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10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

June 8-13, 2025, in Boulder, CO, USA

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Campus Lodging

Please make your arrangements for travel and accommodation as soon as possible!
A block of reduced rates in Hotels has been negotiated.
A block of low-cost beds in Campus Lodging is available to all attendees until booked full.

Consider housing options around Boulder area and commute using Lyft/Uber/Taxi or by car. If traveling by car, use the Park-N-Ride places to park your car and access the conference site.

Please use the link to CU Boulder’s Campus Lodging Reservation website provided below.

Campus Lodging Rates

Single Lodging/Dining Package: $594.81 incl. tax
Double Lodging/Dining Package: $362.41 incl. tax

When you book a single room you will have the room to yourself. When you book a double room you will share the room with another guest. Bathroom facilities are shared.

  • Check-in: Sunday, June 8
  • Check-out: Friday, June 13

Both include:
5 nights (Sunday 6/8 – Thursday 6/12),
5 breakfasts (Monday 6/9 – Friday 6/13) served in student dining halls,
1 linen packet (incl. sheets, towels, pillow & pillowcase and blanket or bedspread; packet will be set on bed, and guests will need to make their own bed).

Includes free use of facilities in recreation center on main campus.

Add-on night(s)

Participants can add on 1-2 nights on each side of their stay.  No meals included.
Single per night: $95.50 incl. tax
Double per night: $49.02 incl. tax.

Campus Lodging Reservations

Please reserve and pay on the Campus Lodging Reservation website before May 23, 2025!

Campus Lodging Reservation

Directions From/To Denver International Airport

Boulder is located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Denver. The closest international airport is Denver International Airport (DIA). A coach bus or car ride takes about 45 minutes.

Directions From/To the Conference Venue

Campus Lodging will be located in Williams Village North, approximately 1.3 miles (2 kilometers), i.e., a comfortable 30 min walk, away from the main Conference venue in the University Memorial Center.

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Latest Announcements

  • Ninth Announcement

    With the countdown ticking down, only 30 days remain until the 10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-10) will start on June 8, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. The international ellipsometry community will convene for an exciting week of Technical Sessions and Networking Events. We strongly encourage all participants to Register Now and to reserve low-cost accommodation in Campus Lodging.

    Conference Registration

    Conference Registration for ICSE-10 is open. Registration Fees are set at a rate of:

    • $900 for Regular attendees,
    • $500 for Student attendees, and
    • $300 for Accompanying Guests for Social Events.

    These Registration Fees include all activities of the Technical Program and Social Events at no extra costs to participants.

    Please register on the ICSE-10 Online Registration website now!

    Campus Lodging

    Please make your arrangements for travel and accommodation. Low-cost accommodation in Campus Lodging is still available. Check-in is Sunday, June 8; Check-out is Friday, June 13.

    Single Lodging/Dining Package:  $594.81 incl. tax
    Double Lodging/Dining Package:  $362.41 incl. tax
    including 5 nights (Sunday 6/8 – Thursday 6/12), 5 breakfasts (Monday 6/9 – Friday 6/13) served in student dining halls, 1 linen packet (incl. sheets, towels, pillow & pillowcase and blanket or bedspread; packet will be set on bed, and guests will need to make their own bed), and free use of facilities in recreation center on main campus.

    Add-on night(s)
    Participants can add on 1-2 nights on each side of their stay.  No meals included.
    Single per night: $95.50 incl. tax
    Double per night: $49.02 incl. tax.

    Please reserve and pay on the Campus Lodging Reservation website now!

    Sponsorship Opportunities

    From Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, 2025, ICSE-10 will feature a simultaneous Industry Exhibition. The exhibition will be located in the Aspen Rooms next to the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the main conference venue.

    Exhibitors may register at rates according to their choice of two different booth sizes offered:

    • Large booths are 20 x 10 ft2 and include two registration waivers at $5,000.
    • Small booths are 10 x 10 ft2 and include one registration waiver at $2,500.

