META’12, the 3rd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics will cover the entire scope of Electromagnetic & Nanophotonic Complex Materials, including metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonics. Special attention will be given to applications of these innovative materials in optical communication systems, antennas, high-speed circuits, optical sensing, nanoscale imaging, cloaking, biology and medicine,...

META'12 program will include :

Keynote lectures
Invited talks
Contributed oral and poster presentations

META'12 topics include, but are not limited to:

Metamaterials and negative index materials
Graphene metamaterials
Acoustic metamaterials
Biophotonic materials
Plasmonics and nanophotonics
Nanophotonics with gain media for loss compensation and spasing
Coherent processes in nanophotonics
Photonic crystals
Chiral and bianisotropic materials
Structured and disordered media
Transformational electromagnetics
Extraordinary transmission
Frequency selective structures and high impedance surfaces
Near-field optics and nano-optics
Analytical and numerical modelling of complex materials and structures
Experimental characterization techniques
Technologies and applications: micro and nanofabrication, active plasmonic components, cloaking, absorption, plasmonics for health, antennas, nanoantennas, nanoscale imaging, superlensing, hyperlensing, optical sensing, optical data storage...

META'12 will be the foremost place to learn about the most important developments in the field of advanced electromagnetic materials and nanophotonics.