SPIE Smart Nano+Micro Materials and Devices, a multidisciplinary forum that advanced research in the global use of microfabrication and nanofabrication technologies, was held in Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 December, 2011.
Microscale and nanoscale research enables promising new materials and applications across many fields including air/water/food quality, energy, security, and medicine.

A LOOK BACK AT THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE
•	Final program (PDF)
•	News and photos from the event
•	Plenary presentation powerpoint: "Nanophotonics: solar and thermal applications" by Shanhui Fan of Stanford University (PDF)

More than 140 presentations were made

Devices:

•	Solar cells
•	Optical storage: memories, slow light
•	Plasmonics
•	THz applications
•	MEMS/NEMS
•	On-chip communications
•	Lab-on-a-chip: micro-/nano-fluidics
•	Bionic applications: vision aid, bionic-eye

Methods:

•	Microscopies/nanoscopies/superresolution
•	Sensing: water/food/medicine/security
•	Laser processing of materials

Fundamentals (Tutorials):

•	Light-matter interaction
•	Plasmonics
•	Lightwaves (solitons, rough waves, nonlinearities)

Materials:

•	Metamaterials
•	New materials for-photonics/by-photonics
•	Biomimetic materials/engineering

Emerging Topics/Global Problems:

•	Monitoring of global warming: ozone depletion, flood warning systems
•	Water/food quality
•	Early cancer detection

Special Sessions:

•	Lighting revolution: all solid-state LED/OLED lighting
•	Teaching of physics

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
•	Saulius Juodkazis, Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne Univ. (Australia)
•	Min Gu, Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne Univ. (Australia)