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Polariton Science Conference 4-7 June
80 researchers joined the conference in Odense to present results within the research field of polariton-driven nanoscale light-matter interactions
4-7 June POLIMA had the pleasure of hosting the Polariton Science Conference which featured invited talks from emerging and renowned international research leaders. The conference focused on the state-of-the-art and future directions of polariton-driven nanoscale light-matter interactions across diverse fields.
80 researchers from more than 30 research groups joined the conference and spent the time in Odense discussing and presenting results.
Keynote speaker
Professor Ido Kaminer opened the conference with his talk 'Mapping Light-Matter Interactions Using Ultrafast Free Electrons'.
![Ido Kaminer at the Polariton Science Conference 2024 Ido Kaminer at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference2.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=1A2D7B79445E445CC837FB95EE88F5EB)
Summer School 4-5 June
5o younger scientists started the Polariton Science Conference with a two-day Summer School with lectures from Professor Nahid Talebi, Professor Bert Hecht, Professor Javier Garcia de Abajo, Professor Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Professor Joel Yang and Professor Thomas Pertsch.
![Javier](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-04-summer-school2.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=04F438B76341ABB61858419DF9F0C613)
![Professor Nahid Talebi Nahid Talebi lecture at the Polariton Science Conference Summer School 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-04-summer-school5.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=B10564C97B615D74DD1C50DE10230AAB)
Best Poster Award
Wenhua Zhao, Max Born Instute, Berlin won the Best Poster Award for her poster with the title: 'Real-time surface plasmon polariton propagation in silver nanowires'. The prize was generously sponsored by NIL Technology.
![Wenhua Zhao winner Best Poster at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference21.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=BC35F96C48761E2E697E81F8FD41EB4B)
Photos from the conference
Please enjoy photos from the poster session, the talks and from the networking breaks.
![Participants at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference11.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=212CC37AD25D869CD057829EBD8DF00F)
![Participants at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference12.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=E1510E071D7C97A006D25E37CF8FC167)
![Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi lecture at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-04-summer-school8.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=47B8CA240B87FED1460873FF2E02E3F9)
![Participants at the Summer School at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-04-summer-school9.jpg?h=299&iar=0&w=580&hash=6E2BC31D1DB667BD82CD1A92B791C2A8)
![Participants at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=233EB50315132A6E78DA4BE9616B8E0B)
![Karolina Słowik at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference22.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=D5FE80694ECE4E2B9091C4E505858F43)
![Stéphane Kéna-Cohen at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference26.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=B4553E4DBDB5292CB47867A003C6DF03)
![Wenhua Zhao, Alvaro Rodriguez Echarri and N. Asger Mortensen at the Polariton Science Conference 2024 Wenhua Zhao, Alvaro Rodriguez Echarri and N. Asger Mortensen at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference18.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=0E0A33AC8C9265A6A29CBED19397792F)
![Nahid Talebi and Bert Hecht at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference5.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=40221D1718AB9F1240B9ED9EBAE2BF9B)
![Karolina Słowik at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference14.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=784A4481500F3242B19F61CCAD3DEF1D)
![Ulrik Quaade from NILT at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference31.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=61E93BF26616E94916F587CAF69A26C7)
![Sven Ebel and Daniel Miranda at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference15.jpg?h=299&iar=0&w=580&hash=75B7863AF61D5ABB5EA5BBDF7ABDD2E2)
![Bert Hecht, Joel Yang, Thomas Pertsch and N. Asger Mortensen at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference8.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=737D60F9AD986A80C522022C3588A6CE)
![Gonzalo Alvarez Perez at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference33.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=491FAFE9A67112254909C160DEE285CF)
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![Kristín Arnardottír and Javier Fernandex Martinez at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference13.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=01086E07F695F0818608E519DDA91EF3)
![Christos Mystilidis and Dorte Rubæk Danielsen at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference16.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=E17D044BA37FD6C3B209ECA3DA5A0802)
![Abhik Chakraborty at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference24.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=13AED8136FBA41FA9EB7C89D867267E0)
![Andre Chaves at the Polariton Science Conference 2024](https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/images/forskning/polima/580x300-relateret-indhold-new/2024-06-05-conference30.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=580&hash=1D42E3E1C4184781FB26E7602E167586)
Funding
Danish National Research Foundation generously funded the Polariton Science Conference
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