Chairmanships, committee memberships, editorial etc. .

2026

Nov. 26 – 28, Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Scientific Committee, 2nd World Congress on Optics, Photonics and Laser Techn. Incheon, S Korea,
Oct. 11-13 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Honorary Chair, 4th Asian VCSEL Day 26, Suzhou, China
Aug 6-16, — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Co-Chair, iNOW 2026 Beijing, China
July 13 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee, ITCON, Prague,
June 12 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, ICOPL 26, Rome, Italy
May 29 – 31 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Technical Program Committee Chair, ICLOOI 2026, Qingdao, China
May 22 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee, GCNANO, Berlin, Germany
May 11 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, IMPOL Paris, France
May 1 - 5 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Honorary Chair, Light Sino-Italian Photonics Forum Maratea, Italy
April 13-15, — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, AICOPL, Lisbon, Portugal
Feb. 23-25 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee, International Congress of Optics, Photonics and Lasers (OPLNAPLES2026) in Naples, Italy
Member of the Search Committee for Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Editorial Board of Springer Nature journal “Discover Nano”
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, Jaeckel Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Editorial Board, MDPI journal “Photonics”

2025

Oct. 24–25 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, General Chair, GPOLC 2025, Nice
Oct. 17–19 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, General Chair, International Conference on Intelligent Photonics and Applied Technology (IPAT 2025), Xi'an, China
Oct. 15–16 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, Asian VCSEL Day, Changchun, China
July 17–29 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Co-Chair, iNOW 2025, Wroclaw
July 14–16 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Conference Chair, 2nd World Summit and Expo on Lasers, Optics and Photonics (WSELOP‑2025), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 16–18 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Conference Chair, EUROPL + EUROMSN 2025, Rome, Italy
June 9–11 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Conference Chair, OPTICSCONFEX 2025, Paris, France
May 5–7 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, AICPIA 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr. 10–12 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, SEMICONMEET 2025, Budapest, Hungary
Mar. 13–15 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Conference Chair, AICMSN and AICOPL 2025, Rome, Italy
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Vice‑Chair, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, Award Committee for the IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies, IEEE
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, Jaeckel Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Past Chairman, Search Committee for Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)

2024

Since Aug. 1 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Executive Committee, Section 7 Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Since Jan. 1 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Editorial Board, Springer Nature journal Discover Nano
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Vice‑Chair, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, ISCS Awards Committee
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, International Advisory Committee, EU ITN Quantimony
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, Search Committee for Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Nov. 21–23 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee Member, Global Research Conference on Advanced Photonics, Lasers, and Electro‑Optics (GRCAPLEO 2024), Dubai, UAE
Nov. 4 & 6 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Scientific Committee, International Meetings on Laser Optics and Photonics (IMLOP 2024), Dubai, UAE
Oct. 21–23 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee Member, 2nd Global Meet on Materials Science & Nanoscience, Osaka, Japan
Oct. 17–19 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, WSELOP 2024, Bern
Oct. 14–15 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, Asian VCSEL Day, Changchun, China
Oct. 4–10 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, GTU Nano 2024 International Scientific Committee, Tbilisi, Georgia
Sept. 19–21 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, Global Photonics, Optics and Lasers Conference (GPOLC 2024), Dubai, UAE
Aug. 26–28 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, International Congress and Expo on Condensed Matter Physics (EUROCMP 2024), Edinburgh, Scotland
Aug. 22–24 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, Global Conference on Optics, Photonics, and Lasers (GCOPTICS 2024), Berlin, Germany
July 14–22 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Co-Chair, iNOW 2024, Shenzhen
June 26–28 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, International Meet & Expo on Laser, Optics and Photonics, Rome, Italy
June 13–15 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, International Congress and Expo on Optics, Photonics and Lasers (EUROPL 2024), Nice, France
June 10–12 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee, World Summit and Expo on Materials Research (WSEMR 2024), Philadelphia, PA, USA
June 10–12 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, 2nd International Summit on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials, Porto, Portugal
Apr. 8–10 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, CMP Forum, Munich, Germany
Apr. 8–9 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee Member, Nanotechnology Conference – Global Edition, New Jersey, USA
Mar. 25–27 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee, International Meeting on Materials Science, Optics and Nanomaterials, Osaka, Japan
Mar. 18–20 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, NANOMAT 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
Feb. 24 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, MDPI Webinar: Nanophotonics in the 3rd Millennium; Chairman, International Organizing Committee, NANO 2024, UAE

