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UK - OPTICAL DESIGN MEETING
2009 UK OPTICAL DESIGN MEETING
The 2009 UK Optical Design Meeting (UK-ODM) will be held at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, 17 September 2009. The meeting is a one day event allowing local attendees the convenience and economy of a one day excursion or an overnight visit
to the venue. Optical design professionals and students are invited to attend. Lunch will be provided by our host, the UK Astronomy Technology
Centre. Public transportation is encouraged as parking is limited. Advance
Registration is requested to insure adequate accommodation.
Please notify either Andy Wood, Qioptiq
Ltd
or Tina Kidger, Kidger Optics Assoc’s
of your intention to attend by 31 August.
UK-ODM COOPERATING ORGANIZATION
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY, EDINBURGH
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Andy Wood (left) and
Tina Kidger (2nd from left)
present the
2007 Kidger Scholarship Award to
Florian Fournier
during the 2007 UK-ODM |
The UK - OPTICAL DESIGN MEETING(S) (UK-ODM)
began c.1965 as a series of professional optical design meetings held at the Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London. The meetings were initially organized by Professor Charles Wynne and Michael Kidger, first on an annual basis, but later on a semi-annual basis, as their popularity grew. Prudence Wormell,
who aided with this historical sketch, assisted in the organization
and management of the meetings. Jonathan Maxwell took control of the
meetings, c.1982, when Michael and Tina Kidger formed Kidger Optics
although Michael continued along with Jonathan to organize and
manage the meetings. The meetings eventually migrated to
University College London under the leadership of Richard Bingham.
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After the passing of both Michael Kidger (1998) and
Richard Bingham (2005) a brief interruption in the series of
meetings occurred. The meetings were resumed again at Imperial
College London in 2006 by Tina Kidger and Andy Wood, Qioptiq. In 2007
the UK-ODM meeting was held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, with the aid of Kevin Middleton of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Space, Science and Technology Center.
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