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EPIC Annual General Meeting

Eindhoven, The Netherlands 6 – 7 April 2017

Hosted by

High Tech Campus Eindhoven and Photon Delta

Sponsored by: Province of Noord Brabant

EPIC Annual General Meeting 2017

Useful

Wynwood

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Kazerne Bar Bistro Calypso

O’sheas Irish Pub

De Vooruitgang

Mood Restaurant

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�� Food and drinks- where to go? Local recommendations!

Bert-Jan Woertman, Director Marketing & Sales, High Tech Campus Eindhoven

• Late dinner and drinks: www.bistrocalypso.nl or www.osheaseindhoven.com• For drinks after dinner: www.de-vooruitgang.nl

Frans Schmetz, Managing Director, High Tech Campus Eindhoven

• Visit De Kazerne for a unique combination of food, drinks and design/art: www.kazerne.com• Go to Moods for a good business lunch/dinner: www.moodeindhoven.nl

Ewit Roos, Managing Director, PhotonDelta

• Go to Wynwood for dinner to Strijp S, the former Philips buildings and now cultural hotspot of Eindhoven: www.wynwood.nl• Lunch and dinner: www.eetcafecooks.nl

Carmen Ferrari, Events and Marketing Manager [email protected] Mobile +31 614 544 255

Anna Feis, CFO and Photonics Investment Advisor [email protected] Mobile +27 764 464 496Carlos Lee, Director General [email protected] Mobile +37 257 620 612Martine Keim Paray, Administrator [email protected] Mobile +33 623 391 013Jose Pozo, Director of Technology and Innovation [email protected] Mobile +31 626 978 312

Onsite Contacts

�� High Tech Campus Eindhoven Inntel Hotels Art Eindhoven Evoluon Conference Centre, the Strip (Hotel and Wednesday dinner) (Thursday dinner) High Tech Campus 1 Mathildelaan 1 Noord Brabantlaan 1A 5656 AE Eindhoven 5611 BJ Eindhoven 5652 LA Eindhoven

Programme

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

20:00 Networking Dinner at Inntel Hotels Art restaurant

Thursday, 6 April 2017

06:15 Sunrise guided walking tour in EindhovenMeeting Point: Lobby of the Inntel Hotels Art

08:00 Departure by bus from Inntel Hotels ArtMeeting Point: Lobby of the Inntel Hotels Art

08:30 Welcome coffee and registration 09:00 Parallel workshops

Room Ernst + Curie, 1st floor: Workshop on Entrepreneurship Milton Chang, Managing Partner, Incubic Management Room Zeeman+Lorentz, ground floor: Workshop on Public Funding Upcoming opportunities and matchmaking, with PNO Innovation

10:30 Networking Break 11:00 Workshops Continued 12:00 Registration/roll-up set-up and lunch

13:10 Opening of the General Assembly Welcome by EPIC President – Benno Oderkerk, CEO, Avantes Welcome by Bert Pauli, Regional Minister for Economic and International Affairs, Noord Brabant Welcome by Frans Schmetz, Managing Director, High-Tech Campus Eindhoven

13:30 Presentation EPIC Activity Report – Carlos Lee, Director General and Carmen Ferrari, Events and Marketing Manager, EPIC 13:45 Preview Upcoming Events – Dr. Jose Pozo, Director of Technology, EPIC 14:00 Investment pitches, Budget 2017 + Voting Accounts 2016 approval – Anna Feis, CFO and Photonics Investment Advisor, EPIC 14:10 EPIC member challenges, questions, requests – Open to all attendees 14:15 Networking Break – Attendee free professional headshot picture!

15:00 “What if 3D printing was 100x more precise?” Michael Thiel, CTO, Nanoscribe (CTO of the year 2016 www.ctoeurope.net) 15:20 “Vertical integrator of design and production of optical and imaging products” Eric Janssen, Sales Manager, Prodrive Technologies 15:30 “A unique UV laser annealing technology for advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing” Hervé Besaucèle, CTO, Laser Systems & Solutions of Europe (LASSE) 15:40 “Unity: a new Era of semiconductor process control by using optical technologies” Gilles Fresquet, CEO, unity SC (a Fogale Nanotech Group Company) 15:50 “Photonics Bretagne: Photonics Innovation Hub in a new Photonics Park dedicated to optical fibers and their applications” by David Méchin, General Manager, Photonics Bretagne 16:00 “Novel low temperature bonding process of glass on metal and ceramics” Sébastien Brun, Founder, Sy&Se 16:10 “Versatile and high-yield fiber processing for high power applications, sensor manufacturing and the telecom sector” by Erik Böttcher, CEO, NYFORS 16:20 EPIC member challenges, questions, requests – Open to all attendees 16:35 Networking Break – Attendee free professional headshot picture!


