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Welcome to Nonimaging OPTICS 2020 at San Diego, California It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2020 Nonimaging Optics conference in San Diego California. I have always looked forward to this conference as an opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues, catch up with new developments and enjoy beautiful San Diego where the weather is always perfect. In fact, no visit to San Diego would be complete without a visit to Coronado Island. But, this year the conference is virtual, so we have to make the best of it. I will start by acknowledging our co-chair, Eli Yablonovich of University of California, Berkeley. followed by our program committee; Pablo Benitez, University Polytechnic of Madrid, William Casserly, Synopsys, Angel Garcia-Botella, University Polytechnic of Madrid, Michael Haney, ARPA-E, Washington, D.C.Lun Jiang, University of California, Merced, Sarah Kurtz, University of California,Merced, Juan Carlos Minano, University Polytechnic of Madrid, Neri Shatz, Surefire. There is an overall motif that characterizes this conference which (personal opinion) makes it distinctive. It can be summarized by quoting from one of the presentations.Masoumi, Bernard, Winston and Jiang. "Indirect approaches can lead to solutions of problems impossible to solve directly. For example, thermodynamics can be used to solve maximum-concentration problems in nonimaging optics". There is also a new book, Nonimaging Optics, Taylor and Francis, which should be available later this year. The authors, Winston, Jiang, Oliker as we speak. are finalizing the proofs. Something to look forward to for the next conference.
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