Key Note Fluorescence Presentation Given By:

• Dr. Joseph Lakowicz (University of Maryland)

Invited Speakers:

• Dr. Paul DeRose (National Institute of Standards and Technology) – Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for Fluorescence – A Palette of Colors from UV to NIR

• Professor David Birch (University of Strathclyde) – Fibril Fluorescence

• Professor Roger H. Bisby (University of Salford) - Fluorescence spectroscopy and intracellular lifetime imaging of the β-blocker drug propranolol using one- and two-photon excitation

• Dr. Rose Cory (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Environmental Sciences & Engineering) – Matrix 3D Excitation/Emission for Complex Water Analysis

• Dr. Susmita Das (Louisiana State University) - A Non-Templated Approach for Tuning the Spectral Properties of cyanine-based Fluorescent NanoGUMBOS

• Dr. Yu Chen (University of Strathclyde) – Gold Nanoparticle Luminescence, Bioimaging

Additional talks by HORIBA Scientific staff:

• Dr. Graham Hungerford – Fluorescence Basics

• Dr. Jim Mattheis – Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements and Nanosecond Time-Resolved Stopped-Flow Fluorescence

• Dr. Adam Gilmore – Nanotechnology

• Dr. Lin Chandler – Micro Fluorescence Techniques for Biomedical Fluorescence Applications

• Dr. Karen Gall – Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging