Location

The symposium will be held in the Zhejiang Conference Centre of the Zhijiang Hotel in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. Please see Accommodation page for address details.

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province, which is renowned as one of the most beautiful cities in China, partly due to the magnificent West Lake. Hangzhou is known as one of the six ancient capitals of China having been the capital of the Wu Yue Kingdom (893–978 AD) and of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279 AD). Marco Polo has visited the city, saying that it was “the finest and most splendid city in the world.” Hangzhou is also famous for its silk and tea production.

Hangzhou, which is currently developing rapidly, is located about 180 km southwest of Shanghai in the head of the Hangzhou bay. It is a part the dynamic economic region surrounding the Hangzhou bay, the strongest economic region in China. There are several dozens of universities in this dynamic economic region. The population of the greater Hangzhou area is about 6.2 million.

Hangzhou has throughout history been known as a city of learning and is today home of one of China's highest ranking universities, Zhejiang University (ZJU). ZJU is also where optical engineering (as a separate speciality) in China was born with the establishment of the Laboratory of optical instrumentation in 1952.