General Introduction to the ICUIL 2012 Program
The 5th International Conference on Ultra Intense Lasers will be held September 16-21, 2012 in Mamaia, Romania. This biennial meeting emphasizes on the generation, amplification, compression, and measurement of high-intensity pulses as well as applications.  
The scope of ICUIL 2012 includes, but is not limited to:

• Ultrahigh-intensity-laser design and performance

  - OPCPA-Based

- Nd Glass-Based

- Ti:Sapphire-Based

• Novel Technologies for Ultra-Intense Lasers

- Grating and compressor modeling and fabrication

- High damage threshold laser components

- Temporal and spatial property/pulse control

- Spatial, temporal, and contrast characterization

• Laser Acceleration

• Applications with extreme light

• Short-wavelength sources

• Attosecond science

• Plasma optics

This conference will also feature a special workshop on high-damage threshold laser components and a student poster competition.
Lead presentations (30 minute) will be used to introduce the session topics. The remaining presentations (15 minute) will highlight specific areas within the session topic. Poster presentations will allow extended discussion of the same topics. Contributed abstracts are requested by April 20, 2012, and the final agenda will be updated on the Conference web site http://icuil2012.inflpr.ro/Dates.html.