he 16 th International Conference "Laser Optics 2014" is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Photonics Society and hosted by: Fund for Laser Physics; St.Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO); The Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) of St. Petersburg; Vavilov State Optical Institute (SOI); The Conference sponsored by: IPG Photonics Corporation; Laser Association; Rozhdestvensky Optical Society The organizers of ISLM-2014 are A.M.Prokhorov General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences and Center for Laser Technology (Moscow) with the participation of the IPG Photonics Corporation