2023

Since Aug. 1 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Executive Committee, Section 7 Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Since Jan. 1 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Editorial Board, Springer Nature journal Discover Nano
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, Award Committee for the IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies, IEEE
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, Inaugural Committee for the IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies, University of Illinois Urbana
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, Search Committee for Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chairman, International Advisory Committee, EU ITN Quantimony
Nov. 18–19 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Applied Optics and Computer Engineering (AOCE 2023), Kunming, China
Nov. 6–8 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Organizing Committee, International Experts Summit on Material Science, Semiconductors and Optoelectronics (IESMSSO 2023), Nice, France
Oct. 15–16 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, Asian VCSEL Day, Changchun, China
Oct. 9–11 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, Conference Committee, Lasers, Optics & Photonics 2023, Barcelona, Spain
Aug. 24–26 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Conference Committee, Global Summit and Expo on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (GSENN 2023), London, UK
Aug. 10–12 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, Global Congress on Lasers, Optics and Photonics (GCLOP 2023), London, UK
July 17–29 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Co-Chair, iNOW 2023, Würzburg
June 28–30 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, EUROPL 2023, Paris, France
May 26–28 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Advisory Committee, ICMOCE 2023, International Conference on Microwaves, Optics and Computer Engineering, Bhubaneswar, India
Feb. 13–15 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Conference Chair, OPTICSMEET 2023, Porto, Portugal

2022

Member of the ISCS Awards Committee 2022
Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of the EU ITN Quantimony
Advisory Board Member of MDPI journal Photonics
Member of the Inaugural Committee for the IEEE Nick Holonyak, Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies, Univ of Ill. Urbana
Vice-chair of the Search Committee for Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Editor IET “Optoelectronics” UK
Chair Fellow Committee IEEE Photonics Society
Nov. 10–12 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Chair, International Conference and Expo on Lasers, Optics & Photonics, Valencia, Spain
Nov. 5–8 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Technical Program Committee, 12th Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) & International Conference on Information Photonics and Optical Communications (IPOC 2022), Shenzhen
Nov. 5 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Co‑Chair, ACP Rump Session: Promises and Opportunities of VCSELs, Shenzhen
July 11–13 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Scientific Committee, IEEE Summer Topical Meetings 2022, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (“Semiconductor Light Sources & Their Applications”)
Mar. 25 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Honorary Chair, International Congress on Optics, Electronics and Optoelectronics (ICOEO 2022), Xi'an, China
Mar. 23 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Member, Inaugural Committee for the IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies, University of Illinois Urbana
Mar. 18–20 — Prof. Dr. Dieter Bimberg, Honorary Chair, World Conference on Nanotechnology and Materials (WCNM 2022), Wuhan, China

2021

Member of the Skolkovo Advisory Committee, 3 meetings per year.
Organizing Committee, “7th Global Summit and Expo on Laser Optics and Photonics”, Budapest, April 2021
Honorary Conference Chair, World Conference on Nanotechnology and Materials, (WCNM-2021), Kunming, China, May 2021
Conf. Committee, April 2021, Global Summit and Expo Nanomaterials (GSENN-2021), Osaka, Japan
Conference Chair, iMaterials Science 2021, Osaka, Japan, June 2021
Conference Committee, CLEO Europe 2021, Munich, Germany, June 2021
Conference Chair, “Global Summit and Expo on Laser, Optics and Photonics (GSELOP2021), Paris, Aug. 2021
Chairman, Fellow Appointment Committee, IEEE Photonics Society
Member of the Scientific Board. September 2021, International Meeting & Expo on Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (SEMICONMEET2021), Porto, Portugal.
Chairman, OPTICSMEET2021, Nice, France, November 2021
Member of the Board, 2021 Annual Meeting of the Global Science and Technology Innovation Forum Haikou City, Hainan Province, Dec. 2021
Member of the Search Committee, National Academy of Engineering (USA), Section 7
Chairman, 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Laser, Optics & Photonics” Naples, Italy, November 13-15, 2021
Editor of book, “Quantum Photonics”, Elsevier-SPIE, 2022
Editor of special issue “Selected Papers from International Conference on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics”, published 2022
Internal. Advisory Committee, 6th International Conference “Nanotechnology”, 2021 October 4 – 7, Tbilisi, Georgia (GTUnano2021)
Member of the ISCS Awards Committee 2021
Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of the EU ITN Quantimony
Member of the Award Committee Samsung Ho-Am Prize, Korea

2020

1. Chairman of the international advisory board of the “Tsinghua International Center for Nano-Optoelectronics” starting 4-18

2. Member of Council of Eurosolar Georgia, unlimited

3. Editorial Board Member for Nanoscale Research Letters Springer Nature, unlimited

4: Member of the Skolkovo Advisory Committee, unlimited, appointed by Russian President Putin, 3-4 meetings per year until 2021.

