"Lanthanide-based photonic materials and structures: breakthrough applications and cutting edge systems"- is organized by CNR-IFN Trento, Italy, Polish Supramolecular Chemistry Network Foundation, and the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. The School  is conceived as a high-level and highly intensive scientific event focusing on cutting-edge know-how on inorganic and organic aspects of advanced luminescent materials based on lanthanide compounds.This Summer School aims at the state-of-the-art training in the form of lectures and consulting sessions designed for Ph.D. students and young researchers seeking to reinforce their knowledge and skills in the field of inorganic and organic aspects of advanced luminescent materials. Top experts in this area will deliver lectures and consulting sessions. The school is intended both for people already active in this R&D field, as well as for those new to the field.SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMETheoretical background1. Luminescence mechanisms, with particular interest in fundamental principles2. Management of light by linear and nonlinear optical processes3  Term symbols and group theoretical aspects4. Fundamental phenomena, theory, modeling, and simulationResearch and technological aspects1. Fabrication, thin-film growth, microstructuring of photonic materials2. Rare Earth Doped glasses engineering, photosensitive glasses, transparent glass ceramics 3. Innovative fabrication techniques, laser material processing4. Waveguides, microcavities, and integrated structures5. Nanodevices and nanophotonics, subwavelength integrated structures6. Luminescent systems, luminescent nanostructured materials7. Instrumentation and novel diagnostic techniques for systems and devices8. Industrial development and perspectives9. Lanthanide-based photoluminescent MOF-s10. Luminescent lanthanide complexes and medical diagnostics11. Lanthanide-based luminescent immunoassays12. Biophotonics, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, imaging, sensors and actuators, environmental monitoring, green photonicsApplications1. Plasmonics and metamaterials2. Telecom and datacom, quantum communication, data storage3. Terahertz and microwave applications4. Lighting and displays, scintillators, phosphors5. Optical amplifiers and lasers