In celebration of the International Year of Quantum, the International Commission for Optics, ICO, in cooperation with the Ibero-American Optics Network, RIAO, and the Universidad Privada Boliviana, with the support of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPS, organizes an International School about Quantum Optics in parallel with the RIAO-OPTILAS 2025 conference, the flagship event for optics and photonics in the Iberian-American region, from November 17 to 21, 2025, at the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Campus of the Universidad Privada Boliviana.

In an active, interactive, open, casual, and friendly atmosphere, world-renowned scholars and researchers will address Quantum and Quantum Optics from the very basics to some more advanced topics, both theoretical and experimental or applied, including industrial application examples.

Program

Monday 8:30-10:00. The History of Quantum
Efrain Solarte, Universidad del Valle, Colombia
30+10min

From Semi-Classical to Quantum Theory: Understanding Atom-Field Interactions
Imrana Ashraf Zahid, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
30+10min (online)

Tuesday 8:30-10:00. How to use quantum optics for non-linear optics
Humberto Michinel, University of Vigo, Spain
30+10min

Basics of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Its Application in Environmental Monitoring Processes
Abdul Rahman, University of Szeged, Hungary.
30+10min (online)

Wednesday 8:30-10:00. Precision measurement in optics and quantum optics
John Howell, Chapman University, USA
30+15min

Optical quantum communications
Yaseera Ismail, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
30+15min

Thursday 8:45-10:00. An Introduction to High Harmonic Generation and Attosecond Laser Pulses
Carlos Hernández García
60+15min

Chairs:
Manuel Filipe Costa, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Omar Ormachea, Universidad Privada Boliviana, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Susana Silva, INESC-Tec, Porto, Portugal
Orlando Frazão, INESC-Tec, Porto, Portugal

Organized by

The Education Committee of the International Commission for Optics,
Abdul Rahman, University of Szeged, Hungary
Efrain Solarte, Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Imrana Ashraf, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Joe Niemela, ICTP, Italy
John Howell, Chapman University, USA
Justo Arines, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Kent D Choquette, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Manuel Filipe M. Costa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal (committee’ chair 2024-2027)
Manuel Melgosa, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Roberta Ramponi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Susana Silva, INESC-Tec, Portugal
Yaseera Ismail, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

In cooperationm with the Ibero-American Optics Network, RIAO,
Orlando Frazão, INESC-Tec, Porto, Portugal, Member of the Board of RIAO representing Portugal (2025-2028)
Jose Luis Paz Rojas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú, RIAO’ President (2022-2025)
Manuel Filipe Costa, University of Minho, Portugal, Past-President of RIAO (2019-2022)
Efrain Solarte, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, Past-President of RIAO (2016-2019), and the Universidad Privada Boliviana,
Omar Ormachea, Universidad Privada Boliviana, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (Chair of RIAO/OPTILAS2025)

With the support of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPS.