OSA Podblog

Do you know how to use your membership in a professional society to its full benefit?  Do you sometimes wonder what direction your life will take once you have decided to go into industry or academia?  When you are looking at the long lists of publications that other people have accumulated, do you ponder your ability to achieve a publications list as prolific?  In May 2008 at the CLEO/QELS conference in San Jose, California, four well-known OSA members gathered together to talk about these topics and to share tips from their own lives to benefit the young professionals who are now where they once were. 

Career Podcast Part 1
Career Podcast Part 2

 

Optical technologies have made major contributions to disease identification, detection, diagnosis and treatment.  Scientists and engineers in optics and photonics have been important contributors to these developments and are looking to contribute to future advances in the next generation of bio-optical technology.  Dr. Jaffe’s talk provides perspective on the places in which advanced imagery and collaborative data sharing technology promise to provide superior results, where advances are needed to make more powerful tools, and where technology is lacking.

View slides from this presentation (PDF)

The Minorities & Women in OSA (MWOSA) Breakfast at the 2007 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) conference in San Jose, CA featured Kate Pickle, STEM Project Manager for the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA).  Listen to this inspiring talk emphasizing the role optics professionals can have in encouraging girls to excel in science and math studies.  For more information about MWOSA, please contact KiKi L'Italien at klital@osa.org. 

Statistics have historically shown girls to be less interested and involved in the sciences than boys.  While the reasons for this disparity are still hotly debated, there are people and organizations who are taking strides in changing the demographic landscape of the sciences.  Hear from the recent attendees of an optics-based workshop presented to girls in conjunction with the National Coalition of Girls Schools (NCGS) and from one of the organization’s Executive Directors Meg Milne Moulton. This and other news about pushing the boundaries of science from the 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO) Press Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Listen in on this recording of OSA's recent "Minorities and Women in Physics" luncheon that was held at the Baltimore Convention Center featuring a presentation by Dr. Rachel Ivie, Research Manager with the Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics.

The luncheon was part of OSA's ongoing Minorities and Women in OSA program. For more information about MWOSA, please visit the OSA.org website under membership. You can also look at Rachel's PowerPoint presentation.

 

 

Hear some of the industry's top experts discuss the current broadband explosion and how optics will handle the demand.  [This session was recorded LIVE at the OFC/NFOEC Conference in Anaheim, CA in March 2007.]

Speakers include:

• Dana Cooperson, VP Network Infrastructure, Ovum-RHK, USA 
• Tony Bates, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Routing Technology Group, Cisco Systems, USA 
• Shoichi Hanatani, President, Asia-Pacific FTTH Council, Japan
• Vik Saxena, Ph.D., Senior Director, Network Engineering, Corporate CTO Office, Comcast Cable, USA
Mark A. Wegleitner, Senior Vice President of Technology and Network Planning, Chief Technology Officer, Verizon Communications, USA

Interested in visiting Capitol Hill?  This podcast will cover an exciting opportunity to meet directly with your members of Congress in Washington, D.C. through OSA's Capitol Hill Day event.  Hear OSA staff discuss the event and how you can get involved in the legislative process by advocating for important U.S. science policy issues, such as federal funding for R&D.  Capitol Hill Day will take place May 9 and 10, coinciding with CLEO/QELS 2007.  

Also in this episode:

After 8.5 years at OSA, what is membership services director Aimee Gibbons most frequently asked question from members?

Related links:

www.osa.org/CapHillDay

http://www.osa.org/membership/default.aspx

OSA is pleased to announce the launch of OSA Podblog! OSA Podblog enables you to listen to podcasts and view PowerPoint slides on your computer or download the audio portion on an MP3 player.

OSA produces free audio, video and enhanced podcasts of popular meeting speakers and special topics for OSA Members.

To suggest future topics or to learn more about the OSA Podblog, please contact KiKi L'Italien, Membership and Education Services Department, at klital@osa.org.