BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Annual LaserLaB Symposium 2026 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260703T093000 DTEND:20260703T190000 DTSTAMP:20260703T093000 UID:2026/annual-laserlab-symposium@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260615T140630 LOCATION:6A-00 Vrije Universiteit - Main Building De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam SUMMARY:Annual LaserLaB Symposium 2026 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Save the date! Annual L aserLaB Symposium 2026

Dear LaserLaB Amsterdam community,&nbs p;

We are pleased to announce the date of our annual LaserLaB S ymposium, which will be held on Friday the 3 ^rd of July starting from 9:30 am onwards< /strong>. The Symposium will bring together members of the LaserLaB c ommunity for a day of scientific and social exchange.

This year , part of the programme will be specially dedicated to the memory of Freek Ariese, who sadly passed away early January. F reek made many inspiring contributions to LaserLaB and the yearly Sym posium, and to honor that we will welcome several invited speakers wh o were close friends and collaborators of Freek.

You can re gister by using the white button on the blue registration bar bellow on this page.

Annual LaserLaB Best Paper Contest is open for our young researchers.
Eligibility rules for t his contest are:
• Each young scientist with some appointment at LaserLaB may submit one scientific paper of which he/she is the firs t author and the main contributor. We encourage the submission of pap ers from high and average impact journals alike.
• As young scie ntists qualify: PhD students (AIO’s, OIO's), Master students, Europ ean visiting students, and postdocs.
• Submitted papers must hav e been accepted for publication between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026 .
• The winner will be present at the award ceremony to claim hi s/her prize.
• Each paper needs to be accompanied by a simple an d short (single page A4) cover letter written by the candidate. This letter should very briefly explain the importance of the pa per for his/her field of research and highlighting the achieved break through.

Emphasis in the cover letter should be mostly given on the scientific creativity and persistence of t he individual contestant leading to the publica tion.
The cover letter should be comprehensible t o people outside the paper’s specific field of research. The qualit y of the cover letter will be an important factor in the jury’s jud icial process. Jury members this year are Peter Kraus, Volha Chukhuts ina and Dierck Hillmann.
Submit your paper and the cover letter b y email to m.e.herronen@vu.nl . Deadline for submission is Frida y 19^th of June 2026, 23: 59.

Further details and the program are updated regula rly.

DESCRIPTION: Dear LaserLaB Amsterdam community, We are pleased t o announce the date of our annual LaserLaB Symposium, which will be h eld on Friday the 3^rd of July starting from 9:30 am onwards. The Symposium w ill bring together members of the LaserLaB community for a day of sci entific and social exchange. This year, part of the programme will be specially dedicated to the memory of Freek Ariese, who sadly passed away early January. Freek made many inspiring contri butions to LaserLaB and the yearly Symposium, and to honor that we wi ll welcome several invited speakers who were close friends and collab orators of Freek. You can register by using the white button on t he blue registration bar bellow on this page. Annual Las erLaB Best Paper Contest is open for our young researchers.< br>Eligibility rules for this contest are:
• Each young scientis t with some appointment at LaserLaB may submit one scientific paper o f which he/she is the first author and the main contributor. We encou rage the submission of papers from high and average impact journals a like.
• As young scientists qualify: PhD students (AIO’s, OIO' s), Master students, European visiting students, and postdocs.
• Submitted papers must have been accepted for publication between Jun e 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026.
• The winner will be present at the award ceremony to claim his/her prize.
• Each paper needs to be accompanied by a simple and short (single page A4) cover letter writt en by the candidate. This letter should very briefly explai n the importance of the paper for his/her field of research and highl ighting the achieved breakthrough. Emphasis in the cover letter shoul d be mostly given on the scientific creativity and persistence of the individual contestant le ading to the publication.
The cover letter should be comprehensible to people outside the paper’s specific field of research. The quality of the cover letter will be an important factor in the jury’s judicial process. Jury members this year are Peter K raus, Volha Chukhutsina and Dierck Hillmann.
Submit your paper an d the cover letter by email to m. e.herronen@vu.nl. Deadline for submission i s Friday 19^th of June 2026, 23:59. Further details and the program are updated regularly. Save the date! Annual LaserLaB Symposium 2026 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR