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Grand Hyatt Berlin, Germany19–20 April 2018

EPIC Annual General Meeting 201815th Anniversary Celebration

ProgrammeThursday 19 April 2018

08:00 – 08:30 Welcome coffee and registration

08:30 EPIC new members 5 min. company introductions: Primoceler, Focuz, Class5, Optoman, PhotonicSys, Oxxius, Optics11, Volpi, GLOphotonics, Joanneum Research. Moderator: Dr. Ana Gonzalez, R&D Manager, EPIC.

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 EPIC new members 5 min. company introductions: HiLASE, Sylex, PhiX, Synopsis, LaserPoint, PowerPhotonic, Eclipse, WZW Optics, LEJ (Lighting & Electronics Jena). Moderator: Dr. Jose Pozo, CTO, EPIC.

12:00 Registration and light lunch

13:00 15th EPIC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Welcome by Benno Oderkerk, CEO, Avantes, President of EPIC EPIC 2017 / 2018 activities overview EPIC finances review

14:30 – 15:15 Networking break

15:15 KEYNOTES AND PRESENTATIONS The Ultrafast Fiber Revolution Basil Garabet, CEO, NKT Photonics Lasers: key enablers of advanced semiconductor manufacturing Hervé Besaucèle, CTO, LASSE Improve quality of life through innovative solutions for Food Safety Applications Athanasios Kokorakis, General Manager, Ocean Optics Short introduction guests from LUX Consortium Singapore


17:15 KEYNOTES AND PRESENTATIONS Imagination – Invention – Innovation: the case of astrophotonics for technology transfer Martin Roth, Head of innoFSPEC, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) Cost-effective manufacturing of precision freeform optics Hannes Scheibe, Optical Systems Development, ZEISS Industrial imaging optics in Europe, USA and Asia – a brief review of today’s requirements and future challenges Thomas Kessler, CEO, Schneider Kreuznach Berlin Photonics & Start-up Scene • Gerrit Roessler, Clustermanager Optik & Photonik, Berlin Partner • Sven Otte, CEO, Sicoya

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18:30 EPIC Reception

19:30 – 23:00 EPIC 15TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER

Friday 20 April 2018

07:15 – 08:00 Walk or run at Tiergarten – Departure Hyatt Hotel

08:30 Welcome coffee

09:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSIONS Clinical Needs in Photonics Technologies Theo Ruers, Head Division Surgical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute Panel Discussion on Photonics technologies for medical applications


11:15 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSIONS Lowering the cost of integrated photonics through advanced automated assembly and testing Ignazio Piacentini, Director of Business Development, ficonTEC Panel Discussion on access to the Chinese and international markets

Panel Discussion on access to funding, investment, M&A

12:25 Announcement EPIC AGM 11-12 April 2019 in Glasgow Hosted by Technology Scotland

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:30 Walking guided visit of Berlin

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Name Job Title Company Country MembershipAdam Piotrowski President VIGO System Poland EPIC MemberAlain Schebath CFO Optosigma Europe France EPIC MemberAlastair Wilson Strategic Advisor CST Global United Kingdom EPIC MemberAlwyn Seeds Head of Photonics Group University College London United Kingdom EPIC MemberAna Gonzalez R&D Manager EPIC Spain EPIC STAFFAndré Richter General Manager VPIphotonics Germany EPIC MemberAndrea Braglia CEO OPI Photonics Italy EPIC MemberAndreas Umbach CEO AUCCEPT Consulting GermanyAndreas Weinert Managing Director LEONI Fiber Optics GermanyAndreas Frölich Head of Marketing and Sales Nanoscribe Germany EPIC MemberAndreas Thoss CEO THOSS Media Germany MEDIAAnna Feis CFO EPIC South Africa EPIC STAFFAnna Nikiel Project Manager PhotonDelta The Netherlands EPIC MemberAnneliese Pönninger Business Development Manager EV Group (EVG) Austria EPIC MemberAthanasios Kokorakis General Manager Ocean Optics Germany EPIC MemberAura Higuera Rodriguez Coordinator & Application Sup. Manager Photonics Integration Technology C. The Netherlands EPIC MemberAuri Ripoll Marketing Manager EPIC Spain EPIC STAFFAxel Bauer Head of Marketing & Communications Fraunhofer Institute for LT Germany EPIC MemberBasil Garabet President & CEO NKT Photonics Denmark EPIC MemberBenjamin Wohlfeil Senior Engineer Advanced Technology ADVA Optical Networking Germany EPIC MemberBenno Oderkerk CEO Avantes The Netherlands EPIC MemberBenoît Appert-Collin Director ALPhANOV France EPIC MemberBernd Grammer Senior Business Development Manager SABIC Germany EPIC MemberBernd Ludwig Head of Centre for Ph&O at STP Berlin Adlershof - WISTA-Management Germany EPIC MemberBernold Richerzhagen President & CEO Synova SwitzerlandBert Jan Offrein Manager Neuromorphic Devices IBM Research - Zurich Switzerland EPIC MemberBruno Mourey CTO CEA LETI France EPIC MemberBruno Gross General Manager Thorlabs Germany EPIC MemberBruno Kersschot Sales Director Xeryon Belgium EPIC MemberBryan Patmon Vice President of Sales and Marketing Denselight Semiconductor Singapore LUX ConsortiumCarlos Dominguez Research Professor IMB-CNM Spain EPIC MemberCarlos Lee Director General EPIC Belgium EPIC STAFFCaspar Clark CEO Helia Photonics United Kingdom EPIC MemberChance Wanlass Founder The Freyr Group Singapore LUX ConsortiumChee Yong Tan Vice President Advanced Systems D. ST Electronics (InfoComm Systems) Singapore LUX ConsortiumChi Bao Ho Director Enterprise Singapore Singapore LUX ConsortiumChoi Pheng Soo Programme Director LUX Photonics Consortium Singapore EPIC MemberChris TISSE Technical & Innovation Director ULIS France EPIC MemberChristian Bosshard Vice President Thin Film Optics CSEM Muttenz Switzerland EPIC MemberChristian Velez CEO EXALOS Switzerland EPIC MemberChristian Neumeyr CEO Vertilas Germany EPIC MemberChristoph Krafft Group Leader Leibniz IPHT Germany EPIC MemberChristoph Harder President Swissphotonics Switzerland EPIC MemberClaude Florin CEO Fastree3D Switzerland EPIC Member


Participants

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Name Job Title Company Country MembershipClaudio Meli CEO & Finances WZWOPTIC Switzerland EPIC MemberDagmar Smrčinová Manager 4isp Czech republic EPIC MemberDainius Tumosa CEO EKSMA Optics Lithuania EPIC MemberDaniele Zanato Sales Manager Laser Point Italy EPIC MemberDaryl Ho Business Development Manager The Photonics Institute, NTU S. Singapore LUX ConsortiumDavid Gibson Managing Director Photon Lines United Kingdom EPIC MemberDevin Standard VP Corporate Development Lightpath Technologies USA EPIC MemberEduard Koza Engineering Manager Sylex Slovakia EPIC MemberEileen Herzog Project Manager Photonics Berlin Partner for Business & Techn. Germany EPIC MemberEleonore Waddelow Business Development Manager Zemax United Kingdom EPIC MemberEmma Dixon Marketing Manager Technology Scotland United Kingdom EPIC MemberEric Lindner CEO FBGS Technologies GermanyEric Drean Managing Director See Fast Technologies France EPIC MemberErik Böttcher CEO Nyfors Teknologi Sweden EPIC MemberErwin De Baetselier CEO and Co-Founder Luceda Belgium EPIC MemberEthan Lowe Director ASE Group Taiwan EPIC MemberEva Ryckeboer Business Developer Photonics Ghent University Belgium EPIC MemberFabrizio Ferranti Business Development Manager Univet Italy EPIC MemberFrank Billhardt Head of Sales and Marketing LASERVISION Germany EPIC MemberFrank Lerch Managing Director OpTecBB Germany EPIC MemberFrank Lison CEO & Managing Director TOPTICA Projects Germany EPIC MemberFrederic Breussin VP of Strategic Development Yole Developpement France EPIC MemberGediminas Raciukaitis Chairman of Scientific Board, Head of LT Center for Physical Sciences&Techn. Lithuania EPIC MemberGeorg Draude General Manager Chroma Technology Germany / USA EPIC MemberGerrit Rössler Head of Unit Photonics Berlin Partner for Business & Techn. Germany EPIC MemberGilles Fresquet CEO UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR France EPIC MemberGintas Slekys Founder and Chairman Altechna Lithuania EPIC MemberGordon Harling President & CEO CMC Microsystems Canada EPIC MemberGudmund Knudsen Senior Vice President OFS Denmark EPIC MemberGuillaume Huss CEO LEUKOS France EPIC MemberGun̈ter Arens Director, Business Development Moveon Technologies Germany LUX ConsortiumGunther Vollrath CEO Aifotec Germany EPIC MemberHannes Scheibe Team leader of optics manufacturing techn. Carl Zeiss Jena Germany EPIC MemberHans-Joachim Grallert Prof.Dr.-Ing. Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute Germany EPIC MemberHartmut Spennemann Senior Manager Robert Bosch Germany EPIC MemberHeinz Seyringer CEO V-Research - Industrial R&D Austria 15th Anniversary GuestHelen Royal Business Development Manager Plasma-Therm United Kingdom EPIC MemberHenning Schröder Group Manager Fraunhofer IZM Germany EPIC MemberHenri Rajbenbach Senior Expert European Commission Belgium 15th Anniversary GuestHervé Besaucele CTO Laser Systems & Solutions of Europe France EPIC MemberHolger Berthelsen CEO IHB Consulting & Trading Germany EPIC MemberIain Mckenzie Senior Optoelectronic Engineer European Space Agency The Netherlands EPIC MemberIan Macafee CEO Oxsensis United KingdomIbrahim Abdulhalim Professor and acting CTO Photonicsys Israel EPIC MemberIgnazio Piacentini Director of Business Development ficonTEC Germany EPIC MemberIngolf Cedra CEO HÜBNER Germany EPIC Member


Name Job Title Company Country MembershipIsrael Grossinger CEO & President Holo/Or IsraelIwan Davies Group Technology Director IQE United Kingdom EPIC MemberJacques Cochard Founder TEMATYS France EPIC MemberJan Trommershausen Managing Director AEMtec Germany EPIC MemberJan Meise CEO AMS Technologies Germany EPIC MemberJan Misiewicz Professor Wroclaw University of Science & Techn. Poland EPIC MemberJasmine Vlietinck Events Support EPIC Belgium EPIC STAFFJean-François Morizur CEO CAILabs France EPIC MemberJean-Pierre Roch CTO CORIAL France EPIC MemberJens Biesenbach Technical Director BU Diodelaser Coherent-Dilas Germany EPIC MemberJessica Rowbury Deputy Editor Europa Science/electro optics United Kingdom MEDIAJim Somers CEO Eblana Photonics Ireland EPIC MemberJoachim Sacher Managing Director Sacher Lasertechnik GermanyJohan Pejnefors COO Proximion Sweden EPIC MemberJohann Weinhaendler Managing Director AMICRA Microtechnologies Germany EPIC MemberJohannes Koeth CEO nanoplus Germany EPIC MemberJoost van Kerkhof COO PHIX photonics assembly The Netherlands EPIC MemberJörg Bruc̈k Project Director W3 Fair+Convention FLEET Events Germany EPIC MemberJörg Mayer CEO SPECTARIS GermanyJorge Julian Sanchez Martinez Business Development Manager QPO Lenses Spain EPIC MemberJose Pozo Director of Technology EPIC The Netherlands EPIC STAFFJosep Tienda EMEA Sales Director Excelitas Germany EPIC MemberJur̈gen Niederhofer General Manager Newport Spectra-Physics, High Q Laser Germany EPIC MemberJyrki Huttunen CEO Oplatek Group Finland EPIC MemberKai Hwa Chew R&D Director Quantum Chemicals Technologies Singapore LUX ConsortiumKatarina Grujic Senior researcher Teknova Norway EPIC MemberKay Chun Lim Deputy Director, Programmes National Research Foundation Singapore LUX ConsortiumKe Xin Lim Development Partner Enterprise Singapore Singapore LUX ConsortiumKerstin Kube-Erkens Product Architect Messe Berlin Germany EPIC MemberKestutis Jasiunas CEO EKSPLA Lithuania EPIC MemberKlaus Engenhardt CTO EMEA Tektronix GermanyKurt Weingarten CTO Lasers Lumentum Switzerland EPIC MemberLars Rymell CEO Eclipse Optics Sweden EPIC MemberLars Zimmermann Team Leader Si-Photonics IHP Germany EPIC MemberLuis Diaz-Santana Senior Consultant Cambridge Consultants United Kingdom EPIC MemberMaik Mul̈ler CEO m-u-t Germany EPIC MemberManfred Rahe Head of Innovation & Process Man. EurA Germany EPIC MemberMarkus Hersche CEO FISBA Switzerland EPIC MemberMarkus Mangold Managing Director IRsweep Switzerland EPIC MemberMartijn Heck Associate Professor Aarhus University Denmark EPIC MemberMartin Farnan Vice President Engineering FAZ Technology Ireland EPIC MemberMartin Schell Executive Director Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute Germany EPIC MemberMartin Roth Chair of innoFSPEC Potsdam Leibniz Institute for AIP GermanyMartin Uddén Managing Director Optoskand Sweden EPIC MemberMartine Keim-Paray Administration Support EPIC France EPIC STAFFMatthew Dale Technical Writer Europa Science United Kingdom MEDIA

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Name Job Title Company Country MembershipMatthew Hooi Sin Tan Senior Director of Sales & Marketing SilTerra Malaysia LUX ConsortiumMaurizio Gattiglio Chairman & CEO Convergent Photonics Italy EPIC MemberMauro Riva Organic Electronics Business Manager Saes Getters Italy EPIC MemberMichael Hornung Managing Director AMO Germany EPIC MemberMichael Pisarik Business Development Manager HiLASE Centre Czech Republic EPIC MemberMichael Liehr CEO, AIM Photonics, Executive VP of I&T, VP of Research - SUNY Polytechnic Institute, AIM Photonics - USAMircea Guina Head of the ORC/TUT Optoelectronics Research Centre, TUT Finland EPIC MemberNeringa Norbutaite Events Manager EPIC Lithuania EPIC STAFFNiek Rijnveld CEO Optics11 The Netherlands EPIC MemberNikolay Ledentsov CEO VI Systems Germany EPIC MemberNikos Kehagias Research Manager ICN2 Spain EPIC MemberNils Kirstaedter CEO Lumics Germany EPIC MemberNils Buk̈er Senior Director USHIO Europe The Netherlands EPIC MemberOliver Pust Director, Sales and Marketing Delta Optical Thin Film Denmark EPIC MemberOliver Dreissigacker Editor in Chief Optik&Photonic Editorial Office Germany MEDIAPascual Muñoz Professor Universitat Politècnica de València Spain EPIC MemberPatrice Le Boudec CEO IDIL Fibres Optiques FrancePatrick Paul General Manager LASER COMPONENTS Germany EPIC MemberPaul Hartmann Director Joanneum Research, Institute Materials Austria EPIC MemberPer Karlsson CEO NorthLab Photonics Sweden EPIC MemberPeter Kember Senior Technology Business Director LUX-IEC (LUX-TSI) United Kingdom EPIC MemberPetr Tůma Managing Director 4isp Czech Republic EPIC MemberPetras Balkevicius CEO Lithuanian Laser Association Lithuania EPIC MemberPetras Balkevicius Co-CEO EKSMA Lithuania EPIC MemberPetteri Uusimaa CEO Modulight Finland EPIC MemberPhilipp Schön CEO RAYLASE Germany EPIC MemberPhilippe Metivier Marketing Director Quantel France EPIC MemberPhilipp-Immanuel Dietrich Founder/Researcher KIT Germany EPIC MemberPim Kat CEO Technobis The Netherlands EPIC MemberPoh-Boon Phua CTO & Founder LightHaus Photonics Singapore LUX ConsortiumRainer Zimmermann Germany 15th Anniversary GuestRalf G.J. Knoll CEO & Managing Director INOPTEC Germany EPIC MemberRemco Nieuwland CTO Somni Corporation The Netherlands EPIC MemberRemigijus Sliupas CEO OPTOMAN Lithuania EPIC MemberRichard Furey CEO Yelo United Kingdom EPIC MemberRobert Harrison Joint Managing Partner 24IP Law Group Germany EPIC MemberRon van der Kolk Director PhotonicsNL The Netherlands EPIC MemberRouben Antanian Director of Business Development OZ Optics CanadaRoy McBride Managing Director PowerPhotonic United Kingdom EPIC MemberRudolf Frycek CEO AMIRES CH/Czech Republic EPIC MemberRuizhou Kho Project Manager Quantum Chemicals Technologies Singapore LUX ConsortiumRuth Houbertz CEO & Managing Director Multiphoton Optics Germany EPIC MemberSamuel Bucourt CEO IMAGINE OPTIC France EPIC MemberScott Jordan Head of Photonics PI USA EPIC MemberSebastian Heidrich Manager Innovation Management Jenoptik Germany EPIC MemberSébastien Brun CEO Sy&Se Switzerland EPIC Member


Name Job Title Company Country MembershipSergei Turitsyn Director Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies United Kingdom EPIC MemberShaoxian Zhang CEO Vision and Action The NetherlandsShin Poh Regional Director Singapore Economic Development Board Germany LUX ConsortiumSiegfried Luger CEO Luger Research Austria EPIC MemberSilvia Carrasco KTT Director ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences Spain EPIC MemberSimon Schwinger Managing Director LEJ || Lighting & Electronics Jena Germany EPIC MemberSlava Artyushenko CEO art photonics Germany EPIC MemberSock Cheng Tan Deputy Director Enterprise Singapore Singapore LUX ConsortiumStephen Clements CEO aXenic United Kingdom EPIC MemberStephen Taylor CEO Technology Scotland United Kingdom EPIC MemberSteven Goetstouwers CEO Admesy The Netherlands EPIC MemberSimon Andrews Executive Director Fraunhofer UK Research United Kingdom EPIC MemberSusana Santos Innovation Manager Op&Ph Berlin Partner for Business & Technology Germany EPIC MemberSuzanne Martin Research Centre Manager Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland EPIC MemberSven Krug̈er Vice President Product Management Huber+Suhner Cube Optics Germany EPIC MemberSven Otte Managing Director Sicoya Germany EPIC MemberSwee Chuan Tjin Professor / Chairman LUX Photonics Consortium Singapore EPIC MemberTheo Ruers Prof of Surgery The Netherlands Cancer Institute The Netherlands EPIC MemberThierry Georges CEO Oxxius France EPIC MemberThomas Neicke CMO APE Germany EPIC MemberThomas Laurent Product Manager / Founder eagleyard Photonics Germany EPIC MemberThomas Kessler CEO Jos. Schneider Optische Werke Germany EPIC MemberThomas Zettler CEO LayTec Germany EPIC MemberTom Pearsall EPIC Founder EPIC France 15th Anniversary GuestTom Walker Group Director – Optical Solutions Group Synopsys USA EPIC MemberTonino Greco Chief Analyst Sony Europe Germany Torsten Wipiejewski Business Development Manager Huawei Germany EPIC MemberTwan Korthorst Director - PhoeniX Software Synopsys The Netherlands EPIC MemberUlrich Becker Technical Director CST Germany EPIC MemberUlrich Stärker CTO Volpi Switzerland EPIC MemberUrsula Tober Senior Economist & Technology Con. VDI-Technologiezentrum / Photonics21 GermanyVatchara LertpiriyasuwatVice President Business Development Focuz Manufacturing Thailand EPIC MemberVicente Calvo Alonso CEO Comptek Solutions Finland EPIC MemberVidmantas Sakalys CEO Femtika Lithuania EPIC MemberVille Hevonkorpi CEO Primoceler Finland EPIC MemberWalter Belardi Senior research Fellow Optoelectronics Research Centre, U of S United Kingdom EPIC MemberWenko Sup̈titz Head of Photonics Division SPECTARIS GermanyWinson Tamg Executive Director GuangZhou TEYU Electromechanical ChinaYan Cornil General Manager Light Tec France EPIC MemberYidan Sun Regional Director Singapore Economic Development Board Germany LUX ConsortiumYoung Kwon Managing Director Andritz Powerlase United Kingdom EPIC Member

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Aarhus University is Denmark's largest university. The Department of Engineering was established in 2011, with a focus on a strong interplay with industry and on applied research. The relevant research areas in Electrical Engineering are microwave photonics, optical sensor systems, biomedical devices, and electronic-photonic convergence for future high-capacity systems. www.au.dk

Martijn J. R. Heck (Associate Professor) in the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University works on photonic integration and its applications, with a focus on microwave and terahertz photonics and chip to chip and on-chip interconnects. He received the M.Sc. degree in applied physics and the Ph.D. degree from the Eindhoven University of Technology, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the COBRA Research Institute and the

Laser Centre, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. From 2009 to 2013, he was Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Silicon Photonics Center at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Admesy provides customers with innovative test and measurement solutions tailored for colour and light measurement in production processes. It has been the mission of Admesy since the company was founded in 2006 to seek for stable, reliable and accurate measurement devices. Within a decade, Admesy successfully developed this mission statement and became a well-known brand for a range of user-friendly and robust light and colour measurement devices. The current product portfolio includes light meters, spectroradiometers, colorimeters and 2D imaging colorimeters as well as accessories like stabilized light sources and integrating spheres. In just over a decade, Admesy has grown with over 35 employees at offices in Europe and Asia and a worldwide network of distributors. Its headquarter with research & development and production facilities with high-end clean room is located in the south of The Netherlands, next to the European high-tech area of Eindhoven. Three service and support offices in Asia were set up to provide local support to Admesy’s customers. www.admesy.com

Steven Goetstouwers (CEO) worked at NV Industriebank LIOF, a regional venture capital investor, before joining Admesy in late 2012. At LIOF, he was responsible for investments in high-tech early stage start-up companies. During these 7 years, he was involved in more than 50 start-up ideas and companies. After graduation, Steven started working at the University Maastricht Business School where he helped starting entrepreneurs developing a solid business plan. Steven has a bachelor’s degree in Business Engineering from the Hasselt University and a master’s degree in International Business from the Maastricht University.


Company descriptions and biographies

ADVA Optical Networking is a global provider of telecommunications equipment. Headquartered in Germany, it is a market leader in data centre interconnects, metro WDM systems, Ethernet access devices, and network synchronization. Over more than two decades, ADVA has become a trusted partner to hundreds of carriers and more than 10,000 enterprises worldwide. www.advaoptical.com

Benjamin Wohlfeil (Senior Engineer) studied in Technische Universität Berlin where he received his Dipl.-Ing. Degree in Computer Science and Dr.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2008 and 2015, respectively. From 2014 to 2015, he worked as a post-doc in the group Computational Nano-optics at the Konrad-Zuse-Center for applied mathematics. Afterwards, he joined ADVA Optical Networking in Meiningen as a Senior Engineer Advanced Technology. His research interests include photonic integration and packaging. He has been, and still is, involved with several national

and international research projects in the fields of silicon photonics, numerical modeling and packaging. Benjamin has also authored more than a dozen papers and is an inventor of several patents.

AEMtec develops, qualifies and manufactures next level optoelectronic assemblies in compliance with highest quality, security and sustainability standards. In a cleanroom environment (ISO class 5 to 8) AEMtec offers a unique spectrum of high-end chip-level technologies: Wafer Back-End Services (UBM, SBA, Dicing), high speed / high accuracy Die- and Flip Chip Bonding, Au and Al Wire Bonding, SMT, assembly of Optical Components, Box-Build, 3D integration. AEMtec is certified for medical industries. www.aemtec.com

Jan Trommershausen (Managing Director) holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Westfaelische Wilhelms University of Muenster, Germany. He began his career in Logistics at SABO and then spent 6 years as head of Controlling and Managing Director at DBT Mining Equipment in Wuppertal and Hamm. Later, he served 4 years as CEO at SaarGummi Automotive in Wadern. After moving on to exceet Group SE in 2006, he held several management functions since 2010, including the position of the Managing Director at AEMtec GmbH, Berlin.

Aifotec offers significant and industry-proven experience in a variety of Photonic Development Services and Photonic Manufacturing Services as used in today’s CMOS photonics applications. Aifotec’s Hybrid Integration Technology experience allows packaging solutions across leading-edge process benches such as glass, ceramic, polymer and silicon, using either laser bonding, as well as different gluing technologies. In addition to this know-how Aifotec provides the equipment for the handling as well as packaging of material from single-die attachment, flip-chip on 6 to8 inch wafers and pigtailed optical subassemblies. www.aifotec.com

Gunther Vollrath (CEO) has received his Dipl-Ing degree from the University of Braunschweig in Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Physics and Semiconductor Technology in 1991. While working at the Research Centre of the German Telekom in Darmstadt, Germany, he received his PhD degree in 1996. After working as a consultant for the German Telecom, he was co-founding and serving as CTO/COO of AIFOTEC (sold to Finisar) and later performing a MBO.

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The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), is an industry driven public-private partnership that focuses the nation’s premiere capabilities and expertise to capture critical global manufacturing leadership in a technology that is both essential to National security and positioned to provide a compelling return-on-investment to the U.S. economy. The Institute’s goal is to emulate the dramatic successes experienced by the electronics industry over the past 40 years and transition key lessons, processes, and approaches to the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) industry. AIM Photonics supports Small and Medium Enterprises, providing practical access and technology on-ramps for U.S. industry, government, and academic communities. We are creating a National PIC manufacturing infrastructure, widely accessible and inherently flexible to meet the challenges of the marketplace with practical, innovative solutions. www.aimphotonics.com

Michael Liehr (Chief Executive Officer) is the CEO of the American Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) Photonics. Michael focuses on the creation of new AIM business opportunities and is responsible for the effective and efficient operation of AIM’s programs including SUNY Poly’s strategic 300mm integrated photonic semiconductor and 3D packaging. He is also SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Vice President for Research and Executive Vice President for Technology and Innovation. Prior to this assignment, he led the Global 450mm Consortium through the start-up phase as the General Manager and was an IBM Distinguished Engineer.

AIP belongs to the the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft in Germany and is as such dedicated to fundamental research in astrophysics. With a history going back to the Berlin Observatory that was founded in 1700, the institute covers today a wide range of research topics from solar and stellar astrophysics to the formation and evolution of galaxies and the large scale structure of the universe. The main areas of expertise are related to phenomena of cosmic magnetic fields and of gravitation on many different scales. Next to fundamental research AIP is also actively pursuing the development of telescopes and instrumentation with access to the largest ground based observatories and facilities in space. AIP also hosts the headquarter of innoFSPEC Potsdam which is a BMBF-funded innovation center and a joint project between AIP and the University of Potsdam. innoFSPEC performs basic and applied research on fibre-coupled spectroscopy, astrophotonics, and chemical sensing. www.aip.de

Martin Roth (Chair of innoFSPEC Potsdam) is a Professor at the Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam since 2011. Since 2009, Martin has been the Chair of innoFSPEC Potsdam. He served as Research Assistant in Universitäts-Sternwarte München from 1986 to 1991. He then became an Observer in Wendelstein Observatory in 1991. From 1994 and up to now he has worked as Staff Astronomer and Head of Program at AIP.


The Aston Institute of Photonics Technologies (AIPT) with ~100 staff is one of the largest photonics research centres in the UK. AIPT’s core activities are around high-speed optical transmission and processing, nonlinear photonics, fibre grating technology, femtosecond laser material processing techniques, nano-photonics, fibre lasers, bio- and medical photonics, and in various fibre optic sensing applications. AIPT has an impressive portfolio of research and industrial project funding that currently amounts to €26M (more than 60 projects, including coordination of H2020 COFUND Training Programme in Photonics: MULTIPLY (48 world leading partners in the field of photonics), AIPT coordinate Erasmus Mundus Joint MSc Programme SMARTNET (17 industrial partners) and is involved into Erasmus Mundus Joint MSc Programme PIXNET (19 industrial partners). A distinguishing feature of the AIPT's research profile is the way in which significant industrial and collaborative projects provide the context for fundamental research, usually of an interdisciplinary nature. The AIPT pursues a diverse range of device- and systems-level topics at the leading edge of technology. It maintains active and fertile collaborations with industrial companies and academic institutions throughout the world. AIPT counts over 60 patents, and its technology has created the foundations for direct exploitation of the intellectual property through five start-up companies. Recently Aston University made multi-million investment into brand new state of the art laboratories for the Institute, including laboratories dedicated to bringing industry and AIPT researchers together. www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/photonics

Professor Sergei Turitsyn (Director) graduated from the Department of Physics of the Novosibirsk University, in 1982 and received his Ph.D. degree in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia in 1986. In 1992 he moved to Germany, first, as a Humboldt Fellow and then working in the collaborative projects with Deutsche Telekom. Currently, he is a director of the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at Aston University. Sergei Turitsyn is the originator of several key concepts in fields the nonlinear photonics,

optical fibre communications and fibre lasers. He was a principal investigator in 63 national and international, research and industrial projects. Turitsyn was the recipient of a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2005. In 2011 he was awarded the European Research Council Advanced Grant. In 2014 he received Lebedev medal by the Rozhdestvensky Optical Society. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Physics.

ALPhANOV is the Optics and Lasers technological center of the French Route des Lasers™ competitiveness cluster. It operates as a private, non-profit organization specialized in technology transfer in close collaboration with CEA/CESTA, CNRS, and the Bordeaux universities. Located in the Bordeaux area, ALPhANOV employs about 30 highly skilled Researchers, Engineers and Technicians. Its 700-m² facility hosts several dedicated technology platforms, specific laser and metrology systems available for projects in every field of optics and lasers. ALPhANOV conducts scientific research in photonic technology in collaboration with academic laboratories from the Bordeaux University. The Center’s expertise encompasses laser processing and micromachining, laser sources and optical fiber components, optical systems development and imaging. www.alphanov.com

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Benoit Appert-Collin (Director) graduated from the Institut d'Optique Graduate School and CPA Executive MBA ESC-Toulouse. He began his career as a sales engineer at Photonetics. In 2002, he joined the Aquitaine region to create, along with some local actors including Professor Andre Ducasse, the new association ALPhA (Aquitaine Laser Photonics and applications). He put together the application for the seal of approval for the Route des Lasers competitiveness cluster and participated in the creation of ALPhANOV. He has been its director since its inception in 2007.

Altechna is a supplier of laser related products and solutions, specializing in the following key activity fields: * Laser related components. * Distribution of well-known photonics industry brands in local markets. * R&D solutions in laser optics. * Manufacturing of laser related components. * Quality assurance and measurements to guarantee the highest quality.

An investment by Venture Capital fund enabled Altechna to acquire Optida - optical coating company, thus currently Altechna offers customized and broad diversity optical coatings, including enhanced LIDT high dispersion chirped mirrors and broadband dispersive mirror pairs, ultra low loss mirrors and coatings for high laser power applications. www.altechna.com

Gintas Šlekys (Founder and Chairman) is the founder of Altechna (1996). He graduated and gained PhD degree in Physics from Vilnius University, Lithuania. After 6 years of research contracts in Physikalische Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany and 3 years in Lille university and France Telecom, he founded Altechna and later on Workshop of Photonics (Altechna R&D) and devoted his time to the business development of both companies, fostering businesses related to ultrashort pulse components and applications.

AMICRA Microtechnologies is a worldwide leading supplier of Die Attach Equipment specializing in submicron placement accuracy (+/- 0.3µm@ 3sigma). Equipment offering supports Die Attach and Flip Chip bonding processes including the following capability: in-situ eutectic bonding, dynamic alignment, heated tool, pulse heating, laser heating, volumetric and jet dispensing, active bond force control, high speed solutions, in-situ UV curing, 600 x 550mm bonding area, quantitative tilt calibration system, etc. Market focus: PIC/SiPhotonics, Automotive Sensors LiDAR, Optoelectronics, AOC, FanOut. Other products include: High Speed Wafer Inking and inspection, Automated LED/LD Test & Sort Systems, Gel Fill Line and Custom Solutions. www.amicra.com

Dr. Johann Weinhändler (Managing Director) holds an electrical engineering degree and PhD in Economics from Trinity College in Dublin and an MBA from the Open University Business School in the UK. He has a strong background with over 25 years of experience in the global semiconductor and microelectronic equipment industry. His previous roles include Field Application at Lam Research, Sales-Business Development at Datacon/BESI, and Global Account Management at Oerlikon Systems. Since February 2009 he has been appointed as Managing Director at AMICRA where he is responsible for the global Sales & Marketing activities, business development, field operation and quality management.


AMIRES is a consulting company for research, development and innovation projects. Our main strength is the creation of new international sustainable partnerships within innovation focused value chains and EU support projects (e.g. H2020, Eurostars). Our developed projects remain the main enablers for our industrial clients and their growth and provide the important opportunities for R&D community. AMIRES activities focus on three strategic fields: Energy Efficiency, Photonics, Flexible Electronics and Regenerative Medicine and Medical Devices. AMIRES developed a search and visualization platform AMIPLEXUS – essential tool for innovation-related decisions. It allows visualization of more than 20000 projects within H2020, EUROSTARS, EUREKA and LIFE programmes. It displays most relevant project information including a list of all participants. User can search past or ongoing projects of any European organization or company. All EPIC members have free access to AMIPLEXUS – please ask EPIC secretariat for login details. www.amires.eu

Rudolf Fryček (CEO) has more than 14 years’ experience in the European project management and consultancy. He was a consultant to several SMEs in the field of production, innovation and company development, including preparation of project for governmental incentive and for several business-oriented bank loans. In 2006, he was nominated as a Seconded National Expert to the European Commission, Directorate General for Industrial Technologies. Beside his technological expertise and daily project officer work (call text drafting, selection of evaluators, evaluation,

contracting, project monitoring) he has been active in the policy structuring for exploitation and commercialization of EU framework projects. He helped to analyze the overall nanotechnology unit project portfolio in terms of generated IPR and also co-organized the workshop with European Patent Office and US Patent and Trade Office on IPR in nanotechnology – lessons from experiences worldwide, held in Brussels. He was a Program Coordinator of the EuroNanoForum 2009 and Re-industrialization of EU 2016 and an advisor of multiple conferences financed by the European Commission. Rudolf is a founder of AMIRES and since 2011 he is an accredited coach of Innovation Platform – PLATINN Switzerland, which provides hands-on coaching to SMEs. Rudolf is a cooperation coach, which helps companies to increase their innovation capacity.

AMO is a research service provider for nanofabrication with focused research & development, prototyping and contract manufacturing. AMO offers the entire infrastructure required for nanofabrication for semiconductor based applications and related technologies. AMO competences are nanofabrication, nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and biotechnology. Within many technical fields the employment of nanotechnology is enabling crucial improvements in product properties: Microelectronics is migrating to nanoelectronics and is creating largest storage densities and processor power – in the long term up to quantum devices. Thanks to new nanomaterials and manufacturing methods, integrated optics is developing into nanophotonics with the prospect of fast “on chip“ optical data processing and the reduction of manufacturing costs. Nanostructures can now be manufactured in the size of biomolecules, thereby opening the possibility of highly exact analytical methods and the coupling of electronics with the biological world. The key to enter the nanocosm is the production technology for smallest structures. AMO’s tools are electrons, photons and economical printing processes (nanoimprint). www.amo.de

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Michael Hornung (Managing Director) started his work with AMO early 2014. Before he joined AMO he was Technical Marketing Manager at SUSS MicroTec Lithography based in Garching, Germany. During his over 10-year career at SUSS MicroTec, he passed further functions. So, he was project manager in R&D responsible for the (nano) imprint technology and other new technologies for mask aligners. He also worked as application engineer for a while and leads the application group at SUSS

MicroTec for two years. Formerly, he was project manager at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, working at the inner detector for the ATLAS project. Michael Hornung holds a Ph.D. degree in Natural Science from the University of Freiburg, Germany and an MBA from the University of Applied Science of Ludwigsburg, Germany.

AMS Technologies is a leading solution provider and distributor of high-tech, leading-edge components, systems and equipment, with almost 30 years of experience to date and currently serving more than 1000 European customers. Optical Technologies is our key competency field with the broadest and most widely varying product offering, ranging from optical components and systems for the most differing of applications, over cameras for machine vision and on to capital equipment for fiber optic applications. Coupled with our Thermal Management Engineering team focusing on Photonics cooling and temperature stabilization and our Power Technologies focus on Laser Drivers, TEC controllers and Power Supplies we enable and create custom Photonics Solutions. www.amstechnologies.com

Jan Meise (CEO) joined AMS in 2010. He drives the company’s Sales expansion plans, organically and inorganically, which resulted in the company’s acquisition of Sweden based Azpect Photonics in 2012 with the financial backing of AMS’ shareholders. Prior to joining AMS Technologies, Jan lived and worked for 9 years in Silicon Valley, USA. In his last position at Finisar he was responsible for new markets, driving business cases and reviewing potential acquisition targets. As part of a small technical entrepreneurial team he also co-founded a boot strapped start up funded by Angel Investments. Jan Meise is member of the EPIC Board of Directors

APE (Angewandte Physik und Elektronik) is a worldwide operating developer and manufacturer of instruments for the generation of ultrashort laser pulses with widely tuneable wavelengths as well as devices for pulse measurement and management. The company is a pioneer in the field of Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs), Autocorrelators, and diagnostic measurements of ultrashort laser pulses. Beyond that, accessories such as pulse pickers, acousto-optics and devices for harmonic generation are part of APEs product portfolio. APE devices are used worldwide. They can be found in almost all renowned research institutes and universities. The main fields of applications cover research in physics, chemistry, biology and medical science. APEs products are also intensively used in industrial production and medical applications. APE is the ideal OEM partner for advanced ultrashort laser technologies. www.ape-berlin.de


Thomas Neicke (CMO) is an enthusiastic Business Developer with an eye for innovation and high-technologies. He develops new business opportunities and exciting product ideas for APE, the pioneer in developing and manufacturing of solutions for ultrashort laser pulse generation, measurement, conversion, and diagnostics. For many years he worked for selected premium scientific companies and holds an MBA as well as an engineering degree in physics technologies. Neicke's greatest expertise is revolved in the field of Voice of Customer analytics. His wish is

to help customers to make their dreams reality by delivering products that always provide a bit more than expected. He also loves Coffee.

art photonics was launched in Berlin in September 1998 to develop and produce specialty fiber products for a broad spectral range from 200nm to 16µm. Various fiber cables, bundles and spectroscopy probes are produced with unique parameters for different applications: from high laser power delivery in technology & medicine to process-spectroscopy and medical diagnostics. www.artphotonics.de

Slava Artyushenko (CEO and Founder) was born in Russia. His PhD in physics was done at General Physics Institute, Moscow in 1981 - focused on his pioneering development of polycrystalline fibers for Mid IR-range: 3-18µm. His multiple publications and patents were devoted to fiber optic technologies and applications in laser medicine, process-spectroscopy, optical sensing and diagnostic. In 1998, he has founded art photonics GmbH in Berlin – one of worldwide leaders now in the production of specialty fiber products for a broad spectra 0.2-16µm. Dr. V. Artyushenko and art photonics are members of EPIC, CPACT, IBioIC, SPIE, OSA, SAS, SPECTARIS, Optec-BB, Photonics-BB, GDCh-DECHEMA & CLIRSPEC.

ASE Group is the world’s leading provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and test. The group develops and offers complete turnkey solutions covering IC packaging, design and production of interconnect materials, front-end engineering test, wafer probing and final test, as well as electronic manufacturing services through USI, Inc. www.aseglobal.com

Ethan Lowe (Director) is in the position of group level strategic planning, marketing analysis, M&A and business development activities. He joined ASE in 2011 and has 10+ years semiconductor industry experience in multiple engineering and strategic planning positions.

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AUCCEPT Consulting GmbH is offering AUthentic Coaching and Consulting on Entrepreneurship and Photonics Technologies. AUCCEPT’s CEO Andreas Umbach has more than 20 years’ experience as founder and CEO of a technology start-up in a global industry. He has been responsible for the active and passive side of international mergers and acquisitions. Andreas actively directed the company’s direction in the field of photonic integrated circuits. Now, he is aiming to consult on photonics technologies using his extensive network in this global industry. He is pleased to coach entrepreneurs and give advice on strategic business decisions throughout the lifecycle of the company. Support of the management team and leadership training are offered by direct coaching mandates or in the form of board positions. www.auccept.com

Andreas Umbach (CEO) holds a Dipl. Phys. degree from Technical University Berlin. In 1989, he joined the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut where he worked on the development of Indium-Phosphide based optoelectronic integrates circuits comprising High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) and high-speed waveguide-integrated photodiodes. In 1998, he and two colleagues founded the company u²t Photonics AG as a spin-off from HHI, which became a leading supplier for ultrafast

devices for optical fiber communications. As CEO, he led the acquisitions of LKF Advanced Optics GmbH, u2t Photonics UK from rfmd and COGO GmbH. In January 2014, he sold u²t Photonics AG to Finisar Corp. and served as a Vice President, General Manger and CTO of Finisar Germany GmbH. Andreas also served as member of the technical programme committee of the International Conference on Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) and of the IEEE Microwave Photonics Conference (MWP). He is currently member of the Technical Program Committee of the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC).

Avantes is a world leader in the field of spectroscopy. They develop and manufacture spectrometers, light sources, software, fiber optic cables, and accessories. Avantes' products are highly customizable, adaptable to any specific application, and integrated into even the smallest housings. These products therefore find usage in many OEM applications and markets, as well as in the scientific and industrial world. With over 20 years of experience, Avantes continues to produce innovative applications in diverse fields including chemical, solar energy, agriculture, gemology, (bio)medical, semiconductor, light measurement and food processing technology. www.avantes.com

Benno Oderkerk (CEO) is co-founder, shareholder and CEO of Avantes. He has a background in electronics and medical technology. He studied at the University of Twente, Netherlands and did his Master's thesis at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1988. Since then he worked for 5 years in a small sensor company in Munich and in 1994 started TOP Sensor Systems, which was renamed to Avantes in 2000. As a CEO, Benno is responsible for 85 employees worldwide as well

as the strategic development of Avantes and its affiliated companies in China, USA and UK. Benno Oderkerk is the current President of the EPIC Board of Directors.


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aXenic is a leading supplier of ultra-high speed optical modulators for 100GHz and beyond. Based on their unique and mature Gallium Arsenide technology: aXenic designs, manufactures and markets highly competitive products for High Speed Communication applications. These rugged and environmentally stable GaAs components offer superior performance in demanding applications such as Test and Measurement, Aerospace and Satellite Communications. www.axenic.co.uk

Stephen Clements (CEO) he joined the Caswell Research Centre (then part of Plessey) after graduating from Nottingham University before moving to the Nortel Harlow Laboratories (UK) where he developed lasers for underwater fibre-optic cables and then led the R&D group in passive optical components. He joined Filtronic in 2001, where he developed their optical semiconductor business beyond the company’s traditional wireless applications. Following Filtronic's sale to RFMD, he led the sale of the GaAs photonics group to u2t Photonics, later acquired by Finisar. He then managed the spin-out of aXenic from Finisar in 2015 to develop it as a specialist

supplier of modulators. A Senior Member of IEEE and Institute of Physics, he has more than 50 publications in semiconductor device design, process and systems and patents to support their exploitation.

Berlin Partner for Business and Technology offers business and technology promotion for companies, investors and science institutes in Berlin. With carefully tailored services and excellent links to research, our experts provide an outstanding range of offerings to help companies launch, innovate, expand and secure their economic future in Berlin. We support and advice companies and research institutions, which aim to establish business in Berlin or to further grow at the site, by providing comprehensive services and information within the fields of photonics and microsystems technology. The management of the Berlin Brandenburg Photonics Cluster lies with Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, as well as OpTec-Berlin-Brandenburg and WFBB Brandenburg Economic Development Board. The Photonics Cluster in Berlin and Brandenburg is especially distinguished by the strong scientific basis and the high amount of specialized small and medium-sized companies with widely ranged know-how – a perfect basis for a mutual transfer between science and industry, and innovation driver for other branches. www.berlin-partner.de

Gerrit Rössler (Head of Unit Photonics) is head of the photonics unit at the Berlin regional economic development agency Berlin Partner and he is in charge for the management of the Berlin-Brandenburg photonics cluster in cooperation with the branch network OpTecBB e.V. and the ZukunftsAgentur Brandenburg. He has more than 10 years working experience in economic development support for optics and photonics industry and research. Gerrit has a MBA in network management, b2b-marketing and economic development from the Free University Berlin.

Susana Santos (Innovation Manager Optics & Photonics) is an Engineer with a PhD in Life Sciences and more than 15 years’ experience in Interdisciplinary R&D and innovation in Bio-Photonics. Working as an Innovation Manager for optics & photonics at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, she focuses on international collaborations, start-up support and working towards innovation hub creation.


Eileen Herzog (Project Manager Photonics) is in charge of communication and marketing in the Photonics Cluster Berlin Brandenburg. As an event manager with an BA (Hons) in Business Management and Administration, she has now more than 15 years of experience in planning events. In her studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, she extended her knowledge in marketing and communication which she uses now for over 5 years for the Berlin regional economic development agency Berlin Partner.

The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 390,000 associates worldwide and generated sales of 73.1 billion euros in 2016 with its four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and connected industry. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to create solutions for a connected life, and to improve quality of life worldwide with innovative products and services. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” www.bosch.com

Hartmut Spennemann (Senior Manager) studied physics at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. After finishing his diploma, he started at the Robert Bosch GmbH in 2004. Since 2011 he is manager of the research group “Optics, Optoelectronics” at the Corporate Sector Research and Advance Engineering of the Robert Bosch GmbH in Renningen, Germany. His main research topics are optical displays for augmented reality applications and optical sensor concepts for highly automated driving.

CAILabs develops, manufactures and sells unique solutions to manipulate the shape of coherent light for Telecom, Aerospace, Security, Defense and Advanced Manufacturing. CAILabs enabled the 2017 world record in fiber capacity of Japanese Telecom Operator KDDI, and has entered a strategic partnership with Safran to design together the next generation of aircraft cabling. Located in Rennes, France, the start-up was created in 2013, has 37 employees and received the 2017 Born Global prize from EY. www.cailabs.com

Jean-Francois Morizur (President) is co-founder and CEO of CAILabs SAS. He invented the Multi-Plane Light Conversion Technology at the core of CAILabs’ solutions. Before founding CAILabs, Jean-Francois was Senior Associate at the Boston Consulting Group. Jean-Francois holds a PhD in quantum optics from the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and the Australian National University. He received the Forbes’ 30 under 30 Science and Healthcare European award in 2016.

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Cambridge Consultants develops breakthrough products. Working from our premises in Cambridge (UK), Boston (USA) and Singapore. We also provide business consultancy in technology-critical issues for clients worldwide. Our focus is on helping companies break barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible. We work with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies as well as some of the smallest, most innovative start-ups who want to change the status quo fast. For more than 50 years, Cambridge Consultants has been helping clients turn business opportunities into commercial successes, whether they are launching first-to-market products, entering new markets or expanding existing markets through the introduction of new technologies. We offer solutions across a diverse range of industries including medical technology, industrial and consumer products, digital health, energy and wireless communications. www.cambridgeconsultants.com

Luis Diaz-Santana (Senior Consultant) is an expert in physiological optics and vision science with over 20 years’ experience in research and technology development. He has led and participated in multiple multidisciplinary projects to create optical devices to address presbyopia. Luis has vast experience in the development of instrumentation for R&D in ophthalmology. He completed his Ph.D. at Imperial College London in 2000 in Physics and then spent over 10 years at the Department of Optometry at City University focused on physiological optics research. He has collaborated with Vision Scientists and Psychophysicists in the UK, Europe and the US

in many multidisciplinary projects to measure visual function. Luis’ main focus is in the development of new devices to address unmet needs in ophthalmology. Since 2011, he has worked in technology consultancy developing products mostly in the Med Tech arena. Luis’ expertise encompasses optical design, modelling, image processing, team leadership and management

CEA-Leti is an applied-research Institute located in Grenoble-France and specialized in micro and nano technologies. The ‘Optic and Photonic Department’ develops technologies in the field of lighting, display, sensing, imaging and communications. The department is integrated over the whole development cycle (Design, Fabrication and Tests), from the material (Si, Ge, III-V) to devices and circuit fabrication (200mm/8’’ CMOS fab, 100mm/4’’ III-V fab), packaging and test. In addition to Leti’s 1,700 employees, there are more than 250 students involved in research activities, which makes Leti a mainspring of innovation expertise. Leti’s portfolio of 1,880 families of patents helps strengthen the competitiveness of its industrial partners. www.leti.fr

Bruno Mourey (CTO) graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie (Paris) and received a PhD in Electronic and Instrumentation (Université de Paris VI) Bruno Mourey had different positions in relation to display applications from research to manufacturing in the Thomson group. He was Managing Director of Thomson LCDs for more than 10 years He joined CEA/LETI in 2003 as Program Manager for multimedia applications (display, optical recording….). From 2009 to 2014 He was Vice President, managing the Mems division followed by the Photonics division. Since 2015 he is CTO of CEA /LETI. Bruno Mourey is member of the EPIC Board of Directors.


The Center for Physical Sciences and Technology: CPST is the largest state research institute in Lithuania with ~ 750 employees, including 230 PhD and 55 PhD students, and 19 departments, working in different field of physics, chemistry and technology. The Department of Laser Technologies cover nano-photonics, laser science and applications, including modelling of nano-photonic structures, development of optical components for lasers, new design of fiber and solid-state based lasers, their application in the precise material processing and laser-based technology implementation. The Department of Optoelectronics is world known on its activities in terahertz generation and imaging. Its facilities include equipment for MBE growth of dilute bismide layers for infrared light emitters and photo-detectors. Various ultrafast spectroscopy methods are widely used in the Department of Molecular Compounds Physics for studies of excitation dynamics in molecular compounds seeking the control operational abilities of molecular optoelectronic devices. www.ftmc.lt

Gediminas Račiukaitis (Head of Department of Laser Technologies & Chairman of Scientific Board) graduated from Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics in 1978 and got his PhD degree in 1985 in the field of non-linear spectroscopy. Since 1995, he is with the Ekspla and currently holds a position as a consultant on laser technologies. His activity related to the application of lasers in the industry was moved to the Institute of Physics in 2004. Since February 2011, the laboratory was converted to

the Department of Laser Technologies with nearly 70 employees now. His research areas include the development of new laser sources, applications of laser in material micro-processing with ultra-short pulse lasers and photonics and implementation of laser technologies in the industry. 2013-2017, he was coordinating the European FP7 IP project APPOLO on assessment of laser-based equipment with 36 partners across Europe.

Chroma Technology is an employee-owned company that specializes in the design and manufacture of precision optical filters and coatings. The most advanced coating techniques have been developed that provide the greatest accuracy in color separation, optical quality and signal purity economically for OEM applications. We provide application engineering support, short cycle times and are as comfortable designing and manufacturing custom filters. The engineering team from Chroma’s instrumentation subsidiary 89North is focused on production of light sources and other opto-mechanical products for OEM and end-users. Founded in 1991 with main focus on optical filters for fluorescence microscopy, Chroma is today global player in the optical world, serving bio-medical research and analysis, machine vision and medical instrumentation. www.chroma.com

Georg Draude (General Manager) grew-up in Kassel, Germany. He studied biology at Kassel University with a diploma in microbiology with a project for environmental cleaning. He was a PhD student at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in the field of medical/cardiovascular research. He worked as field sales engineer for imaging-solutions for medical and research microscopy for several years. Georg joined Chroma 2010 as key account manager Europe, became European sales director in July 2012 and General Manager of Chroma Europe in September 2015.

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CMC Microsystems works with leading suppliers in both commercial and academic environments to provide support for the entire design, make, and test cycle – from design, layout and verification to prototype fabrication and characterization. Photonic manufacturing includes III-V epitaxy and processing on GaAs and InP substrates and SOI-based silicon photonic technologies. We also offer packaging and assembly services to integrate multiple technologies. CMC Microsystems enables access to industrial-class technologies for designing, prototyping and testing microfabricated devices, circuits and systems, and supports multi-sectoral use of advanced technologies where advantage can be gained from integrated microsystems. www.cmc.ca

Gordon Harling (President and CEO) received a bachelor’s degree in Applied Science from the University of Toronto and a Master’s in Engineering Physics from Polytechnique Montréal. He has worked in Research and Development at large companies such as Mitel, NovAtel, and DALSA. He has been a founder and CEO of several start-up companies including Goal Semiconductor, Elliptic Technologies, and Innotime Technologies.

Coherent | DILAS designs, develops and manufactures high-power semiconductor laser components, modules and turnkey diode laser systems, including fiber-coupled products, for worldwide distribution. The company is focused on delivering the most innovative technologies and advanced product solutions for the defense, graphic arts, medical and materials processing markets, as well as for pumping solid-state laser materials. www.DILAS.com

Jens Biesenbach (Technical Director BU Diodelaser) is responsible for leading the development and execution of DILAS’ technology portfolio. Before joining DILAS, Dr. Biesenbach was in charge of a research and development group for diode lasers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen, Germany, from 1994-1997, where he leads the team in the field of diode laser manufacturing, packaging, precision mounting, thermal management and optical beam shaping. Dr. Biesenbach holds a master’s degree in engineering from Rheinisch Westfälische Technische

Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Germany and earned a Ph.D. in the field of precision packaging of high-power diode laser bars.

CONVERGENT PHOTONICS has been in the high power laser technology business since 1961 and now has more than 6000 laser sources installed worldwide, having expanded its laser offering to all potential customers in the metalworking/fabrication industry. CONVERGENT PHOTONICS FIBER lasers have a compact design for easy integration in different machine configurations, delivering the best performances in material processing. CONVERGENT PHOTONICS high power CO2 and high peak power pulsed Nd:YAG lasers are available for the market for laser cutting, welding, and drilling applications of metallic and non-metallic materials. CO2 laser product offered ranges in output from 2500W to 5000W with excellent beam mode. Pulsed Nd:YAG laser produce 50kW peak power and is the standard laser for aerospace drilling. www.convergent-photonics.com


Maurizio Gattiglio (Chairman & CEO) is Executive Vice-President of Prima Electro S.p.A., part of Prima Industrie Group a leading engineering corporation operating worldwide in the field of industrial lasers, sheet metal machinery and electronics. He is actually also Chairman and CEO of Convergent Photonics LLC MA USA, General Manager of Prima Electro China Co. Ltd., Board Director of EPIC European Photonics Industry Consortium, Board Director of EFFRA European Factories of the Future Research Association and member of Manufuture Technology Platform High Level

Group. He has worked within the Prima Group since 1986 where he has occupied a number of different positions in R&D&I, customer support, manufacturing and management. He holds a number of patents of invention in the area of laser technology. Maurizio Gattiglio obtained a degree in mechanical engineering in 1984 from the Polytechnic of Turin.

CORIAL is built on more than 30 years of combined experience and expertise and is the technology leader driving innovation in plasma etch and deposition equipment for specialty semiconductor markets. At CORIAL, we address a range of end-market applications including optoelectronics, photonics, failure analysis, MEMS, power devices, advanced packaging, and wireless communication. The technologies offered by the company include RIE, ICP, DRIE, ICP-CVD, PECVD, and ALE/ALD. Our R&D team continuously develops and fine-tunes etching and deposition processes that will enable our customers to structure the materials of today and tomorrow. With unique features such as precise process control for damage free etch, stress free deposition, or in-situ plasma reactor cleaning for the highest industry uptimes, CORIAL is committed to deliver the highest repeatability with the lowest cost of ownership. CORIAL equipment is designed and manufactured in France. Sales and support are provided worldwide through a network of local offices and agents. www.corial.com

Jean-Pierre Roch (CTO) holds a MsC in Computer Science & Applied Mathematics from the ENSIMAG National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble. Jean-Pierre joined CORIAL in 2010 and is currently leading the innovative hardware, software & electronic R&D roadmap of CORIAL.

Comptek Solutions is a technology provider for the compound semiconductor industry located in the city of Turku, Finland. Our main offering, Kontrox™, consists on a group of novel processes tailored for different III-V materials like InP, GaAs, InSb, InGaAlP, AlGaAs, etc, and that result in a passivation effect that delivers the best protection against oxidation and an unprecedented reduction in the surface states defect density. The combination of these effects brings new opportunities to increase the efficiency and reliability of III-V based devices such as LED and microLEDs, Laser or photodetectors. In addition to optoelectronics our technology is bringing many benefits to applications in other fields such as HEMT, HBT structures for RF power amplifiers and MOSFET for power devices, where one of the main advantage is to enable defect free interface between III-V channel and gate insulator materials. www.comptek-solutions.com

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Vicente Calvo Alonso (CEO and co-Founder) holds a M.Sc. in Industrial engineering from the Polytechnic Centre of the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Since his graduation in 2001, Vicente has gathered more than 17 years of work experience in different industry fields including electromechanical appliances, aeronautics and design of industrial equipment. First, he worked as an Engineering Consultant in the Benelux and Finland. Before founding Comptek, he worked as Lead Innovator in the Touch Screens Division of Nokia and later with Microsoft Mobiles, where he was responsible for scouting new technologies and their implementation into new products.

CSEM: Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, founded in 1984, is a private applied R&D center. Our 400-strong workforce specializes in micro- and nanotechnologies, systems and surface engineering, low-power information and communications technologies, and photonics. The main focus of CSEM’s photonics program is the development of optoelectronics components and their optimal integration into innovative products. Our technologies are able to address the needs of a very wide range of fields, from healthcare, watch-making, aerospace, security and medical, to consumer electronics and cleantech. www.csem.ch

Christian Bosshard (Vice-President Thin Film Optics) of CSEM Muttenz is managing the development of light structures, printed electronics and integration technologies for applications in photovoltaics, solid state lighting, sensors, medical devices and optoelectronics in general. He received his degree in Physics (1986) and his doctorate (1991, Silver medal award) from ETH. In 2001, he joined CSEM to build up the microsystem packaging activities before becoming Director of CSEM Muttenz. Dr.

Bosshard is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), Managing Director of the Swissphotonics technology network and Coordinator of the Photonics Platform in the Heterogeneous Technology Alliance (HTA).

CST develops and markets high performance software for the simulation of electromagnetic fields from DC to optical frequencies. Its success is based on the implementation of leading edge technology in a user-friendly interface. CST’s customers are market leaders in industries as diverse as Telecommunications, Defense, Automotive, Electronics, and Medical Equipment. Today CST employs 300 sales, development, and support personnel, and enjoys a leading position in the high frequency 3D EM simulation market. In September 2016 the CST AG has been acquired by Dassault Systèmes. www.cst.de

Ulrich Becker (Technical Director) studied electrical engineering at Technical University of Darmstadt and received the engineering degree in 1992. In 1997 he finished the PhD thesis on the subject "Numerical Simulation of electromagnetic fields with free moving charges". Since 1998 he is working for CST GmbH and is leading the engineering team, applying electromagnetic field simulation to all kinds of applications. He is also responsible for Product Management activities in CST.


Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global is based in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. CST and is a ‘pure play’ semiconductor foundry specialising in the development, and manufacture of discrete and integrated compound semiconductor opto-electronic devices. Since 1999, CST has provided specialist foundry services to clients in the Telecommunications, Defence, Medical and Instrumentation markets. CST offers full product support from design to manufacturing, levered off a comprehensive library of qualified fabrication processes and a suite of high performance device platforms. CST serves both fabless and vertically integrated customers in UK, US, Europe and Asia, and is recognised as a flagship project for the UK photonics industry. Combined with our ISO 9001:2000 qualified manufacturing infrastructure, this provides an unrivalled environment for the needs of the global photonics industry. www.compoundsemi.co.uk

Alastair Wilson (Strategic Advisor) earned a B.Sc (Hons) in Physics and an M.Sc in Optoelectronics from Queen’s University, Belfast and thereafter started his industry career in photonics with Barr and Stroud Ltd. and subsequently Thales Optronics. In 1989, he joined Scottish Enterprise as Head of Optoelectronics. In 1994, he established the Scottish Optoelectronics Association, the first trade association in photonics in Europe and in 1996 initiated the creation of the International Optoelectronics Association. In 2001, he was appointed as Business Development

Manager of Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global Ltd (CST Global Ltd). In 2006 he was appointed Director of the UK’s Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network. Currently, Alastair is Strategic Advisor to the CEO of CST Global Ltd. Alastair is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, an elected member of the Board of Stakeholders of Photonics 21 since 2010.

Delta Optical Thin Film is a world-leading manufacturer of optical thin film filters with more than fifty years of experience. Through continuous development of new design and production technology Delta Optical Thin Film helps the world’s leading manufacturers of diagnostic and analytical instruments in setting new standards. With its unique and advanced optimisation software to match customers’ particular optical specifications, Delta Optical Thin Film ensures a fast and efficient design process. Delta Optical Thin Film fluorescence filters and Linear Variable Filters are used in demanding applications such as fluorescence microscopy, spectroscopy, flow cytometry, wavelength selectors, high-performance monochromators, biomedical laser systems, Point of Care (PoC) instruments, image transferring systems, colour separation systems and optical coherence tomography. www.deltaopticalthinfilm.com

Oliver Pust (Director Sales and Marketing) has a background as mechanical engineer and earned his doctoral degree within the field of laser optical measurement techniques. He has a long-term experience in working together with international partners and sales of high-tech equipment to research and industry customers.

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Powering your future through Light

Denselight Semiconductors is a Singapore-based division of POET Technologies. We design, manufacture, and deliver leading photonic optical light source products and solutions to the communications, medical, instrumentations, industrial, defense, and security industries. DenseLight processes Indium Phosphide (InP) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) based optoelectronic devices and photonic integrated circuits through its in-house wafer fabrication and assembly & test facilities. The company is recognized worldwide for its technological innovations in high performance semiconductor infrared superluminescent light sources and lasers, with a proven track record in deployed applications. Come and see how we power your future through light. www.poet-technologies.com/denselight.html

Bryan Patmon (Vice President Sales and Marketing – USA/Europe) is a Michigan State University graduate in Packaging Engineering who joined Denselight Semiconductor in July 2011 after > 25years in executive positions spanning semiconductor product engineering and manufacturing, MEMS sensor packaging and fabrication, product marketing and management positions. Bryan currently leads the sales and marketing efforts in USA/Europe with a mandate to expand both market presence and visibility and evangelizing new product capability and opportunities in the EU/US photonic’ s market.

Dublin Institute of Technology has photonics and optics researchers who develop innovative systems and devices using optics and light. After more than 25 years of active research in optics and photonics, the Institute offers expertise in optical fibre sensing, photosensitive polymers, luminescent materials, holographic devices, holographic sensors, solar cells and spectroscopic techniques. The research has a commercial focus with applications in areas that include diagnostics, bio-medical devices, aviation, energy, quality control and security. The Dublin Institute of Technology is ranked in the top 3% of Universities internationally (THES and QS) and has strong collaborations with industry and other academic institutions in Europe, China and elsewhere. www.dit.ie

Dr Suzanne Martin (Research Centre Manager) is the manager of the Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics (www.dit.ie/ieo/) and is Principal Investigator for research projects in holographic materials and devices. She is author of 33 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as posters and conference presentations in the area of holographic materials and devices. She has been co-inventor of a number of new technologies developed in the IEO Centre for which three patents have been granted to date. Dr Martin is also a scientific advisor and co-founder of Optrace Ltd., which is a DIT spin-out company underpinned by research conducted by the IEO team that produces holographic labels that can enhance security and branding on all types of packaging or labelling.


eagleyard Photonics is a technology company founded in 2002 and based in Berlin, Germany. eagleyard develops, manufactures and distributes high power semiconductor laser diodes based on GaAs wafer material – the key component for advanced laser systems. Offering wavelengths ranging from 630 nm to 1,120 nm eagleyard has become a leading provider of reliable laser diodes that serves the requirements for industrial, space, defense, medical and scientific applications. The company is certified according to ISO 9001:2008. The product portfolio comprises five basic types of laser diodes, each optimized to meet specific requirements: Single Mode Laser Diodes, Single Frequency Laser Diodes, Multimode Laser Diodes, Tapered Amplifiers, Gain Chips. www.eagleyard.com

Thomas Laurent (Founder) graduated with a Diploma in Physical Chemistry. His first contact with laser diodes (literally) was when opening up a 5W Coherent Verdi Laser. Exactly that device ensured his PhD thesis researching ultrafast femtosecond processes – to which he was attracted ever since. In 2001 he started his industrial career at a fast growing start-up company being responsible for testing and characterization of InP laser diodes for telecommunication. Together with Joerg Muchametow he founded eagleyard Photonics in 2002. He served as its CTO and

Managing Director during the start-up and initial growth phase. Having reached a next level in the company’s development he handed over his responsibilities to Dr. Schumann in October 2017. Dr. Laurent took over as Head of Product Management taking care of the existing portfolio.

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) is the lead government agency for planning and executing strategies to enhance Singapore’s position as a global business centre. EDB dreams, designs and delivers solutions that create value for investors and companies in Singapore. Our mission is to create for Singapore, sustainable economic growth with vibrant business and good job opportunities. EDB’s ‘Home’ strategy articulates how we are positioning Singapore for the future. It is about extending Singapore's value proposition to businesses not just to help them improve their bottom line, but also to help them grow their top line through establishing and deepening strategic activities in Singapore to drive their business, innovation and talent objectives in Asia and globally. www.edb.gov.sg

Mr Poh Shin (Regional Director) is the Regional Director (Germany & Benelux) with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and is responsible for managing client relationships in Germany (automotive, aerospace, marine & offshore, as well as electronics sectors), Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Prior to this, Poh Shin was an Assistant Head in the Energy & Chemicals division and Europe Desk. Poh Shin started his career as a Senior Officer in EDB’s Energy & Chemicals division. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor in Chemical System Engineering in 2013.

SUN Yidan (Regional Director) is the Regional Director Europe of Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) based in Frankfurt since February 2016. She oversees EDB’s investment promotion effort in Germany (focus domains include Automation & Robotics, Precision Engineering and Machine Building, Additive Manufacturing, Medtech, Renewables-, Water & Environmental technologies), Austria and Israel. She is EDB’s lead in Mittelstand Engagement Campaign and Dual Studies Programme in DACH region. Prior to this, she was the Assistant Head of EDB’s

Cities, Infrastructure & Industrial Solutions division and Europe Desk in Singapore. She received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany and a Master of Engineering Management from Duke University, USA.

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Eblana Photonics (Dublin, Ireland) specialises in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductor DFB-type Laser Diodes from 690nm - 2350nm, for Communications, Sensors & Measurement in packaging options that include: 14-Pin Butterfly, 7-Pin High Speed Butterfly, TO39 (Can w/ TEC) and TO56. www.eblanaphotonics.com

Jim Somers (CEO) obtained a B. Eng (Electronics) from University of Limerick (Ire) and M. Sc. (Industrial Eng) from the University of Tennessee. Before joining Eblana Photonics as CEO, he worked at Bourns Inc, a global manufacturer of automotive electronic components, circuit protection, magnetic and resistive products as a General Manager with responsibility for a $30M Worldwide Business Unit spanning multiple product lines in the electronic component industry. For fifteen years prior

to Bourns, Inc he worked at Verbatim Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of Data Storage and computer related products headquartered in North Carolina, USA in a variety of roles including engineering, product development, marketing and sales management in various locations such as Ireland, Hong Kong, Japan and the US.

Eclipse Optics is Scandinavia’s leading developing partner when it comes to optics and photonics. We combine a deep knowledge and expertise in optics with an understanding for product development. Our consultants have experience from a wide range of applications and our customers can be found in many different areas, e.g. Life Science, Automotive, Safety/Surveillance, Green energy and Consumer electronics. We can assist our customers with everything from conceptual studies to complete turnkey solutions. www.eclipseoptics.com

Lars Rymell (CEO) is an entrepreneur and business developer with a passion for optics and the possibilities it offers for product development. With 20 years of experience from technical consultancy and R&D he has established a unique network within Scandinavian industry and academia. Lars founded Eclipse in 2014 together with 4 colleagues. Lars holds a PhD in Physics from Lund University.

Eksma is an umbrella company of a group that has been working in high technologies for over 30 years. Eksma Group includes four companies involved in laser technologies: Ekspla, Eksma Optics, PhotoSana and Shanghai Eksma Laser Technologies Co., Ltd. The start of Eksma Group was in 1983, when the Experimental Plant of Laser and Electronic Equipment was established in the Institute of Physics of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Eksma is also a shareholder of the joint Lithuanian-Russian company Sibirskij Monokristall-Eksma, specializing in the growth of nonlinear and laser crystals. www.eksma.com


Petras Balkevicius (Co-CEO) is EKSMA Co-CEO and CEO of the Lithuanian Laser Association. He has been working in lasers and precision optics manufacturing industry since 1990 as a manager and later a director of Ekspla (laser manufacturer) and a director of Eksma (holding company). P.Balkevicius is actively promoting the collaboration of business and science in the various organizations. He has completed his doctoral thesis on laser damage of optical materials in Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, where he was a research fellow in the Physics Institute of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences until 1990.

EKSMA Optics is a manufacturer and global supplier of precision laser components used in lasers, laser systems and in other photonic instruments. Product range includes laser optics for high power applications, Pockels cells, drivers and ultrafast pulse picking systems, laser media & frequency conversion crystals, optical systems, opto-mechanical mounts, motorized stages and tables. EKSMA Optics owns clean room facilities for electro-optical components assembling, IBS coating facility, polishing facility of flat optics and laser crystals and polishing facility of spherical and aspherical surfaces. The Company is active in science, industry, medical, military and aerospace markets. www.eksmaoptics.com

Dainius Tumosa (CEO) holds an MSc in applied physics from Vilnius University and an MBA from Vilnius University. Dainius started his career as a laser engineer for the company Ekspla. In 2008, he moved to the position of Director R&D in Eksma Optics and he has been the CEO of Eksma Optics since 2013. Dainius has more than 15 years of experience in dealing with projects related to electro-optical and nonlinear crystals, production and testing of high damage threshold coatings and precision

optical components. He is a board member of Lithuanian Laser Association, Laser & Engineering Technologies Cluster (LITEC) and the Eksma group.

EKSPLA is manufacturer of lasers, laser systems and laser components for R&D and industrial applications. Since its beginning, the company has aimed at production of high performance advanced solutions. New ideas, broad knowledge of its engineers and physicists coupled with skilled and experienced staff have made it possible to create an exclusive company. EKSPLA is member of Lithuanian photonics cluster and Baltics photonics cluster. Close cooperation with academic and industry partners enable to contribute to EU and international projects like OPTIX (an advanced system for detecting explosives in terrorist attack situations) and APPOLO (consortium for establishing and coordinating connections between the end-users and manufacturers). Starting from a picosecond Nd:glass laser and a small series of mechanical mounts, EKSPLA has significantly increased its production range and now offers to its customers: Solid-state lasers, laser systems and accessories for R&D applications Optical parametric oscillators/generators Complete spectroscopy systems Laser power supply and cooling units Laser optoelectronics Industrial DPSS lasers Custom designed laser system www.ekspla.com

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Kestutis Jasiunas (CEO) is one of the founders and the present chief executive of Ekspla. Having graduated from Vilnius University in 1982, he started his working career as a research fellow at the Institute of Physics in Vilnius. With years passing, his activities gradually and consistently shifted from hands-on laser science towards laser design and commercialization and towards strategic management later.

Enterprise Singapore is formed on 1 April 2018 through a merger of International Enterprise Singapore and SPRING. Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. It works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise. It also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and start-ups. As the national standards and accreditation body, Enterprise Singapore will continue to build trust in Singapore’s products and service through quality and standards. www.enterprisesg.gov.sg

Chi Bao Ho (Director) oversees the enterprise development efforts for the Precision Engineering, Marine & Offshore and Engineering Services sectors. He is responsible to help enterprises in his sectors grow and internationalise by working with industry partners, academia and other government agencies.

Sock Cheng Tan (Deputy Director) oversees the enterprise development efforts for the Precision Engineering sector. She is responsible to help enterprises in the precision engineering sector grow and internationalise by working with stakeholders including industry partners, academia and other government agencies.

Ke Xin Lim (Development Partner) is responsible for developing and executing initiatives relating to the Precision Engineering sector. In addition, he manages enterprise accounts through understanding their growth plans and strategies, and recommending assistance to facilitate the capabilities upgrading and growth of the enterprises. His role includes developing, managing and delivering policies and programmes, project management and promoting the adoption of best practices and technologies for the sector.

The European Space Agency has sites in several European countries, but the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, is the largest. ESTEC is our technical heart - the incubator of the European space effort - where most ESA projects are born and where they are guided through the various phases of development. www.esa.int

Iain McKenzie (Senior Optoelectronic Engineer) is currently managing the research and development of fibre optic and photonic components for future space applications. His research interests include optical communications, optical fibre sensors, microphotonics, optopyrotechnics and optoelectronic packaging for harsh environments.


EurA was founded in 1999 and has made a name for itself as an innovation consultancy offering its services throughout Germany. Our clients, numbering over 1000 across the group as a whole, are mainly companies of all sizes from a wide range of industries. In terms of industries our focus is on photonics, automotive, machine and plant manufacturing, aviation and aerospace, industrial automation, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technologies, nano and biotechnology, new materials, medical and healthcare sectors, and sensor and testing technologies. With many years of experience in consultancy on practically all aspects of corporate development, we have in-depth knowledge of the specifics of a whole range of industries. Being an accredited company, we at EurA AG belong to the small circle of technology and innovation consultancies with authorization from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. With the management support we provide for a wide range of cooperation clusters, we are one of leading innovation consultancies in Germany today. The goal is synergetic collaboration in one or more technological fields, from research and development through to the marketing of the R&D results. www.eura-ag.de

Dr. Manfred Rahe (Head of Innovation and Process Management) studied physics at Leibniz University Hannover with focus on photonics. He then obtained his PhD at the Laser Center Hannover e.V. in optical coating technologies. He started his career as Head of the Laser Research & Laser Technology Department at VDI Technology Center GmbH. At the Lambda Physik AG, he became Head of the Innovation and Product Management Department and was then appointed as Chief Technology Officer. Based upon this experience, he took over the position as Director of R&D at

Sartorius AG. Thanks to his experiences in a series of managerial positions of innovation and process management of small and medium-sized enterprises in the entire value chain as well as in scientific institutions, Dr. Manfred Rahe gained extensive knowledge between 25 years. On that basis, he decided to bear the responsibility for the business unit Innovation + Process Management at EurA AG.

Electro Optics is the leading resource for engineers involved in photonics business, technology and applications. Registered readers will have access to news of the latest technological developments, trends and opinions in the photonics industry as well as independent, in-depth editorial content. Electro Optics provides uncompromised, informed commentary and analysis on topics of interest to anyone involved in the photonics industry. Published ten times per year, Electro Optics is available worldwide in print (free for qualified readers) or digital (free to all) formats. www.electrooptics.com

Jessica Rowbury (Editor) is the editor of Electro Optics magazine and has been with the publisher, Europa Science, for five years. In addition to Electro Optics, she has worked on sister magazines Imaging and Machine Vision Europe (IMVE), Fibre Systems, and Laser Systems Europe, providing her with a rounded understanding of the various photonics technology and business sectors. Matthew Dale (Editor) joined Europa Science as a technical writer in May 2016. He writes across all three photonics titles, Electro Optics, Laser Systems Europe, and Imaging and Machine Vision Europe. Matthew has a diploma from the University of Birmingham in physics.

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EV Group (EVG) is a world leader in wafer-processing solutions for semiconductor, MEMS and nanotechnology applications. Through close collaboration with its global customers, the company implements its flexible manufacturing model to develop reliable, high-quality, low-cost-of-ownership systems that are easily integrated into customers’ fab lines. Key products include wafer bonding, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coaters, cleaners and inspection systems. Founded in 1980, EVG employs more than 700 people worldwide. Headquartered in St. Florian, Austria, EVG operates via a global customer support network, with subsidiaries in Tempe, AZ.; Albany, NY; Yokohama and Fukuoka, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Chung-Li, Taiwan and Shanghai, China. www.EVGroup.com

Anneliese Poenninger (Business Development Manager) has a focus in bonding technologies for the Advanced Packaging, 3D IC, MEMS and Engineered substrate markets. She is project manager for EU and nationally funded cooperative projects in different technology and application areas. Pönninger has a Master degree in applied physics from the University of Technology, Vienna. She has more than 20 years of professional experience in electrical engineering, materials science and aerospace technology both in industry and research establishments. She has extensive experience in the management of cooperative research projects, in

technology transfer and exploitation management.

EXALOS is a technology-driven Swiss company that focuses on the design, development and sales of advanced broadband light sources. The solutions are based on semiconductor optoelectronic technologies, i.e. Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) and Swept Source Lasers. All light source products are tailored to scientific and industrial applications in the fiber-optic gyroscope, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), fiber-optic test equipment and fiber-optic sensor markets. The company is the world-leading supplier of Superluminescent Light-Emitting Diodes and an established partner for custom OEM solutions where SLEDs and Swept Light Sources are combined with driver electronics and optical components. www.exalos.com

Dr. Christian Velez (CEO) received his diploma degree in physics at ETH Zurich in 1998 and graduated in 2001 with a PhD thesis at the Micro- and Optoelectronics laboratory at ETH Zurich. He gained several years of working experience in the optoelectronic industry working for Optospeed in Switzerland before he founded his own company, Exalos AG, in 2003 were he is acting since as CEO.

Excelitas Technologies is a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, high-performance, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the lighting, detection and optical technology needs of global customers. From biomedical technology to research laboratory, safety and security, consumer products, semiconductor, energy and environment, industrial sensing & imaging, defense and aerospace, Excelitas Technologies is committed to enabling our customers’ success in their end-


markets. Excelitas Technologies acquired Qioptiq in 2013 and now has approximately 5,500 employees in North America, Europe and Asia, serving customers across the world. www.excelitas.com

Josep Tienda (EMEA Sales Director) is responsible for the Development and Execution of the Distribution commercialization strategy, leading EMEA sales and business development within Excelitas. He has 17 years of multinational experience working in the Semiconductor, Energy and Photonics industries in EMEA, US and Canada. Josep holds a BSc in European Business and Technology from Coventry University in England and a BSc in Business Management from Girona University in Spain.

Fastree3D is a flash LiDAR company. Their imagers for 3D sensing contribute to pedestrian detection for automotive, collision avoidance for AGVs, and machine vision. Their unique LiDAR solution combines single-photon sensitive detectors, ultrafast lasers in a robust flash configuration, all done in a consumer electronic technology (CMOS). The employed system on a chip solution (SoC) offers per-pixel reliability measure (Quality of result), multiple flexible outputs (distance, intensity, speed and motion), at a minimized processing power (ASIC), all in a single camera-module. Fastree3D is a fabless semiconductor company based in Switzerland, started as EPFL and TU-Delft spin-off. www.fastree3d.com

Claude Florin (CEO) is the founder and chief executive officer of Fastree3D developing laser ranging sensors for automotive safety and autonomous vehicles. He has been a co-founder of 3 startups and managed investments in over 12 early-stage ventures. His previous industry career lead to successful product launches based on video processing, image compression and embedded signal processing software.

FAZ Technology is the Fugro Global Centre of Excellence for optical R&D, with primary offices in Dublin, Ireland and The Hague, Netherlands. FAZ specializes in optical based sensing solutions supporting data collection for Geo-intelligence and asset integrity essential for sustainable development and management of large constructions, infrastructure and natural resources. FAZ has developed high performance monitoring and diagnostic systems based on a next generation laser and optical technologies for sensing and measurement. FAZ recently presented a paper on our Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Device at SPIE Photonics West. www.faztechnology.com

Martin Farnan (Vice President Engineering) has extensive experience and is currently leading and managing the Software, Hardware, FPGA and Optical development teams at FAZ. In previous roles, Martin developed world class Navigation (GNSS) and communication microchips (Bluetooth, WiFi, DECT) at ST Ericsson and NXP.

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FBGS is a Belgium / Germany based developer and manufacturer of high strength Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) sensors and sensing systems. FBGS is fabricating FBGs during the drawing of an optical fiber hence named Draw Tower Gratings – DTG®'s. This automated process results in very high quality, cost effective Fiber Bragg Gratings making them ideally suited for many applications in Medical, Energy, Aerospace and Test & Measurement. Today FBGS is not only supplying OEM fibers and interrogators but is also developing dedicated total FBG sensing solution for customers. www.fbgs.com

Eric Lindner (CEO) holds a PhD in Physics from the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. During his research in fiber optics, he was working on special types of FBGs for many different application fields. Since 2015, he is the CEO of FBGS, driving the development of the company. In 2015, FBGS became part of the governmental funded TOF initiative to further develop the fiber optic business in the local region of Jena (Germany). Since 2016, Dr. Lindner is the speaker of the consortium, representing the initiative consisting of 18 companies and 3 research institutes.

Femtika is a spin-off company from Vilnius University Laser Research Center established in 2013 by team of experts with portfolio of many years of research and development of 3D laser precision micro processing. The company specializes in hybrid microfabrication technologies using femtosecond laser workstations for multiphoton polymerization, laser ablation, selective glass etching technologies and offering research services. Femtika is targeting for supplying the growing worldwide demands of available tools and technologies, enabling true 3D laser fabrication of custom design components in micro and sub-micro scale. Microstructures provides by Femtika are used in development of new future products in semiconductors, photonics, medical, automotive and space industries. www.femtika.lt

Vidmantas Sakalys (CEO) is a top-level business manager with business experience in commercialization of advanced technologies for over 25 years. Past experiences run from working as sales, business development and operations manager in information technology, energy and laser industries. From 2013, Vidmantas is working as CEO of Femtika, a company developing advanced laser micro-fabrication technologies.

ficonTEC is a premier supplier of semi and fully-automated micro-assembly and testing solutions for the photonics industry. These solutions are cutting-edge and are independent of the device material and of the specific application the device is targeting. Additionally, our modular system architecture is scalable from early device development environments, over new product introduction (NPI) and all the way up to high-volume requirements. A globally installed base of over 500 systems is already serving integrated photonics applications in telecom and datacom sectors, in sensing applications ranging from biomedical to automotive, in high-power diode laser assembly, and much more. www.ficontec.com


Ignazio Piacentini (Director of Business Development) took up the position of Director of Business Development at ficonTEC Service GmbH in Achim, Germany in August 2015, after previously heading the Photonics Devices Assembly Business Unit at PI miCos GmbH (Physik Instrumente Group). Before relocating to Germany, he directed ImagingLab Srl, in Lodi (Italy) an engineering/consulting company specialized in machine vision and advanced robotics. He also held the position of Business Development Manager Europe for imaging and motion of National Instruments (Austin, TX) from 1999 to 2003. During this time he also served two 3-

year mandates as a member of the Board of Directors of EMVA (European Machine Vision Association). Before joining the machine vision industry in the early ‘90’s, he has spent many years working for the European Commission (Euratom) designing control and data acquisition systems for large-scale thermonuclear fusion experimental projects, including a long spell at the JET Joint Undertaking (Culham Labs, UK). He has a B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering (Milan, Italy, 1975) and a M.Sc. degree in Digital Systems and Instrumentation (Polytechnic of Central London, UK, 1987).

FISBA is a world leader in optical systems and components. Swiss quality and precision are key product features. But we are far more than just a manufacturer of optics. We see ourselves as a partner to our customer. And as such we work closely with you to develop optical solutions that deliver both technical and economic success. From simple lenses to complex optical components, the solutions created by FISBA are always perfectly tailored to your specific demands and wishes. We develop and manufacture lenses, laser modules, micro-optics and advanced optical components for industrial applications. Further areas of expertise comprise metrological applications as well as the development of completely customized solutions. www.fisba.com

Markus Hersche (CEO) is the CEO of FISBA AG, located in St. Gallen/Switzerland since 2015 and was prior to that a member of the Supervisory Board of FISBA. He has many years of international management experience and spent more than 15 years in different countries. He has a degree in Technics and Economics (KMU-HSG).

FLEET Events is one of the major internationally operating German trade fair organizers for consumer and business events. FLEET Events emerged from a joint venture founded in 2006 between the trade fair organizer Expomedia Group Plc based in London and the publishing house Gruner+Jahr AG & Co. KG. We combine extensive event know-how with comprehensive media and industry expertise – this is how we create innovative events in a high quality environment. Among the W3 Fair+Convention and other business events, we can count Germany's leading baby fair BAYBWELT and Germany’s largest food festival eat&STYLE. With 8 event formats in 12 different cities organized by us we hosted 200.000 visitors in 2016. www.w3-fair.com

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Jörg Brück (Project Director W3 FAIR + Convention) is a trained banker who worked for 12 years at Commerzbank Frankfurt. Before switching to the events industry in 2004, he was employed for 5 years as commercial manager of a medium-sized company. After that, he worked for altogether 5 years: first as director of a multifunctional arena and later on as managing director of a trade fair and congress center. In 2010, he set up his own business, Backstage Consulting GmbH, and, among other things, has been working for Fleet Events as project director of W3 Fair+Convention since 2013.

Focuz Manufacturing (FOCUZ) is a contract manufacturer providing high-precision Optical-Electronic Manufacturing Services (O-EMS) to OEM customers in optical communication, biomedical and healthcare, industrial, and high-tech consumer applications. Our manufacturing capabilities includes wafer dicing, ultra-precision die bonding, wire bonding, optical alignment and attachment, hermetic sealing, burn-in, functional test, SMT, and fiber cable assembly, etc. Our manufacturing facility with 6,200 sq.m of clean room with ESD control locates within an hour drive from Bangkok downtown, Thailand. We are certified for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 13485. www.focuz-mfg.com

Vatchara Lertpiriyasuwat (Vice President Business Development) co-founded Focuz Manufacturing, Co., Ltd. in 2009. He was formerly a Director of Engineering at Fabrinet, where he led several plant closures and transfer of optical-product manufacturing from overseas to Thailand during his 6 years with the company. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, teaching and supervising research in precision

engineering, mechatronics, control, and robotic systems for 2 years. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington in Seattle, USA in 2000.

FOGALE nanotech, an engineering company founded in 1983, is known worldwide as the reference for high accuracy dimensional metrology. FOGALE nanotech provides process control and characterization solutions for advanced packaging, 3DIC, eWLB, FAN OUT and MEMS to semiconductor manufacturers and labs around the world. Headquartered in NÎMES, France, Fogale has offices and subsidiaries based around the world. www.fogale.com

Gilles Fresquet (Vice President) spent many years at Thomson, Motorola and RECIF in a variety of engineering and management roles in France and in the USA. He joined FOGALE Nanotech in 2008 and is in charge of the optical and semiconductor applications division. He is listed as inventor on 10 patents. He managed the development of the new FOGALE optical metrology products and developed the business activities for semiconductor applications with 100% growth rate per year since 2009. He holds a degree in Physics and has more than 25 years of semiconductor experience.


Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute is a world leader in the development of mobile and fixed broadband communication networks and multimedia systems. From photonic components and systems to fiber optic sensors and high-speed hardware architectures, the Heinrich Hertz Institute works together with its international partners from research and industry on building the infrastructure for the future Gigabit Society. Fraunhofer HHI is your competent partner for 3D TV, 3D displays, HDTV, gesture controlled man-machine interaction, image processing and transmission and use of interactive media. www.hhi.fraunhofer.de

Martin Schell (Executive Director) studied physics at the Technical University Aachen and received his PhD on short pulse generation with semiconductor lasers from the Technical University of Berlin in 1993. In 1994, he began working for one year as visiting researcher at The University of Tokyo. From 1995 to 2000 he was Management Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. From 2000 to 2002, he led the development and marketing for FTTH and components with Infineon Fiber Optics GmbH. From 2002 to 2005, he was head of manufacturing. In 2005, Martin Schell

joined Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, a worldwide leader in the development of 40 to 400 Gbit/sec optics. Since 2014, he co-heads HHI. Martin Schell is also Professor of Physics at the Technical University of Berlin. He is speaker of the board of OptecBB. Martin Schell is member of the EPIC Board of Directors.

Hans-Joachim Grallert was the executive director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, in Berlin and Professor of Telecommunications at Technical University Berlin until end of 2015, where he was involved in a wide spectrum of research, covering optical networks, optical components and image processing for multimedia. He received his Diploma and Ph.D. from Technical University of Aachen. Professor Grallert held the position of a Senior Vice President of Optical Networks in Siemens Information and

Communication Group where he was responsible for research and development. He completed 20 years in various positions in research and development of image transmission, digital signal processing, system engineering, optical line systems, cross connects and all-optical transmission systems. In 2001, he founded Marconi Ondata GmbH in Backnang, Germany, a subsidiary of Marconi, U.K., which dealt with the development of platforms for optical transmission systems and optical hybrid crossconnects. Since 2004, he was heading the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institute, in Berlin. Today, he is member of the supervisory board of ADVA and holds several supervisory contracts with Fraunhofer and other companies. Besides this, he is heading the Eduard Rhein Foundation.

Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Micro-integration specializes in applied and industrial contract research on packaging technology and the integration of multifunctional electronics and photonics into systems. Fraunhofer IZM is one of the leading institutes in the field of microelectronics and microsystem packaging worldwide. The institute covers all the competencies needed for advanced photonic packaging such as process development and qualification and reliability and failure analysis with specific links to 3D Wafer level packaging and 3D heterogeneous integration. Optical interconnection technologies such as fiber optics, photonic substrate integration, electrical-optical Circuit boards (EOCB) and LED are fields of excellence. The institute has a staff of more than 300 and earn 80% of the turnover through contract research. www.izm.fraunhofer.de

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Henning Schröder (Group Manager) received his M.Sc. degree in applied physics from the University of Magdeburg, Germany, in 1994 and his Ph.D. degree at the Technical University of Berlin in 2000. Currently he is with Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM), Berlin, heading the Optical Interconnection Technologies Group. His main fields are R&D of photonic packaging and optical interconnection technologies for printed circuit boards and photonic modules. The research focus lies on the design, fabrication and performance enhancement of optical glass waveguides and micro optics for PCB and optical sensors, their

characterization, and on reliable micro-optical assembling and packaging technologies for photonic modules including optical fiber attachment. He holds a lot of patents in photonic packaging technologies. Henning Schröder is member of the German Physical Society, German Society of Applied Optics, and European Optical Society.

Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology develops new laser processes, tailor-made laser beam sources and special laser systems. We can provide you with customer-specific solutions for contract research and development in the field of solid state lasers, diode lasers, laser optics, laser cutting, laser welding, surface treatment, micro technology, laser measurement and testing technology, plasma technology, modelling and simulation as well as system technology for your innovations. www.ilt.fraunhofer.de

Axel Bauer (Head of Marketing and Communication) started as scientist in the Department of Laser System Development at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT in Aachen, Germany after graduating in physics at the RWTH Aachen University. In 1993, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft delegated Axel as liaison officer for EC affairs to Brussels. By the end of the nineties, Axel set up the department of marketing and communications of the Fraunhofer ILT. As head of this department, he is responsible for marketing strategies, communications, alumni activities, human resources marketing and networking with stake holders. From 2002 to 2017, Axel Bauer was

Executive Director of the Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V., a German association with more than 170 members committed to laser technology. As member of the advisory board “go-cluster,” he examined technological clusters and networks for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BMWi for more than ten years.

Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics, Glasgow, UK undertakes direct contract R&D for industry and does collaborative research projects with H2020 or InnovateUK type support. The main activities of Fraunhofer CAP include applied research, development, prototyping and small-scale pre-production of photonic and sensor-based technologies. Core competencies are in laser sources and systems (solid-state, semiconductor disk, fibre, OPOs, ultrafast) and sensor and imaging systems. Fraunhofer CAP works in all sectors including energy, lifescience, defence, space and quantum technology. www.cap.fraunhofer.co.uk


Simon Andrews (Executive Director) leads Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd, the headquarters for UK Fraunhofer Centres. He also supports the first of these, Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics, based at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow. He seeks to create further UK-German engagement and establish further centres, around the UK, which will also follow the proven German model of providing professional R&D services to industry, whilst staying connected to excellent research in the university sector. Simon is a physicist and engineer who spent many years in the photonics and medical device industries, often taking innovation from concept

to market. His love of excellent science, international collaboration and practical innovation have driven his efforts on both sides, and in the middle, of the technical and commercial ‘valley of death’.

The Freyr Group is a Singaporean start-up working with Singaporean, European, and American institutions and businesses to introduce disruptive new technology in the solar energy space. Our unique approach combines existing proven technologies with new thinking on materials, function, and overall system design. The Freyr Group’s core efforts involve its introduction of a new type of Quantum Luminescent Solar Concentrator system called SolarWave. SolarWave is a transparent QLSC thin-film laminate for glass, metal and composite substrates. SolarWave’s photon harvest, or Raw Solar, can be aggregated, exported, and distributed via fibre for energy conversion and/or mixed use applications like indoor farming. SolarWave’s PV material is housed in a removable Solar Media Card so its overall efficiency is upgradable over time. These innovations are driven by The Freyr Group’s singular goal of creating technologies that invisibly & seamlessly integrate solar into the things of our world. Our goal is in support of our long term world view for solar energy which is simple - Collect it all. www.thefreyrgroup.com

Chance Wanlass (Founder) is an American entrepreneur who comes from a lifelong background in scientific and mass-produced thin film technology. His family’s business invented the cast & cure roll-to-roll process for mass producing thin-film nano structured substrates that are still universally in practice today in all variety of industries and applications. Growing up in laser labs, Chance has spent most of my life exploring optics, optical systems, and optical manufacturing. He has built multiple factories from the ground up in America and India, and has consulted for firms

around the world. Not long ago while manufacturing thin-film Fresnel lenses for Highly Concentrated Photovoltaic systems, he began to explore the possibility of creating an HCPV system on a nano / mirco scale. With designs in hand Chance moved to Singapore where he is now a permanent resident and founded The Freyr Goup Pte Ltd so that he could work directly with his R&D, commercialization, industry and government partners in realising his SolarWave technology.

Ghent University hosts the NB-photonics multidisciplinary research center. This research center focuses on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) within photonics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology to solve societal challenges such as qualitative and affordable healthcare, clean and renewable energy, and efficient ICT. The intricate nature of the challenges at hand necessitates a multidisciplinary approach. www.nb-photonics.ugent.be

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Eva Ryckeboer (Business Developer Photonics) works for the NB-photonics multidisciplinary research center at Ghent University. She is responsible for the valorization of research results in the field of photonics technology at Ghent University – imec. Prior to that, she worked as a Silicon Photonics designer for imec and as project leader for the FP7 EU ACTPHAST project. She obtained a PhD in Silicon Photonics from Ghent University in 2014.

Helia Photonics is specialized in demanding optical coatings for micro-optics and light emitting semiconductor devices. We are involved in a range of vacuum optical coating technologies and with a keen interest in reinvestment and research, plans to ensure a strong foothold at the forefront of high enabling high power diode lasers and high performance antireflection coatings. www.helia-photonics.com

Caspar Clark (CEO and Co-Founder) holds a degree in microelectronic physics and a PhD in semiconductor laser physics from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. After working in defence and telecoms development positions, he co-founded Helia Photonics in 2002 and looks after day-to-day operations as well as technical development strategy to ensure the company remains innovative and competitive in the evermore demanding world of optical thin films. He is supported

by a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

HiLASE Centre, a part of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, is a new technological infrastructure in the field of application-oriented laser research and development, commissioned in 2016. The main mission of HiLASE is to serve as a bridge between the academic world and hi-tech industry. The Centre provides access to "next generation" laser technology in the form of fully diode pumped, solid state laser (DPSSL) architecture. The DPSSL technology brings a unique combination of high average power, high pulse repetition rate and high efficiency. It makes HiLASE facility the perfect partner for hi-tech companies, bringing an unmatched opportunity for research excellence, technological innovation and industrial exploitation. www.hilase.cz

Michael Pisarik (Business Development Manager) obtained his PhD from Czech Technical University in Prague in 2017 in the field of Fiber Lasers in Spectral Region about 2 Micrometers. He was Research Director of a medium size company from 2012-2016. He joined HiLASE centre since 2016. He is responsible for Business Development and his technical expertise is in high power fiber components, laser physics and technology transfer. He received number of nominations and awards for physics and applied research.


Holo/Or (Est. 1989) develops, designs and manufactures diffractive optical elements (DOEs) and micro-optical elements. Our DOEs are being used for various applications, mainly involving high precision and high powered lasers. Our main customers are laser system integrators in industries such as medical/aesthetical, material processing, metrology and many more. During the last three decades, HOLO/OR has gained considerable expertise in the design, simulation and manufacture of DOEs, using its in-house IP software and tools. www.holoor.co.il

Israel Grossinger (CEO & President) has more than 40 years of managerial and R&D experience with high-tech companies. Israel is the founder and CEO of Holo/Or Ltd., a provider of diffractive and micro-optical elements for the laser and optics industry. Israel was the Co-Founder and Board Member of Pebbles Interfaces, a company that has developed a gesture recognition system. Pebbles was acquired in 2015 by Facebook. Israel was also a Co-Founder of SeeThrough (ColoRight), a company that developed hair color system and was acquired by Loreal. Prior to founding Holo/Or, Israel served as R&D Manager at Indigo (now HP-Indigo), where he managed a team of 100 scientists, engineers and technicians working in several areas including physics, electro-optics, materials development etc.

Cube Optics HUBER+SUHNER manufactures and markets miniaturized fiber-optic components, modules and systems for use in data and telecommunications (Metro Core, Access, Enterprise, CATV, 3G-Telephony, Datacomm). Furthermore, CUBO's components are applied in wavelength selective sensing applications in the oil & gas market, medical applications, military, security & safety equipment. Our products range from Wavelength Division Multiplexers, to Switches, highly integrated optical devices like a 4 channel ROSA to rack-mountable, carrier-grade metro transport systems. Thanks to the broad range of our products and solutions we are supplying OEM manufacturers as well as Network Operators. www.cubeoptics.com

Sven Krüger (Vice President Product Management) is responsible for Sales and Product Management at Huber+Suhner Cube Optics AG. He was part of the founding team of Cube Optics in 2000 and here as well responsible for business development until the CUBO was acquired in 2014 by the Huber+Suhner group. Prior to CUBO he was working as a researcher in fiber-optics at the Institute of Microtechnology Mainz (today Fraunhofer group). He holds a Diploma in physics from the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.

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HÜBNER Group is a global group of companies founded in 1946 in Germany by Kurt Hübner. Today, HÜBNER has more than 2,400 employees at more than 13 different locations to serve customers world-wide. HÜBNER has a manufacturing footprint all throughout the globe and is considered as a world market leader in the manufacture of key components for the transportation industry (e.g. for rail vehicles, buses, airport technology, passenger cars & commercial vehicles) as well as products for medical technology, life quality, terahertz, photonics and high frequency technology. With its strong research network and culture of innovation driven by passion and inspiration, HÜBNER is recognized as a technology leader in laser/photonics. HÜBNER and COBOLT has recently merged their photonics businesses in 2015 to leverage the core skills and strengths of each. www.hubner-germany.com

Ingolf Cedra (CEO) has held the post since 2014. Ingolf earned a Dipl.-Ing. in Process Engineering from Dresden University of Technology (1990-97) and an MBA in Business Management from University of Augsburg (2001-2002). Prior to assuming the chief post for HÜBNER, Ingolf has served as R&D Manager (1997-2004), Vice President (2004-2008), Senior Vice President (2008-2011) and Business Unit manager post (2011-2014) for VOITH.

Huawei, founded in 1987, is an entirely employee-owned private company and a leading global information and communications technology: ICT solutions provider with a vision to enrich life through communication. Through the company’s 150,000 employees and dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, Huawei has established end-to-end capabilities across the carrier networks, enterprise and consumer markets by providing competitive solutions and services, which have been deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one-third of the world’s population. www.huawei.com

Torsten Wipiejewski (Business Development Manager) joined Huawei Technologies in 2014 and is responsible for the European business development of Huawei’s Hardware Engineering Institute. He has also been appointed as Technical Advisor to president of Huawei’s European Research Institute in 2017. Torsten’s interest covers a wide range of technologies and materials for all the company’s products from consumer electronics, smart phones and watches to routers and optical communication. Previously, Torsten was a partner at the venture capital firm

VNT Management Oy and the CEO of Optogan a company based in Finland and Germany making blue LED chips. Prior to that he was the Chief Operations Officer at Firecomms Ltd. in Cork, Ireland where he was responsible for Firecomms’ worldwide production and product development of low cost leadframe based fiber optic transceivers and visible vertical-cavity laser (VCSEL) products. Torsten was also Vice President of the Photonic Components group at ASTRI in Hong Kong and Director and Program Manager at Agility Communications in Santa Barbara, CA, USA and he held management positions at Infineon, Osram, and Siemens in Germany. Torsten received a “summa cum laude” Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ulm in 1994. He has been an executive member of several international conferences, the General Chairman of Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in 2008 and chaired the iNEMI Optoelectronics Chip-Level Roadmap in 2004. A senior member of IEEE LEOS and CPMT, Torsten has authored or co-authored more than 120 publications and over 30 patents. He received the Agility “Patent Award” in 2001 and 2002, Infineon’s “Inventor of the Year Award” in 1999, the “Project Innovations Award” of the Siemens Semiconductor Group in 1999, as well as the “Best Ph.D. Thesis Award” in 1994.


IBM is a globally integrated technology and consulting company headquartered in Armonk, New York. With operations in more than 170 countries, IBM attracts and retains some of the world's most talented people to help solve problems and provide an edge for businesses, governments and non-profits. Innovation is at the core of IBM's strategy. The company develops and sells software and systems hardware and a broad range of infrastructure, cloud and consulting services. Today, IBM is focused on four growth initiatives - business analytics, cloud computing, growth markets and Smarter Planet. IBMers are working with customers around the world to apply the company's business consulting, technology and R&D expertise to build systems that enable dynamic and efficient organizations, better transportation, safer food, cleaner water and healthier populations. www.research.ibm.com

Bert Offrein (Manager Neuromorphic Devices) received his Ph.D. degree in nonlinear integrated optics from the University of Twente in 1994. He then joined IBM Research - Zurich and contributed to establishing and commercializing adaptive integrated optical technology for DWDM networks. From 2004 to 2016, Bert was managing the photonics group, addressing optical interconnects for computing systems. Since 2016, he is leading the neuromorphic devices and systems group,

addressing cognitive hardware for accelerating neural network learning. Bert is a principal research staff member at IBM Research and the co-author of over 150 publications and the co-inventor of more than 35 patents.

ICFO, the Institute of Photonic Sciences, hosts over 300 researchers organized in 26 research groups working in 60 state-of-the-art research laboratories, equipped with the latest experimental facilities and supported by a range of cutting-edge facilities for nanofabrication, characterization, imaging and engineering. It is located in a specially designed, 14.000m2-building situated in the Mediterranean Technology Park in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain. The institute hosts an active Corporate Liaison Program that aims at creating collaborations between all types of national and international industries and ICFO researchers. It is also proactive in fostering entrepreneurial activities and spin-off creation among ICFOnians. www.icfo.eu

Dr. Silvia Carrasco (Knowledge and Technology Transfer Director) serves as VP of the European Platform Photonics21 mirror group in Spain, as a Member of the Board of Southern European Cluster in Photonics and Optics, and as a member of the Investments Committee of Caixa Start fund for start-ups. She holds a PhD in Physics and an MBA and was a post-doctoral Fulbright Fellow at the Photonics Center at Boston University and at Harvard University in the USA. She has a broad experience in IPR management and, to date, has helped incubate and create six start-up

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The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) is a research organisation focusing in the science and technology of nano devices for energy, life sciences and information technology. The Institute promotes collaboration among different disciplines to carry out basic and applied research, working within the Barcelona Nanocluster and with local and global industry. In the context of EPIC, research and development activities include biophotonics and biosensors, lab-on-a-chip, organic solar energy cells, thermal transport in the micro- and nano-scale and opto-mechanics. Its Flexible Nanofabrication Platform develops solutions for cost-efficient and scalable processes suitable for photonics devices. The institute participates in active in several national and international research initiatives, such as the graphene flagship (graphene-based biosensors) and nanophononics. www.icn2.cat

Nikos Kehagias (Research Manager) is leading the flexible nanofabrication platform of ICN2 since 2010. He obtained his PhD in 2007 from the National University of Ireland. In May 2008, he joined the Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures group in the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN-CIN2). His research work focuses on the study and developed of novel nano-manufacturing methods based on imprint lithography techniques. In the last years, his research efforts have been focused on developing nano-enabled plastic components and devices based on bio-mimicking properties. Dr. Kehagias had been working in the past on polymer optical and photonic devices with an emphasis on photonic crystal applications for light extraction purposes.

IDIL Fibres Optiques, founded in 1995, is a leading company in the French optical fibers and lasers technologies for science, industry and defence markets. IDIL is involved in many international far-reaching projects with the development of wide-ranging and innovative optical systems and solutions, i.e. fiber optics as well as passive and active optical components, electronics and software control. Its products portfolio includes fiber optics connecting and special assemblies, optical sensors development, Bragg grating manufacturing, fiber optic systems engineering. IDIL has a recognized experience within front-end sources. An example is the development of the front-end laser for the Megajoule Laser. IDIL proposes also velocimetry measurement systems for shock applications. IDIL head office, research &development laboratories and production facilities are located in Lannion, in the core of the French optical cluster. Currently, IDIL is composed of a talented 32-person team led by its Chief Executive Officer, Patrice Le Boudec. www.idil-fibres-optiques.com

Patrice LE BOUDEC (CEO) studied physics and received a PhD in Physics from University of Rennes in 1993 for his work on static and dynamical behavior of fiber lasers. His doctoral work was done at France Telecom Research Lab (now Orange) and ENSSAT (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et Technologies) in Lannion. In 1995, he founded IDIL Fibres Optiques and acts as CEO since the company’s foundation. He also founded Spectraline in 1998 and Dioptic in 2002 and was member of the board of different optical companies. He is also Vice-President of the cluster Photonics Bretagne and member of the board of ENSSAT.


IHB is a Technical Component and Solution Provider within Laser and Optical Applications. IHB delivers advanced technical solutions as well as a broad range of special products used in the bespoken fields. IHB specializes in Hermetic Package Solutions for Laser Diode Modules, Optical Tx/Rx Applications, High Power and RF-Frequency Die Products as well as Optical Products (Lenses, Windows etc.). In addition hereto IHB supplies a broad range of passive electronic components (Inductors, Resistors, Varistors, NTCs, PTCs, OVP and OCP Sensors, RF and SMA Connectors). From its base in Munich Germany IHB operates with its suppliers across Europe (west, south and east) including the UK and the Nordic Region and offers the services and products (standard and custom specified) to applications addressed by the Photonics and Optical markets. As of April 1st 2018, IHB has signed a distribution contract with Izovac Inc., Belarus for distributing and their product range of Sputtering, vacuum & non-vacuum technological products manufactured for the processes of thin-film deposition, their components, spare parts and software. www.ihbpassiveceramics.com

Holger Berthelsen (CEO and Owner) graduated from the Copenhagen Business School Executive Program (BA/MBA) back in 1982. He started his work in Germany back in 1984 with an electronic distributor. He joined TDK Coporation in 1988 and worked for the Corporation for more than 20 years with postings in Düsseldorf, Hungary, Shanghai and Hong Kong. During his career at TDK, he held various managerial positions in Sales & Marketing, Procurement & Production as well as Product Management with TDK. He has a diverse technical background in the

semiconductor (Memories, Opto and LEDs) and the passive electronic components industry (Coils, Caps, Varistors, NTCs). After his returning to Europe and postings with Liteon and ATC he formed up IHB Consulting & Trading e.K. in 2014.

IHP performs R&D in the fields of silicon-based systems, highest-frequency integrated circuits, and technologies for wireless and broadband communication. The focus of research at the institute is oriented towards issues relevant for business, resulting in applications for telecommunications, semiconductor and automotive industries, aerospace, telemedicine, and automation technologies. The institute has developed into a competence center for silicon-germanium technologies. In recent years, IHP is dedicating considerable efforts to photonic frontend integration with its high-performance BiCMOS technology. The objective is to provide high-performing BiCMOS electronics co-integrated with photonics building blocks such as SOI-waveguides, Germanium photo-detectors, and modulators to academic and industrial users. www.ihp-microelectronics.com

Lars Zimmermann (Team Leader Silicon Photonics) received the Graduate degree from Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, and Technische Universitaet Delft in The Netherlands. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, for his work on near-infrared sensor arrays that he conducted at IMEC. He moved to Technische Universitaet Berlin in 2004 where he worked on integrated optics and hybrid integration. After joining IHP, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany in 2008, he is currently a Team Leader of Silicon Photonics Technologies. His work is dedicated to integrated photonic devices and

high performance photonic-electronic integration for optical communications and for advanced photonic-electronic system integration. His research interests also cover nonlinear optical signal processing as well as optoelectronic testing and packaging. Lars Zimmermann is also with TU Berlin, coordinating the cooperation with IHP in the field of silicon photonics.

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IMB-CNM, the Microelectronics Institute of Barcelona belongs to the Spanish National Research Council: CSIC. The institute has a cleanroom facility: a 1500m2 class 100/10.000 devoted to micro- and nanotechnologies with a high level of process flexibility. Within the area of photonics our center has established a useful integrated technology based on silicon and silicon based-dielectrics to obtain: optical components, electro-optical devices and hybrid elements. Moreover, hybrid systems for biosensing applications: photonic lab on a chip both using organic-inorganic polymers and elastomers were developed for both the domestic and industrial sectors, such as health and environment. Based on a Silicon Nitride Platform, the institute run twice per year technological batches for Photonic Circuits Prototypes, under a MPW schema (Multi Project Wafers fabrication). www.imb-cnm.csic.es

Dr. Carlos Domínguez (Research Professor) earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University Complutense of Madrid in 1985. Between November 2002 and December 2005, he was Technical Deputy Director and since May 2008 up to June 2012 he was Deputy Director of Internal Affairs of the IMB-CNM. His main activity is in the development of silicon based technologies for optical transducers and photonics integrated circuits. He has been a cofounder of several spin-off companies. He is the Head of the Chemical Transducer Group recognized by the Catalonian Government as TECNIO Center (main activity in innovation and support to companies), working

on development of silicon technology for highly efficiency transducer devices. He is an expert on optoelectronics technology and Clean Room processing.

Imagine Optic is a provider of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing hardware and software, adaptive optics technologies and professional services in applied optics. We work with scientists and industrials in domains including pure science, industrial quality control, space and defense, semiconductors and many others. From X-EUV, through the visible light spectrum and on to near infra-red, we develop, manufacture, distribute and support a very large range of wavefront measurement and correction technologies. From augmenting resolution in bioimaging applications to improving beam shape and propagation, we have the hardware and software to meet customer needs. www.imagine-optic.com

Samuel Bucourt (CEO) graduated from Institut d’Optique Graduate School and from HEC. He founded Imagine Optic in 1996 and Imagine Eyes in 2003. Both companies are offering instrumentation based on wavefront sensing and adaptive optics for academic, industrial and medical purposes. He is the co-author of a few patents and scientific articles. He is an expert in metrology as he started his career by developing a 3D probe based on conoscopi holography (Le Conoscope). Samuel is also the VP of AFOP (the national French trade association in Photonics).

INOPTEC stands for innovation, optics and technology. It is a decentralised European start-up company, run by experienced managers and engineers, primarily offering patented technology (B2B) and wearable consumer electronics (B2C) – both in the field of potentially life-saving human vision enhancement systems. Perfect vision, day or night, is essential to safely operate vehicles, airplanes, machines, tools, computers, etc. by reducing the risk of mistakes, accidents and injury. Transhumanist technologies enhance our body’s capabilities, and INOPTEC’s intelligent bionic self-adapting


sunglasses, smart goggles and anti-glare systems (AGS) are no exception. Fields of application: outdoor activities, automotive, aviation, industry 4.0, IOT, infotainment (AR, HUD), medicine, emergency rescue and personal safety: www.inoptec.com

Ralf G.J. Knoll (CEO and Managing Director) is a seasoned independent management consultant and technology expert with 20 years of experience. His background is in electronics, physics, photonics, economics, innovation management, entrepreneurship, start-up culture, coaching and psychology, corporate ethics and philosophy. Further honorary and voluntary/political work comprises: member of the Economic Advisory Council for the Bavarian Union (DE), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, member of expert juries to judge high-tech start-

ups, member of SPIE, member of the Institute of Directors, founder of the Philosophy Round-Table Symposium in Munich. Ralf entered the start-up scene in 1997 and has to date been primarily involved in activities related to rendering services for venture capital firms (technical due-diligence, fostering their portfolio companies). Consequently, in 2014, he founded his own seed fund (KNOLL Capital Group Ltd, UK), which currently invests seed money in his start-up companies. Academia: MSc in engineering physics (applied physics Dipl.-Phys. Ing.) in Germany jointly with electronics (EE) / telecommunications (1990); a second MSc in Optoelectronic and LASER Devices from Heriot-Watt and St. Andrews University, UK (1994); Harvard University Boston, MA, USA, Micro and Macro Economy and Corporate Ethics/Philosophy (1995).

The Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology: IPHT explores the scientific basics of photonic processes and systems of the highest sensitivity, efficiency, and resolution. In keeping with its “Photonics for Life” motto, IPHT develops custom solutions to problems in the fields of medicine and the life and environmental sciences that are based on this research. Following IPHT’s principle “From Ideas to Instruments,” we implement the insights gained from our research into processes, instrumental concepts, and sometimes even into laboratory prototypes in order to sustainably contribute to the benefit of patients and consumers. With its research profile, IPHT is perfectly integrated into the science and economic hub that is Jena – a city which, since the time of Ernst Haeckel, Carl Zeiss, Otto Schott, and Ernst Abbe, has traditionally been characterized by the fertile interaction between the life sciences, physics, and optics. Through its leading role in national and international networks and consortia, IPHT significantly contributes to the advancement of the research topic of Biophotonics and performs an important deed in safeguarding the future in an area highly relevant to society. www.ipht-jena.de

Christoph Krafft (Research Group Leader) has a PhD degree in biophysics and habilitation in Analytical/Physical Chemistry. His research fields encompass biomedical applications of molecular spectroscopy in combination with microscopic imaging and fiber optic probes. He leads the research group „Raman and Infrared spectroscopic histopathology “. He is leader of working group “Histopathology of cells and tissue sections and biopsies from cancerous and noncancerous pathologies” of the COST action Raman4clinics. He is also involved in national and international projects as coordinator or partner.

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IQE uses advanced crystal growth technology: epitaxy to manufacture and supply bespoke semiconductor wafers: 'epi-wafers' to the major chip manufacturing companies, who then use these wafers to make the chips which form the key components of virtually all high technology systems. IQE is unique in being able to supply wafers using all of the leading crystal growth technology platforms. IQE's products are found in consumer, communication, computing and industrial applications, including a complete range of wafer products for the wireless industry, such as mobile handsets and wireless infrastructure, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, base stations, GPS, and satellite communications, optical communications, optical storage: CD, DVD, laser optical mouse, laser printers & photocopiers, thermal imagers, leading-edge medical products, barcode, high efficiency LEDs and a variety of advanced silicon based systems. www.iqep.com

Iwan Davies (Group Technology Director) obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from Imperial College, London and a Ph.D. on MOVPE Studies in Compound Semiconductors from the University of Manchester. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. With over 30 years’ experience in MOVPE epitaxial growth of III-V and II-VI semiconductors, he has co-authored over 100 publications covering a very broad range of optoelectronic devices and material systems. Following a period

of research and development at Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd., he has managed the growth and characterization of epi-wafers, plant operations and product engineering at IQE. He is currently IQE plc Group Technology Director, with responsibilities for European Research Project Co-ordination and Group-wide chemical, safety and environmental issues.

IRsweep offers cutting-edge infrared spectroscopy equipment. The IRisF1 is an optical spectrometer in the mid-infrared. Microsecond time resolution combined with large spectral bandwidth and high spectral resolution offers a plethora of new possibilities in molecular analysis. Real-time observation of enzyme kinetics and chemical reaction monitoring are two out of many application fields of the IRspectrometer. Furthermore, we offer the cylindrical IRcell multi-pass cell, combining a long optical path in a small detection volume with robust optical alignment. Thanks to the single-piece, single-material construction, the IRcell is especially invariant to thermal expansion and resistant to vibrations. www.irsweep.com

Markus Mangold (Managing Director) co-founded IRsweep in 2014 and developed high-sensitivity trace gas sensors as a postdoc in the Air Pollution / Environmental Technology lab at Empa. For one of these sensors, he was awarded the best innovation award at the European Photonics Innovation Village 2014. He received his PhD in Physics from TU Munich for his thesis on opto-electronic properties of gold nanoparticle arrays in 2011. Before this, he received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Nanotechnology from the University of Basel.

Jenoptik is an integrated photonics group that divides its activities into three segments: Optics & Life Science, Mobility and Defense & Civil Systems. The segments are, in turn, composed of five divisions: Optical Systems, Healthcare & Industry, Automotive, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems. As


the holding company and corporate center of the Group, JENOPTIK AG, based in Jena, performs functions including strategic corporate development and innovation management. As regards Optical Systems, Jenoptik is one of the few development and production partners worldwide for optical and micro optical systems and precision components designed to meet the highest quality standards. Jenoptik offers solutions made of optical glass, fused silica and crystals, infrared materials as well as plastic that can be coated for wavelengths from far IR up to DUV. Jenoptik also possesses outstanding expertise in the development and manufacture of micro optics for beam shaping used in the semiconductor industry and laser material processing. In its Healthcare & Industry unit Jenoptik develops specific system and application solutions with customers worldwide in the healthcare sector and industry. The focus is on medical technology and life science, laser, automotive and LED lighting applications. The product portfolio includes semiconductor chips, optoelectronics, laser technology, polymer optics, electronics and software. Based on its core competences from laser and LED based beam sources, optical components and modules to sensors, digital imaging and system integration, Jenoptik is a leader in the development of OEM system solutions and products for the life science industry. These are, amongst others, highly reliable analysis and treatment systems for research, clinical applications, and patient self-diagnosis, which comply with international quality standards and strict approval criteria. Examples are next-generation DNA analysis, LASIK, and blood glucose measurements. www.jenoptik.com

Sebastian Heidrich (Manager Innovation Management) holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University and received his PhD at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT. His work concentrated on laser-based process chains for optics manufacturing. Since 2015, he works at the strategy department of JENOPTIK AG and is responsible for technology management, strategic research cooperations and cross-divisional projects. His professional experience, among others, covers a wide range of laser material processing with different laser sources (e.g. additive production, structuring/material ablation, polishing...) and suited measurement technology as well as initiation and management of research projects with multiple partners.

JePPIX (hosted by the PITC) is a broker that helps organizations around the globe to get access to advanced fabrication processes for Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). JePPIX aims at low-cost development of application specific PICs using a generic foundry model and rapid prototyping via industrial Multi-Project Wafer runs. The generic approach allows a variety of PICs to be realized using the same standardized processes. JePPIX closely collaborates with Europe’s key players in the field of photonic integration, including manufacturing and packaging partners, photonic CAD software partners, R&D labs and photonic IC design houses. With JePPIX you can get access to the Indium Phosphide (InP)-based monolithic integration platforms of Oclaro, Fraunhofer HHI and SMART Photonics and the low-loss dielectric TriPleX waveguide technology of LioniX. JePPIX is hosted by the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. www.jeppix.eu

Dr. Aura Higuera Rodriguez (Coordinator & Application Support Manager) graduated in 2010 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering awarded with a diploma of excellence of the 2006 class. In 2010, Aura was awarded with a full scholarship for the OpSciTech master within the Erasmus Mundus program. She got her master’s degree in Photonics in January 2013 by Friedrich Schiller University of Jena with a thesis on novel optical beam shapes for skin rejuvenation at the department of health

and care in Philips HTC, in The Netherlands. In January 2013, she started a PhD position at Eindhoven University of Technology in the photonic integration group. Within her research, Aura focused in the InP technology platform on Si (IMOS) where she contributed to the technology development of devices and process for photonic integration. Her research was dedicated to photonic crystal nano-beam

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lasers, metal gratings, passivation of active semiconductor compounds and, size limits of the standard integration technology platform on InP. During her PhD, Aura was awarded from IEEE as Women of Photonics of the month in October 2016 and won the micrograph award of RAITH with a SEM picture of her photonic crystal nano-beam structure in 2016. She obtained her doctoral degree on April 2017 and since then Aura has been working as a project leader of the European project PICs4All and as coordinator, application and support in Joint European Platform for photonic Integration of Components and Circuits, JePPIX, an organization that has successfully brought the European InP photonic integrated circuit (PIC) community together as a coherent force to advance and promote technology.

JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (JOANNEUM RESEARCH) is a business oriented leader of innovation and technology providers. It is linked to a worldwide network and has been providing leading research according to the highest international standard since the 1960s. With focusing on applied research and technology development, the INNOVATION COMPANY plays a key role in transferring technology and know-how. More than 450 employees carry out research work at 7 research units. One of them is the Institute MATERIALS.

MATERIALS – Institute for Surface Technologies and Photonics has long-standing experience in managing a wide range of research cooperations, thus enabling the clients to successfully participate in national and international funded research projects. The team of around 80 researchers provides interdisciplinary solutions across the entire value chain – from the idea to the prototype – using cutting edge technologies and methods based on miniaturisation, integration and materials optimisation. Combined with state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure MATERIALS offers innovative solutions and services tailored to the needs of business and industry. More than 20 years of close cooperation with leading research institutions such as the Austrian based Graz University of Technology or the University of Leoben enables us to continuously improve and extend the portfolio of expertise. The institute provides access to the latest technologies required for implementing innovative products and services, for example:

Green Photonics and Electronics Structured (biomimetic) surfaces Piezoelectric sensors and energy harvesters Large-scale production of organic layers (roll-to-roll, screen printing) (Optical) Chemo-and Biosensors Laser Production Technology Aerosol and inkjet printing Laser and plasma-assisted vacuum deposition process www.joanneum.at

Paul Hartmann (Director) studied physics (diploma 1991) and obtained a Phd (1995) at Graz University on Experimental Physics. After several years of experience in management of R&D (AVL List Medical Instuments, Roche Diagnostics, Zumtobel LED – Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbH) he joined JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft as Director of the Insitute MATERIALS in 2010. He has broad technical expertise in Optoelectronics, Optics and Photonics, Nanophotonics and Photoluminescence. Since 2013 he is board member of Photonics Austria, the Austrian Platform for lighting technologies.


Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was established in October 2009 by a merger of Universität Karlsruhe (TH, founded in 1825) and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH (founded in 1956). The KIT pursues both the mission of a university with teaching and research tasks and the mission of a national research center of the Helmholtz Association conducting program-oriented provident research. Within these missions, KIT is operating along the three strategic fields of action of research, teaching, and innovation. With about 9400 employees, including 6000 staff members in the science and education sector, and 24,500 students, KIT is one of the biggest research and education institutions in Europe. KIT is involved in various international projects, e. g of the EU and other international partners. www.kit.edu

Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich (Founder/Researcher) is the co-founder of Vanguards Photonics GmbH and is currently working in the group of Christian Koos on photonic integration with 3D-printed freeform structures. He was awarded the IBM PhD Fellowship Awards in 2015, he is a member of Helmholtz International Research School for Teratronics (HIRST) since 2014 and held the HEIDENHAIN scholarship from 2011 to 2013. He received his Dipl.-Phys. degree from the University of Tübingen in 2014. From 2014, he is working on his dissertation on “Hybrid 2D/3D Photonic Integration” in KIT’s department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ETIT) under the supervision of Prof. Christian Koos.

Laser Components specializes in the development, manufacture, and sale of components and services in the laser and optoelectronics industry. In a nutshell, we offer anything from the creation to the transmission to the detection of light - at the components level. Our company has been serving customers since 1982 with sales branches in five different countries. We have been producing in house since 1986 with production facilities in Germany, Canada, and the United States. In-house production makes up approximately two thirds of our sales revenue. As a family-run business, we have more than 200 employees worldwide. www.lasercomponents.com

Patrick Paul (General Manager) is the eldest son of the founder of LASER COMPONENTS and has played an integral role in the company since 2001. After completing his degree in industrial engineering, he initially traveled abroad to support the North American activities of the company. He joined the management team in 2006 and took over full control of the entire LASER COMPONENTS Group in February 2018.

Laser Focus World has been, since 1965, the most trusted global resource in photonics for engineers, researchers, and technical professionals by providing comprehensive coverage of technologies, applications, and markets. Laser Focus World analyzes the latest developments and provides solutions related to lasers and light sources, optical components and systems, detectors and imaging, fiber optics, and related software and positioning equipment. www.laserfocusworld.com

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Andreas Thoss (Contributing Editor) started his career as a development engineer for medical laser systems with Aesculap-Meditec in 1996. In 2003, he completed a physics doctorate at the Max-Born-Institute Berlin. In 2003, he joined the publishing house John Wiley & Sons. There, he edited and published books, journals and magazines. Among others, he co-founded the journals Laser & Photonics Reviews (2007) and the Journal of Biophotonics (2008). With THOSS Media he specializes in publishing and content marketing in the field of photonics. Beside this engagement, Andreas Thoss acts as Contributing Editor Germany for Laser Focus World.

Laser Point creates and manufactures power and energy measurement instruments from low power (µW) up to multi-kW. Instruments are supplied with NIST / PTB calibration. The product lines include: sensors for laser power & energy, power & energy meters, USB/RS 232 meterless sensors, OEM and custom products, laser power probes. The Company proprietary technologies cover a wide range of applications allowing and improving industrial laser applications by monitoring laser sources and systems. The products also cover medical and laboratory applications. Laser Point exports 80% of its products to his International clients: no matter their size or standards, the Company fulfils their requirements with the same level of quality and service. Laser Point technological innovation path includes nine patents on laser measurements and applications and a number of world’s first achievements: Digital automatic power probe, Instruments for power, beam position and Dia., Touch Screen Power and Energy Meter, Super Hard Coating, Air Cooled Detector for 1.2 KW, High Speed Laser Sensors (BLINK). BLINK sensors are based on a new technology enabling a response 50 times faster than equivalent thermopile detectors, still keeping common characteristics like the UV to IR spectral bandwidth and a max power of 50W. Customer service innovation is another differentiating point: the confidence in its products reliability is such that Laser Point is the only Manufacturer on its market offering 3 years Warranty to its Customers. The Company formula is based on working with skilled people, maintain a flexible organization , keep in house strategic technological capabilities. A core team of 20 specialized professionals, including the three partners, are fully involved in the day by day operations while a network of 18 distributors in major industrial Countries supports Laser Point sales worldwide. Laser Point was Founded in 1987 and is based in the outskirts of Milan-Italy. www.laserpoint.eu

Daniele Zanato (Sales Manager) has received his Ph.D. in Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Essex, where he worked on the Optoelectronic properties of Group III-N Semiconductors and devices. Before joining Laser Point, Mr Zanato held various positions at different distribution companies and manufacturers. He has got, up to date, more than 10 years’ experience in Sales, Marketing and Business Development in the Photonics Industry.

Laservision is a name that has been synonymous, since 1987, to first class quality of laser safety products customers can rely on. Protecting eyes from artificial optical radiation is our core mission “We protect your eyes”. The extensive portfolio of laservision includes laser safety eyewear with glass and plastic filters for almost all laser applications within the industrial, medical and R&D sectors. Furthermore, laser safety cabinet windows, barriers, curtains and movable walls are offered customer-specific and individual. ISO-certified processes and manufacturing competence throughout the entire process allow us to guarantee high-quality and reliable products, as well as advisory measures and personal service. We operate according to our three core brand values “quality, innovation and


customer orientation” to ensure that we meet the highest standards of safety and reliability. www.uvex-laservision.com

Frank Billhardt (Head of Sales and Marketing / CSMO) studied physics and received a diploma in physics from the University of Leipzig. 1988 he joined the Berlin Max-Born-Institute for nonlinear optics and short pulse spectroscopy and mainly worked on high power ultrabright lasers and fs-fibreless CPA systems. Since 1994 he was as a sales engineer responsible for the non-telecom laser and laser measurement system sales in north and east Germany for Laser 2000 GmbH. After successful

finishing his economic studies at the Berlin VWA as a graduate in business administration he became the Head of Sales and Marketing of LASERVISION in 2006 and authorized officer in 2017.

Laser Systems & Solutions of Europe (LASSE) headquartered near Paris is a subsidiary of SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions (Kyoto, Japan) a leading supplier of manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor industry. LASSE develops and manufactures laser thermal annealing products based on a unique high energy UV excimer laser technology. By providing a precisely controlled, ultra-shallow and ultra-fast thermal processing of semiconductor materials, our Laser Annealer enables the manufacturing of advanced devices such as CMOS imaging sensors, thin wafer power devices and responds to the challenges of advanced CMOS manufacturing at or below 10 nm node. LASSE’s expertise covers UV laser technology, optical design, system integration of complex equipment as well as semiconductor process integration. www.screen-lasse.com

Hervé Besaucèle (CTO) is with Laser Systems & Solutions of Europe (Paris, France) a provider of laser annealing equipment for semiconductor manufacturing and subsidiary of SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions, since the creation of the company in 2014. He previously served as CTO of Excico from 2008 until its acquisition by SCREEN. Prior to joining Excico, he worked at Cymer (San Diego, USA, now an ASML company) the world leading provider of light sources for photolithography from

1997 to 2008, where he held several technical and management position, including Director of Technology Integration. He holds a doctorate from the University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France).

LayTec is a major provider of in-situ and in-line optical metrology for thin-film processes. These metrology tools are used in a broad range of thin-film applications such as LED & LASER production, thin-film photovoltaics, oxide and organic deposition as well as other large area deposition processes. LayTec’s integrated metrology provides access to all key thin-film parameters in real-time – either in-situ, during the deposition process, or in-line. The implementation of LayTec metrology systems in production processes significantly shortens development cycles and enables an efficient quality control that helps to considerably reduce production and development costs. www.laytec.de

Thomas Zettler (Co-founder and CEO) studied physics (1984, diploma) and obtained a PhD (1987) at Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany. After several post-doc positions (1987-91 in Berlin, Aachen/Jülich and Chapel Hill), he joined the Technical University of Berlin (1992-2001) as the head of the "MOCVD in-situ metrology" group at the Institute of Solid State Physics. After co-founding LayTec (1999), he changed from academia to industry (LayTec AG) in 2001. During the last 15 years under his

leadership LayTec rapidly grew and developed into a globally leading provider of integrated metrology for thin-film deposition and other high value generating processes for optoelectronics, electronics, PV, displays, optics and photonics, SEMI and automotive industry.

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LEJ || Lighting & Electronics Jena is a provider of high-performance Illumination as well as Power Electronic solutions in the fields of Microscopy, Analytics, Medical Technology, Semiconductor and Industry. Besides its comprehensive portfolio of brand products LEJ offers the highest degree of flexibility and speed to bring customer-/application-specific products to the market. World-known OEMs count on LEJ as their system provider for e.g. laser and system power supplies, LED high performance controller as well as their partner for contract assembly of complex opto-mechanical and opto-electronical sub-assemblies and systems. LEJ supports OEM customers with in-depth know-how in dimensioning Lamp-, LED- and Laser-powered Illumination Systems. The company is fully integrated with a strong focus on core technology competencies, all manufacturing facilities are DIN ISO 9001 certified to ensure an invariably high standard of quality and reliability of our products. www.lej.de

Simon Schwinger (Managing Director) joined LEJ in 2015 and focuses on Technology & Sales. Simon provides in-depth know-how along the entire photonic chain. Having started his career in Digital Imaging (digital camera modules and systems for scientific, industrial and consumer applications), he extended his professional background in optics (classical, polymer optics, hybrid systems and now provides professional Illumination as well as Power Electronic solutions to the market. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Jena and holds a degree (MBE®) from Steinbeis University Berlin. Prior to his current role he filled several cross-

company management positions, e.g. at JENOPTIK AG. As a member of the board of OptoNet e.V. he actively shapes and drives the prosperous future of Photonics.

LEONI is a global provider of products, solutions and services for energy and data management in the automotive sector and other industries. The value chain encompasses wires, optical fibers, standardised cables, special cables and assembled systems as well as intelligent products and smart services. As an innovation partner and solutions provider, LEONI supports its customers with pronounced development and systems expertise. The group of companies, which is listed on the German MDAX, employs more than 86,000 people in 31 countries and generated consolidated sales of EUR 4.9 billion in 2017. www.leoni.com

Andreas Weinert (Managing Director) studied physics and received a diploma in physics from Technical University Dresden. He began his career in 1991 as a sales engineer at Siemens, in particular plastic fiber optic, and then joined Corning in 2000 as an application engineer. In 2001, he founded his own company, Fiber Optic Systems, which specializes in the development, manufacture and sale of fiber optic cables of all kinds and components thereof, in particular plastic fiber optic cables and

consulting for fiber optic systems. Leoni acquired his company in 2005. The business was merged with the existing LEONI Fiber Optics activities. During the next years, he managed the acquisition of some other companies in the fiber optic area as Vice President Business Unit Fiber Optics at LEONI. Today, he is responsible for all Fiber Optics Locations at LEONI in Europe, Asia and America.

LEUKOS is a world-leading company, designing and commercializing supercontinuum sources (white lasers). Founded in 2006, the company was a pioneer regarding this innovative technology. Following the technological transfer from Xlim laboratory (University of Limoges), LEUKOS has continuously


introduced new products during these last 10 years. In 2013, the company has expanded its activities by acquiring the company HORUS LASER, a manufacturer of compact passive q-switch microchip lasers. www.leukos-systems.com

Guillaume Huss (CEO) has defended his Phd in 2001 at the university of Limoges (Xlim laboratory). The subject was the use of optical fibers and optical components for stellar interferometry application (high resolution imaging by aperture synthesis) Then he spent 2 years as a post-doctoral researcher at IMEP (Grenoble), under a CNES contract for developing an integrated optics component for the recombination of stellar optical flux. In 2005, he starts the LEUKOS project by entering an incubator. He built the first prototypes of supercontinuum sources, jointly with Xlim institute, in the frame of a technological transfer and in 2006 he founds the company LEUKOS with an assistant professor.

LightHaus Photonics is a high-tech company registered in Singapore in 2011. It focuses on the development of advanced photonics/spectral imaging system. Most of its developed photonics imaging systems are first-of-a kind systems. Their customers and collaborators, include government agency and commercial entities LightHaus Photonics has successfully completed and transited various photonics projects for defence, space and commercial related projects. With its invention of frinGOe, the company aims to proliferate portable low cost spectroscopic sensor to man-on-the street and as Internet-of-Things. www.lighthaus.com.sg

Dr. Poh-Boon Phua (CTO & Founder) is a photonics physicist cum entrepreneur. He obtained his PhD from MIT and first-class honours from National University of Singapore. Poh Boon is a serial inventor for various photonics technologies. He is also the pioneer who started the development of high power laser in DSO National laboratories. Poh Boon won many awards, most notably the Defence Technology Prize in 2004 (Team award) and 2008 (Individual award) and held >15 patents. Before he left DSO to start his business venture, he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and concurrently, an Adjunct Associate professor with NTU. In 2011, he founded LightHaus Photonics and continues his inventive pursuit in hyperspectral imaging and optics related technologies.

Light Tec offers optical design tools and optical engineering services. Light Tec’s team is made of 15 employees at 2 locations, one in Hyères (France) and one in Munich (Germany). The tools proposed include: Optical design software tools (Code V, LightTools, LucidShape, RSOFT) + technical support and training, and Scattering measurement tools including the development and sales of industrial products (“Mini-Diff” and “Reflet”). With a high-skilled team of optical engineers, the company also offers consulting and measurement services. www.lighttec.fr

Yan Cornil (CEO) founded LightTec in 1999. He graduated from IOGS in 1984.

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LightPath Technologies is a publicly traded optical solution company that is a fully integrated manufacturer and supplier of visible and infrared optical components and sub-systems, based on world class optical manufacturing technology. Lightpath has optical design and manufacturing facilities in Europe, the USA and China. Lightpath’s 323 employees, including 43 engineers, serve global customers in the medical, industrial, research, mobility and defense industries. NASDAQ symbol: LPTH. www.lightpath.com

Devin S. Standard (Vice President Corporate Development) has served as LightPath’s Vice President of Corporate Development since April 2017. He drives strategic growth in laser collimation, micro optics and infrared optical businesses. Prior to joining LightPath Standard was the Worldwide Sales and Business Development Manager for Infrared Optical Material for Schott N.A., a Senior Account Manager for Janos Technology (IR Optics) and the Director of Business Development & Marketing for Insight Technology (now L-3 Warrior Systems). Prior to that he held senior positions in business development for Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and 2

additional Fortune 500 firms. Standard speaks English, French, Spanish.

Lithuanian Laser Association (LiLA) strives to consolidate the efforts of its member companies, institutions and the Lithuanian laser community overall in retaining and persistently strengthening the leading positions the laser and closely related fields, counting both science and commercial developments, have conquered not without a kind of historical fortune. It focuses on creating synergies through shared excellence, complementary technical expertise, as well as certain refined lobbying to secure constant attention and strategic support from government and other deciding authorities. The companies under the LiLA umbrella ensure their customers and partners the highest quality R&D in laser technologies, and supply various components and devices ranging from micro-lasers to utmostly sophisticated equipment for Extreme Light Infrastructure facilities. Laser companies possess a full spectrum of skills and know-how necessary for the design and manufacturing of optical coatings, optical and opto-mechanical components, fine mechanics, short and ultrashort pulse lasers, laser technology equipment & work stations, and a number of other products and services. www.ltoptics.org

Petras Balkevicius (CEO) is CEO of the Lithuanian Laser Association and EKSMA Co-CEO. He has been working in lasers and precision optics manufacturing industry since 1990 as a manager and later a director of Ekspla (laser manufacturer) and a director of Eksma (holding company). P.Balke vicius is actively promoting the collaboration of business and science in the various organizations. He has completed his doctoral thesis on laser damage of optical materials in Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, where he was a research fellow in the Physics Institute of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences until 1990.


Luceda Photonics wants photonic IC engineers to enjoy the same first-time-right design experience as electronic IC designers. Its tools and services are rooted in over 50 years of experience in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design. The team’s expertise in the development of process design kits (PDK) and the design and validation of photonic integrated circuits is used by several research institutes and industrial R&D teams worldwide. Luceda Photonics produces IPKISS, a complete design framework for photonic integrated circuits that takes you through component design and simulation, circuit definition and layout, all the way to tape-out and testing. It includes a state of the art component library with specialized components, adaptable to all technologies and builds on years of design experience. The company started as spin-off from imec, the photonics group of the UGent and the VUB. www.lucedaphotonics.com

Erwin de Baetselier (CEO and Co-Founder) has worked in several management roles for the EDA and multi-physics industry in companies such as HP and Agilent. He holds a PhD in electronics from the University of Gent and a Master of Business and Technology degree from the University of New South Wales. In 2014 he co-founded Luceda Photonics.

Luger Research, Institute for Innovation & Technology, is the leading worldwide authority for LED and OLED lighting technology information. The company authors the LED professional publications: magazine, homepage, newsletter and hosts the LED professional Symposium +Expo in addition to offering research and innovation methodology support. The LED professional publications are the first publications in the fields of LED and OLED lighting technologies to provide the international lighting industry and research with up-to-date information on technological developments in Solid State Lighting. The LpS, an annual congress fair held in Bregenz, Austria, has become the leading LED and OLED technological focal point in Europe. This is where international lighting experts present and discuss the latest research, technologies, products, services and trends. www.lugerresearch.com

Siegfried Luger (Founder and CEO) is the founder and CEO of Luger Research e.U., founder and publisher of the LED professional Review (a lighting technology magazine) and director and program manager of the LED professional Symposium +Expo and the Trends in Lighting event. Prior to establishing his independent company, he worked as an R&D manager for 14 years at Zumtobel Group. Throughout his career, he has been involved in various areas of Solid-State research and is an expert in the fields of LED lighting, design for Six-Sigma (DFSS, Six-Sigma

Black Belt) and TRIZ (Innovation Methodology). He holds a degree in Electronics & Telecommunications as well as an Executive Masters in Business Engineering. He holds over 50 patents in the field of lighting. Siegfried Luger has been a member of the Advisory Board of the International Solid State Lighting Alliance (ISA) since 2016; the most relevant SSL industry and research organisation. In 2017 he became a partner in the EU funded project, Repro-Light, which is dedicated to initiating transformation in the European lighting industry.

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Lumentum is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum’s optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum’s commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D-sensing capabilities. www.lumentum.com

Kurt Weingarten (CTO Lasers) received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford University where he developed an ultrafast measurement tool for high-speed integrated circuits using picosecond lasers. After Stanford, Kurt worked at Lightwave Electronics from 1988 to 1993, pioneering one of the first commercial diode-pumped picosecond lasers. He then founded Time-Bandwidth Products in Zurich in the mid-1990s to develop simple, robust ultrafast lasers for scientific and industrial

applications. He founded GigaTera, a venture-capital backed telecom startup, in the year 2000 to develop an ultrafast telecom laser for soliton transmission systems. Time-Bandwidth acquired GigaTera in 2003. The following decade saw the emergence and development of ultrafast lasers as a new tool for laser micromachining, where Time-Bandwidth played a leading role in the laser technology and product development. JDSU acquired TBP in January 2014 to further accelerate the adoption of these products into the growing mainstream industrial market for ultrafast lasers. Kurt Weingarten is member of the EPIC Board of Directors and chairman of the EPIC Venture and Finance Working Group.

Lumics, founded in 2000 and member of the Scansonic group with over 200 employees and headquartered in Berlin/Germany, is a key player for design and manufacturing of diode lasers for demanding medical, industrial and scientific applications. In-house capabilities range from chip level up to fiber-coupled diode laser modules and turn-key laser systems based on single emitter technology. The product range comprises multi & single mode diode lasers available from 750nm to 1940nm including the custom configurable LuOcean series and industry standard solutions. The LuOcean series offers the widest choice of wavelengths, sensors, accessories and user interface with powers from 6W to 2kW as fiber coupled or free beam source or boxed in user friendly turn key systems. Industry standard solutions include a 2-pin TO package up to 10W, a single mode 14-pin butterfly package up to 1.2W, and the 8-pin uncooled miniDIL package up to 250 mW. All lasers are field proven and 100% tested. All products are offered with additional features allowing for perfect adaptation to the most innovative applications in Medical & Life Sciences, Material Processing, Analytics & Sensing, Metrology, Telecommunication, Seeding, Pumping, Security, Illumination, and many more. www.lumics.com

Nils Kirstaedter (CEO) has more than 20 years of experience in design and manufacturing of diode lasers. He published 20 papers and several patents. Nils has initiated and managed many public research projects in the field of laser diode and packaging technology and was engaged in fund raising to finance cutting edge technologies. He studied physics at the TU-Berlin. For his distinguished achievements on laser technology, during his PhD thesis, he was awarded a Research &

Development prize from Daimler Benz AG. In 1997, he joined the SAP AG and was one of the inventors and developers of the SAP US patent for a general testing technology of SAP systems.


LUX-IEC is a global provider of innovation and consulting solutions for Photonics, Lighting, Medical and Digital markets. We support our customers with a unique blend of technical, commercial and quality management services and products to enable them to design, manufacture and sell better, safer products for entry in markets around the world. With facilities in the UK, serving Europe and Malaysia, serving the ASEAN region we can support small or large project across multiple locations and provide customer, technical, IT and project management support to create a seamless interface when scoping, reviewing and delivering projects for the product development, compliance and market access and training needs of both large and small companies. www.lux-iec.com

Peter Kember (Senior Technology Business Director) has 40 years’ experience in the semiconductor and photonics industry. He started his own consultancy company, Kember Associates, in 1992 and ever since has been running high tech projects all around the world as the Managing Director. He has led many professional teams to create new technology operations big and small. Peter has a personal interest in training the best generations of technologists globally. He holds a BSc and MSc in Physics and an MBA. Peter has been working with LUX-IEC to explore new innovative service offerings in the semiconductor and photonics space and is a key senior management team member of LUX-IEC.

LUX Photonics Consortium is an initiative by the Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS); and supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. Its vision is to serve as a catalyst and networking platform to translate cutting-edge research in photonics into diverse applications, underpinned by the value chain created. The Consortium aims to create synergy between the researchers’ Universities and the Industry to develop ground-breaking applications. Participating companies in the Consortium can benefit from the critical mass of expertise and research pooled together from the institutions, as well as grants for R&D projects and publicly funded intellectual properties. www.luxphotonicsconsortium-sg.org

Swee Chuan Tjin (Professor/Chairman) is the Founding Chair of the LUX Photonics Consortium and Co-Director of The Photonics Institute (TPI). As of 2018, Swee Chuan has also been appointed as Associate Provost (Graduate Education), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). Since joining NTU in 1991 as a Lecturer in the School of EEE, Swee Chuan has held several key appointments. These include Co-Director of the Thales@NTU Joint Research Laboratory (2004 - 2009), Deputy Director of the CNRS-International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA); Director

of Research Support Office (2008 - 2010), Programme Manager for A*STAR’s Advanced Optics in Engineering Programme (2012 - 2015) and Executive Director of the Office of Research & Technology in Defence and Security – ORTDS (2011 - 2018). Swee Chuan’s research interests are in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics. Over the years, he has published more than 130 refereed journal papers and has filed 34 patents in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics. He has also pioneered a start-up company in 2000 to manufacture fibre optic sensors and provide sensing solutions for civil and geotechnical applications.

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Choi Pheng (Programme Director) is the Photonics Programme Director in both LUX Photonics Consortium and NTUitive Pte Ltd, the technology translation office of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). Her key role is to identify the market/industry requirement of innovative solutions from a large pool of research expertise in NTU. With the launch of LUX Photonics Consortium, her role has expanded to promote closer partnership between industry/companies with two local universities: NTU and NUS (National University of Singapore). Prior to joining

NTUitive, she has spent her most recent years on business planning and product marketing in embedded non-volatile memory for a world-class semiconductor foundry – GlobalFoundries, which has footprint across 3 continents – Asia (Singapore), US (San Jose and Malta) and Europe (Dresden in Germany), and a long list of customers worldwide.

Messe Berlin offers a unique location, innovation trade fair concepts, a successful congress business and a strong international orientation are complemented by many years of expertise, professionalism and distinctive service-based character. These characteristics make Messe Berlin one of the world’s most successful trade fair companies. www.messe-berlin.com

Kerstin Kube-Erkens (Senior Project Manager / Business Development) works at Messe Berlin, the exhibition organizer in Berlin. She obtained her diploma in business studies from the University of Westminster, London and HTW Berlin, Germany. She started her carrier at Total, Germany, as a regional Sales Director and joined Messe Berlin in 1999. Kerstin worked for different projects within Messe Berlin. Her main interest is to understand and support sales strategies of the

industries she works with. Kerstin has a lot of experience in creating and organizing High-Tech-Events. In addition to her position as a Senior Project Manager, Kerstin works at the Products and New Business Department as a Product Architect. Here she deals with new product ideas for Messe Berlin, does market evaluations, develops business cases in a national and international context.

Modulight is an ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO13485 certified company focusing on design, development and manufacturing of laser diodes and laser systems. Modulight lasers are deployed mainly in medical, industrial, security/defence and display/projection markets. The company provides components and turnkey laser systems with wavelengths range between 405 nm and 1650 nm and power levels up to 100 W along with design and implementation of sub-system level laser integration including cooling, drivers and mechanical design. The products are offered from bare and mounted laser chips to packaged and fibre-coupled lasers and complete turnkey laser systems. The Company has in-house laser diode production facilities and headquarters in Tampere, Finland and a fully owned subsidiary Modulight USA, Inc., based in San Jose CA. www.modulight.com

Petteri Uusimaa (Founder and CEO) is a founder and CEO of Modulight. Prior to joining Modulight in 2000, he was a founder and managing director of Nordic Epitaxy, a company providing compound semiconductor epiwafers to photonics and microwave industries. Since 1997, Dr. Uusimaa has been managing semiconductor related sales to multinational companies. He has a PhD degree in semiconductor physics from Tampere University of Technology. Petteri is a member of the EPIC Board of Directors.


Moveon Technologies is a leading global supplier of polymer lenses. Its services include simulation, design, prototyping and mass production of optical components and lens systems. For the mass production of micro arrays and DOE’s we are utilizing automated Wafer-Level-Optic-Equipment with high accuracy alignment. For Micro- and Nanooptics applications, we operate a high precision 3D printing system allowing fast turnaround times for functional samples like DOE’s. Moveon Technology serve the automotive-, communication-, medical- and sensor industry. www.moveon.bz

Günter Arens (Director, Business Development), joined Moveon Technologies in 2016 after more than 25 years of international experience in R&D-, Strategy-, Product-, Market- and Business Unit Management positions at Hirschmann Automotive, TE Connectivity, Siemens and Carl Zeiss. He holds a MBA (Thunderbird), Dipl. Betriebswirt and Precision Engineering degree. Over the last 17 years Günter gained extensive technological and management experience by starting up two multimillion business units in the Solar Industry. For Moveon Technologies, Günter is interested in developing business relationships for the application of Micro- and Nanooptics.

Multiphoton Optics supplies 3D lithography equipment (high-precision 3D printing) for manufacturing of optical packages, photonic components, or biomedical and life science products, prototyping and engineering support. The 3D lithography process allows the integration of optical wire bonds at the locations required by the components, with the required precision and repeatability. We supply a process that automates high-precision optoelectronics assembly and allows interconnecting optical components, Silicon or III/V Photonic chips, and the creation of novel optical component packages. The technology allows scaling optical packaging operations to large volumes as it is compatible with standard assembly processes known from electronics manufacturing, ideally fitting into standard processing lines. Target markets include hardware for Big Data computing and storage systems as well as optical transport infrastructure. www.multiphoton.net

Ruth Houbertz (CEO and Managing Director) since August 2014, co-founder of Multiphoton Optics (MPO) GmbH, which was founded in September 2013 as spin-off of the Fraunhofer ISC in Würzburg, Germany. From 2013 to July 2014, she was CTO of MPO. From 2000 to 2012, she held different technical and management positions at Fraunhofer ISC, the latest were Head of the Optics & Electronics Unit and Senior Manager Photonics, where she focused on material, process, and technology

development including equipment for photonic and biomedical applications. From 1999 to 2000, she worked at Sandia Nat.’l Labs, Livermore, CA (USA). She has invented more than 80 patents and has received many awards and nominations, amongst which are the Finalist in the Prism Award (2015), the Cowin Award for Entrepreneurship (2014), the Green Photonics Award 2013 (Optical Communication), the Joseph von Fraunhofer Award 2007 (Optical data transfer in Printed-Circuit Boards) and the Stifterverbandspreis for Industrial Applications in 2002.

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Nanoscribe provides the highest resolution 3D printers worldwide as well as corresponding photoresists as print materials. Founded in 2007, Nanoscribe, as pioneer in the field of two-photon polymerization (2PP), has established itself as the technological and global market leader. Our 2PP driven systems enable feature sizes down to 100 nm as well as a sub-micrometer resolution with highest precision and fabrication speed. This capability drives a variety of applications such as in micro-optics, micro-fluidics, photonics, MEMS or in life sciences. The performance of the 3D printers was emphasized by e.g. the Prism Award 2014 for "Advanced Manufacturing" and the World Technology Network (WTN) award 2015. Nanoscribe as finalist of the German Founder’s Award 2015 (Deutscher Gründerpreis) is perceived as one of the most successful start-up stories within Germany of the past few years. We serve scientific and industrial customers and develop customised solutions and processes for specific industrial applications, e.g. the commercial realisation of optical interconnects, so-called “photonic wire bonds”. www.nanoscribe.de

Andreas Frölich (Head of Marketing and Sales) graduated from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, France with degrees on Physics and Biophysics. Subsequently, he obtained a PhD in Nanophotonics at KIT and after that held a position as a short term power and gas trader within the Trailstone Group’s Berlin office. He joined Nanoscribe in 2015 as a business development manager. Since 2017, he is Nanoscribe’s Head of Sales and Marketing.

nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies is the technology leader for distributed feedback lasers for high-precision gas sensing in industry and research. We design and produce monomode laser diodes (760 nm – 3000 nm), interband cascade lasers (3000 nm – 6000 nm) and quantum cascade lasers (6000 nm – 14000 nm). Based on more than 15 years of experience, we support our customers with extensive engineering know-how, OEM solutions and various technological services. Our devices operate reliably in more than 20.000 installations worldwide. Applications include industrial process optimization, oil & gas, environment, defense, safety, automotive, health and space. nanoplus is a ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified supplier. www.nanoplus.com

Johannes Koeth (CEO) graduated 1996 in Physics at the University of Würzburg with studies on molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and optical properties of GaN. During his Ph.D., he worked on MBE of lasers in the AlGaSb system in the wavelength range between 1.5 µm and 2.0 µm. One of the main topics of his thesis was the investigation of GaSb based emitters on GaAs substrates. He realized the first GaSb edge emitting laser diodes based on GaAs as well as optically pumped Ga(Al)Sb/AlSb

VCSELs, both at 1.5 µm. In addition, he developed and characterized antimonide based DFB lasers in the 2 µm range. In 1998, he founded nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies GmbH and has presided the company as CEO since then.

The National Research Foundation (NRF), set up on 1 January 2006, is a department within the Prime Minister's Office, Singapore. The NRF sets Singapore's national direction for research and development (R&D) by developing policies, plans and strategies for research, innovation and enterprise. It also funds strategic initiatives and builds up R&D capabilities by nurturing research talent. The NRF aims to


transform Singapore into a vibrant R&D hub that contributes towards a knowledge-intensive, innovative and entrepreneurial economy; and make Singapore a magnet for excellence in science and innovation. www.nrf.gov.sg

Darius Lim (Deputy Director, Programmes) has been with the Singapore Government for more than 12 years. He started his career at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) where he oversaw the budget of and evaluated funding proposals from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and its statutory boards. He subsequently moved to the Economic Strategy Unit where he focused on policies related to innovation. The interest in technology and its benefits brought him to the National Research Foundation (NRF), where he devoted a number of years to work on national research, innovation and enterprise policies. Darius was also the Deputy Director of

the Aviation Industry Division at the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), where his portfolio entailed working with various air transport stakeholders on intriguing technology and innovation projects and manpower development policies. Darius obtained his Masters in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelors in Economics and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) for decades has been among the absolute world top when it comes to the unique connection between the care and research that makes all the difference for cancer patients. In multidisciplinary teams, surgeons, oncologists, radiologists, radiotherapists and nurses are continuously working on tailor-made treatments. Because in essence no two cancers are the same. As it is now becoming possible to unravel the specific genetic changes in the nucleus of the cancer cell that influence the behavior of the tumor, our researchers are increasingly capable of developing new, tailor-made treatments. The Netherlands Cancer Institute chose, already a century ago, for the ground-breaking approach of combining the research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute with the specialized cancer care of the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital. The institute is located in Amsterdam. It is the only OECI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Netherlands, and is an important national and international center of scientific and clinical expertise, development and training. News from the Netherlands Cancer Institute is located at www.nki.nl and www.avl.nl.

Prof dr Theo Ruers (Head of the Division Surgical Oncology) is the head of the Division Surgical Oncology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute Amsterdam. As a surgeon, his main field of interest is colorectal cancer and liver surgery, with special interest for image guided surgical procedures. He is clinical professor at the Technical University of Twente on the application of biomedical imaging and treatment strategies in oncology. Theo Ruers was trained as surgical oncologist in The Netherlands and the UK. He is leading the research division of surgical oncology of The Netherlands Cancer Institute which is focussing on imaging techniques for on diagnosis and treatment of cancer. He is a member of several international surgical oncology societies and research societies.

NKT Photonics is the leading supplier of high performance fiber lasers, fiber optic sensing systems, and photonic crystal fibers. Our main markets are within imaging, sensing and material processing. Our products include ultrafast lasers, supercontinuum white light lasers, low noise fiber lasers, distributed

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temperature sensing systems and a wide range of specialty fibers. We have lasers in space and deep under the oceans and our products run in both clean rooms and on oil rigs at sea. We seed the world’s largest laser fusion experiment and power hundreds of the most advanced microscopes on the globe. We aim to make a difference in the world and we are involved in projects that will transform the way we live through life-science, renewable energy and the basic understanding of the Universe. With over fifteen years of expertise, IP and experience, NKT Photonics strives to continually be the market leader in everything we do. NKT Photonics has its headquarters in Denmark with sales and service worldwide. NKT Photonics is wholly owned by NKT A/S. www.nktphotonics.com

Basil Garabet (President and CEO) holds an MSc in Lasers and Their Applications and has extensive international management experience from leading positions in the photonics industry. Previously with EM4, Altitun, and Melles Griot. Since 2013, Basil has been acting as a consultant specialising in revitalising companies towards profit and growth, including the successful turnaround and sale of JK Lasers on behalf of The GSI Group. Wolfgang Gries (Senior Director Global Laser R&D) graduated in Physics at the Technical University Berlin. He successfully founded two spin-offs from TU-Berlin. Sold one company to Spectra-Physics and continued working for Newport-Spectra-Physics in various executive leader ship positions in Germany and California driving laser technology into industrial application. As the Sr. Director of laser engineering he lead the Fiber Laser development at JDSU (Lumentum) in California resulting into JDSU’s successful kW-Fiber Laser product line. In 2011 he cofounded DirectPhotonics

in Berlin developing and introducing next generation Direct Diodelasers for material processing. After the acquisition by II-VI, Inc. in 2016 he stayed as the General Manager until he recently joined NKT Photonics as Sr. Director of Global Laser R&D leading NKT’s companywide laser R&D activities.

NorthLab Photonics is a competence center for advanced fiber preparation, splicing, glass/fiber processing and FBG manufacturing solutions. The products and services are designed for a wide area of applications; from manufacturing of Fiber Bragg Gratings, Mode Field Adapters, combiners/bundles to preparation and splicing of polyimide, exotic and large diameter fibers. NorthLab customers are found in all industries and research areas were optical fibers are used. Examples are companies and universities working with high power lasers, sensors, medical probes, telecom and defense applications. The product portfolio includes the newly released NORIA, a "plug & play" solution for manufacturing of Fiber Bragg Gratings, the ProCleave LD for cleaving of large diameter fibers up to 550 um and the brand new ProCleave SD for cleaving fibers in the range of 80-230 um. We are also long term partners with 3SAE Technologies in the US and Furukawa in Japan as well as several other suppliers, distributors and research institutes around the world. www.northlabphotonics.com

Per Karlsson (CEO) graduated from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 1994 with a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He started his career by joining Toshiba in Japan where he worked with design of manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor industry. Prior to co-founding Northlab Photonics in 2008, he served as a Business Development Manager, Product Manager, and Vice President for Sales and Marketing with Ericsson from 1998 to 2005. His expertise was then tapped by Accture Technologies in 2005 where he acted as president until 2008 when

he co-founded Northlab Photonics, a fast-growing company focused on products and services for the photonics and fiber optics industry. Per has also served as business consultant with The Swedish Trade Council, where he offered consultancy services to Swedish companies doing business in Australia and New Zealand, and as member of the board for Noria Fiber Technologies.


NYFORS is an innovative supplier of advanced glass processing and optical fiber preparation equipment for high strength and specialty splicing operations. Our goal is to supply reliable and precise solutions tailored towards the individual challenges of our customers. A common feature, found in many of our products, is the automated fiber processing, intended to give consistent results and high production yield in volume production of optical fiber components. The product portfolio is continuously expanded to cover wider and more challenging customer applications. It currently includes: CO2 laser splicing and glass shaping equipment, automatic systems for fiber preparation and window stripping, high precision cleavers and optical fiber recoaters as well as proof testers and cleave check interferometers for fibers and ferrules. NYFORS also provides custom solutions for production applications such as volume manufacturing of fiber optical gyroscopes. www.nyfors.com

Erik Böttcher (CEO) of NYFORS Teknologi AB, Stockholm, Sweden. He has a broad international experience in the fiber optic preparation and automatization for high strength and specialty splicing operations. Before Erik started at NYFORS, he ran a technical consultant company in Stockholm, specialized in web, database and e-commerce. Between 2001 and 2006, Erik studied Industrial Economics (M.Sc.) at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. NYFORS is a family-owned company, and Erik is the second generation running the business. Erik's focus is to keep and enhance NYFORS lead position within high-end fiber optic preparation and

automation and also explore new business opportunities. Erik is also engaged in nonprofit and advisory boards to support start-ups commercializing technology and developing e-commerce, as well as enhancing technical education.

Ocean Optics is the inventor of the world’s first miniature spectrometer and a global leader in photonics for research, life sciences, quality assurance, education and OEM applications. Ocean Optics’ extensive line of complementary technologies includes spectrometers, chemical sensors, metrology instrumentation, optical fibres and thin films and optics. Recognized as an industry innovator, Ocean Optics has specified and delivered more than 200,000 modular miniature spectrometers and systems throughout the world and has enabled thousands of different applications – from cancer detection and colour matching to plasma monitoring and particle size analysis. Our spectrometers have been to Mars and inside active volcanos and follow our mission to help our customers change the world through optical sensing. www.oceanoptics.com

Athanasios Kokorakis (Senior OEM Account Manager) graduated from RWTH Aachen in organic photochemistry and did his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig in colloidal photocatalysis. His sales career in Lasers & Photonics started at Lambda Physik and continued at TuiLaser, Lightwave Electronics, Oxxius and Newport. Since 2014, he fosters the commercial growth in central Europe for Ocean Optics. Next to his family, Volleyball and Basketball are his favorite engagements.

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OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, fiber optic cable, connectivity, fiber-to-the-subscriber (FTTx) and specialty photonics products. We provide reliable, cost-effective solutions for a broad range of applications including telecommunications, medicine, industrial automation, sensing, government, aerospace and defense. These products help our customers meet the needs of consumers and businesses, both today and into the future. Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta) Georgia, U.S.A., OFS is a global provider with facilities in China, Denmark, Germany, Russia and the United States. OFS is part of Furukawa Electric Company, a multi-billion dollar leader in optical communications. www.ofsoptics.com

Gudmund Knudsen (Senior Vice President) is responsible for New Business Development and IP. Mr. Knudsen graduated with a M.Sc.E.E. from the Technical University of Denmark in 1980 and finished his Ph.D. thesis in 1983. He started his career in NKT as Project Engineer and later as Project Manager and continued as Research and Development Manager for LYCOM from 1987 – 1989, where he was responsible for product development. He then became Vice President,

Manufacturing and Engineering, and in 2000 he became Managing Director, first in Lucent Technologies Denmark and then in OFS Fitel Denmark. From 2008 until May 2014 he served as head of Specialty Photonics Division in OFS.

OPI Photonics is an SME specialised in the development of customised innovative components and sub-systems for industrial and biomedical laser applications. OPI's flexible technological approach allows accompanying the Customers from the design phase, to the realisation of prototypes, up to volume production. Expertise ranges from laser sources, to components for fibre-based optical engines and to delivery systems, such as fibre coupled pump modules (including the design of special chip packages), terminations, collimators, high power delivery cables, fibre probes for SPR and evanescent wave sensors, and laser applicators. www.opiphotonics.com

Andrea Braglia (CEO and Co-founder) holds a MSc degree in Physic Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a PhD in Electronics from Politecnico di Torino. His working experience began in the R&D group of Datalogic Automation Laser Marking, where he collaborated at the development of a new type of solid-state laser for marking applications. Later, he moved to Politecnico di Torino, where he worked at the development of high power lasers in the framework of three research projects in cooperation with some of the main industrial players in the field. In 2012, he founded OPI Photonics, which he presently leads as CEO, to take further advantage of his expertise in the field of photonics.