5. Member of the ISCS Awards Committee 2020

6. Advisory Committee, Optical Communication Technology Development Forum. Shenzhen Sept 3-8

7. Chair of the First Academic Committee of the Jihua Lab Foshan, Guangdong 2018-2022

8. Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of the EU ITN Quantimony

9. Co-Editor of the Springer book series NanoScience and Technology, since 2010 unlimited

10. Founding member of the Global Science and Technology Innovation Forum, Ghuangzhou

11. Editor IET “Optoelectronics” UK not limited in time

12. Council of the “Club of the laureates of the UNESCO medal Contribution to development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies ”

13. Co-editor of the “Journal of the Russian Universities Radioelectronics”

14. Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute External Advisory Board

15. National Academy of Engineering, USA, Special Nomination Committee for Minorities

16. Organizing Committee Member 5th Global Summit and Expo on Laser Optics and Photonics April 13-14, Miami, USA

17. Steering Committee, Material Science 2020, June 8-9, 2020 Kuala Lumpur

18. Honorary Chair of the Advisory Board, ICOEO, Oct 2020 Chengdu

2019

1. Chairman of the international advisory board of the “Tsinghua International Center for Nano-Optoelectronics” starting 4-18

2. Member of Council of Eurosolar Georgia, unlimited

3. Editorial Board Member for Nanoscale Research Letters Springer Nature, unlimited

4: Member of the Skolkovo Advisory Committee, unlimited, appointed by Russian President Putin, 3-4 meetings per year until 2021. 15. Member of the ISCS Awards Committee 2018

5. Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Global Congress on Advancements of Laser, Optics and Photonics”, Valencia, Spain, March 2019

6. Member of the Advisory Committee 27th International Symposium "Nanostructures: Physics and Technology" St. Petersburg, Russia.June 2019

7. General Chair, International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP), Xi'an August 6-9

8. Advisory Committee, Optical Communication Technology Development Forum. Shenzhen Sept 3-8

9. Chair of the First Academic Committee of the Jihua Lab Foshan, Guangdong 2018-2022

10. Member of Advisory Committee of the 9th Annual World Congress Nano Science and Technology, Suzhou Oct 20-22, 2019

11. Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of the EU ITN Quantimony

12. Co-Editor of the Springer book series NanoScience and Technology, since 2010 unlimited

13. TMS USA Technical Committee

14. Founding member of the Global Science and Technology Innovation Forum, Ghuangzhou

15. Member of the ISCS Awards Committee 2019

16. Organizing Committee Member 4th Global Summit and Expo on Laser Optics and Photonics April 15-17, Dubai, UAE

17. Editor IET “Optoelectronics” UK not limited in time

18. Council of the “Club of the laureates of the UNESCO medal Contribution to development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies ”

19. Co-editor of the “Journal of the Russian Universities Radioelectronics”

20. Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute External Advisory Board

21. CIOP 2019, Conference Chairman

22. National Academy of Engineering, USA, Special Nomination Committee for Minorities

2018

1. Member of the international review board of the EE faculty of Tsinghua Univ. Beijing, 4-18

2. Chairman of the international advisory board of the “Tsinghua International Center for Nano-Optoelectronics” starting 4-18

3. Member of the faculty selection board University of Nice/Sophia Antipolis, 5-18

4. Member of the advisory committee of Laser and Photonics 18, Rome

5. Member of the Advisory Committee, 26th International Symposium Nanostructures: Physics and Technology at Minsk, Belorussia, June 2018

6. Cochair: International Nanooptoelectronics Workshop iNOW, Berkeley USA, 7-18

7. General Chair: “Optics Frontier—The 10th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP2018)” Beijing, China, July 2018.

8th Honorary chair: “Light 2018” Changchun, July 16-18 2018

9. Judge: Rising stars of light, “Light 2018” Changchun, July 16-18 2018

10. IEEE IPC: cochair of the semiconductor laser committee 2018, Ralston Virginia, 10-18

11. Member of Council of Eurosolar Georgia, unlimited

12. Editorial Board Member for Nanoscale Research Letters Springer Nature, unlimited

13. Advisory committee member Nanop Rome 10-2018

14: Member of the Skolkovo Advisory Committee, unlimited, appointed by Russian President Putin, 3-4 meetings per year until 2021. 15. Member of the ISCS Awards Committee 2018

16. Member of the International Advisory Committee of ICSNN Madrid July 2018