27th Symposium on Photonics and Optics (SPO 2026)
Kyiv, Ukraine · 2–6 November 2026 · hybrid
All talks and posters are presented online via Zoom.
Programme as of 27 October 2026, subject to change.
Full timetableRegistrationProgramme (PDF)
Registration is open until 6 November 2026; the Zoom links are sent automatically after registration.
Times: CET first, then Kyiv time (Kyiv = CET + 1 h).
How to read the codes: Mo1.2 = Monday, session 1, talk 2 (Mo = Monday, Tu = Tuesday, We = Wednesday, Th = Thursday, Fr = Friday). The codes of all talks and posters are shown in the full timetable (Detailed view) and in the contribution list.
How to read the codes: Mo1.2 = Monday, session 1, talk 2 (Mo = Monday, Tu = Tuesday, We = Wednesday, Th = Thursday, Fr = Friday). The codes of all talks and posters are shown in the full timetable (Detailed view) and in the contribution list.
Week at a glance
| Mon 2 Nov | Workshop on Ultrafast Phenomena 08:20–17:00 CET · 09:20–18:00 Kyiv · sessions Mo1–Mo4 Plenary Thomas Pezeril, Hervé Cailleau, Lukáš Nádvorník, Urs Staub |
| Tue 3 Nov | Workshop on Advanced Laser Science and Applications 08:00–12:00 CET · 09:00–13:00 Kyiv · sessions Tu1–Tu2 4 plenary talks (40 min + 10 min discussion) Plenary Federico J. Furch, Ondřej Hort, Tamás Nagy, Cord Arnold |
| Wed 4 Nov | 3rd Workshop of the Ukrainian Synchrotron and Neutron Community (USyNC) 08:00–16:50 CET · 09:00–17:50 Kyiv · sessions We1–We4 Plenary Luc Patthey |
| Thu 5 Nov morning |
Workshop on Laser Processing of Materials for Advanced Optoelectronic Applications 08:00–11:30 CET · 09:00–12:30 Kyiv · sessions Th1–Th2 |
| afternoon | Workshop on Sustainable Materials and Technologies for Optoelectronics and Sensors 12:30–17:00 CET · 13:30–18:00 Kyiv · sessions Th3–Th4 |
| Fri 6 Nov | Conference on Optics and High Technology Material Science 08:00–17:00 CET · 09:00–18:00 Kyiv · sessions Fr1–Fr6 Rapid poster sessions Fr4–Fr6: 32 posters (4 min), Fr4.1–Fr6.12 |
Day by day
Monday 2 November 2026
08:20–17:00 CET · 09:20–18:00 Kyiv
08:20–17:00 CET · 09:20–18:00 Kyiv
08:20–08:30 CET · 09:20–09:30 Kyiv
Opening of SPO 2026 — Prof. Serhiy Kondratenko
Opening of SPO 2026 — Prof. Serhiy Kondratenko
Mo108:30–10:10 CET · 09:30–11:10 Kyiv
Ultrafast X-ray Probes, Strain and Acoustics
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Thomas Pezeril
Invited Nelson Nientsu Hua, Ritwika Mandal
Ultrafast X-ray Probes, Strain and Acoustics
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Thomas Pezeril
Invited Nelson Nientsu Hua, Ritwika Mandal
10:10–10:25 CET · 11:10–11:25 Kyiv — Coffee break
Mo210:25–12:20 CET · 11:25–13:20 Kyiv
Photoinduced Phase Transitions
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Hervé Cailleau
Invited Damien Léa, Elizabeth Marie Skoropata
+ 1 oral talk
Photoinduced Phase Transitions
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Hervé Cailleau
Invited Damien Léa, Elizabeth Marie Skoropata
+ 1 oral talk
12:20–13:10 CET · 13:20–14:10 Kyiv — Lunch
Mo313:10–14:50 CET · 14:10–15:50 Kyiv
THz Spintronics and Terahertz Sources
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Lukáš Nádvorník
Invited Artem Levchuk, Peter Kubaščík
THz Spintronics and Terahertz Sources
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Lukáš Nádvorník
Invited Artem Levchuk, Peter Kubaščík
14:50–15:10 CET · 15:50–16:10 Kyiv — Coffee break
Mo415:10–17:00 CET · 16:10–18:00 Kyiv
Spin–Lattice Coupling: Experiment and Theory
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Urs Staub
Invited Leonie Christine Spitz, Maryna Pankratova
Spin–Lattice Coupling: Experiment and Theory
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Urs Staub
Invited Leonie Christine Spitz, Maryna Pankratova
Tuesday 3 November 2026
08:00–12:00 CET · 09:00–13:00 Kyiv
