Exeter virtual had 172 registered participants.
Kind regards,
Francesca
Prof. Francesca Palombo
Professor of Biomedical Spectroscopy
Head of Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
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Subject: [Soc25] Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica
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Trondheim had 75……
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Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 00:12
To: Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>
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Subject: [Soc25] Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica
Hi Stephanie,
Good question. Not sure if can give exact numbers off the bat, especially for those further back.
The general ballpark was around 50. I cc. SOC which contains Francesca, Thorsten and Michael, who can fill in some of the blanks better maybe for more recent ones they hosted.
I paste below my estimates for each. If anyone else in SOC has better recollections than me please correct the below.
I can get more precise numbers further back with a bit of work and fishing, but would be effort and require me tracking down people no longer in field and/or working for me anymore. I will try
and do so, as this information can be useful in future for presentations and applications (but not sure how quick I can get during this time in August) – will write Thomas, Daniele, Celia, Michaela & Anita in this regard. Let me know if these ballpark numbers
are ok for you for now and for sake of this application? (maybe ok to give a range in each one, if it is an open text form, like e.g. 30-40 or 100-110).
All the best,
Kareem
Meeting 1: closer to 30 (think was a little over)
Meeting 2: Perugia was more than twice as large since also had non-BioBrillouin combined so closer >100 I would say
Meeting 3: In Porto was I believe about 50
Meeting 4: was online via Exeter. Francesca do you have number here?
Meeting 5: Online via Vienna. Maximum at any one time was 110 in room (attendance was higher because free and online)
Meeting 6: I believe Thomas mentioned around 50
Meeting 7: Michael correct me if I am wrong, but I think this was also around 50?
Meeting 8: Thorsten, I believe you mentioned around 70?
From:
Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>
Date: Wednesday, 13. August 2025 at 21:51
To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: [EXTERN] [Soc25] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica
Hi Kareem,
would you please let me know how many attendees the BioBrillouin Conferences had in the previous years?
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BioBrillouin Meeting 1 (Vienna, Austria, 2017):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 2 (Perugia, Italy, 2018):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 3 (Porto, Portugal, 2019):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 4 (Exeter, UK, 2020):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 5 (Online, 2021):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 6 (Lyon, France, 2022):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 7 (Dublin, Ireland, 2023):
o
BioBrillouin Meeting 8 (Trondheim, Norway, 2024):
I am completing the questionaire/proposal from Optica (https://www.optica.org/events/meeting_opportunities/meeting_grants/) and would send it to Gerd Leuchs directly. However,
the submission needs to be before the 15th of each month.
Thank you!
Best,
Stephanie
On 13.08.25 17:26, Kareem Elsayad wrote:
Hi Stephanie,What about putting the other sponsors (not just Optica - assuming they support) on poster?Maybe I misunderstand, would Optica then not serve as a Silver/Gold/Platinum sponsor but something else? (if so, what would they potentially offer and want in return?)All the best,KareemOn 13.08.25, 16:57, "Stephanie Möllmert via Soc25" <soc25@biobrillouin.org <mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> wrote:Dear all,the poster has been approved by our PR team and would be ready to go.Iâ•˙ve gone through it carefully, but Iâ•˙d appreciate it if you could giveit a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, orany design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out.Thanks so much!Cheers, Stephanie
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