DSOAF`2020 is a logical continuation of a number of international conferences (SO`1997-2018) held by Crimean Federal University:
1997 – International Conference on Singular Optics in Partenit, Crimea;
2000 – International Conference on Singular Optics (Optical Vortices): Fundamentals and Applications in Alushta, Crimea;
2008 – International Conference “Singular Optics (Optical Vortices): Fundamentals and Applications SO’2008”, Alushta, Crimea;
2012 – International Conference “Singular Optics SO’2012”, Sevastopol, Crimea.
2018 – International Conference “Digital Singular Optics DSO’2018”, Sevastopol, Crimea. (conference abstract)