Скачать или смотреть The International Community of Light and Light-based Technologies addresses - Francis Allotey

The International Year of Light involves a worldwide community of participants from many different fields. Although coming from a diverse range of sectors, they are all dedicated to understanding the science of light and exploring its opportunities. This session showed different representatives from the International Year of Light community that gave their particular perspectives on the context, challenges and opportunities of 2015.

Francis Allotey serves as President of the African Physical Society as well as Vice President at large of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). He is an internationally respected mathematical physicist holding a doctoral degree from Princeton University, U.S. He is known from the “Allotey Formalism” which arose from his work in Soft X-ray spectroscopy. Prof. Allotey has been a key leader in the promotion of physics both within Ghana and more widely across Africa. He serves on the International Year of Light 2015 Steering Committee.

The IYL 2015 Opening Ceremony was held on 19-20 January 2015 at UNESCO HQ in Paris.

Credit: SPIE