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The 23th edition of the annual International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (ALT), established in 1992 by the Nobel Prize Laureate Alexander Prokhorov, was held on 7-11 September 2015 in the University of Algarve, Faro. It was organized this time by Instituto de Telecomunicações, I3N, and University of Algarve.

The main objective of this international event is to bring together presentations on fundamental and engineering aspects of laser technologies along with their applications in various areas (material processing, laser medicine, photonic devices, systems for process control, etc.). Thus the conference has become an important and well recognized forum for both researchers and engineers.

Traditionally, each year the ALT Conference takes place in a new country. This gives a unique mixture of specialists and thus the possibility of making new contacts and exchanging scientific and technological data and ideas between different scientific schools.
This year the conference had nearly 200 participants from the five continents, gathered around scientific topics where IT is a strong player, such as: SENSORS, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, QUANTUM INTERACTION AND MANIPULATION, etc.

The 24th edition of the ALT conference will be held in Galway, Ireland.