HOLOEXPO 2021 – One Chapter Ends as Another One Starts

This year’s XVIII International Conference HOLOEXPO 2021 on Holography and Applied Optical Technologies was held on 20–23 September at the Primorye Hotel, Gelendzhik, Russia. The conference was dedicated to the life and achievements of Sergei Borisovich Odinokov — the conference’s founder and chairman for many years who passed away early in September.

The opening ceremony gave an opportunity for Vladimir Yuryevich Venediktov, Interim Chairman of the Program Committee, and other members of the applied optics scientific community from across Russia, and beyond, to welcome participants. It also gave Elena Nikolaevna, General Manager of HoloGrate, a chance to present a gallery of photographs from HOLOEXPO 2004-2020 in a retrospective tribute to Sergei Borisovich Odinokov.

The conference organisers, Optical Holographic Devices from Moscow, did a great job in arranging the 38 plenary and sectional reports into thematic sections: