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Instructions for OralPresenters

All presentations sshould include a few minutes for questions and answers (Q&A).

Time allocation for presentations:

  • plenary speaker – 45 minutes (40 min for your presentation, 5 min for Q&A);
  • invited speakers – 30 minutes (25 min for your presentation, 5 min for Q&A);
  • other oral speakers – 15 minutes (12 min for your presentation, 3 min for Q&A).

Uploading your Presentation

Oral presentations can be presented either from your own laptop or uploaded on the conference room computer.

Conference room.

For speakers presenting from their own laptops, connections are available that accommodate MacBooks (Lightning port) and PCs (HDMI). Please bring a backup version of your presentation file, e.g. on a USB memory stick, which can be used for uploading directly to the computer.

If you would prefer not to bring a laptop, you can upload your presentation from a USB memory stick to the conference room computer well before the session. Room technical helpers will be available to assist with uploading your presentation.

Please test that your presentation is working before the session. Please retrieve your laptop or memory stick immediately after your presentation.


Instructions for Presenters

  • Poster size: A0 (841 mm × 1189 mm, 33.11 in × 46.811 in).
  • Orientation: portrait.
  • Drawing-pins and Scotch tapes will be provided to attach your poster to the board.
  • Posters will be displayed in the Poster area.
  • All posters (odd and even numbers) should be set up on Monday 14th of September before the beginning of the first poster session at 17:00.


The official poster sessions are on:

Monday, September 14, 17:00–19:00 — POSTER SESSION I

Tuesday, September 15, 17:00–19:00 — POSTER SESSION II

Thursday, September 17, 17:00–19:00 — POSTER SESSION III

Please check the programme for your assigned poster presentation day.

Presenters are requested to be at their posters during the entire allocated poster session.

six best student poster will be selected by a jury.

There will be refreshments provided during the poster sessions.

Springer Nature journal

Applied Physics A.

We encourage you to submit the manuscripts, based on your research presented at the COLA2026 conference in Vilnius (plenary, oral or poster), to the Topical Issue titled “COLA 2026 - 18th International Conference on Laser Ablation” to be published in the Springer Nature journal Applied Physics A.

 

Guest Editors are co-chairs of the COLA 2026 conference:

  • Gediminas Račiukaitis, FTMC, Lithuania (gediminas.raciukaitis@ftmc.lt)
  • Katharine M. Tibbetts, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (kmtibbetts@vcu.edu)
  • Shuntaro Tani, RIKEN, Japan (shuntaro.tani@riken.jp)

 

To be published in the special issue of Applied Physics A:

1.    The results should be presented at the conference;

2.    The manuscripts should pass the strict peer review process of the journal.

All manuscripts should be submitted for review no later than 31 December 2026.

 

  • Authors making a contribution should submit through the journal submission system: To submit a manuscript to this Topical Issue, click at "Submit your manuscript" in the main journal webpage. After creating an account, under the "Details" tab, select the collection name in the pull-down menu.
  • Instructions for authors are given on the journal https://www.springer.com/journal/339/submission-guidelines
  • Corresponding authors affiliated with institutes that have a Transformative Agreement with the Publisher are entitled to publish Open Access (OA) in the journal with fees covered as described by the relevant agreement. Articles not covered by such agreements can be published OA at the authors’ discretion and at the applicable rate. Authors also have the option to publish at no cost under a subscription model.

 

This special issue represents the proceedings of the International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA 2026), held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from September 14 to 18, 2026. Since the very beginning in 1991, COLA has played a pivotal role in advancing laser ablation technologies and fostering collaboration among researchers and industry experts. COLA 2026 is an interdisciplinary conference, and the topics cover a wide range of scientific research that bridges the gap between basic science, applications and technologies:

Conference Topics

·     Fundamentals of Laser-Material Interactions

·     Emerging Applications of Laser Ablation

·     Quantum Electrodynamics in Extreme Laser Fields

·     Pulsed Laser Ablation and Deposition

·     Laser Ablation in Liquids

·     Laser Ablation in Bulk Materials

·     Laser-Based Analytical Methods

·     Ultrafast Phenomena

·     Applications of Laser Materials Processing

·     Laser Direct Writing

·     Surface Micro/Nano Structuring

·     Laser Micro/Nano Machining

·     Laser Applications in Biology and Life Sciences

·     Lasers in Nanoscience

·     Smart Beam Shaping and Manipulation

·     Emerging Photon Sources and Applications