6th Symposium · Hong Kong
An annual gathering of the quantitative phase imaging community in Asia, bringing groups in the region together in person to share recent work in label‑free, quantitative and three‑dimensional imaging.
Updated 13 November 2026. Proposed schedule, subject to confirmation. All times are Hong Kong time (HKT, UTC+8).
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The scientific programme runs for a full day on Friday, with a welcome dinner the evening before. Details of the optional Saturday programme will be announced on site.
Scientific programme: Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building (SHB), Room 603. Each invited talk includes a 35-minute presentation and 5 minutes for questions.
| Time (HKT) | Programme |
|---|---|
| 08:45–09:20 | Registration and poster setup |
| 09:20–09:30 | Opening remarks Prof. Hon Ki Tsang (CUHK) |
| 09:30–10:10 | Nicholas Durr Invited talk 1 · Johns Hopkins University |
| 10:10–10:50 | Yuan Luo Invited talk 2 · National Taiwan University |
| 10:50–11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10–11:50 | Naru Yoneda Invited talk 3 · Kobe University |
| 11:50–12:00 | Group photograph |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch break Chairs and invited speakers: CC Staff Canteen |
| 13:30–14:10 | Kenneth K. Y. Wong Invited talk 4 · The University of Hong Kong |
| 14:10–14:50 | Yongsoo Yang Invited talk 5 · KAIST |
| 14:50–15:10 | Coffee break |
| 15:10–15:50 | Kevin Tsia Invited talk 6 · The University of Hong Kong |
| 15:50–16:10 | Poster lightning talks |
| 16:10–17:20 | Poster session and discussion |
| 17:20–17:40 | Poster awards and closing remarks |
| 18:00–20:45 | Conference dinner Chung Chi College Student Canteen, 1/F South Wing |
Four five-minute poster lightning talks and 31 poster abstracts are included in the programme book. Session chairs will be announced.
Quantitative phase imaging measures the optical path a specimen imposes on light, and that single measurement carries a long way. It gives dry mass and refractive index in a living cell, surface figure and film thickness on a semiconductor wafer or a glass substrate, and — through the same phase retrieval — structure at atomic resolution in electron tomography.
The symposium is built around the measurement rather than the specimen. Talks run from optics and reconstruction algorithms through biology and medicine to materials, metrology and inspection, and we would rather the programme were broad than tidy.
All six invited speakers are confirmed, listed alphabetically by surname. All invited talks take place on Friday, 20 November.
Johns Hopkins University
National Taiwan University
Kobe University
The University of Hong Kong
KAIST
The University of Hong Kong
Talk titles and abstracts will be added as they become available.
Attendance is free. Poster submissions are made through the same form.
Poster abstract deadline: 30 October 2026, 23:59 HKT.
Complimentary conference dinner places are offered to advance registrants on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability. The current reservation is for 50 people; dinner capacity is separate from registration capacity.
The meeting is held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The scientific sessions and posters will be in Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building (SHB), Room 603. For travel or visa-support coordination, contact Qihang Zhang.
The local team is coordinating hotel arrangements and a possible group discount at Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin. Booking instructions will follow.
Details of the optional Saturday programme will be announced on site.
The symposium is in person only — there is no online attendance. Bringing the community into one room for a day is the point of the meeting, and remote participation has not served that well in the past.
