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? o 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, Kareem On 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 give it a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, or any design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out. Thanks so much! Cheers, Stephanie -- Dr. Stephanie Möllmert Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin Cell Physics Division Kussmaulallee 2 91054 Erlangen Germany Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Cell Physics Division Staudtstr. 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530 Email: stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de Homepage: www.gucklab.com
Trondheim had 75…… ________________________________ From: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 00:12 To: Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de> Cc: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org> 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? o 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, Kareem On 13.08.25, 16:57, "Stephanie Möllmert via Soc25" <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org> <mailto: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 give it a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, or any design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out. Thanks so much! Cheers, Stephanie -- Dr. Stephanie Möllmert Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin Cell Physics Division Kussmaulallee 2 91054 Erlangen Germany Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Cell Physics Division Staudtstr. 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530 Email: stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de> Homepage: www.gucklab.com<http://www.gucklab.com>
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<http://www.exeter.ac.uk/> From: Thorsten Hamann via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org> Sent: 14 August 2025 06:59 To: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org>; Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>; Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: [Soc25] Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Trondheim had 75…… ________________________________ From: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 00:12 To: Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>> Cc: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> 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<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>> Date: Wednesday, 13. August 2025 at 21:51 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at<mailto: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? o 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, Kareem On 13.08.25, 16:57, "Stephanie Möllmert via Soc25" <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org> <mailto: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 give it a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, or any design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out. Thanks so much! Cheers, Stephanie -- Dr. Stephanie Möllmert Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin Cell Physics Division Kussmaulallee 2 91054 Erlangen Germany Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Cell Physics Division Staudtstr. 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530 Email: stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de> Homepage: www.gucklab.com<http://www.gucklab.com/>
Sorry for my delayed reply. We had about ~75 attendees in Dublin. Robert- your test abstract submission worked. Currently there is a ‘real’ submission in the portal too. I joined the call 10 minutes late last Friday but there was no one there. As always, if you need me to do something just let me know. Best Michael From: Palombo, Francesca via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org> Sent: Thursday 14 August 2025 09:23 To: Thorsten Hamann <thorsten.hamann@ntnu.no>; Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org>; Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>; Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: [Soc25] Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica [External Email] This email originated outside of Trinity College Dublin. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. 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<http://www.exeter.ac.uk/> From: Thorsten Hamann via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> Sent: 14 August 2025 06:59 To: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>>; Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>>; Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at<mailto:kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at>> Subject: [Soc25] Re: [EXTERN] 9th International BioBrillouin Conference | November 2025 - Optica CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Trondheim had 75…… ________________________________ From: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 00:12 To: Stephanie Möllmert <stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>> Cc: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org>> 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<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de>> Date: Wednesday, 13. August 2025 at 21:51 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at<mailto: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? o 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, Kareem On 13.08.25, 16:57, "Stephanie Möllmert via Soc25" <soc25@biobrillouin.org<mailto:soc25@biobrillouin.org> <mailto: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 give it a quick glance and let me know if you spot any typos or mistakes, or any design issues. Iâ•˙ll fix them, and we can add Optica if that works out. Thanks so much! Cheers, Stephanie -- Dr. Stephanie Möllmert Research Group Leader Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin Cell Physics Division Kussmaulallee 2 91054 Erlangen Germany Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Cell Physics Division Staudtstr. 2 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 9131 8284530 Email: stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de<mailto:stephanie.moellmert@mpl.mpg.de> Homepage: www.gucklab.com<http://www.gucklab.com/>
participants (4)
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Kareem Elsayad -
Michael Monaghan -
Palombo, Francesca -
Thorsten Hamann