The 1st International Online Conference on Optics
The 1st International Online Conference on Optics
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
15 December 2025
10 February 2026
23 March 2026
Biomedical Optics, Photonics, Quantum Optics
IOCO2026 is FREE for Participation!
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Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to join the 1st International Online Conference on Optics (IOCO 2026), which will be hosted online from 25 to 27 March 2026.
The conference serves as a premier platform for optics researchers and enthusiasts to share their latest findings, innovative ideas, and practical experiences in the fields of optics and photonics. IOCO 2026 will present the state of the art and exciting new developments in optics relating to the following topics:
S1. Biomedical Optics;
S2. Optoelectronics and Optical Engineering;
S3. Geometrical Optics;
S4. Photonics and Optical Communications;
S5. Laser Sciences and Technology;
S6. Quantum Optics;
S7. Optical Metrology.
IOCO 2026 will enable you to share and discuss your most recent research findings with the vibrant global community of scientists and engineers in the field.
IOCO 2026 will make your presentation accessible to hundreds of researchers worldwide, with the active engagement of the audience in question-and-answer sessions and discussion groups, which will take place online.
The conference committee will review the submitted abstracts. The authors of accepted contributions will have their work displayed in an abstract collection. Following the conference, outstanding contributions will be invited to be submitted as full-length papers for publication in Optics. We hope you will join us, present your work at IOCO 2026, and be part of this exciting online event.
Chairs of IOCO 2026
Event Chairs
Prof. Dr. Costantino De Angelis
Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Italy
Prof. Dr. Costantino De Angelis
costantino.deangelis@unibs.it
Prof. Dr. Thomas Seeger
Institut Fluid- und Thermodynamik, Lehrstuhl für Technische Thermodynamik, Universität Siegen, Germany
Event Chair
thomas.seeger@uni-siegen.de
Session Chairs
Department of Chemical Science, University of Catania, Italy
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto
gtrusso@unict.it
Registration
The registration for IOCO 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 23 March 2026.
Instructions for Authors
IOCO 2026 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 15 December 2025.
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 10 February 2026. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded HERE.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the Conference's Special Issue, published in Optics (1.1 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.1 (2023)), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of The 1st International Online Conference on Optics in the Biology and Life Science (ISSN: 2218-1989) if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCO2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title.
Full author names.
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
Abstract.
Keywords.
Introduction.
Methods.
Results and Discussion.
Conclusions.
Acknowledgements.
References.
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