Optical Society of America (OSA), the Laser Electro Optic Technology Program of Springfield Technical Community College and the Laser and Fiber Optic Technology Program of the Three Rivers Community College are working to establish an Academic and Industry chapter to bring technical college students and local industry together for presentations, networking and career development.

The virtual chapter would like to invite you to its next meeting scheduled for March 24^th at 4:30. This meeting will be held at Three Rivers Community College and will feature Charles Falco of “The Hockney-Falco Thesis” that posits artists used optical aids in their work. RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Important Meeting Changes

The Best Western TLC has lost its restaurant and will not be able to host functions like our monthly meeting. The next meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Waltham. 

The NES/OSA has been facing higher costs for the past several years and needs to make some changes to the price we charge for Dinners. We will maintain the current dinner prices for those reserving dinner on the requested date for the March meeting. Those making reservations after the sign-up date, up to the time of the meetings will incur a higher dinner price.

The updated dinner prices will be:

Save this date: April 21st, 2010

The NES/OSA is having an Industry/Student Networking evening at the Boston University Photonics Center on Wed April 21st. We are inviting the local optics industry to share experiences with students who are curious about what one does in optics after graduation. Students from the area universities are being invited though their local OSA Student chapters.

The meeting will begin with networking including refreshments and a light meal, followed by a panel of up to four 10 min talks and a Q&A session, finishing with time for further discussions. Our industry panel will draw speakers from New England's diverse industrial base such as Aerospace, Metrology, Lighting and Bio-Medical.
 
We encourage our regular members bring their stories, feel free to share any information about your companies or institutions, and we welcome postings for jobs or internships.

Information is available at NESOSA.ORG and will be updated to include our panel members over the next couple of weeks.

For additional details please contact:
Groot Gregory
617-320-6354
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