16 September 2011, Passion for Light, Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

The Workshop will provide the framework to announce the initiative of the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of the EPS for the declaration of an International Year of Light (IYOL) under the auspices of the United Nations.

PASSION FOR LIGHT is the opening of the VARENNA FISICA FESTIVAL, encompassing for two weeks a large variety of scientific events in the region of Lecco-Merate-Varenna, Italy, for a widespread dissemination of scientific culture on physics and in particular on "light".