The ICES conference series focuses on the science and application of enhanced optical near-fields. Topics include but are not limited to
• Surface and tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy
• Surface and tip enhanced infrared spectroscopy
• Metal enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy
• Novel materials for enhanced spectroscopies
• Enhanced light scattering and optical forces
• Ultrafast, non-linear and quantum phenomena
• Plasmon enhanced nanosensors and applications
• Surface enhanced optical ctivity
• Hot electrons
• Thermoplasmonics