Photonic materials and devices enable us to generate, control and detect light, which have the potential for revolutionary change in industries related to optics and photonics like optical communication, imaging, lighting, sensing, laser and many more applications. This symposium focuses on the advanced technologies of photo-functional materials, from the fundamental development of semiconductors, organic materials, hybrid materials, plasmonic materials, quantum dots, metamaterials, photonic crystals, and liquid crystals, etc., to their device applications to optical sensing, light-emitting, energy conversion and other optoelectronic functions. Photonics has become one of the interdisciplinary field bridging chemistry and physics in resent years, and therefore, this symposium will promote discussion among people working in a wide range of disciplines and induce international collaboration between young researchers.