Calendar

Fluorometry, May 17-21, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland; SPIE/PL. Tel.: (4822) 184497 or 6191853; FAX: (4822) 133265; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.spie.org/poland.html

Apr 1st, 1999

SID `99, May 16-21, San Jose, CA; SID. Tel.: (212) 620-3377; FAX: (212) 620-3379

Fluorometry, May 17-21, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland; SPIE/PL. Tel.: (4822) 184497 or 6191853; FAX: (4822) 133265; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.spie.org/poland.html

1999 ASPRS Annual Conference, May 17-21, Portland, OR; ASPRS. Tel.: (301) 493-0290, ext. 105; FAX: (301) 493-0208; Web: www.asprs.org

9th Int`l Fair and Congress for Sensors, Transducers, & Systems (SENSOR 99), May 18-20, N?rnberg, Germany; ACS Organizations GmbH. Tel.: (49) 5033-2015; FAX: (49) 5033-1056; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.sensor99.de

CLEO/QELS, May 23-28, Baltimore, MD; OSA. Tel.: (202) 223-0920; FAX: (202) 223-1096

Int`l Symposium on Optical Systems Design and Production, May 26-29, Berlin, Germany; EOS/SPIE. Tel.: (32) 2 743 15 73; FAX: (32) 2 743 15 50; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.europto.org

Fourier Transform Spectroscopy: New Methods & Applications 1999 (FTS `99), June 7-10, Monterey, CA; OSA. Tel.: (202) 223-0920; FAX: (202) 223-1096

Optical Amplifiers and their Applications 1999 (OAA `99), June 9-11, Nara, Japan; OSA. Tel.: (202) 223-0920; FAX: (202) 223-1096

CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC, June 14-18, Munich, Germany; OSA/IEEE-LEOS/EPS-QEOD. Tel.: (202) 223-8130; FAX: (202) 223-1096

European Symposium on Enviro-Sense, June 14-18, Munich, Germany; SPIE/EOS. Tel.: (360) 676-3290; FAX: (360) 647-1445; e-mail: [email protected]

Laser 99, June 14-18, Munich, Germany; Messe M?nchen Int`l. Tel.: (49) 89 949 20311; FAX: (49) 89 949 20319; e-mail: [email protected]

Laser Safety Officer Training/Laser Safety: Hazards, Inspection, & Controls, May 17-21, Providence, RI; LIA. Tel.: (800) 34-LASER or (407) 380-1553; FAX: (407) 380-5588; Web: www.laserinstitute.org

Hands-On Fiberoptic Training, May 18-20, Pittsburgh, PA; May 25-27, Memphis, TN; June 8-10, Little Rock, AR; fee is $1195; NTT. Tel.: 900) 922-2820 or (303) 649-9980; FAX: (303) 649-9930; Web: www.nttinc.com

Measurement Workshop for Laser Safety, May 19-21, Cincinnati, OH; fee is $940; RLI. Tel.: (513) 271-1568; FAX: (513) 271-1598

Modern Electro-Optics and Imaging Systems, June 2-4, Washington, DC; fee is $1075; The George Washington Univ. Tel.: (800) 424-9773 or (202) 496-8444; FAX: (202) 872-0645; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.gwu.edu/~ceep

Colorimetry for Imaging, June 14, Rochester, NY; RIT. Tel.: (716) 475-7189; FAX: (716) 475-5988; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.cis.rit.edu/research/mcsl/courses.html

6th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Nov. 8-12, Toronto, Ont., Canada; ITS. Tel.: (416) 588-5051; FAX: (416) 588-5047; e-mail: [email protected] Due July 1

15th Annual National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), Sept. 26-30, Chicago, IL; NFOEC. FAX: (973) 829-5965; e-mail: [email protected] bellcore.com Due July 15

Send Calendar listings, four months in advance, to Carole Root, Calendar Editor, Laser Focus World, 98 Spit Brook Rd., Nashua, NH 03062; e-mail: [email protected]

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