration are no longer permitted.
Venue
- The Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) is located in the central district Berlin-Mitte.
The workshop will take place in the Erhard-Schmidt lecture room (ground floor). - Address: Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Str. 39, D–10117 Berlin, Germany
- Nearby subway stations are "Hausvogteiplatz" (line U2), "Museumsinsel" (line U5) and "Stadtmitte" (line U2 & U6).
See www.bvg.de for more information about public transport in Berlin (routes/tickets). - The venue is wheel-chair accessible by appointment. Kindly inform us about any particular needs.
- We can sponsor child care during the workshop. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Workshop Dinner
The workshop dinner will take place on (Tuesday) June 30, 2026 at 6 pm. More details will follow.
Terms and Conditions
Organizers/ Program Committee
Contact and further information
Secretariat: Veronica Bove
Email: opnpd26@wias-berlin.de
Support
We gratefully acknowledge funding by the Weierstrass Insitute Berlin (WIAS)
