It is called LaserFest. The American Physical Society, the Optical Society ,and SPIE, a group that supports the study of light, all have been involved.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

VOA: special.2009.02.02

"Some of these inventors have been designers of the human genome sequencer, incredible technologies around focusing sound in the same way have been able to focus light with lasers, health technologies like the stair-climbing wheelchair and a portable dialysis machine,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.18