November 15
1:00 Welcome
1:20 Introduction




1st SESSION: Optical characterization of metal nanoparticles ensembles, chairman: Mohamed Bouazaoui
1:30   Invited plenary conference: Frank Hubenthal, "Noble metal nanoparticles: From fundamentals to applications"
          Institut für Physik and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology - CINSaT, Universität Kassel, Germany
2:10   Invited speaker: Pierre-François Brevet, "Second harmonic generation of metallic particles"
          Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire, CNRS/ Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
2:30   Xiaoli Wang, "Plasmon coupling effects on the stationary and transient optical responses of gold nanoparticle arrays"
          Ecole Centrale Paris, Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure du Cachan, France
2:50   Anthony Aghedu, "Kinetics of anisotropic self-assembling of gold nanorods"
          Ecole Centrale Paris, Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure du Cachan, France










3:10   COFFEE BREAK
2nd SESSION: Laser-induced nanoparticles, chairman: Patrice Baldeck
3:40   Invited plenary conference: Gerhard Seifert, "Femtosecond laser reshaping of metallic nanoparticles in glass - mechanisms and application potential"
          Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Zentrum für Innovationskompetenz SiLi-nano& Fraunhofer-Center für Silizium-Photovoltaik CSP, Germany
4:20   Invited speaker: Guy Vitrant,"Metallic nanostructures for diffractive micro-optics"
          IMEP-LAHC, Minatec, Grenoble-INP/CNRS, France
4:40   Bruno Capoen, "Building nanoparticles in a matrix with a laser: several examples"
          Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, CNRS, Université de Lille 1, France
5:00   Nathalie Destouches, "Dichroic coloring of surfaces by laser-induced self-organization of silver nanoparticles"
          Laboratoire Hubert Curien, Université de Lyon, CNRS, université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France










5:20   APERITIF
3rd SESSION: Plasmonic devices, chairman: Maurizio Ferrari
6:00   Invited plenary conference: Gregory Wurtz, "Active nanodevices: the next challenge for plasmonics"
          Department of Physics, King's College London, United Kingdom
6:40   Invited speaker: Etienne Quesnel, "Plasmonics in PV solar cells: which cell architecture for what benefit ?"
          CEA-Liten, Grenoble, France
7:00   J. Bellessa, "Tamm surface plasmon laser"
          Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, France








8:00   DINNER

November 16
4th SESSION: Metal nanoparticles in thin films, chairman: Bruno Capoen
8:40   Invited plenary conference: Tetsu Tatsuma, "Plasmon-Induced Charge Separation of Metal Nanoparticles"
          Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
9:20   Lionel Simonot, "In situ optical monitoring during silver nanoparticle oxidation or/and reshaping"
          Institut Pprime, CNRS, Université de Poitiers, France
9:40   V. Lysenko, "Nano-Ag/SiNx plasmonic substrates: fabrication, optical properties and application for cell imaging"
          Nanotechnology Institute of Lyon (INL), CNRS, INSA/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
10:00   A. Chiappini, "Colloidal plasmonic photonic crystals"
          IFN-CNR, CSMFO Lab., Trento, Italy










10:20   COFFEE BREAK
5th SESSION: Nanocharacterization, chairman: Guy Vitrant
10:40   Invited plenary conference: Javier García de Abajo, "Graphene plasmonics"
          IQFR-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
11:20   Invited speaker: Florent Tournus, "Study of small nanoparticles by advanced TEM imaging techniques"
          Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, CNRS, Université de Lyon, (France)
11:40   Zackaria Mahfoud, "Nanooptical study of structural defects of lithographed plasmonic antennas"
          Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud XI, Orsay, France.
12:00   S.C. Laza, "Cold welding of colloidal gold nanorods"
          Ecole Centrale Paris, Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure du Cachan, France










12:20   BUFFET AND POSTER SESSION
6th SESSION: Applications of metal nanoparticles, chairwoman: Nathalie Destouches
2:00   Invited plenary conference: Philippe Colomban, "Light-metal nanoparticle interaction, a way to master the colour of glass and glaze since millennia"
          Laboratoire de Dynamique, Interaction et Réactivité (LADIR), CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France
2:40   Invited speaker: Laurent Dubost, "Silver nanoparticles embedded in SiOCH matrix for transparent antibacterial coating"
          HEF R&D, Andrézieux, France
3:00   Christophe Lavenn, "Atomically defined thiolate gold nanoclusters for heterogeneous catalysis"
          Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon, FRANCE
3:20   D. Vouagner, "Characterization of SERS substrates for the amplification of amorphous matrix Raman signals"
          Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Luminescents, France
3:40   Patrice Baldeck, "Hybrid Gold nanoparticles for fluorescent imaging and photodynamic therapy"
          Univ. Grenoble 1/CNRS, LIPhy, Grenoble, France












4:00   Conclusion