Oplatek Group has over 30 years of experience in Optics and Fiber Optics business. We are manufacturing customized optical components, modules and devices for our customers. We are experts in Drawing of Specialty Optical Fibers, Manufacturing of Molded Glass Optical Components, Thin Film Coating, Manufacturing of Precision Mechanics and Assembly of Optical Devices. We have


100+ demanding Customers every year and all our Customers recommend us (Customer Survey 2015)! We are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and audited regularly by many Fortune 500 Customers. www.oplatek.com

Jyrki Huttunen (CEO) has a Master of Science (Tech) degree from Technical University of Helsinki (1986) and an eMBA degree from University of Kuopio (2002). He has worked his whole career in various SME’s mainly in Finland, except 1,5 years which he worked in the USA. In these companies, he has held various managing positions. He was also a co-founder of two companies. Since 2008, he has been co-owner and CEO of Oplatek Group Oy.

Optec-Berlin-Brandenburg (OpTecBB) is the competence network for optical technologies and micro system technology in the German Capital Region Berlin Brandenburg. OpTecBB is an initiative of companies and scientific institutions in Berlin Brandenburg aiming to explore and use the technology together. OpTecBB was founded in 2000. There are six work groups (1) Laser Technology, (2) Lighting Technology, (3) Optics for Communication and Sensors, (4) Optical Analytics, (5) Biomedical and Ophthalmic Optics, (6) Microsystems Technology. OpTecBB is also active in the fields of a) Education and basic and further training, b) Sector marketing & representation of interest, c) Internationalization and trade fairs, d) Financing & sponsorship and e) Start-up consulting and support. Today, the association has more than 100 institutional members. www.optecbb.de

Frank Lerch (Managing Director) studied Business Administration at Free University Berlin and University of Warwick (England). He did research on industrial economics and network management at Free University Berlin, University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), the University of Arizona (Tucson, USA) and the University of Armed Forces in Hamburg. He holds a PhD in Business Administration. He joined OpTecBB in Sept. 2012 as Managing Director, he is member of the Board of OptecNet Germany and he is the German representative to the International Optoelectronics

Association (IOA).

Optics11 has developed a range of sensing systems based on optical fiber interferometry, that are best in class and easy and flexible in use. We believe that optical fiber sensing provides a unique solution for many applications that involve precise measurements in challenging environments. Because light can travel unperturbed inside the fiber, and requires no sensitive electronics at the sensing location, any environmental challenge can be championed: low or high temperature, liquids, electrical or magnetic fields, remote locations, small spaces. Optics11 combines unique fiber interferometry interrogation concepts with many miniaturized all-optical sensors. Typical applications are: acoustic emission sensing in structural health monitoring, underwater acoustic sensing, perimeter sensing, acceleration and acoustic emission sensing in condition monitoring. In addition, we have developed a range of measurement instruments that perform micromechanical measurements on biological samples in life science applications. www.optics11.com

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Niek Rijnveld (CEO) has earned his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands in 2007. Following his degree, he worked as a mechatronic engineer and later as a system engineer at TNO in Delft, designing and realizing opto-mechatronic instruments for space and semiconductor applications. In 2012, he joined Optics11 to design and realize instruments for life science applications based on optical fiber measurement technology. He designed the Piuma and Chiaro Nanoindenter systems, suitable for measuring micro-mechanical properties of biological tissues and cells. While Optics11 was growing from a start-up to a scale-up, he started taking on more and more general management tasks until he became the CEO in 2016.

OPTOMAN was founded on 2017 to develop and manufacture custom Ion-Beam Sputtering (IBS) coated laser optics for photonic superheroes. Complete dedication to quality, professional and reliable services, extensive characterization of optics— these things help OPTOMAN to follow his mission: “Serve the People and push the efficiency of lasers and laser systems to the next level.” OPTOMAN manufactures custom optical coatings exclusively with advanced IBS technology. It is the perfect solution for small to medium scale prototyping and manufacturing of high precision optics for demanding high power lasers. We are ready to design, develop and produce cost effective yet advanced, high accuracy and repeatable thin film coatings and coated optics for universities, laser and laser systems manufacturers worldwide. www.optoman.eu

Remigijus Šliupas (CEO) considers photonics not just a technology or a science but a passion, which he got obsessed with 10 years ago at the University of Insubria, the same day when he met Dr. Paolo di Trapani and Dr. Matteo Clerici in their laboratory. Moreover, friends, colleagues and partners from Vilnius University, where he gained a deep technical background in different fields of photonics, demonstrated a true meaning of light and its impact for far-reaching possibilities. That is why he decided to become a part of this world-changing community. After 10 years spent in laser

labs, technical sales, marketing, quality and business management, he collected a set of critical skills and experiences. Just recently, together with a good friend Dr. Simonas Kičas, they decided to gather all skills, positive and negative experiences related to photonics and especially optics into one place. That is how OPTOMAN was created.

Optosigma Europe was established in early 2014 in France to provide support to our distributors and get closer to the European customers. Our structure in France is Sales support and manage the European logistic center. We are working to build a long-standing partnership with our customers by earning your trust and confidence as your Optical component; Thin Film Coatings, Opto-Mechanics, Manual and Motorized positioning supplier of choices. www.optosigma.com

Alain Schebath (Administrative, Business Development and Financial Manager) took his PhD in Regional Economic Development and Town Planning from University of Paris and the Town Planning Institute of Paris. He worked as a consultant for Bipe-Conseil, Beture Conseil and Paris University Research Laboratory on issues related to local development, transports, urban marketing, local finances or city management. He was an invited researcher at Yokohama National University in Japan during three years. He published over twenty papers in referee journals. He has been working at

the Essonne County Development Agency in the South of Paris Region as Project Manager and CEO during 15 years where he was involved in projects of foreign companies in the fields of optics, life sciences, IT and green and clean technologies. He joined Optosigma Europe in 2016.


Optoskand provides beam delivery products for industrial high power applications. Products are high power fiber cables, laser light switches and couplers and processing optics. Optoskand is situated in Mölndal, close to Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was formed in 2002 as a spin-off from Permanova Lasersystem AB. However, the experience of high-power fiber optic transmission goes back to the early 1980s. Our first patent has a priority date in 1983 and since then a number of patents has been approved. Since 2016 Optoskand is part of Coherent. www.optoskand.se

Martin Uddén (Managing Director) has been at Optoskand since November 2009 and as Managing Director since April 2010. Before Optoskand Martin spent almost 20 years with space technology working for RUAG Space in Gothenburg Sweden. At RUAG he held several different position. His focus was on Marketing & Sales and management of complex customer driven development projects. Martin holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Gothenburg School of Economics.

The University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Center is a world leading research organisation with roots going back to the invention of the optical fibre in the 1960's. Many of the major developments in today’s global technology were pioneered by our researchers including the optical fibres and amplifiers that power the internet and the fibre laser which is used for a variety of applications ranging from manufacturing to defence. Led by leading figures in photonics, our vibrant research community is a constant hive of activity with over 170 staff and students working on cutting-edge research to provide innovative solutions for real life problems in health care, manufacturing, communication, technology, defence, renewable energy and the environment. www.orc.soton.ac.uk

Walter Belardi (Senior Research Fellow) obtained his PhD in Optoelectronics from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton (UK), where he is currently working. During his career he has also been a research engineer at STMicroelectronics in Milan (Italy), a scientific consultant in a spin-off company of the University of Lille (France) and a research associate at the University of Lille and at the University of Bath (UK). His main field of expertise is that of specialty optical fibers. He has been working in particular on their design, fabrication and use for optical communications, high power optical beam delivery and mid-infrared applications.

Oxsensis harsh environment instrumentation enables performance enhancement in critical applications in Aerospace, Energy, and Oil and Gas. Oxsensis has developed partnerships with major companies including GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce, and Parker Aerospace. The company is using its core intellectual property to build a portfolio of customers and products in the high performance instrumentation market. The company’s products enable tangible improvements in efficiency, emissions, and performance in energy intensive capital equipment such as aero-engines, power stations, and oil production systems. www.oxsensis.com

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Ian Macafee (CEO) is a Mechanical Engineering graduate and Chartered Engineer with significant commercial experience gained in the power engineering sector. Ian has worked in OEMs including Rolls-Royce and Alstom in turbomachinery sales and business development roles and also within utility RWE in power project development. CEO of Oxsensis since 2010, aligning product and strategy with the Company’s key customers and markets.

Oxxius is a laser design and manufacturing house founded in 2002 to bring disruptive innovations to the market of continuous-wave lasers. We develop advanced laser modules covering a broad spectral range (from Deep UV to Near InfraRed) and targeting numerous applications in bio-photonics, metrology, spectroscopy and other analytics and instrumentation applications, for both research and industry customers. www.oxxius.com

Thierry Georges (Founder and CEO) has more than 25 years of world-class scientific activity in the field of lasers and optical transmission, together with a successful track record as an entrepreneur. He was formerly the CEO of Algety Telecom, a start-up he co-founded in 1999 and which was later sold to Corvis Corp. From 2000 to 2002, he was also Senior VP Technology of Corvis. He regularly advises new ventures and is a board member of several high-tech companies. He received his Ph.D. from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST, Paris) and holds Engineering degrees from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and ENST.

OZ Optics is located in Canada's capital city of Ottawa and established in 1985 and is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic products for existing and next-generation optical networks. In addition to designing and manufacturing components and test equipment for fiber optics markets, the company offers award-winning fiber optic sensor systems for remote monitoring of oil and gas pipelines, wells, refineries, bridges, dams and other large structures, security fences and for fire detection. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada), Izmir (Turkey), and Jiaxing (China). Our seven different product groups are marketed and sold globally to over 10,000 customers in over 60 countries, through our well-established and extensive network of sales representatives and distributors, as well as through direct customer engagement. Our fiber optic product lines include: Components for OE Packaging, Attenuators, Laser-to-Fiber Delivery Components, Polarization Maintaining Components, Test Equipment, Fiber Optic Sensors, High Power Components, and Fiber Optic Components for OCT Applications. www.ozoptics.com

Rouben Antanian (Director of Business Development) has been the Technical Sales Director for OZ Optics ltd since 2016. Rouben has been in the fiberoptics industry since 1997 on various technical, technical sales and business development positions in companies like JDSU, SQS Vlaknova Optika a.s., Tata Group. Now responsible for OZ Optics technical sales, distributor and end customer support in Europe. He is also a Product Manager for OZ Optics Brillouin DSTS sensors.


PHIX Photonics Assembly was founded in 2017 by Lionix International. PHIX is offering a cost effective manufacturing service for Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based modules in large volumes. PHIX is located at the High Tech Factory in Enschede, the Netherlands. PHIX offers assembly services for all three major PIC technology platforms (InP, Si and TriPleX) and is specialized in hybrid integration of multiple PICs in one module both with optical fiber interfaces as well as free space optical interfaces through micro optical components. www.phix-photonics-assembly.com

Joost van Kerkhof (COO) is the Chief Operations Officer of PHIX next to his role of COO of LioniX International. He was the CEO of XiO Photonics since August 2013 and is the COO of LioniX International since the merger of XiO Photonics, LioniX and SatraX into LioniX International in 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience in the micro-nano technology industry. Before joining XiO Photonics, Joost worked with Sensata Technologies as Director Business Integration, where he was responsible for business due diligence of acquisition candidates, followed by integration of the business in the Sensata organization. In this role, he built a significant experience in business case analysis and development. Before his role in business management, he

has held positions within Texas Instruments (which became Sensata Technologies in 2006) as Director R&D and Director Operations. In these positions, he has brought several products in high volume production. Joost also worked for 6 years as R&D manager at HortiMax. Joost holds a master’s and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering specialized in micro-nano technology and (bio)sensors.

PhotonDelta is the new Europe-wide Photonics “Digital Innovation Hub”. We’re driven by industry needs, and we develop solutions by bringing together leading researchers, chip designers, foundries, packaging, and reliability engineers as well as top-level software developers. Europe has a head start because our open ecosystem is already in place, plus an unrivalled ability to collaborate on an international scale. Headquartered in Eindhoven, we’re reaching out to the world. www.photondelta.eu

Anna Nikiel (Business Development & Partnerships). Before joining the PhotonDelta management team, she led teams in Accenture Digital, creating next generation technologies and innovative products that contribute to society's grand challenges. After 10+ years in academic research (Applied Physics), Nikiel moved to a career in the healthcare industry. She started her industrial carrier in Royal Philips Electronics as an Intellectual Property Counsel where she was managing 150+ patent families in Patient Monitoring portfolio by drafting, prosecuting and revaluating patents.

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Photonics21 is the European Technology Platform (ETP) for photonics, which was set up in December 2005 to bring the community of photonics researchers and industries together. The European Commission defined photonics as one of six European Key Enabling Technologies (KET's) in September 2009. Shortly after, the European Research & Innovation Program "Horizon 2020" invited Photonics21 to become a "Public Private Partnership" (PPP). Today Photonics21 represents more than 3000 personal members from across Europe and abroad. Our members are experts in the photonics industry, research organisations and universities who actively engage with us to develop a joint photonics strategy for future research and innovation in Europe. www.photonics21.org

Ursula Tober (Senior Economist & Technology Consultant) is working with the VDI-Technologiezentrum GmbH as Senior Economist and Technology Consultant in the area of macroeconomics, market intelligence, financing and strategy for photonics. She has a degree in economics, worked 7 years in newspapers and TV and has more than 25 years of experience in the chemical and technical industry (Hoechst AG, Ticona, Celanese AG/Corp), where she held various global leadership positions in the

area of financing and controlling, strategy and market intelligence, corporate communication and investor relations. Specifically, she was involved in various initial public offerings (IPO) as well as merger and de-merger processes in the US and in Europe. She joined the secretariat of the platform in 2010 and was taking up responsibility for strategic positioning of photonics, advocacy and communication processes with focus on Brussels decision makers, project management of the platform and the setting up of the PPP, KPI measure.

Photonics NL Association (PNL) is the unique Dutch platform for 'high tech' companies, knowledge institutes and educational institutes at all levels to exchange and spread knowledge regarding photonics. Creating awareness of the importance of Photonics as key enabling technology, resulting in new entrepreneurship and new jobs is our main objective. We are well connected to a widespread photonics network, both national and international. Besides our Photonics Magazine and website, we organize all kind of activities like trade shows, workshops, tailor-made trainings and last but not least our own annual Photonics Event. As the unique Dutch platform PNL is involved in several EU-projects together with partners from all over Europe that aim for the same goal. www.photonicsnl.org

Ron van der Kolk (Director) received his M.Sc. in Business Information Technology in 2003, from the University of Twente, the Netherlands. In the following 15 years Ron had different positions in businesses and a large bank in the Netherlands, involving his specialization in Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Since January of 2018, Ron is Director of PhotonicsNL, the national association for photonics in the Netherlands. Together with its members, PhotonicsNL raises awareness of the social and economic importance of photonics among companies, educational establishments, policymakers, central and local government, and the public at large.


PhotonicSys specializes in the development of proprietary optics and photonics based instruments and systems for the rapid detection of small (molecules, viruses) and large (bacteria, cells, proteins) entities in solutions and in dry forms. Our devices can be standalone or integrated into other systems such as optical microscopes, fluorescence and Raman systems. Being miniature these devices can be positioned under a microscope or a spectrometer to probe both concentration, refractive index, fluorescence, Raman, surface shape or other spectroscopic signals. Our plasmonic substrates vary depending on the type of the sensing required and maybe sold separately. We are looking for strategic partners from the industry and the academic/research world to extend our capabilities to other specific applications such as monitoring of the bio-chemicals fabrication processes, biosensing, biomedical and metrology applications. www.photonicsys.com

Ibrahim Abdulhalim (Professor and Acting CTO) is a professor at the Department of Electrooptic Engineering at Ben Gurion University since 2005. He has worked in academic institutions and companies such as the OCSC in UC at Boulder, the ORC at Southampton University, the Thin Films Center of the University of Western Scotland, in KLA-Tencor, Nova and GWS Photonics, his current research involve: LC devices for imaging, nanophotonics and plasmonics for biosensing, biomedical optical imaging techniques. Published over 200 articles, two books, 10 chapters and over 20 patents. He is a fellow of IoP and SPIE and an associate editor for the Journal of NanoPhotonics and for the Journal of Imaging.

Photon Lines, created in May 2001, is a distribution company selling value added solutions into the French, Spanish, UK and Ireland photonics market. The focus of the company is two fold: We supply a range of cameras and spectrometers (including CCD cameras, CMOS and sCMOS cameras, streak cameras, intensified cameras) into low light level, high speed vision and imaging applications as well as high technology lasers and laser components into the fields of machine vision, life sciences, military, aerospace, semiconductor, pharmaceutical and scientific research. We also supply advanced scientific imaging solutions primarily into the areas of biophotonics and Spectroscopy. With offices in the UK, France and Spain, Photon Lines is able to call upon a pool of expertise in the field of photonics to the benefit of customers and suppliers alike. Photon Lines is ISO Accredited to comply with the Quality standards ISO9001:2008. www.photonlines.com

David Gibson (Managing Director) has experience covering many aspects of photonics since graduating in physics at the University of Bath in 1979. He has almost 40 years’ experience in the field. This includes optics research in the aerospace industry, sales, marketing and company direction for manufacturers and distributors of lasers, telecommunications test equipment and optical microscopy equipment. As managing director of Photon Lines Ltd since 2005, he has been proud to participate in its development into its current position as a key supplier to leading researchers in fields as diverse quantum computing and cancer research.

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PI (Physik Instrumente) with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, in the past four decades has become the leading manufacturer of nanopositioning systems with accuracies in the nanometer range. All key technologies are developed in-house. This allows the company to control every step of the process, from design right down to shipment: precision mechanics and electronics as well as position sensors.The required piezoceramic elements are manufactured by its subsidiary PI Ceramic in Lederhose, Germany, one of the global leaders for piezo actuator and sensor products.PI miCos GmbH in Eschbach near Freiburg, Germany, is a specialist for positioning systems for ultrahigh vacuum applications as well as parallel-kinematic positioning systems with six degrees of freedom and custom-made designs. www.pi.ws

Scott Jordan (Head of Photonics) is a manager and physicist by training, with an MBA in Finance and New Venture Management. He has driven multiple business development and turnaround endeavors. Scott’s patents for fast interfacing and DAC resolution enhancement helped advance nanopositioning performance more than a hundredfold, enabling capabilities for applications as diverse as nanopatterning, atomic force microscopy, MEMS, microlithography, x-ray interferometry and

photonics. He developed the first digital gradient search, fundamental to photonics test and packaging, and established a successful business upon it. He has repeatedly driven the field forward as device designs have advanced. His most recent work enables one-step, global alignment optimization across multiple inputs, outputs and degrees of freedom of today’s Silicon Photonics devices. A confirmed technology evangelist, Scott publishes and presents frequently. He was named a PI Fellow in 2016.

Plasma-Therm is a U.S. manufacturer of advanced plasma-processing equipment, providing etch, deposition, and plasma dicing technologies used in semiconductor packaging, solid-state lighting, power, data storage, renewable energy, MEMS, nanotechnology, photonics, and wireless communication markets. Plasma-Therm's global sales and service network supports over 600 commercial, academic, and governmental customers. www.plasma-therm.com

Helen Royal (Business Development Manager) was born in South East London and graduated with a degree in Metallurgy & Materials Science from Sir John Cass College in the City of London. Subsequently, she completed a PhD on the properties of sputtered thin films at the University of Cambridge. Upon graduation Helen entered the Plasma etch and deposition industry by taking up a position at Plasma Technology, Yatton (now OPT) where she became the Lab Manager. Helen joined Plasma Therm in 2009 in the role of Business Development Manager, Europe.

Andritz Powerlase is an innovative, high power laser company, focused on powerful nanosecond high energy Diode Pumped Solid State Lasers and Fiber Lasers. Andritz Powerlase has accelerated the introduction of high power lasers into a variety of industrial applications worldwide, primarily in materials processing, annealing, and cleaning as well as other applications. Customer-focused, and with an in-depth knowledge of applications, Andritz Powerlase enjoys significant expertise in designing and developing state-of-the-art process solutions for glass and metal processing, photovoltaic, microelectronics, EUV, automotive, shipbuilding and aerospace markets. Andritz Powerlase has


successfully combined high average power, high repetition rates, and high energy pulses; a combination not previously available together and offers these in IR, Green and UV wavelengths. In 2018, Andritz Powerlase starts to offer the new fiber laser products, nanosecond 500W and 1.2kW Centauri fiber lasers and most compact laser cleaning Vulcan systems. Its unique utilization of these product features introduces laser processing into new and innovative applications. www.powerlase-photonics.com

Young Kwon (Managing Director) joined Powerlase Photonics in Crawley, the UK as Managing Director in 2011 from Northrop Grumman in Orlando, Fla. The USA. He has been working in the laser industry over 30 years for commercial, medical and defense companies. In April 2017, Powerlase Photonics has become Andritz Powerlase with the investment from Andritz Group, and he has been focusing on the new products development and expansion of the operations in the UK and USA.

PowerPhotonic is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision freeform fused silica micro-optics. Our business was founded with the objective of providing unsurpassed excellence in all aspects of micro-optics product realization for laser applications. Our world-class design skills are supported by an innovative and flexible manufacturing process that allows the company to design both a broad range of state-of-the art industry standard laser micro-optics products and, uniquely, to offer a low cost rapid fabrication service for creating completely freeform optical surfaces. www.powerphotonic.com

Roy McBride (CEO) co-founded PowerPhotonic in 2004 and drove the formation and funding of the company. Prior to PowerPhotonic, Roy was Hybrids Development Manager at Alcatel UK, where he managed a team developing advanced active modules for optical communications. Other prior roles included Electronics Development Manager at Kymata, lecturer and researcher at Heriot-Watt University, and Laser Development at Ferranti. Roy is the author of numerous publications and co-inventor on 7 granted patents.

Primoceler develops and manufactures high reliability packaging for opto-electronics and for medical implants. Packages are manufactured from glass and/or silicon substrates. The packaging process has been developed at Primoceler and the processing steps do not include any additive materials nor heat. This allows developing devices with sensitive materials and components that need truly hermetic and stable environment. Primoceler provides package design, reliability verification, proof-of-concept manufacturing and also volume manufacturing. www.primoceler.com

Ville Hevonkorpi (CEO) is one of the founding members at Primoceler. He has been developing hermetic room temperature glass bonding methods. He studied microsystems technology at Tampere University of Technology. After his studies, development has been focused on high reliability packaging for opto-electronics and for aerospace and medical implant devices. Mr. Hevonkorpi has been leading various successful projects with the European Space Agency where high-reliability glass packaging for space applications have been developed. At the moment, Hevonkorpi and his team are frequent speakers at international microelectronics and medical implant packaging conferences.

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Proximion is the world leader in design and manufacturing of advanced Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs). We improve our customers' products and systems by bringing this versatile technology to challenging applications within telecommunications, heavy industry and aerospace. As a fully owned subsidiary within the Hexatronic Group we offer our customers the stability and transparency of being listed at NASDAQ, combined with the immediacy and agility of an entrepreneurial company that provides innovative subsystems to market leaders within various industries. www.proximion.com, www.hexatronicgroup.com

Johan Pejnefors (COO) received his PH.D. in solid state electronics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm Sweden in 2001. After completion of his diploma, he joined Ericsson Microelectronics. In 2004, he began working for Proximion where he was responsible for several R&D projects as well as product development projects. Since 2013, Dr. Pejnefors worked as VP of Production and Quality at Proximion.

QPO Lenses is specialized in the design and manufacturing of plastic lenses for light control. Our manufacturing methods and automated line can handle multi wafer runs with a flexible encapsulation system overcoming the current challenge of manufacturing costs by a solution based on thermoplastics. This allows us to supply customized lenses as well as large volume manufacturing at competitive rates. We develop quality optical solutions for a wide range of sectors and applications: lighting, signage, sensors, architecture, light guides. www.qpolens.com

Jorge J. Sánchez (Business Development Manager) obtained his PhD in Physics at the Polytechnic University of Madrid in March 2000 and his MSc. in Information Systems’ Security Management at the UPSAM in 2007. He has deep knowledge in material science, which took him to work as Process Engineer for ALCATEL OPTRONICS (Nozay, France) from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 to 2008, he developed his activity in ISDEFE (Spain) as a Systems Engineer for the optronic industry. In the period 2008-2012, he was Business Developer and Manager of the Defense and Security business unit of DAS PHOTONICS S. L. (Valencia, Spain). Since 2012, he is

Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACESyD, S.L. (Valencia, Spain), a company involved in the design and development of Networks and systems for Telecom and Datacom markets. Since 2002, he also worked for the European Community as independent expert in research, technological development, and demonstrator’s actions in the area of Photonics, Electronics and Systems. He founded “Fotónica21”, the Spanish Technological Platform for Optics and Photonics where he held the presidency until 2013. He joined in 2017, SNELLOPTICS staff as a business development manager. Jorge is author of more than 40 articles and contributions in specialized journal and conferences.

Quantel, a key international player in the solid-state laser industry since 1970, puts its technological expertise at the service of the scientific, industrial and medical markets. With a focus on research,


development and innovation, Quantel offers products at the forefront of technology. Quantel offers a wide range of products that meet the requirements of both industrial and scientific applications: Pulsed solid-state lasers: Nd:YAG and Nd:Glass, Fiber lasers and High power laser diodes. Quantel also serves the ophthalmology market through Quantel Medical. Quantel has recently merged with the Keopsys Group, adding a large range of fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and rangefinders to its portfolio and capabilities. www.quantel-laser.com & www.keopsys.com

Philippe Métivier (Marketing Director) since 2017. Between 2012 and 2017 Philippe was Director of ESI inc. (Portland-Oregon) laser business unit and President of Eolite Systems, company that he launched in 2004 in Bordeaux. Prior to those positions he held different management and technical positions at MondiaQuartz in Grenoble, Highwave Optical Technologies in Lannion, CILAS and SAGEM in Paris area. His background is laser and optics engineering.

RAYLASE offers high-precision components for fast deflection and modulation of laser beams. These comprise top-quality optical elements, galvanometer scanners and control electronics with an intuitive software interface. Customers across the globe rely on the unique performance and reliability of our deflection units. These components form the cornerstone of industrial laser systems for scanning printed codes, marking textiles and surfaces, welding metal plates and plastics, and cutting and drilling semiconductor wafers and many other materials, including metal, plastic or glass. RAYLASE also develops and manufactures intelligent solutions with machine vision for the setup, automation and monitoring of laser processes and for additive manufacturing. www.raylase.com

Dr. Philipp Schön (CEO) is the designated CEO of RAYLASE GmbH and is with RAYLASE since 2015. Previously, Dr. Philipp Schön was appointed Managing Director of a Swiss based company that focused on the development of new business and markets in high-tech markets, e.g. medical technology. He now takes care of RAYLASE’s long-term customer- and market-oriented business focus. In his role, Dr. Schön is responsible for Marketing, Sales and the corporate strategy.

SABIC is a global leader in diversified chemicals headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We manufacture on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals. We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. SABIC recorded a net profit of SR 17.84 billion (US$ 4.76 billion) in 2016. Sales revenues for 2016 totalled SR 132.83 billion (US$ 35.42 billion). Total assets stood at SR 316.89 billion (US$ 84.5 billion) at the end of 2016. Production in 2016 stood at 72.7 million metric tons. SABIC has more than 40,000 employees worldwide and operates in more than 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, we have 12,077 global patent filings, and have significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South

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East Asia and North East Asia. The Saudi Arabian government owns 70 percent of SABIC shares with the remaining 30 percent publicly traded on the Saudi stock exchange. www.sabic.com

Bernd Grammer (Senior Business Development Manager) studied Mechanical Engineering with focus on plastics and graduated from the “Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung” (IKV) at RWTH Aachen, Germany. He began his career as assistant of the CTO for Power Tools at the ROBERT BOSCH GmbH. In 2003, he joined GE Plastics (General Electric) focussing on thermoplastic resins on Automotive headlamp applications. Since 2016 his focus is on transparent high heat thermoplastic resins, such as LNP™ CXT, ULTEM™, EXTEM™ mainly for infrared ToF applications.

Singapore Asahi Chemical & Solder Industries (SACSI) is a privately held Singapore company since 1977, delivering high quality solder products and related specialty chemicals. SACSI has an established regional manufacturing hub with HQ based in Singapore, and manufacturing operations in the Asia region such as Malaysia, Indonesia and China. In 1997, Asahi established its R&D arm, Quantum Chemical Technologies (S’pore) Pte Ltd, resulting in the development of our patented solder alloys and proprietary chemicals. SACSI has moved into the printed flexible electronics space with our new range of products which includes: Low temperature solder, silver nanowires, silver ink, and copper ink. www.asahisolder.com

Chew Kai Hwa (R&D Director) holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore. She was employed as a Technical cum R&D Director by Singapore Asahi Chemical & Solder Industries Pte Ltd (“SACSI”) in the year 1992. In 1997, she took up an additional assignment as Managing Director of Quantum Chemical Technologies (S) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of SACSI. Her areas of expertise and specialisation include, but not limited to, leading a team of chemists, metallurgist, material science and mechanical engineers in the development of R&D initiatives to

support innovative materials for interconnects such as solder, specialty chemicals, solder powder, Ag paste and ink, and providing technological support and solutions to the global customers of SACSI and its group of companies in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and China. Miss Chew brings along more than 20 years of hands-on experience and research interests on industrial process and design improvement/enhancement initiatives relevant to the electronics industry. Due to her strong industrial background, she has worked and will continue to work very closely with (a) the functional heads of various MNCs (both locally and overseas) on their process and design development requirements, and (b) government-sponsored research institutions (eg. SIMTech, NTU) on joint R&D initiatives on the ever changing technological trends and strategies required for SACSI to excel in global marketplace. It is worthy to highlight that Miss Chew is the inventor of four International Patents covering lead-free solder, process and application (“IPs”). These IPs are valid and subsisting till date.

Ruizhou Kho (Project Manager) joined Singapore Asahi in 2016 as part of the business development unit for conductive materials such as Silver Nanowires, Silver Ink, Copper ink and low temperature solder, targeting the printed flexible electronics market. His key role is to identify the market/industry requirement of conductive materials in the flexible hybrid electronics space, and actively seek collaboration opportunities with government institutions, universities, SMEs & MNCs. His product marketing initiatives include exhibiting in several exhibitions such as FLEX Southeast Asia and IDTechEx Berlin. Ruizhou obtained his undergraduate degree in Business Management and master’s in Finance & Accounting from the University of Sheffield.


SACHER LASERTECHNIK is one of the pioneers, manufacturer, and global supplier of tunable diode laser technology. Product range includes single mode, narrow linewidth tunable external cavity diode laser systems from 375nm to 2900nm. More than 3W laser power is available via Tapered Amplifier solutions for selected wavelength. Resonant Cavity SHG and FHG extend the wavelength range into the deep UV. Intelligent accessories to measure, characterize stabilize and analyze light ensures an efficient application within delicate measurement tasks. SACHER LASERTECHNIK operates its own clean room facilities for laser chip cleaving, facet coating and chip assembly. Furthermore, it operates an application laboratory for custom developments in the field of laser spectroscopy and gas detection. The Company is active in science, industry, medical, military and aerospace markets. www.sacher-laser.com

Joachim Sacher (Managing Director) holds a Dr. rer. nat. degree and a Diplom-Physiker degree from Philips-Universität Marburg, Germany. In 1992, he started SACHER LASERTECHNIK as a spin-off business from the Physics Department of the Philips-Universität. Dr. Sacher has more than 30 years of experience with R&D projects related to laser development, mode-locking of diode lasers and laser applications. He is member of DPG, OSA, SPIE, and VDI and serves voluntarily in several groups of SPIE and OSA.

The SAES Group is a world leader in a variety of scientific and industrial applications where high/ultra-high vacuum conditions or pure metal vapors or ultra-pure gases are required. Starting in 2004 the Group has expanded its business into knowledge-intensive materials markets, in particular the market of NiTiNOL, whose super elastic properties are applied to medical devices while shape memory properties are applied in industrial and consumer electronics applications. For more than 70 years, our technology has been supporting innovation in the following sectors: i Information and Displays industry, ii Lamp industry, iii Vacuum and Ultra-high Vacuum applications, iv Vacuum tubes and electronic devices industry, v Ultra-high gas purification for Semiconductors, vi Renewable Energies area. Since 2004 our NiTi smart materials solutions have been innovating: i the Medical devices industry, ii the Consumer electronics industry, iii the Automotive industry, iv the White Goods and Domotic industries. The Group is also developing a wide range of advanced polymer-matrix composite materials for the encapsulation of OLED Displays, OLED Light Sources and other Organic Electronics and Organic Photonics devices. www.saesgroup.com

Mauro Riva (Business Manager within the Functional Chemicals Business Unit) graduated in Materials Engineering and received his Ph.D. in Physics at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is an Executive MBA candidate at MIP Business School in Milan. In 2006 he joined SAES Group Corporate HQ, taking part in innovation projects with both industrial and academic partners worldwide, as a senior scientist in the field of displays and electron devices. He has managed several innovation projects as head of the Technology Development Department. He is a PMI Certified Project Management Professional. He has filed patents on getter materials and devices and has authored and co-authored several publications in these fields.