    Tables with table cloths, chairs, electric power, WiFi, and security will be provided.

    Please contact Eva Schubert for booth reservations ASAP!

    ICSE-10 organizers and attendees are grateful for a growing List of Sponsors that make this event possible.

    Please refer to the Prospectus for detailed information about sponsorship opportunities.

    The organizing Committees look forward to working with our sponsors and to seeing you in Boulder, Colorado, soon.

  • Eighth Announcement

    Awards

    On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Awards ceremony will recognize excellent achievements at different levels by honoring

    • with the Hans Mueller Memorial Award and Lecture, sponsored by AIP Publishing and J.A. Woollam Co., Inc., respectively, shared in equal halves:
      Prof. Dr. John A. Woollam, Founder and CEO of J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Nebaska-Lincoln (USA), for having made pioneering, life-long contributions to the development, application, dissemination, and education in the field of spectroscopic ellipsometry; and
      Prof. Dr. David E. Aspnes, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Physics at North Carolina State University (USA), for development of fundamental theories of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of materials and thin films, and for pioneering the field of spectroscopic ellipsometry.
    • with the Paul Drude Award, sponsored by AIP Publishing:
      Dr. Ufuk Kiliç, Research Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA), for the achievement of having demonstrated and determined unambiguous structural and optical relationships for chiral and achiral nanostructured metamaterials using computational engineering, nanostructure material preparation, and spectroscopic ellipsometry.
    • with the Innovation and Creativity Award, sponsored by Cryogenic US LLC:
      Dr. Shirly Espinoza, Scientist at ELI Beamlines. The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC. Dolní Břežany (Czech Republic), for developing the first versatile UV-NIR femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopic ellipsometer and for training, educating, and leading a broad and diverse international user community.
    • with Student Awards for the best oral presentation and for the best poster, sponsored by Semilab Inc. and Park Systems Corporation:
      Undergraduate and graduate students to be determined based on evaluations during the conference.

    ICSE-11 Proposal Solicitation

    The ICSE-10 organizers solicit proposals for the organization of ICSE-11. Please discuss with your colleagues and within your communities. ICSE meetings are corner stones in the history, presence, and future of the ellipsometry community. We seek strong teams for hosting ICSE-11 in 2028. Please send your short proposal to icse10@ellipsometry.us and /cc mschubert4@unl.edu. Please indicate the proposed main organizing team, location, and any further information you wish to provide.

    If more than one proposal should reach us, we will hold a presentation review meeting during ICSE-10 in Boulder. In this case, we will provide further instruction for your team’s presentation. We aim to have a decision for ICSE-11 ready by the end of ICSE-10 to announce to our community before the closing remarks.

    Conference Registration

    Conference Registration for ICSE-10 is open. Registration Fees are set at a rate of:

    • $900 for Regular attendees,
    • $500 for Student attendees, and
    • $300 for Accompanying Guests for Social Events.

    These Registration Fees include all activities of the Technical Program and Social Events at no extra costs to participants.

    Please register on the ICSE-10 Online Registration website before May 22, 2025!

    Sponsorship Opportunities

    From Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, 2025, ICSE-10 will feature a simultaneous Industry Exhibition. The exhibition will be located in the Aspen Rooms next to the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the main conference venue.

    Exhibitors may register at rates according to their choice of two different booth sizes offered:

    • Large booths are 20 x 10 ft2 and include two registration waivers at $5,000.
    • Small booths are 10 x 10 ft2 and include one registration waiver at $2,500.

    Tables with table cloths, chairs, electric power, WiFi, and security will be provided.

    Please contact Eva Schubert for booth reservations.

    ICSE-10 organizers and attendees are grateful for a growing List of Sponsors that make this event possible.

    Please refer to the Prospectus for detailed information about sponsorship opportunities.

    The organizing Committees look forward to working with our sponsors and to seeing you in Boulder, Colorado, soon!

Friends of ICSE-10

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