About

A conference built by its community

Since its first edition in Marrakesh in 2008, META has grown into a major international meeting point for researchers working across metamaterials, photonic crystals, plasmonics, nanophotonics and the broader physics of structured light and matter.

What is META?

A forum for emerging science

META brings together researchers from universities, national laboratories and industry to present new results, exchange ideas and initiate collaborations across disciplinary boundaries.

Its scientific programme combines plenary and keynote lectures, contributed oral and poster presentations, special sessions and thematic symposia covering both established and rapidly emerging areas of the field.

Metamaterials & MetasurfacesPhotonic CrystalsPlasmonics & Nano-OpticsQuantum PhotonicsLight–Matter InteractionsEmerging & Multiphysics Metamaterials

Our history

From Marrakesh to Niagara Falls

2008
Marrakesh
First META conference
Paris · Singapore · Málaga · Incheon · Toyama · Torremolinos · Dublin
2027
Niagara Falls
17th edition

Across seventeen editions, META has welcomed thousands of researchers and established a global community spanning Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

Proceedings

A permanent scientific record

Accepted contributions are published in the META conference proceedings, indexed in Scopus under ISSN 2429-1390.

The proceedings provide a permanent record of the scientific programme and make contributions from each edition accessible to the wider community.

Explore the Proceedings Archive

Leadership

META 2027 General Co-Chairs

Khaled Mnaymneh

Khaled Mnaymneh

National Research Council
Canada

Sofiane Haffouz

Sofiane Haffouz

National Research Council
Canada

Said Zouhdi

Said Zouhdi

Université Paris-Saclay
France

The General Co-Chairs are supported by an international Technical Programme Committee representing the breadth of the META community.

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