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Schneider-Kreuznach played an instrumental role in the history of optics in Germany over 100 years ago and is today a global market leader in leading-edge optical technology. The Schneider group specializes in developing, producing and manufacturing high-performance lenses and filters for industrial applications, cinematography, photography and cinema projection. It also offers high-quality precision mechanics and servo hydraulics. The company’s main brand “Schneider-Kreuznach” stands for state-of-the-art technology from Germany. The Schneider Group consists of Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH (Bad Kreuznach, Göttingen) founded in Bad Kreuznach/Germany in 1913, and its subsidiaries Pentacon (Dresden), Schneider Optics (New York, Los Angeles), Schneider Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Schneider Optical Technologies (Shenzhen). www.schneiderkreuznach.com

Thomas Kessler (CEO) has been with Schneider-Kreuznach since January 1, 2016. He graduated in physics, major in nuclear physics, with a Diploma, comparable to M.Sc., and a Ph.D. from the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. From 1999 to 2009, he worked in several functions at the international glass company SCHOTT, most recently as Director Product Management & Sales for SCHOTT’s optics business unit. In 2009, he joined Edmund Optics, being responsible for the company’s European activities and as Executive Vice President Global Sales from 2011 onwards. As CEO of Schneider-Kreuznach, he primarily focuses on customer orientation and

innovation to leverage the strong technical expertise into growth both in Germany and internationally. During leisure time, his two boys keep him busy and he enjoys watching rugby after he stopped playing, plays golf and tennis.

See Fast Technologies designs, manufactures and sells smart high speed cameras. High speed: from 200 to 500 frames per second in full resolution, and more with ROI.Smart: an FPGA, Field Programmable Gate Array, embedded inside the camera, to authorize in real time, ultra high speed image processing ( at the camera frame rate )The purpose of our products: To offer the possibility to achieve real time image processing during high speed shooting, in order to reduce the amount of data transmitted and to make the following possible: real time data transfer through standard interfaces like USB2 or Ethernet, achieve high speed feedback loop, long time recording on standard PC. Our engineers are specialized in: VHDL programming for FPGA,GUI (Graphical User Interface) design, design of electronic cards for images processing. With these skills, we propose, with specifications and based on our products, the following services: development and integration of custom algorithms, development of custom GUI, dedicated intelligent or smart high speed or high-resolution camera design. www.seefastechnologies.com

Eric Drean (President) started a career in the field of Astronomy after he finished a degree in Optics before joining Photonetics in 1987, a company involved in Telecom and Physics markets. He was the Sales and Marketing Manager for the Imaging Division when he started Photon Lines in 2001 after a spin-off. Together with a part of the existing team, Eric developed their expertise in the field of high speed imaging and low light level applications offering product, training and study capabilities. He started Photon Lines Ltd (UK) in 2003 and Photon Lines Optica (Spain) in 2005. In

parallel, he started in 2004 another company See Fast Technologies dedicated to the development and production of smart High Speed camera systems for industry and R&D.


Sicoya a spin off from TU Berlin, is developing silicon photonics (SiPh) based photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for optical data center interconnects using a fabless business model. The founding team raised 4.9 M€ of nonrepayable public funds for R&D in the last 8 years. Sicoya aims to enter the market with a 4x25 Gbit/s sealed and packaged transceiver chip for intra data center connections with link distances up to 2 km. Sicoya designs, packages and sells silicon photonic based Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits (ASPICs). Our technology enables the production of highly integrated optical transceivers at very low manufacturing costs. Extremely small integrated form factors lead to practical and cost-efficient scaling roadmaps for Terabit per second data rates. www.sicoya.de

Sven Otte (CEO and Co-Founder) holds a Ph.D. in optical communications from the University of Kiel and authored several articles about electronic dispersion compensation for high speed optical transmission systems and Silicon Photonics technologies. Prior to Sicoya Sven served as the Global Business Director of Optoelectronics at FCI. Before joining FCI he was Global Vice President of Engineering at MergeOptics, Senior IC Design Engineer at Multilink Technologies and Senior System Architect at Santel Networks in Fremont, USA.

Silterra Malaysia is a 200mm semiconductor wafer foundry offering a full range of process technologies covering our core business in CMOS technologies (Advanced Logic, RFCMOS, Mixed Signal and High Voltage) to leading edge differentiated technologies in MEMS, Silicon Photonics, BCD, Power MOSFETs and Bio-photonics. SilTerra’s wafer fab in Kulim Hi-Tech Park has a design capacity of 40,000 eight-inch wafers per month, with fabrication capabilities down to 90nm feature size. We are continuously innovating and pushing boundaries in semiconductor wafer processing to support our customers in developing leading edge semiconductor solutions that will transform the world. Silterra is proudly owned by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the investment holding arm of the Government of Malaysia. www.silterra.com

Matthew Hooi Sin Tan (Senior Director of Sales & Marketing) is currently Senior Director of Sales & Marketing and Worldwide Customer Engineering at SilTerra. Prior to joining SilTerra in 2013, he spent five years at a China wafer foundry, as Director of Worldwide Customer Engineering and Account Management for Asia Pacific & Japan. Matthew graduated with Bachelor Degree of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has spent 23 years of experiences in semiconductor industry in Singapore, USA, China and

Malaysia, from product engineering, technology development, account management and business development. Matthew is hands-on in the research and development of semiconductor fabrication process and device technology, like to explore with customers on new product design & application, and is passionate in mapping the semiconductor ecosystem in Malaysia by collaborating with various customers, agencies, and industry leaders.

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Sony manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the global consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, games and online businesses Sony is uniquely positioned to become a leading personal broadband network company in the 21st century. Our Technology is where innovations and future generations of products are being developed to meet the requirements and needs of the worldwide markets and customers. www.stuttgart.sony.de

Tonino Greco (Chief Analyst) has occupied his current role since 2016 at Sony Europe Ltd., department Technology Partnerships Europe in Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany. From 2015 to 2016 he was the Technology Manager at LG Electronics Inc., Technology Center Europe, department Materials and Displays in Düsseldorf, Germany. From 2005 to 2014, he was Head of Group „Quantum Dot Technologies“ at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Functional Materials and Devices Division in Potsdam, Germany. He studied: Chemistry at der Humboldt University Berlin and Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany. He has a doctorate in Physical Chemistry at University Potsdam, Germany.

Somni Solutions is convinced that sensors are needed everywhere around us to make the world a better place. Sensors help create safe working environments, make processes more sustainable, boost efficiency and provide insight on a day to day basis of your assets. For some applications however, it is difficult to find a suitable sensor or sensing solution. For example, the operational environment is highly corrosive, or difficult to reach because it is located several kilometers underneath the earth’s crust, or high temperatures and pressures play havoc with your sensors yielding unreliable sensor readings. Here Somni provides sensor solution which simply work and are reliable. Instead of using conventional electronics Somni uses fiber optics. Fiber optics has the benefits of being fully passive, intrinsically explosion safe (ATEX proof), completely -insensitive to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and can be used along enormous distances. Fiber optics is the basis of every Somni Sensor and with the aforementioned benefits can help you with your demanding sensing application. www.somnisolutions.com

Remco Nieuwland (CTO) studied applied physics at the University of Twente in The Netherlands and obtained his MSc in 2005. He started his industrial career at ASML in Veldhoven within the Sources and Dose control development group as a lead engineer. In 2009 he moved to TNO Industrial Innovation as an optical research scientist within the field of photonic sensing (fiber optics and integrated optics). Most of his work focused on fiber optics for sensing applications and he started leading the group Fiber Optic Sensor Systems within the Optics department in 2012. At the end

of 2014, due to the development of a commercial Fiber Bragg manufacturing tool which was initiated by Remco a few years earlier, he moved to the Hittech group, located in The Hague to pursuit further development and commercialization of the NORIA Fiber Bragg Grating manufacturing tool (currently a product of EPIC member NorthLab photonics). Remco established and led the optics group within Hittech starting November 2014 till December 2017, after which he co-founded Somni Corporation B.V., a startup company focused on the development and manufacturing of Fiber Bragg Grating based sensors.


SPECTARIS is the German Highttech Industry Association SPECTARIS promotes photonics industry interests across a range of communication channels and is an active liaison body to government agencies, industry, research and the media.The association‘s market reports and industry data create a tangible basis for business decisions. SPECTARIS supports the photonics industry in the global competition at international trade fairs and business trips. The association aids companies of the optical industry in attracting national and European funding, such as from the EU framework program Horizon 2020 and subsequent programs. www.spectaris.de

Jörg Mayer (CEO) is a communications scientist. After his studies at the Berlin Academy of Art, he worked as a TV program planner and radio editor for the ARD (First German Television). As a business consultant with Andersen Consulting from 1998 to 2001, he was engaged in the implementation of Customer Relationship Programs in large-scale companies – mainly in Germany, the USA and Great Britain. Until 2007 he led PR- and advertising campaigns with the agency Scholz & Friends / Lowe Worldwide for large institutions and international service companies. Between

2007 and 2017 he was engaged as CEO of distinctive renewable energy organizations. First as the director of the national, semi-public German Renewable Energies Agency, creating a positive image of the German energy transition in the public. Second and from 2011 on, as managing director for technology, international affairs and campaigning at the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar). Also as the head of the strategy council of the German Renewable Export Initiative, he continuously promoted international business activities in renewable energy in corporation with the German Government. Since 2018, he heads the Hightech Industry Association SPECTARIS with a membership base of more than 400 companies, representing industries with a total turnover of 70 bn. Euros and more than 300.000 employees in Germany. SPECTARIS is the German voice for the photonics, optical, medical technology and laboratory industries.

Wenko Süptitz (Head of Photonics Division) started his career in the optical industry as a Sales and Export Manager of Linos Photonics, now Qioptiq Photonics. He held managing positions at Jenoptik, Schneider Optical Machines and Direct Photonics Industries. Since 2013, Wenko Sueptitz has been in charge of the Photonics Division of SPECTARIS where he is responsible of the joint activities of 120 German photonics companies. Wenko holds a diploma in Physics and a PhD in laser physics from the Humboldt University Berlin. Postgradually, he earned a Master of Business and Engineering (MBE) from the Steinbeis University Berlin.

Spectra-Physics Rankweil (former High Q Laser GmbH) specializes in the development and production of both medical and industrial ultrafast laser systems. Its high-quality, maintenance-free products serve in a variety of applications such as micro-machining and ophthalmology as reliable and dependable work horses. With several thousand laser systems in the field, Spectra-Physics Rankweil is one of the leading ultrafast laser manufacturers when it comes to 24/7 applications. www.spectra-physics.com

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Jürgen Niederhofer (General Manager) joined Spectra-Physics in Mountain View, California as a Laser Engineer in 2000. In 2004, he took on the Product Marketing responsibilities driving the Business Development efforts for the Explorer and Excelsior lasers, relocating to Stahnsdorf near Berlin, Germany. In 2012 he became the General Manager for Spectra-Physics Stahnsdorf, and today he is responsible for managing the Spectra-Physics Laser sites in Germany and Austria. Prior to joining Spectra-Physics, he worked as a Systems Engineer for Humphrey Instruments (today part of Carl Zeiss Meditec) in Dublin, California. Jürgen is married and has two kids. In his spare time, he enjoys playing a round of golf with friends, hiking, and skiing.

ST Electronics is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, one of the largest public-listed companies on the Singapore Exchange. ST Electronics has more than 40 years of experience in providing Intelligent Transportation systems, Satellite and broadband communications, and Information Communications Technologies (ICT) solutions to governments and commercial enterprises worldwide. Our operations span the globe with offices in Africa, China, Europe, India, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. www.stengg.com

Tan Chee Yong (Vice President Advanced Systems Division) is Vice President, Advanced Systems Division at ST Electronics (InfoComms Systems), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ST Electronics. An ex-Naval officer, Chee Yong holds a MSc degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School. He has more than 20 years of experience in R&T (Research and Technology) development, integrated system-of-systems acquisition and budget planning. His unit delivers end-to-end solutions for its customers in the defense and security sectors, incorporating advanced technologies.

SYLEX, a mid-size company founded in 1995, is a world-class original design manufacturer of high quality optical interconnect solutions. Our superb engineering and design capabilities, strong quality control systems, and substantial manufacturing capacity allows us to deliver both high-volume and custom-tailored solutions extremely rapidly as clients or the market require. For telecom and datacom markets, SYLEX specializes in designing and manufacturing MTP harnesses, PRIZM LightTurn and MXC assemblies and high density DURALINO fanout trunks for enterprise, carrier, and specialty applications like shuffles for supercomputing interconnection solutions. SYLEX offers tailor made automated monitoring system solutions based on modernized FBG technology. These systems, which have been repeatedly verified by many projects around the world, are used to monitor the structural health and geotechnical safety of infrastructure projects. Our sensors utilize the principle of Fiber Bragg Gratings manufactured by either Draw Tower Technology (DTG) or Femto-Second writing technology (FS), thus providing the systems with unique advantages compared to the conventional electrical solutions (or even compared to standard FBG based monitoring systems).SYLEX sensing solutions are suitable for strain, temperature, displacement, vibration and deformation measurements within the Mining industry, Civil Engineering, Geo-technical markets or any other SHM and monitoring purposes. www.sylex.sk


Eduard Koza (Engineering Manager) graduated at the Slovak Technical University Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He has been working at Sylex since 1999 on different positions. Currently, he is R&D manager, covering the management of newly introduced technical solutions, utilizing my consultancy skills related to customized fiber optic interconnection products. His main focus is on passive fiber optic interconnection products and fiber optic sensing systems.

Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live and work, such as the Internet of Things, autonomous cars, wearables, smart medical devices, secure financial services, and machine learning and computer vision. With the CODE V®, LightTools®, LucidShape®, RSoft™, and PhoeniX OptoDesigner products, Synopsys’ Optical Solutions Group is a leading software developer of design and analysis tools that model all aspects of light propagation, enabling users to produce accurate virtual prototypes leading to manufacturable optical and photonic systems. Synopsys delivers comprehensive solutions for the design of automotive exterior and interior lighting, information displays, automotive imaging, fiber optic communications and integrated photonics devices and systems. www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions.html

Tom Walker (Group Director – Optical Solutions Group) has over 30 years of experience developing and managing the development of CAD/CAE software products. Currently he is responsible for R&D of all Synopsys optical design products including CODE V for image forming optics, LightTools for technical illumination optics, LucidShape for automotive illumination optics, RSoft for rigorous simulation of photonic devices, circuits and systems and PhoeniX OptoDesigner for layout and verification of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for telecom and data

communication, sensing and new emerging applications for PIC technology.

Twan Korthorst (Director - PhoeniX Software) has been active in the field of chip design and fabrication for non-traditional semiconductor micro and nano technologies for almost 25 years. He joined the PhoeniX Software team in 2007 and developed the company into a leading supplier of design solutions for photonic ICs in his role as CEO. In February 2018 Synopsys acquired PhoeniX Software, bringing together all the required software tools for PIC design and manufacture within one single organization and one single support channel. He will continue to lead the team

in Enschede (NL) and advocate about photonic integration technologies around the world.

Synova is an experienced supplier of state-of-the-art laser solutions for industrial micro-machining applications, serving the semiconductor, electronic, energy and medical markets. As the inventor of laser dicing technology, Synova– through its proprietary Laser MicroJet® (water-jet-guided laser) technology– is fast emerging as the ideal provider for addressing the exacting manufacturing specifications and low cost of ownership requirements associated with the volume production of today's advanced electronic devices. With its headquarters in Duillier, Switzerland, Synova is a privately-owned company with subsidiaries in North America and in the Asia/Pacific region. www.synova.ch

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Bernold Richerzhagen (Founder and CEO) is the founder and chief executive officer of Switzerland-based Synova S.A., the world pioneer in water jet-guided laser technology. Synova’s proprietary technology was incubated at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where Richerzhagen championed its transition from concept to today’s reality. Recognized worldwide as the inventor of water jet-guided technology, Richerzhagen has received several prestigious accolades, including: Technology Innovation awards from the Swiss Secretary of Economy (SECO) and the

Cantons of Central Switzerland (1997); the Technopark Zurich Foundation and the Swiss Minister of Economy (1998); Entrepreneur of the Year from Ernst & Young Switzerland (2004); and the Frost & Sullivan’s European Technology Innovation Award (2005). He is author of several hundred articles and has addressed numerous conferences on the subject of water jet-guided technology. He also holds several patents on the development of the water jet-guided laser and related inventions such as laser dicing tape, water film for surface protection, laser trenching of semiconductor wafers, and gas-enveloped liquid jets. Richerzhagen received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH) in 1986 and 1988, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Microtechnics from EPFL in 1994. For his thesis, he joined EPFL’s Optical Applications Institute as an assistant working on medical lasers. In 1996, Richerzhagen founded an engineering office where he developed the first prototype of a water jet-guided laser machine, before founding Synova S.A to bring the Laser MicroJetTM to market in 1997.

Sy&Se is a start up from the Haute Ecole Arc Ingénierie (HE-Arc) specialized in joining technologies of micro and macro systems. In many manufacturing processes, assembling is an essential step and it contributes to obtaining a high-quality and efficient finished product. Since mastering the technology and the manufacturing costs of each step is imperative for companies, the SY&SE propose, building up on a major scientific discovery, a new ICB (Impulse Current Bonding) binding process, which combines cost-effective and robust assembly of glasses on various metals, glasses on silicon, silicon on fused silica, sapphire on silicon and glasses, and also stacks of these materials. High quality of the bond interface obtained with the innovative ICB technique is particularly well suited for photonic systems based on integration of optical compounds with cleanness, precision and stability (covalent bonds). Related to this aspect, hermeticity between adjacent surfaces or for device encapsulation required for efficient performance and moisture prevention is a serious advantage. Other assembly configurations with more common optical waveguide materials such as for example InP, GaAs, or GaN on glasses are also possible (by the use of intermediate evaporated thin layers). www.syandse.ch

Sebastien Brun (CEO) is the founder and CEO of the start-up Sy&Se specialized in permanent bonding thanks to the new technology Impulse Current Bonding (ICB). Before creating his start-up, he was the project leader of industrial research linked to Medtech, biomedical, MEMS or watchmaking sectors as well as responsible of physical-chemical analysis of the particle accelerator department at the Haute Ecole Arc Engineering institute. Within the framework of his research, he was the principal inventor of the ICB technology. Firstly graduated in electromechanical in Yverdon, he received his engineering degree in the Haute Ecole Arc in Microtechnology

specialized in surface treatments. He was awarded by the Swiss Innovation Agency in 2016 for the entrepreneurship concept of the ICB technology. His activities in Sy&Se are focused on the development of ICB assembly for glass-metal or glass-ceramic components like SOI systems. Also active in the academic research, he develops news applications in biomedical and microelectronic regional industries.


SWISSPHOTONICS serves as a network for a common vision and growth of the photonics industry in Switzerland. It is the declared goal of SWISSPHOTONICS to promote the competitiveness of its members through the support of the innovation forces. SWISSPHOTONICS serves the full field of photonics, including material processing with a laser

beam, photonic manufacturing, optical input/output: imaging and photonic life science, optical communication, photovoltaics and lighting.

SWISSPHOTONICS serves companies, research facilities, and universities in the field of photonics from basic science over applied science, technology development, manufacturing and selling of photonic components and applications.

SWISSPHOTONICS supports networking within Switzerland and establishes contacts within Europe, especially to the European technology platform Photonics21. www.swissphotonics.net

Dr. Christoph Harder (President) received the ETH Diploma in 1979 and the Master and PhD in EE in 1980 and 1983 from Caltech, Pasadena, USA. He is cofounder of the IBM Zurich Laser Diode Enterprise which pioneered the first 980nm high power pump laser for telecom optical amplifiers and laser diodes for industrial and consumer applications with ultrahigh reliability. He is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship and the OSA Fellow recognition. Christoph is now heading a consulting company www.charder.ch , is cofounder and president of the association VSLP (Verein Schweizer Laser und Photonik Netzwerk) which has been commissioned to run the NTN (National thematic Network) Swissphotonis. He has published more than 100

papers and 20 patents and has held a variety of staff and management positions at ETH, Caltech, IBM, Uniphase, JDS Uniphase, Nortel and Bookham and has volunteered on society boards, conference organizations and scientific committees.

tec5 group develops and manufactures high-quality, state-of-the-art products for detector array based optical spectroscopy and photometry for a wide range of applications. The company`s portfolio includes products ranging from OEM Components, like Operating Electronics, via Embedded Systems up to complete UV-VIS-NIR and Raman Spectrometers. In addition, we work out custom-tailored product solutions in close cooperation with our customers. tec5 was established in 1993. With a network of distribution partners, we work together with customers around the globe. www.tec5.com

Maik Müller (CEO) is CEO of tec5 as well as the m-u-t AG. He has a background in electronics and more than 20 years’ experience in different positions within the photonics and life science industry. He studied at the University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany and started to work for tec5 in 1995 in development, project management and management positions. In 2005, he joined a company in the life science business as Director R&D and in 2009 he moved to a Swiss-based consulting company to build up a new business unit in Germany for system engineering. Since

the end of 2010, he is back at tec5 as CEO and in 2015 additionally joined the board at m-u-t AG. As a CEO, Maik is responsible for approximately 320 employees worldwide, the strategic and technology development of the tec5 and m-u-t group and is heading the board of directors in the US and UK.

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Technobis group is a developer and supplier of high-tech instruments and modules for OEM companies around the world. Technobis tft-fos is specialized in the development and supply of fibre optic sensing systems and applications. All developments are spectrometry and or interferometry based. Starting with free-space optics 17 years ago, nowadays all new developments are based on integrated photonics. Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits: ASPICs allow custom and highly dedicated system designs for a versatile range of improved performance requirements. Technobis ipps is a specialized solution provider for ASPIC packaging by supplying dedicated and mid-range volume packaging services. As ASPIC packaging requires complex dedication, our key values are thermal: and mechanical stability, high performance, low-noise, low power consumption, easy but versatile integration, reliable and repeatable quality. Technobis mechatronics is specialized in carrying out complete product development projects, going from an idea to a successful turnkey product, prototype or series product. www.technobis.nl

Pim Kat (CEO) started his career at Sun Electric systems in 1982, developing automotive testing equipment. In 1987, he moved to Hoogovens Research where he worked as researcher for 9 years. In 1996, he co-founded the company BIHCA Systems as part of the HIT group. In 2003, this company became Technobis and eventually Technobis group in 2006. After developing the state-of-the-art Fibre Bragg Grating interrogator on a free space optics basis, Technobis joined the Jeppix-

Paradigm program and started to experiment with ASPIC designs for FBG sensing solutions. This resulted in diverse ASPICS for various fields of use mostly based on InP but also making use of SOI and TriPlex technology. At this moment, developments on ASPICS are executed in the field of nano-strain sensing, impact detection, damage detection in composites, shape reconstruction, Eigen mode monitoring. As packagers for industrial series of ASPICS are hard to find, Technobis started to develop and produce their own packaging solutions for the ASPICS and is setting up a packaging facility.

Technology Scotland is the representative body for the Emerging and Enabling (E&E) Technology Community in Scotland, providing an independent voice for those engaged in areas such as Photonics, Electronics, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing. The organisation brings like-minded companies together to solve problems, drive economic development, and build supply chains. We provide a range of services including events, workshops, Special Interest Groups, and collaborative networking, to help our membership improve their global competitiveness. Current Technology Scotland Special Interest Groups are The Scottish Optoelectronics Association, MaaS Scotland and Compound Semiconductors Scotland. www.technologyscotland.scot

Stephen Taylor (CEO) is a highly successful international executive with extensive business development, strategic and operational experience. His career has included spells in Oilfield Services, lecturing, electronic component and system sales, and various consulting roles within Industrial, Optical, Scientific, and Consumer markets. At Jabil, he was the Director responsible for green fielding a camera module business, developing new IP around FlatCam™, and an Active Alignment

manufacturing process, whilst building significant global revenues with blue chip customers in Medical, Industrial, and Smartphone markets. Stephen has a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Strathclyde, an MBA from The University of Strathclyde Business School, and has enjoyed Executive Education at Harvard Business School.


Emma Dixon (Marketing Manager) is responsible for Technology Scotland’s communications, events and member care. She also has an interest in graphic design and produces all Technology Scotland reports. Emma achieved an MA Hons in German and Politics from the University of Glasgow, and a distinction in her CIM Marketing Certificate from the Cambridge College of Marketing. Having gained marketing and events management experience in the consumer electronics, technology and not-for-profit sectors, Emma’s main interest is working with start-ups and SMEs in Scotland, as well as strengthening Scottish/German connections.

Teknova is a non-profit private research institute based in the south of Norway with interdisciplinary research activities for industrial, security, environment and energy applications. The institute has two departments: Modeling & Simulation and Smart Instrumentation. The central core competence of the institute is the research and innovation with new ICT technologies involving advanced sensor technologies, pattern analysis methods and industrial mathematics. Teknova is engaged in the 8-year program SFI- Offshore Mechatronics where world leading industries are participating towards robotization and automation of offshore Oil & Gas operations. Under this program, Teknova is leading the activities related to smart sensors for condition monitoring and condition-based maintenance. www.teknova.no

Katarina Grujic (Senior Researcher) works in the Smart Instrumentation department with focus on advanced online condition monitoring and non-contact, non-destructive inspection technologies for application in metallurgical and offshore industries. She is mainly interested in photonics-based solutions applied in visually degraded and/or extreme temperature environments and measurement techniques that combine optics with other technologies like laser ultrasonics, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy etc. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia in 1999 and M.Phil. in Physics and Ph.D. in the field of integrated optics from the Dept. of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø, Norway in 2007.

Tektronix is a leader in test, measurement and monitoring technology with customers in communications, computer, semiconductor, military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education, broadcast and other fields. www.tek.com

Klaus Engenhardt (CTO) since 2014 with particular focus on wireline and optical communication technologies and advanced research. He has studied Physics in Konstanz/Germany and received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon (Eugene/USA) on the topic of ultrafast surface-plasmon behavior in optical micro-cavities. He joined Tektronix in 2001 at its R&D headquarters in Beaverton/USA as a Principal System Architect for high-speed electro-optical test & measurement instrumentation. In this role he was the technical project lead for the widest-

bandwidth product in the commercial history of Tektronix and received the Tektronix Technical Excellence Award for enabling key customers in bringing silicon-photonics technology to market. Klaus has participated in international standard organizations (IEEE, ITU-T, ANSI) and is currently representing Tektronix at the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).

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Tematys provides a complete range of services to companies and public organizations in the fields of optics, photonics, sensors and material Engineering. Our clients are companies of any size, from international groups to SMEs and start-up. We have also developed a special expertise in R&D valorization and marketing of emerging technologies for Research Organizations and Laboratories. We provide strategic views on optics and photonics markets for publics for clusters and publics agencies. www.tematys.com

Jacques Cochard (Founder) founded in 2010 TEMATYS, a photonics dedicated market studies company. He is managing the activities of Market Exploration for new technologies and Technology Transfer into commercial ventures. Jacques is directly in charge of the Biophotonic activities at TEMATYS where he has advised many companies in their diversification from e.g. Telecom components to Biophotonics market. He is advisor for SMEs and large companies in their development into various application like Superresolution, Confocal as well as Raman imaging market and in

Biomedical markets like medical lasers, Photoacoustic, OCT and diffuse optical tomography imaging. Since 10 years, Jacques is a member of the WorkGroup Biophotonic in the European platform Photonics21. He graduated from Ecole des Mines Nancy (Material science).

Guangzhou Teyu Electromechanical was established in 2003, which specializes in developing, manufacturing and selling industrial chillers. With thermolysis type and refrigeration type industrial chillers as the core of production, we produce and design chillers in accordance with modern laser equipment characteristics and requirements using energy-efficient and precise intelligent temperature control technology. S&A chillers are mainly applied in fiber laser cooling, CO2 laser cooling and other professional fields. Afrer 12 year's development, we have a dedicated R&D, quality inspection team and a factory of 10,000 m2 with 60,000 units annual productivity of chillers, and become the largest manufacturer of small power industrial chillers in China. www.teyu.com.cn

Winson Tamg (Executive Director and Co-founder) graduated from Shenzhen University and has 16 years’ experience in industrial refrigeration industry including manufacturing and marketing the industrial cooling systems of brand S&A. Prior to co-founding GUANGZHOU TEYU in 2002, he served as Sales Engineer and Sales Director for imported laser systems from 1996 to 2001. During his career, he is dedicated to developing and bringing to the market highly competitive cooling systems for laser applications.


Tampere University of Technology operates in the form of a foundation and is the leading university in Finland in the area of photonics technologies. The Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) was founded in 2000 and currently operates as part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The group conducts a comprehensive chain of research activities covering core expertise in molecular beam epitaxy of novel III-V photonic heterostructures (GaAs, InP, and GaSb) and the development of application tailored optoelectronics devices. ORC has been exceptionally successful in transferring research results and technology to industry and is widely recognized for the seminal role in the creation of the Finnish optoelectronics industry. Current research portfolio of ORC amounts for about 2.3M€ spread over 12 projects with diverse European and national funding. Web site: www.tut.fi/orc

Mircea Guina (Prof, Head of the ORC/TUT) obtained the PhD degree in physics from the Tampere University of Technology in 2002. In 2008 he was appointed professor at ORC. His current projects are concerned with the development of uncooled lasers for hybrid integration on Si-photonics platform, the development of high power lasers for medicine and quantum technology, development of light sources for LIDAR and integrated sensors, as well as the development of ultra-high efficiency multijunction solar cells. He has published more than 180 journal papers, several

book chapters, and holds 4 international patents. Prof. Guina is a Topical editor for Optics Letters and the Journal of the European Optical Society. He has an outstanding track record in leading large scale research projects extending from basic science to technology transfer. Recently, he was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the development of solar cells with efficiency of more than 50%. Prof. Guina is a strong advocate of bridging research and entrepreneurial activities and is co-founder of three photonics start-ups.

The Photonics Institute (TPI) is the culmination of over 20 years of photonics research at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). It is an interdisciplinary research institute that consolidates various photonics research centres within NTU and in partnership with the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, UK. TPI aims to establish Singapore as a world-leading centre of research excellence in applied and fundamental photonics, as well as translate fundamental to applied science. The institute is funded and supported by industry partners and various national agencies, including A*STAR, DSO National Laboratories, the Economic Development Board Singapore, Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. www.tpi.ntu.edu.sg

Daryl Ho (Business Development Manager) is a Business Development Manager at The Photonics Institute (TPI), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). His current mission involves sourcing for potential collaboration partners to work with university faculty and researchers in the area of Photonics. Daryl received his B.Eng. (Aero) Degree from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NTU in 2012 and joined the Institute thereafter, spending four years on specialty preform post-processing and fibre drawing (for lasing and sensing applications).

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Thorlabs, a vertically integrated photonics products manufacturer, was founded in 1989 to serve the laser and electro-optics research market. As that market has spawned a multitude of technical innovations, Thorlabs has extended its core competencies in an effort to play an ever increasing role serving the Photonics Industry at the research end, as well as the industrial, life science, medical, and defense segments. The organization’s highly integrated and diverse manufacturing assets include semiconductor fabrication of laser diodes, optical amplifiers, lithium niobate modulators, quantum cascade/interband cascade lasers, and VCSEL lasers; fiber towers for drawing glass optical fibers (silica, fluoride, tellurite, and hollow core); MBE/MOCVD epitaxial wafer growth reactors; extensive glass and metal fabrication facilities; advanced thin film deposition capabilities; and optomechanical and optoelectronic shops. www.thorlabs.com

Bruno Gross (General Manager) studied physics in Munich and Vancouver. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich while working as a researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics in the group of Prof. T.W. Hänsch. Bruno started his business career as a management consultant. Afterwards he held various senior management positions, both in the photonic industry as well as in large educational, non-profit organizations. Currently he is heading Thorlabs Germany.

TOPTICA Projects, a subsidiary of TOPTICA Photonics AG, has been founded in 2016. TOPTICA Projects focusses on customized laser solutions, innovation and technology development. This includes all activities related to the award-winning sodium guide star lasers used by several major astronomy facilities worldwide and recently selected for ESO’s next generation Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The TOPTICA team has recently received the OSA Forman-Award for the guide star laser. www.toptica-projects.com

Frank Lison (CEO and Co-Founder) graduated in 1994 from Leibniz University in Hannover and received a PhD in Physics from Bonn University. Frank started his career at Bayer AG and moved in 2002 to TOPTICA Photonics AG as VP of Research & Development. In 2009, he became CEO of TILL Photonics GmbH, and when TILL Photonics was bought by FEI Inc. in 2011 he stayed as managing director of FEI Munich GmbH. He was responsible for the worldwide cell and tissue biology business at FEI until he left in the beginning of 2014. Thereafter he has been working as an independent consultant in the Photonics Industry focusing mainly on startups. Since October 2016 he is CEO of TOPTICA Projects GmbH.

