Introduction

摘要

The Active Photonic Platforms XI conference took place in San Diego, California,between August the 11th and 15th 2019. This was another most exciting event ofthis conference series with more than 100 keynote, invited and contributedpresentations and many lively discussions focusing on the most recentdevelopments on active or dynamic light manipulation with natural and structuredphotonic materials. We hope the brief conference overview we give below willprovide the reader with a flavor of the fascinating research that was presented inthe conference and a useful navigation guide for the associated papers andpresentation recordings enclosed in this proceedings volume.