The Purdue OSA student chapter is co-hosting a conference focused on multidisciplinary research in optics and photonics with the University of Dayton. The Purdue half will take place on August 2nd and 3rd, 2018 in Discovery Park. The program includes plenary talks by Professor Thomas Murphy (UMD) and Professor Gaurav Bahl (UIUC), as well as seminar talks by PhD students and postdocs. More details about the conference can be found here <http://ionsmidwestus2018.osahost.org/>. We will also have a student poster session during the conference. The deadline to submit an abstract for a poster has been extended to July 20th. You are welcome to use posters prepared for previous conferences. Registration is also open until July 20th and is free for Purdue students. Please use the discount code IONSMW to waive the fee when registering. Abstract submission: http://ionsmidwestus2018.osahost.org/abstracts/ Registration: http://ionsmidwestus2018.osahost.org/registration/