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Monday, March 11, 2024
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Welcome | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | The birth of fluoride glass & From solid state chemistry to glass science and optical fibers - J. Lucas & M. Poulain | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Optical interferometry and fibers, from Hippolyte Fizeau to the European Very Large Telescope - P. Léna (OBSPM) | |
| 16:15 - 16:35 | Microgravity Opportunities for Innovation: Unveiling the Unknown Possibilities, with a Focus on ZBLAN Done Right - I. Cozmuta (G-Space) | |
| 16:35 - 16:55 | ZBLAN fibre drawing in microgravity - H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem (University of Adelaide) | |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Session Poster & Welcome Cocktail |
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:50 - 09:35 | Recent advances in fluoride fiber lasers - M. Bernier (COPL) | |
| 09:35 - 09:55 | Visible-wavelength fluoride-glass fiber lasers from continuous-wave to ultrashort-pulse operation - Z. Luo (University of Xiamen) | |
| 09:55 - 10:15 | Bichromatic laser emission in Nd3+-doped fluoride glasses - R. Balda (University of Bilbao) | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Novel fiber photonics based on fluoride fiber - Y. Ohishi (Toyota Technological Institute) | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Fluoride glass technology : an answer to many XXIst century challenges - S. Poulain (Le Verre Fluoré) | |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Fluoride fiber amplifiers for telecom/datacom applications - R. Goto (Fiberlabs) | |
| 12:10 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Fluoride Fiber Technology: The chalenges to Bring Exotic Technologies to the Market - M. Saad (MS Consulting) | |
| 14:45 - 15:05 | Use of Fluoride Glass Fiber Optic to re-invent minimal invasive medical procedures - S. Assa (ACCLARO) | |
| 15:05 - 15:35 | Coffee break | |
| 15:35 - 15:55 | Charting the Past and Future Frontiers of Mid-infrared Fibreoptics - A. Seddon (University of Nottingham) | |
| 15:55 - 16:15 | Fabrication of fluoride glass photonic crystal fibre and its application in deep-ultraviolet to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation - X. Jiang (R-Cals) | |
| 16:15 - 16:35 | A Comprehensive Solution for an Established Fluoride Product Line - R. Pafchek (Thorlabs) | |
| 16:35 - 16:55 | Laser cooling of Yb-doped fluoride fibers with anti-Stokes fluorescence - M. Digonnet (University of Stanford) | |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Break | |
| 19:00 - 23:00 | Banquet |
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Fabrication of waveguiding structures in ZBLAN glass through extrusion and laser writing - H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem (The University of Adelaide) | |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | State of the art ZBLAN optical fiber couplers and their integration into laser cavities - M. Rochette (McGill University) | |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Design of passive and active fluoride fiber devices for MId-IR application - F. Prudenzano (Politecnico di Bari) | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Femtosecond-laser inscription of waveguides and fiber Bragg gratings into fluoride glasses - A. Fuerbach (Macquarie University) | |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee break | |
| 10:50 - 11:30 | From stars to black holes, 30 years of interferometry with fluoride glass fibers - G. Perrin (OBSPM) | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | ZBLAN glass optical components made by hot embossing technique - R. Buczynski (University of Warsaw) | |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Laser-induced cooling in rare-earth doped fluoride glasses - J. Fernandez (University of Bilbao) | |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Fluoride Structure in Oxide Glasses – an enabler of extended IR transparency - A. Jha (University of Leeds) | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Fluoride fibers : from the lab to industrial supercontinuum laser - G. Huss (Leukos) | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Overview of Thorlabs Light Sources Based on Fluoride Fibers - R. Salem (Thorlabs) | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Fluoride glass fiber lasers: From the Lab to the Market - L-P. Pleau (LumIR) | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | The bright future of visible fluoride-glass fiber lasers - T. Georges (OXXIUS) | |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Closing ceremony |
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