08:00–12:00 CET · 09:00–13:00 Kyiv
08:00–08:10 CET · 09:00–09:10 Kyiv
Opening of the workshop — Rostyslav Danylo
Opening of the workshop — Rostyslav Danylo
Tu108:10–09:50 CET · 09:10–10:50 Kyiv
Ultrafast Laser Sources and Amplification
Chair: Rostyslav Danylo
Plenary Federico J. Furch, Ondřej Hort
Ultrafast Laser Sources and Amplification
Chair: Rostyslav Danylo
Plenary Federico J. Furch, Ondřej Hort
09:50–10:10 CET · 10:50–11:10 Kyiv — Coffee break
Tu210:10–12:00 CET · 11:10–13:00 Kyiv
High-Intensity Pulses and Attosecond Science
Chair: Rostyslav Danylo
Plenary Tamás Nagy, Cord Arnold
then Closing of the workshop, 11:50–12:00 CET · 12:50–13:00 Kyiv
High-Intensity Pulses and Attosecond Science
Chair: Rostyslav Danylo
Plenary Tamás Nagy, Cord Arnold
then Closing of the workshop, 11:50–12:00 CET · 12:50–13:00 Kyiv
Wednesday 4 November 2026
08:00–16:50 CET · 09:00–17:50 Kyiv
08:00–16:50 CET · 09:00–17:50 Kyiv
08:00–08:10 CET · 09:00–09:10 Kyiv
Opening of the workshop — A. A. Kordyuk
Opening of the workshop — A. A. Kordyuk
We108:10–09:40 CET · 09:10–10:40 Kyiv
SOLARIS: Facilities and Beamlines
Chair: Artem Yakovliev
Invited Marcin Sikora, Natalia Olszowska
+ 2 oral talks
SOLARIS: Facilities and Beamlines
Chair: Artem Yakovliev
Invited Marcin Sikora, Natalia Olszowska
+ 2 oral talks
09:40–10:00 CET · 10:40–11:00 Kyiv — Coffee break
We210:00–12:10 CET · 11:00–13:10 Kyiv
Synchrotron and XFEL Photon Science
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Luc Patthey
Invited Eugenio Paris, Myron S. Huzan
+ 2 oral talks
Synchrotron and XFEL Photon Science
Chair: Danylo Babich
Plenary Luc Patthey
Invited Eugenio Paris, Myron S. Huzan
+ 2 oral talks
12:10–13:00 CET · 13:10–14:00 Kyiv — Lunch
We313:00–14:00 CET · 14:00–15:00 Kyiv
ARPES and Topological Quantum Materials
Chair: to be announced
Invited Volodymyr Bezguba
+ 2 oral talks, incl. Larysa Khomenkova (13:45 CET)
ARPES and Topological Quantum Materials
Chair: to be announced
Invited Volodymyr Bezguba
+ 2 oral talks, incl. Larysa Khomenkova (13:45 CET)
We414:00–16:50 CET · 15:00–17:50 Kyiv
Neutron Methods for Materials Research
Chair: Danylo Babich
Invited Astrid Schneidewind, Anatoliy Senyshyn, Oleksandr Prokhnenko, Oleksandr Tomchuk, Yehor Kosiachkin, Oleg Petrenko, Vasyl Ryukhtin, Anastasiia Sakhatska, Ivan Guk, Andrii Zelinsky
Concluding remarks by Oleksandr Tomchuk
Neutron Methods for Materials Research
Chair: Danylo Babich
Invited Astrid Schneidewind, Anatoliy Senyshyn, Oleksandr Prokhnenko, Oleksandr Tomchuk, Yehor Kosiachkin, Oleg Petrenko, Vasyl Ryukhtin, Anastasiia Sakhatska, Ivan Guk, Andrii Zelinsky
Concluding remarks by Oleksandr Tomchuk
Thursday 5 November 2026
08:00–17:00 CET · 09:00–18:00 Kyiv
08:00–17:00 CET · 09:00–18:00 Kyiv
Workshop on Laser Processing of Materials for Advanced Optoelectronic Applications
08:00–11:30 CET · 09:00–12:30 Kyiv
08:00–11:30 CET · 09:00–12:30 Kyiv
08:00–08:05 CET · 09:00–09:05 Kyiv
Opening of the workshop — Volodymyr Dzhagan
Opening of the workshop — Volodymyr Dzhagan
Th108:05–09:55 CET · 09:05–10:55 Kyiv
Ultrafast Ablation and Laser Modification of Materials
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Mindaugas Gedvilas, Amit Verma
+ 3 oral talks
Ultrafast Ablation and Laser Modification of Materials
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Mindaugas Gedvilas, Amit Verma
+ 3 oral talks
09:55–10:15 CET · 10:55–11:15 Kyiv — Coffee break
Th210:15–11:30 CET · 11:15–12:30 Kyiv
Laser Synthesis and Direct Laser Writing
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Enrico Di Russo
+ 3 oral talks
Laser Synthesis and Direct Laser Writing
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Enrico Di Russo
+ 3 oral talks
11:30–12:30 CET · 12:30–13:30 Kyiv — Lunch
Workshop on Sustainable Materials and Technologies for Optoelectronics and Sensors