ULIS was created in 2002 as a subsidiary of Sofradir to develop and market the results of the CEA-Leti’s uncooled IR detector research for initially defense and commercial market applications.Since then, ULIS has gradually sharpened its focus on the design and manufacturing of high-quality thermal image sensors for these markets.Today ULIS enables makers of consumer electronics and infrared equipment to produce cost-effective, lightweight, low-power-consumption thermal cameras for everyday


use.ULIS is the world’s second-largest producer of thermal image sensors (microbolometers). It offers a targeted range of sensors that are the key component of many top brands in thermal imaging equipment sold across Europe, Asia, and North America. ULIS is active in traditional markets like surveillance, thermography, defense, and leisure and is carving out a position in newer markets, such as smart buildings, road safety and in-cabin vehicle systems. www.ulis-ir.com

Chris Tisse (Technical & Innovation Director) received his PhD in Microelectronics from the Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM) at the University of Montpellier in 2003 while working as a research scientist in embedded imaging and multimodal biometric systems at STMicroelectronics. He then joined the Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney where he led the ‘Small Flyer’ project until 2007. In 2007, Chris started working as Deputy

Chief Scientist and Research Director of the B2B division with DxO Labs, a fast-growing start-up developing Extended Depth-of-Field (EDoF) technologies for camera phone applications. From 2008 to 2013, Chris lived in Singapore where he held Senior Research Fellow positions at the Institute for Infocomm Research and at the Interactive & Digital Media Institute. Chris also provided consulting activities in the area of co-design of hybrid optical-digital imaging systems and was given an honorary position as Consultant Advisor at National University of Singapore. In 2010, Chris co-founded a Singapore-based start-up company - MTech Imaging - offering innovative low-light, night-vision and thermal infrared imaging technologies, where he served as CTO.

USHIO has earned a worldwide reputation since 1964 as a specialist in professional light sources, ranging from ultraviolet over visible to infrared. These are used in innumerous industries demanding highest standards, such as semiconductor, visualization, science, horticulture and car manufacturing. Ushio’s philosophy providing first class products in term of performance and reliability is rewarded with the position of world market leaders in most of the markets served. Today it’s almost 6000 employees create an annual turnover of 173 billion Japanese Yen. Ushio Europe B.V. and it’s subsidiaries are supporting the EMEA market and also provide standard and customized solutions for the global market from their own EU based factories. www.ushio.eu

Nils Büker (Senior Director) obtained his diploma in physics from the University of Dortmund, where his specialism were solid state physics and material science. He joined Ushio Europe B.V., which is based near Amsterdam, back in 1998. Today, he is the company’s Senior Director. In this position, he successfully drives the expansion of the company into new markets with traditional and solid state lighting solutions, which are often developed and manufactured in one of the Ushio Europe’s locations.

The Photonics Group at University College London (UCL) comprises some 100 researchers working on photonic devices and systems. Activities include molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of Group IV and III-V semiconductors including nanowire devices, advanced solar cells, THz bandwidth photodiodes and lasers monolithically integrated on silicon. The Group has a comprehensive range of fabrication facilities for metamaterials and semiconductor devices down to nanoscale. Systems activities include wireless over fibre systems at frequencies up to THz; advanced optical signal processing including high

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speed optical analogue to digital converters; imaging and 3D navigation systems and flexgrid optical communications, including work on precision time and frequency distribution over deployed optical fibre networks. www.ucl.ac.uk

Alwyn Seeds (Head of the Photonics Group) received the B.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from the University of London. From 1980 to 1983 he was a Staff Member at Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on GaAs monolithic millimetre-wave integrated circuits for use in phased-array radar. Following three years as lecturer in telecommunications at Queen Mary College, University of London he moved to University College London in 1986, where he is now Professor of Opto-electronics, Head of the Photonics Group and Director of the

EPSRC National Dark Fibre Infrastructure Service. He has published over 400 papers on microwave and opto-electronic devices and their systems applications. His current research interests include semiconductor opto-electronic devices, photonic integrated circuits, wireless and optical communication systems. Professor Seeds is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) and an IEEE Fellow (USA). He has been a Member of the Board of Governors and Vice-President for Technical Affairs of the IEEE Photonics Society (USA). He has served on the programme committees for many international conferences. He is a co-founder of Zinwave, a manufacturer of wireless over fibre systems, now a unit of McWane Inc. He was awarded the Gabor Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics and will receive the Distinguished Educator Award of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society in June 2018.

The Photonics Research Labs – Universitat Politècnica de Valencia have their origins in the former Optical and Quantum Communications Group, initially hosted from 1991 to 2005 at the Communications Department. The group is a founding member of the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia since 2005. From an optical telecom core the group has evolved to the application of the photonic technology to a wide range of diverse applications where the optical and photonic technology together with microwave photonics brings its added value. The group is structured in different Research Labs that focus in different related technologies with different fields of applications. Antenna beamforming, surveillance radar systems, optical sensors, integrated photonic circuits, high performance computing architectures and optical interconnects, biophotonic sensors, automobilism and robotics are the different fields of applications in the expertise of the labs. Currently the joint effort of the Photonic Research Labs holds a strong knowhow in the photonic and optical field for any application where light can shine. Nowadays, the PRL is currently formed by more than 30 young telecom engineers and physicists, and is part of the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The mission is to produce high-quality scientific knowledge in the field of optics, quantum optics and photonics, through research projects, R&D contracts and collaboration agreements with the private sector. The OQCG research activity is focused on several applications of photonics, mainly on optical communications of analog and digital signals, and radio-over-fiber systems. Part of the research is also performed in the field of fiber optic sensor and industrial photonics. www.prl.upv.es

Pascual Muñoz (Professor) was born in Valencia, Spain on February 7th, 1975. He received his MSc and PhD thesis on Electronic Engineering and Photonics by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain. He is current Full Professor at the Photonic Research Labs. Prof Muñoz runs a consolidated research line, started in 2005, on prototyping Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) in a technology agnostic fashion, where PICs are designed in the best suited technology (Silicon-On-Insulator, Indium Phosphide, Silica on Silicon, Silicon Nitride amongst other) for each

application. He has published 50 papers in international refereed journals and over 70 conference


contributions. He is a member of the Technical Programme Committees of the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) and the European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO). From his research line, he co-founded the UPV spin-off company VLC Photonics in 2011, where the PIC design know-how, expertise and tools have been transferred, and he served as CEO from 2011 to 2013. Since 2011 he is a member of the Board of Directors, where the company strategy is set for the management, and a member of the Joint VLC-UPV R&D Commission, where topics for mutual collaborative and/or contractual research are defined and supervised. Dr. Muñoz is a Senior Member of IEEE and Senior Member of the OSA. His current research encompasses PIC design, silicon nitride technologies and advanced full field PIC test engines.

Univet was established in 1997and has since been the Italian leader and a world leading manufacturer of several eyewear protection categories: Safety, Laser, Clean Room and Loupes. Univet counts on several branch offices worldwide, in Germany, France, North America, Brazil and Russia, as well as many field offices. Whatever the laser source and the specific need, Univet is able to offer the best solution in terms of technology, quality, protection and comfort, thanks his in-house laboratory dedicated to the development of technologies. Since the early days Univet is dedicated to the design, proudly Made in Italy, having won, among the others, three Red Dot Design Awards running, one iF Design Award, two German Design Awards and the international award “Technology Leadership in the Eye Protection Industry” from the Frost & Sullivan Association. www.univet.it

Fabrizio Ferranti (Business Development Manager) with 30 years’ experience in Laser, in industrial and medical field, started as sales Technical Support in a Laser manufacturer company in 1988. After a decade and with a sales management role, he moved first to a European distribution company and then to a German solution provider company thus switching from a technical to a commercial position and achieving a leading role focusing on customers’ needs not forgetting technical aspects. In June 2017, he joined Univet Optical Technology as Business Development Manager of the Laser Safety Division and his current focus is the worldwide developing sales network.

VERTILAS provides innovative laser diodes for Gas Sensing (TDLAS - Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy), optical communications and customer specific applications in the NIR (Near Infrared) range. VERTILAS long wavelength VCSELs (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) are available from 1270nm to 2360nm with a wide range of packaging options, incl. cooled and uncooled TO packages, as well as LC-TOSAs and pigtails. VERTILAS VCSELs are specifically designed and manufactured to offer excellent single mode performance. For sensing and spectroscopy markets, Vertilas can offer single mode VCSELs in 15 standard wavelengths and additional wavelengths can be manufactured on demand. They offer a wide and fast tuning range to enable rapid and precise measurements for ppm and ppb sensitivity levels. For communications applications, Vertilas VCSELs offers lasers that feature 10.3Gbps and up to 40Gbps transmission performance. Furthermore, for customer specific applications, Vertilas can offer 1D and 2D VCSEL arrays. Vertilas VCSEL technology enables system designers to reduce power consumption by 50% and more compared with other lasers technologies. www.vertilas.com

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Christian Neumeyr (CEO) has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor and optoelectronics industry, incl. 20+ years in optical communications and 12+ years in sensing and industrial applications. He had held executive positions at a number of leading and innovative technology companies, incl. Marketing Director at Infineon, Vice President at Multilink Technology and Director Business Line at Broadcom. Since 2006, Mr. Neumeyr has been CEO at VERTILAS. He holds a university degree in electrical engineering and an MBA. He took on several international assignments and

lived for several years in Japan, UK and the US where he developed a wide network of contacts in various business and technology fields. His professional accomplishments include managing complex R&D projects, defining new products for communications and industrial applications, establishing and managing fast-growing and profitable business lines and expanding product lines and businesses into new markets.

VIGO System is the leading manufacturer of standard and customized High Operating Temperature HgCdTe detectors. The mission of VIGO System is to provide fast and convenient, easy to use IR detectors at any wavelength from 2 to 16 µm, reaching fundamental BLIP limits without cryocooling. In our offer, we have detection modules consisting of an infrared detector and preamplifier integrated into a compact case. Modules are available with different spectral response ranges, time response characteristics and gains. In addition to our large variety of standard modules, we offer professional custom designed devices and complete solutions for various measurement systems and broad range of applications. www.vigo.com.pl

Adam Piotrowski (President) is a graduate of Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska) in 2002 with a master's degree in electronics engineering. He also received a Ph.D. degree in technical sciences engineer at the Military University of Technology (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna) in 2008. He has worked at VIGO System S.A. since 2002, 2002-2003 as a Specialist in Technology of Detectors Department. From 2003-2006, he served as Specialist in MOCVD laboratory and Manager of MOCVD Lab. 2006-2008. From 2008-2014, Adam worked as Head of Detector's Department. In January 2015, he was appointed as a President of the

Board and vice chairman of Polish Technological Platform on Photonics. In February 2018, he became the president of the Polish Technological Platform on Photonics. He is the author of many publications on methods of manufacture and applications of infrared detectors. He is working with Polish photonics to establish a collaborative platform supporting transfer of innovation from science to industry and collaboration between photonics companies. One of such initiatives in the Academy of Photonics is conducting workshops on various important issues, such as, sales of photonics products, IP in photonics or resource sharing.

VI Systems: VIS is a fabless developer and producer of optical engines for data transmission at ultrahigh bit rates and the related electro-optic components for applications in data communications and access networks. An interconnect capable of the speed while allowing cost- and power efficiency and at a very small footprint will be successful in the market, the VIS device concept fulfils these requirements. www.v-i-systems.com


Nikolay Ledentsov (CEO) received his Diploma of Electrical Engineer from the Electrical Engineering Institute in Leningrad (LETI) (Electrotechnical University) in 1982. He received the Cand. Sci. (Ph.D.) and the Dr. Sci. degrees in physics and mathematics from the A. F. Ioffe Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1987 and 1994, respectively. Since 1994, he has been a Professor of electrical engineering in LETI and, later, a Professor of physics and mathematics at the A. F. Ioffe Institute. Since 1998 he has been also DAAD and DFG Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (1998-2007). He has coauthored 800 papers in leading technical journals and conference

proceedings and 29 patent families. His Hirsch factor is 78. He is a Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Senior Member IEEE. His current research focuses on physics and technology of semiconductor nanostructures and the related optoelectronic devices. Prof. Ledentsov received the Young Scientist Award from the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (1996) for pioneering contributions to the field of quantum dots and quantum dot lasers, Humbold Fellowship (1995), the State Prize of Russia for Science and Technology (2001), the Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (2002), and other awards and recognitions. He is founder and Chief Executive Officer of VI-Systems GmbH (2006) and co-founder and Managing Director of Innolume GmbH (2003).

V&A-Photonics co-develops and markets photonics integrated solutions for telecom, data communications, and sensing applications. We also, offer R&D services for customers who would like to develop their own products. Operating from offices in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Wuxi in China we link Photonic integrated systems end users with technology developers. If you are a product supplier searching for co-developer V&A-Photonics is your ideal partner. www.va-photonics.com

Shaoxian Zhang (CEO), got his PhD in Optoelectronics from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2006. He invented two types of multiple state flip-flop all optical memories. In 2007, he founded Vision and Action (V&A) which developed a number of technical centers in China for technical business cooperation and incubation in the sectors of Photonics, Solar Energy, Environment and Mechatronics. He is co-founder of V&A Photonics. Since July 2017, He is also professor of Integrated Photonics in Institute of Micro-electronics of Chinese Academics of Sciences (IMECAS).

Volpi develops, industrializes and manufactures optoelectronic module solutions for in vitro diagnostics and life science research. Based in the USA and Switzerland, and certified against ISO 13485, we provide comprehensive systems engineering combined with lean manufacturing and product life cycle support. Applications served include PCR, next-generation sequencing, molecular diagnostics, immunoassay systems and clinical chemistry analysers. Utilizing our broad technological expertise in light sources, illumination optics, detection, data pre-processing solutions, and thermal management, we work with in vitro diagnostic and life science companies. www.volpi.ch

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Ulrich Stärker (CTO) holds an MSc. in physical chemistry from the University of Konstanz and specialized in the field of experimental analysis of structural to property correlations of fluorescence dyes used in biomedical applications. He worked in different areas at SPECTROsolutions AG from spectrometer requirements engineering, development and industrialisation to production transfer into a high-volume production line for miniaturized modules at Hamamatsu Photonic. He joined Volpi in 2011 and became CTO of the company in 2013.

VPIphotonics provides professional photonic design software and services for optical component and system vendors, as well as system and network integrators. VPIphotonics offers flexible software environments supporting requirements in photonic integrated circuits and fiber-based component designs, optical transmission system and network designs, as well as link engineering and network implementation. VPIphotonics off-the-shelf and customized solutions are valued for their powerful and comprehensive simulation capabilities and high degree of flexibility. They are applied in research and development, product design and marketing by hundreds of companies, and for teaching and research at over 160 academic institutions worldwide. www.VPIphotonics.com

André Richter (General Manager) is an expert in the field of modelling and design of optical communications and photonics applications. He holds a M.Sc. degree from Georgia Tech, USA and a Ph.D. from TU Berlin, Germany. Being with the VPIphotonics team since 1997, André contributed numerous modelling advances and invoked an international training program. He co-authored more than 100 publications, including one book chapter. Before being appointed as General Manager in 2013,

André held several management positions with responsibilities for VPIphotonics' technical services, product management, research & development.

V-Research is focused on industrial research and development with the three focus areas digitalization and design automation, tribology and surface physics and as a new area photonics will be added. Within photonics the focus is on lighting and integrated optical chip design. http://v-research.at

Heinz Seyringer (CEO) has a background in physics and mathematics with a focus on photonics. He was managing director of Photeon, which was specialized on integrated optical chips for telecom and sensor applications and moved after 9 years to the Zumtobel Group where he was responsible for the research collaborations of the group. He served in the board of directors of EPIC and is currently chairman of the Austrian photonics platform, Photonics Austria and in the executive board of Photonics21. Since September 2017, he is CEO of V-Research.

Wiley, It's the knowledge age - and it's Wiley's customers who lead the world's knowledge economy. Published by Wiley's Global Research B2B division in Germany, "Optik & Photonik" reports on optical systems and components, their working principles, how they are manufactured and, in particular, on


their applications. This includes the whole spectrum - from light sources, displays, optical elements and methods to sensors and imaging, from terahertz to ultraviolet. www.wiley-vch.de

Oliver Dreissigacker (Editor in Chief) has two decades of experience in scientific publishing and communication, e.g. from Springer, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, IMM Mainz (now Fraunhofer) and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics. He joined Wiley-VCH in 2010 and was promoted Editor-in-Chief for the B2B Germany Physics / Photonics section in 2012. He had studied physics in Heidelberg and did his doctorate at the State Observatory Königstuhl.

WISTA-MANAGEMENT establishes and manages state of the art technology centres for photonics and optics / microsystems and materials / information technology and media / biotechnology and the environment and renewable energy and photovoltaics. We market rental space, support start-ups, offer project development consultancies, and encourage science-business networking and international cooperation. The Adlershof Technology Park belongs to the 15 biggest science parks worldwide, and is the most important science, business and media site in Berlin-Brandenburg. www.wista.de

Bernd Ludwig (Head of Centre for Photonics & Optics at STP Berlin Adlershof) came from the biotech sector, in which he holds his PhD. in medical Virology from Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany. Bernd was also highly involved in creating a new biotech laboratory to move the team from Freiburg to Bonn during this time. Thereafter, he worked as Campaigner for Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) and subsequently as consultant and networker for Berlin’s biotech sector before he started his work for the Science and Tech park Berlin Adlershof and its development

company WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH, for which he is heading the Centre for Photonics & Optics. Here, he also was responsible to establish pv and renewable energies as a new tech field and consequently, he built up the homophone new tech center to support the RE SME‘s in the park. His newest project is a new centre for industry 4.0 companies.

Centre for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (CAMAN) is an interdisciplinary research university network established at the Wroclaw University of Technology (WRUT) in 1998. WRUT is one of the best universities in Poland. It is composed of 12 faculties at which work about 2.000 professors/ lecturers and are studying 32.000 students. CAMAN is a self-organised entity consisting of research groups active at various faculties of WRUT. The main goals include promoting integration of research community, supporting interdisciplinary studies in various fields related to advanced materials, photonics and nanotechnology. The integration of activities of several research groups allows them to initiate new scientific programs and to enhance collaboration at the international scale. www.cmzin.pwr.wroc.pl

Jan Misiewicz (Professor) represents Wroclaw University of Technology, the leading University in Poland. He received hid PhD degree in Physics in 1979 and full professor title in 1999. Important part of its activity is related to photonics and nanomaterials. These activities are coordinated by the Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Professor Misiewicz is cofounder and current director of this Center. He is also head of Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures (www.osn.pwr.edu.pl) established in 1992. In the years 1996- 2014,

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he served as Director of the Institute of Physics and Dean of the Faculty. In his laboratory, 6 EU projects have been done (mainly on special lasers for telecommunication and sensing). Several other international projects have been carried on with such partners as German Universities in Wurzburg, Berlin, Kassel, Dortmund; Stanford, Berkeley in USA; Cambridge in UK; EPFL in Switzerland as well as companies: nanoplus, imec, III-V Lab, Siemens. Jan is co-author of several books and above 500 publications cited more than 5000 times (H=32).

WZWOPTICAG has designed and manufactured high-end, quality optics solutions for a global customer base for more than 52 years. Specializing in 'build to print' manufacturing, from start to finish, WZWOPTICAG has the unique capability of offering customers an integrated 'one-stop' source for all their optical requirements. ‘Super-polished’ or laser quality polished substrates are ideal for use as low-loss laser mirrors, where thermal stability, surface scatter and high laser damage thresholds are key requirements. Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF) - Obtain high-precision surfaces (lambda/50) and Correction of transmitted wavefront (windows, phase plates, entire system correction on one surface). WZWOPTICAG provides opto-mechanical engineering and system prototyping services. WZWOPTICAG offers a high level of specialized expertise to all phases of assembly fabrication, from opto-mechanical concept and design, through component construction, final assembly and testing. www.wzw.ch

Claudio Meli (CEO & Finances) completed his studies in 1995 specialising in Finance. He then spent the next 13 years as a financial consultant performing Company audits and providing financial advice and guidance. Wanting to get closer to industry, in 2007 Claudio Meli took up a CFO position in the private sector. After gaining numerous years of experience, he joined WZWOPTICAG in 2011 as CFO. The Board of Directors developed a new business strategy for WZWOPTICAG and it was decided to appoint Claudio Meli as the CEO in 2012.

Xeryon offers compact and precise piezo stages. We build linear and rotary stages and systems with multiple degrees of freedom. Both as a standard product and as a customized or fully engineered system. Our stages are suitable for a broad range of industrial applications. But we also offer state-of-the-art stages for the toughest precision motion applications and the most demanding environments, such as high vacuum and large magnetic fields. Xeryon was founded in 2013 and is located in Leuven, near Brussels. www.xeryon.com

Bruno Kersschot (Sales Director) completed his PhD in precision engineering in 2014 at the KU Leuven University in Belgium. At the end of his PhD, he co-founded Xeryon to become the reference in piezo and precision technology. For several years, he was involved in the development of the piezo motors and stages, but also in the development of advanced mechatronic machines. In October 2017, he was appointed as the Sales Director. With his technical background, he can better understand the customers’ needs and help them solving their problems. Together with the Xeryon team, he is eager to lead you into the future of precision motion.


Yelo is a leading manufacturer of automated test equipment, founded in 1983. Yelo specialise in the manufacture of automated burn-in and life test equipment for photonic devices – especially laser diodes and are a market leader in the field. www.yelo.co.uk

Richard Furey (CEO) is a graduate of Southampton University (BSc Hons Electronic Engineering – 1977) and is currently CEO of Yelo Ltd, a company that he co-founded with Alan Watts nearly 30 years ago. He has had a wide range of experience from the design of fault recording systems for power stations to the design of test systems for laser diodes. More recently, in 2010, he led the management buyout of Yelo from its Canadian Parent. He is a chartered engineer and an IET Fellow.

Yole Développement, founded in 1998, has grown to become a group of companies providing marketing, technology and strategy consulting, media in addition to corporate finance services. With a strong focus on emerging applications using silicon and/or micro manufacturing: technology or process, Yole Développement group has expanded to include more than 50 associates worldwide covering MEMS, Compound Semiconductors, LED, Image Sensors, Optoelectronics, Microfluidics & Medical, Photovoltaics, Advanced Packaging, Manufacturing, Nanomaterials and Power Electronics. The group supports industrial companies, investors and R&D organizations worldwide to help them understand markets and follow technology trends to develop their business. www.yole.fr

Frédéric Breussin (VP of Strategic Development) is responsible for the MEMS and Sensors activity at Yole Développement, the "More than Moore" market research and strategy consulting company. He has supported many companies in their innovation and product development strategy in making the bridge between micro systems technologies and their applications in consumer, automotive, industrial, Life sciences, diagnostics and medical device industries. He holds an Engineering diploma from INSA Rouen & a DEA in fluid mechanics from University of Rouen.

The ZEISS Group develops and distributes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, measuring technology, microscopes, medical technology, eyeglass lenses, movie and camera lenses, binoculars and planetarium technology. It emerged from a workshop for precision mechanics and optics which was established by company founder Carl Zeiss in the east German city of Jena in 1846. Today, Carl Zeiss is headquartered in Oberkochen in the southwest of Germany. www.zeiss.com

Hannes Scheibe (Team Leader of Optics Manufacturing Technology) has joined ZEISS in 2010 as a working student and, after having received his master’s degree from Ilmenau University in 2012, began his career as a development engineer for ultraprecision machines with focus on optics manufacturing technologies. In parallel, he wrote his PhD thesis on full aperture polishing technologies for aspheres which he finished in 2016. Since 2017 he is heading a development group for optics manufacturing technologies at Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH which concentrates on ultraprecision grinding and polishing technologies for freeform optics and aspheres.

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Zemax began delivering optical software and services to help engineers, scientists, researchers, and students bring their ideas into reality. For more than 26 years, we’ve remained true to the vision of our founder Dr. Ken Moore: to offer a rock-solid physics architecture, to uphold a culture of excellence and innovation, and to always listen to our customers. Zemax software helps companies get to a qualified design quickly by streamlining the workflow and communication between optical and mechanical engineers. Zemax Virtual Prototyping tools include OpticStudio®, the industry-leading optical design software, and LensMechanix®, the powerful SOLIDWORKS® Certified Gold Partner add-in for optomechanical development. OpticStudio and LensMechanix use the same physics core relied on by NASA and industry leaders to analyze and validate complete product designs. In addition to unmatched software value, we offer comprehensive technical support and introductory, advanced, and customized training. Our global team serves customers in English, Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. With headquarters in the Seattle area and offices in the UK, Japan, Taiwan, and China, we’re proud to have the most passionate, worldwide user base in the industry. www.zemax.com

Eleonore Waddelow (Business Development Manager) studied at University of Bordeaux in France where she earned a master’s degree in International Business. For the past 3 years, she has been promoting and providing Zemax software solutions to various European companies. She is now responsible for the development of sales of Zemax products in the DACH region.

24IP Law Group is an intellectual property consultancy and law firm with offices in Munich, Berlin, Paris, Basel and the United States. We advise clients on coordinating intellectual property strategies with business plans, develop IP strategies, and advise on protection and commercialization of intellectual property. We provide IP due diligence services to investors, mediation and arbitration services to help resolve IP disputes as well as preparing and prosecuting patent, design and trademark applications. www.24ip.com

Robert Harrison (Joint Managing Partner) is an experienced business executive with almost 30 years’ experience in advising clients at the interface of technology management, business development and intellectual property. His focus is on developing intellectual property portfolios and commercialisation strategies for start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in the field of semiconductors, photonics, electronics, biophysics and software. He has advised investors on legal aspect of intellectual property and its value as well as on third party infringement risks.

4ISP is the exclusive distributor of HSG lasers for Germany, Poland, Czech republic, and Slovakia. There are over 38 HSG laser installed since the company foundation in 2012. Our customers receive comprehensive care, from picking and testing the right machine, operational cost consultation over


shipping to installation and service. Our new showroom EURAZIO Center is going to be opened in summer 2018. There will be more than 80 machines including the largest and most powerful cutting fiber lasers permanently on display. That includes milling, CO2 lasers and other CNC machinery too. Our priority is showing machines in action, so that our customers could try those out. We strive to provide a full service. www.4isp.eu

Petr Tůma (CEO) had studied economics until he had to quit in order to take over his father’s company. His entrepreneurship first excelled with the StraighCore brand of wireless internet access products. In the last twenty years, he expanded his business activities importing technology products from China. The original company specialization in 2010 were CCTV systems when Carl Fruth bought a share in the company and the portfolio expanded to CNC machines and lasers. The company sees a quick growth in the area of industrial lasers as well as CNC machines. Recently, Autodesk partners 4ISP in its plans to enter the Chinese market with their latest technology.

Dagmar Smrčinová (COO, Marketing Director) has a long experience in project leadership on a government level. For their successfully finished project in previous job positions she was 4 times awarded by Ministry of foreign trade of Czech Republic. She entered 4ISP company in 2013 as a marketing director. Currently she is responsible for daily operations, marketing, and leading of the most important projects including development and construction of Eurazio Center - the biggest laser CNC machinery shows and sales center in Europe, which is currently in development

in Modletice on a border of Prague. This center will be opened September 6, 2019. Mrs. Smrcinova is as well responsible for setting up of internal workflows, which have to correspondent with fast growing of 4ISP company, which currently operated in 5 countries in Europe.

EPIC is the European industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organisations working in the field of photonics. Our members encompass the entire value chain from LED lighting, PV solar energy, Silicon photonics, Optical components, Lasers, Sensors, Displays, Projectors, Optic fiber, and other photonic related technologies. We foster a vibrant photonics ecosystem by maintaining a strong network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement. EPIC works closely with related industries, universities, and public authorities to build a more competitive photonics industrial sector, capable of both economic and technological growth in a highly competitive world-wide marketplace. www.epic-assoc.com

Carlos Lee (Director General) brings with him a background in microelectronics which was acquired through several management positions held at the international association SEMI. He has been responsible in Europe for the SEMI International Standards program, managed technical and executive programs, and together with the advisory board advocated for a more competitive semiconductor and photovoltaic manufacturing industry. Carlos has a BBA in Finance and an MBA in Leadership & Change Management from United Business Institutes. He lives with his spouse and three children in Belgium.

Jose Pozo (Director of Technology) is a Senior Photonics specialist with extensive background in technology, market knowledge and an eye for business opportunities, with 14+ years of professional background. Experienced at building consortia and supply chains for the development of innovative solutions towards improving the state of the art of the Photonics Industry. Highly regarded scientist as well as an award-winning conference speaker with over 70 publications (including a Nature

paper in 2015). Member of the board of IEEE Photonics Society – Benelux.

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Neringa Norbutaite (Events Manager) is a conferences and events professional with interest and experience in HR, marketing and sales. Her previous background includes extensive experience in talent acquisition, events & PCO (professional conferences organizer) companies where she was responsible for team management. She has organized numerous international events from 50 up to 2000 people, in Europe and USA. Neringa graduated business information management as BA (2012, Lithuania), human resources management as MA (2015, Lithuania) & was studying international events management during her exchange semester (2010, the Netherlands).

Auri Ripoll (Marketing Manager) received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona and a Masters in Marketing Management from EAE Business School. She started her career as a scientific professional working for over nine years in several companies. She has worked as a marketing manager in a chemical distribution company where she was responsible for the marketing strategy, including branding and digital marketing actions, where she developed online advertisement and social networks campaigns. Auri has also organised the participation of companies in international exhibitions.

Ana Belén González (R&D Manager) is currently Project Leader at EPIC (European Photonics Industry Consortium). Her expertise relies on the development of systems based on integrated photonic circuits, packaging and assembly, and the investigation of applications such as chemical/biological sensing and Datacom. In addition, she has been involved in several technology transfer and business development processes. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University Autonomous of Barcelona (UAB) and her PhD degree from the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2).

Anna Feis (CFO & Photonics Investment Advisor) received a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the University of Denver. She started her career in private wealth management at a boutique firm, following which she shifted from high net worth individual investing to corporate financial management. She worked as the Financial Controller for a group of South African construction and development companies for several years, after which she established her own financial consulting practice in 2014. She has worked with the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) since January 2016 and occupies the dual roles of the consortium’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Photonics Investment Advisor.

Martine Keim-Paray (Manager Administration) joined EPIC in May 2005. She is responsible for the administration and the finances of the Consortium. She also is in charge of the relations with the membership and handles the dissemination of information and maintenance of EPIC’s website and extranet. She studied contemporary literature and languages and obtained a degree of commercial translator. She has worked extensively in the chemical industry, most recently for the group Dynamit Nobel, in Germany and in France.

Jasmine Vlietinck (Events Support) has a bachelor’s degree in business administration acquired at United Business Institutes in Brussels, Belgium. She has over 15 years’ experience in training and coaching on numerous topics: communication and presentations skills, self and team-leadership management, and other topics to enhance a company’s performance. Her clients include large multinationals, as well as the European Commission and Parliament. Jasmine is a freelancer, currently supporting the EPIC team with some of their events.


29–31 January 2018 — EPIC Networking Golf, Networking Reception & Executive Run at Photonics West, San Francisco, USA06–08 February 2018 — EPIC Round Table on Defence at OPTRO, Paris, France15–16 February 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Testing of Optoelectronics at Yelo, Belfast, Ireland21–22 February 2018 — EPIC Tech Watch at W3+FAIR, Wetzlar, Germany13 March 2018 — EPIC Networking Reception at OFC, San Diego, USA27–28 March 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Infrared Imaging at Sofradir, Grenoble, France09 April 2018 — EPIC VIP Party at PIC International, Brussels, Belgium18–20 April 2018 — EPIC AGM 15th Anniversary, Berlin, Germany17–19 May 2018 — EPIC 3rd EU-Asia Laser Industry Summit, Shenzhen, China22–23 May 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Automation Tools for Packaging & Testing at PI, Karlsruhe, Germany30 May 2018 — EPIC Corporate Investors and Business Angels Dinner, Barcelona, Spain04–05 June 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Industrial Lasers at TRUMPF, Ditzingen, Germany07 June 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Lasers and Material Processing at LASYS, Stuttgart, Germany11–12 June 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Singlemode vs Multimode Communication at CommScope, Kessel-Lo, Belgium17 July 2018 — EPIC Photonics 6Km Run, Munich, Germany05–08 September 2018 — EPIC Tech Watch at CIOE, Shenzhen, China24 September 2018 — EPIC VIP Party at ECOC, Rome, Italy26 September 2018 — EPIC CTO Meeting on Lighting Technologies and Applications, Bregenz, Austria27 September 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Lighting & Laser Projection for the Entertainment Industry, Bregenz, Austria18–19 October 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) at Sony, Stuttgart, Germany07 November 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Hyperspectral Imaging at VISION, Stuttgart, Germany15–16 November 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Environmental Monitoring at Avantes, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands03–04 December 2018 — EPIC Meeting on Photonics for Ophthalmology, Barcelona, Spain (TBC)

EPIC EVENT CALENDAR 2018

EXPLORING MARKETS EXPANDING APPLICATIONS CONNECTING PEOPLE

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EPIC events and meetings are designed to address critical photonics manufacturing issues. Participants are decision makers and industry experts, representingthe entire value chain from research, design, manufacturing, and the needs of the customer. Mainly on invitation, EPIC members are always welcome!

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