Symposium programme

The Symposium takes place in the building SG. All lectures are in the auditorium SG1. Coffee breaks, welcome party and poster session are in the auditorium lobby (near the Symposium registration).

Monday February 28th, 2005

9:30	Opening Olivier J.F. Martin and Juan R. Mosig, EPFL
9:50	Some problems of negative refraction Victor G. Veselago, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
10:35	Coffee break
11:00	Chirality and negative refraction: The Swiss roll revisited John B. Pendry, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
11:45	CRLH metamaterials: Transmission line theory and novel electromagnetic concepts Christophe Caloz, Montreal University, Canada and Tatsuo Itoh, University of California in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
12:30	Lunch, Restaurant le Parmentier, EPFL
14:00	The design of negative index metamaterials: Extending effective medium concepts David R. Smith, Duke University, U.S.A.
14:45	Simulation, design and tests of a graded negative index of refraction lens Claudio G. Parazzoli, Boeing Phantom Works, U.S.A.
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Designing super-lenses with negative refractive index materials Anantha S. Ramakrishna, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
16:45	Metamaterials and metafilms: Effective parameter models and applications Edward Kuester, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
17:30	Welcome reception

Tuesday March 1st, 2005

9:00	Research on negative refraction and backward-wave media: A historical perspective Sergei Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
9:45	Development of left-handed composite materials and negative refracting photonic crystals with subwavelength focusing Ekmel Ozbay, Bilkent University, Turkey
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Negative-index media and negative refraction in a microscopic physical perspective Ole Keller, Aalborg University, Denmark
11:45	Miniaturized waveguides, resonators and antennas based on uniaxial single-negative metamaterials Silvio Hrabar, University of Zagreb, Crotia
12:30	Lunch buffet and poster session
14:00	Negative index materials: New frontiers in optics Costas Soukoulis, Iowa State University, U.S.A.
14:45	Duality in metamaterials and metasurfaces design Ricardo Marqués, Sevilla University, Spain
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Ideas for double-negative metamaterials, negative-index nano-layers, and nano-circuit elements and transmission lines at optical frequencies Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
16:45	Characterization and application of anisotropic and bianisotropic lefthanded metamaterials Tomasz Grzegorcyk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
19:30	Banquet, Hotel Beau-Rivage, Lausanne

Wednesday March 2nd, 2005

9:00	Miniature antennas & arrays embedded within magnetic photonic crystals John Volakis, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
9:45	Negative refraction in outer space Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Metamaterials applications to electrically small antennas Richard W. Ziolkowski, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
11:45	Negative refractive-index transmission-line metamaterials and electromagnetic applications George V. Eleftheriades, Toronto University, Canada
12:30	Concluding remarks Olivier J.F. Martin and Juan R. Mosig, EPFL