12:30–17:00 CET · 13:30–18:00 Kyiv
12:30–17:00 CET · 13:30–18:00 Kyiv
12:30–12:35 CET · 13:30–13:35 Kyiv
Opening of the workshop — Volodymyr Dzhagan
Opening of the workshop — Volodymyr Dzhagan
Th312:35–14:35 CET · 13:35–15:35 Kyiv
Hybrid Perovskites and Photoactive Materials
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Illia Guralskyi, Oleg Dimitriev
+ 4 oral talks
Hybrid Perovskites and Photoactive Materials
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Illia Guralskyi, Oleg Dimitriev
+ 4 oral talks
14:35–14:55 CET · 15:35–15:55 Kyiv — Coffee break
Th414:55–17:00 CET · 15:55–18:00 Kyiv
Earth-Abundant Semiconductors, Thin Films and Sensors
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Galina Gurieva, Oleksandr Stroyuk, Dovile Cibiraite-Lukenskiene
+ 2 oral talks
Earth-Abundant Semiconductors, Thin Films and Sensors
Chair: Volodymyr Dzhagan
Invited Galina Gurieva, Oleksandr Stroyuk, Dovile Cibiraite-Lukenskiene
+ 2 oral talks
Friday 6 November 2026
08:00–17:00 CET · 09:00–18:00 Kyiv
08:00–17:00 CET · 09:00–18:00 Kyiv
Conference on Optics and High Technology Material Science
Rapid poster sessions Fr4–Fr6: 32 posters (4 min), Fr4.1–Fr6.12
Rapid poster sessions Fr4–Fr6: 32 posters (4 min), Fr4.1–Fr6.12
08:00–08:10 CET · 09:00–09:10 Kyiv
Opening of the Conference — Kateryna Yablochkova
Opening of the Conference — Kateryna Yablochkova
Fr108:10–09:40 CET · 09:10–10:40 Kyiv
Laser Radiation, Optics and Spectroscopy
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
Invited Liudmyla Derzhypolska, Mariia Pashchenko
+ 2 oral talks
Laser Radiation, Optics and Spectroscopy
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
Invited Liudmyla Derzhypolska, Mariia Pashchenko
+ 2 oral talks
09:40–10:00 CET · 10:40–11:00 Kyiv — Coffee break
Fr210:00–12:00 CET · 11:00–13:00 Kyiv
Functional Ceramics, Glasses and Composites
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
Invited Kateryna Terebilenko
+ 5 oral talks
Functional Ceramics, Glasses and Composites
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
Invited Kateryna Terebilenko
+ 5 oral talks
12:00–13:00 CET · 13:00–14:00 Kyiv — Lunch
Fr313:00–13:45 CET · 14:00–14:45 Kyiv
Thin Films, Nanostructures and Materials Physics
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
3 oral talks
Thin Films, Nanostructures and Materials Physics
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
3 oral talks
Fr413:45–14:33 CET · 14:45–15:33 Kyiv
Poster Rapid I — Ceramics, Glasses and Composites
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
12 rapid posters (4 min), Fr4.1–Fr4.12
Poster Rapid I — Ceramics, Glasses and Composites
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
12 rapid posters (4 min), Fr4.1–Fr4.12
Fr514:33–15:10 CET · 15:33–16:10 Kyiv
Poster Rapid II — Sustainable Materials and Technologies
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
8 rapid posters (4 min), Fr5.1–Fr5.8
Poster Rapid II — Sustainable Materials and Technologies
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
8 rapid posters (4 min), Fr5.1–Fr5.8
15:10–15:30 CET · 16:10–16:30 Kyiv — Coffee break
Fr615:30–16:45 CET · 16:30–17:45 Kyiv
Poster Rapid III — Semiconductors, Optics, THz Techniques and Bio-Optics
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
12 rapid posters (4 min), Fr6.1–Fr6.12
Poster Rapid III — Semiconductors, Optics, THz Techniques and Bio-Optics
Chair: Kateryna Yablochkova
12 rapid posters (4 min), Fr6.1–Fr6.12
16:45–17:00 CET · 17:45–18:00 Kyiv
Closing of SPO 2026 — Prof. Serhiy Kondratenko
Closing of SPO 2026 — Prof. Serhiy Kondratenko
Organisers' website: www.spo.optics.org.ua — please contact the organisers through the website.
Full details of every talk: timetable · programme (PDF).
Full details of every talk: timetable · programme (PDF).