Join us for our third Annual NCIBT Symposium and Summer School 2025. The first 2 days will feature invited speakers and center updates, while the next 3 days will be an instructional summer school focused on learning practical skills in Interventional Biophotonics. 

Register for the event here.

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Registration includes:

• 5 day learning (2 day symposium & 3 day summer school)
• Hotel accommodations at Courtyard by Marriott Sacramento Midtown (Check-in Sunday, July 20th - Check out Friday, July 25th)
• Transportation to/from Napa/Sonoma Valley for 1/2 day excursion (Thursday, July 24th)
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner sponsored (Monday-Thursday), Breakfast & Lunch sponsored (Friday)

2025 Keynote & Invited Speakers:

Picture	Name, Affiliation, & Title	Topic
	Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University) Director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt & Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, & Neurological Surgery	Translating Label free optical techniques for surgical guidance
	Giulia Acconcia, Ph.D. (Politecnico di Milano) Associate Professor, Department of Electronics, Information, & Bioengineering	Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) and applications
	Farzad Fereidouni, Ph.D. (Emory University) Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Associate Professor	AI Analytics in Pathology
	Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky) Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering	Optical Imaging Modalities for Nonivasive Quantification of Blood Flow, Blood Oxygenation, & Oxidative Metabolism
	Irina Larina, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine) Professor & Kyle & Josephine Morrow Endowed Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology	Optical Imaging in Reproductive Biology
	Johnathan Liu, Ph.D. (University of Washington) Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering	AI & 3D pathology
	Jurgen Popp, Ph.D. (Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies) Scientific Director & Professor, Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies	Multimodal imaging
	Kirill Larin, Ph.D. (University of Houston) Interim Chair & Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering	Optical Coherence Tomography: Technological advances and applications
	Mark Anastasio, Ph.D. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering & Head, Department of Bioengineering	AI in Optical Imaging
	Sergio Fantini, Ph.D. (Tufts University) Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering	Near-infrared spectroscopy & imaging techniques for medical diagnostics

Previous years:

Interventional Biophotonics Week and Summer School 2023

Interventional Biophotonics Week and Summer School 2024