Invitation to the 2020 ICO/Gallieno Denardo Award Ceremony, Today 18 February at 16:30

The ICTP is pleased to announce that the  2020 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award Ceremony will take place today, Tuesday 18 February 2020 at 16:30 hrs in the Budinich Lecture Hall.

The ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award is given annually to researchers younger than 40 years of age from a developing country who have made significant contributions to the field of optics or photonics.

The recipient of the 2020 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award is Dr. Kok Sing Lim from the Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

The Award recognizes Dr. Lim's "achievements in the field of optical fibre sensing and optical communications, and his substantial contributions to sustainable development in Malaysia through promoting the use of optics-based technologies in the industrial sector".

Attached is the ceremony's programme.

During the ceremony, the prize winner will deliver the following lecture:

"Few-mode fibre components for mode conversion in spatial division multiplexing"


The ceremony will be livestreamed at  http://www.ictp.it/livestream

You are all most welcome to attend.

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