From July 27 to 31, 2026, Prof. Zhenwei Xie and Prof. Bo Wang attended the 48th Photonics and Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2026) in Suzhou, China. During their presentations at the conference, they showcased Light Manipulation and Applications (LMA) to the international optics and photonics community, sharing the journal's aims and scope, editorial board, vision, and commitment to advancing research on the manipulation and application of light.

The LMA Editorial Office would like to express its sincere gratitude to Prof. Xie and Prof. Wang for their continued support and valuable contributions to the development of the journal.

About PIERS 2026

PIERS is an international conference that provides a forum for presenting advances in electromagnetics, photonics, and related applications. PIERS 2026 brought together researchers from around the world to exchange ideas across a broad range of topics, including photonics, plasmonics, metamaterials, quantum optics, imaging, computational electromagnetics, and many other emerging research areas.

For more information about PIERS 2026, please visit: https://suzhou2026.piers.org/.