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HT₂ - Corporate news

HT Consultants Ltd will be giving an invited talk at the SPIE European Symposium Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, London, UK, October 2004.

BBC News online asks HT Consultants Ltd to comment on the application of terahertz technology in airport security.

The company is invited to join the SPIE programme committee to host the first terahertz session in Biomedical Optics (BiOS 2005), Photonics West, California, USA.

An invited review is submitted to Preclinica on the applications of terahertz technology - to be published.

To facilitate collaborative initiatives and raise awareness of terahertz technology the company joins Photonics Cluster.

At the SURA Terahertz Applications Symposium in Washington, DC in March 2004, the company gives an invited talk on 'Terahertz technology for the evaluation of basal cell carcinoma'.

General News

The DTI Technology Programme, which provides support for R&D projects and encourages collaborative initiatives, announces the outcome of the April call.

The DTI announce the release of funding for terahertz technology applied to security.

DARPA announces the second solicitation 'SWIFT' applied to terahertz technology at the SURA Terahertz Applications Symposium.

Select conferences and events

Future
49th SPIE Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, August 2004.
IRMMW/THz2004 - combined Infrared and millimetre waves / terahertz conference, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 2004.
Photonex Exhibition Europe, Coventry, UK, October 2004.
European Microwave Week 2004, Amsterdam, Holland, October 2004.
SPIE European Symposium on Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, London, UK, October 2004.

Past
OSA CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 2004.
SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 2004.