17:15 Regional Perspective: • China: Thorsten Lind from German Innovation Center • Singapore: Tjin Swee Chuan from LUX Consortium • Russia: Denis Kovalevich from TechnoSpark 17:40 KEYNOTE: “The future of Digital Photonic Production” Dr. Reinhart Poprawe, Managing Director, Fraunhofer ILT 18:05 Invited Pitch on Entrepreneurship by Ruben Criado, CEO, Luz Wavelabs (MIT Innnovators under 35) (www.innovatorsunder35.com/innovator/ruben-criado) 18:20 Presentation of the Photonics Entrepreneurship EPIC Phoenix Award 18:30 Photonics in The Netherlands, Ewit Roos, Managing Director, PhotonDelta

18:45 Departure by bus to Evoluon 19:00 Dinner at Evoluon 22:00 Departure by bus to Inntel Hotels Art

Friday, 7 April 2017

08:00 Departure by bus from Inntel Hotels ArtMeeting Point: Lobby of the Inntel Hotels Art

08:30 Welcome coffee 09:00 KEYNOTE: “Medicine of the future: Challenges and Opportunities” Dr. Jacques Souquet, Founder and EVP, Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer, SuperSonic Imagine 09:25 KEYNOTE: “Minimally Invasive Healthcare: Smart Instruments” Benno Hendriks, Research Fellow, Philips 09:50 KEYNOTE: “Treating Blindness” by Dr. Chris Dainty, Associate, Cambridge Consultants 10:15 “Towards Digital Biopsy” by Peter Cheng Tim Kum, CEO, Endofotonics 10:25 “Advanced specialty optical fibres for biomedicine, sensing and sources” Daniel Milanese, Professor, Politecnico Di Torino 10:35 “Advanced fiber solutions for laser technologies/ medicine and industrial/ medical spectroscopy in 0.2-16μm range” by Viacheslav Artyushenko, President, art photonics 10:45 “Smart optical measurement modules - challenges and opportunities for an small value add OEM supplier in the in-vitro diagnostics market” by Ulrich Staerker, CTO, Volpi 10:55 Networking Break

11:40 KEYNOTE: “Challenges in Optronic and Photonic Technologies for Aerospace Applications” Dr. Nikolaus Schmitt, Senior Expert Optronic Systems, Airbus Group Innovations 12:10 “IRnova the Viking way for Infrared” by Eric Costard, CTO, IRnova 12:20 “Tapping latent industrial markets with photonic integrated smart sensor processors“ Brendan O'Gorman, Founder, CRUX Photonics 12:30 “Small components – MASSIVE IMPACT” by Sven Schreiber, Head of Sales, Laser Components 12:40 “Laser Measurement – from the Lab Bench to Industry 4.0” Christian Dini, Director Global Business Development, Ophir Photonics 12:50 EPIC member challenges, questions, requests – Open to all attendees 12:55 EPIC AGM 2018 – Stefan Franzke, Managing Director, Berlin Partner

13:00 Lunch 13:45 Departure by bus to Eindhoven Train Station 14:30 Departure by bus to Eindhoven Train Station + Eindhoven Airport

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First Name Last Name Job Title Company Country

Rob Harrison Managing Partner 24IP Germany

Fokko Wieringa Principal Scientist – Principal Member of Technical Staff Holst Center The Netherlands

Nader Akil Senior R&D&I Consultant PNO The Netherlands

Jérôme Alibert President & CEO GLOphotonics France

Benoit Appert-Collin Director Alphanov France

Inigo Artundo CEO VLC Photonics Spain

Viacheslav Artyushenko President art photonics Germany

Ton Backx President PhotonDelta The Netherlands

Michiel Beerens Photonics Event Manager Mikrocentrum The Netherlands

Hervé Besaucele CTO LASSE France

Peter Blatt Senior European Sales Development Manager Coherent Germany

Christian Bosshard Vice-President Thin Film Optics CSEM Switzerland

Erik Böttcher CEO NYFORS Sweden

Ronald Broeke General Manager Bright Photonics The Netherlands

Joerg Brueck Project Director W3+ FAIR FLEET Events Germany

Sebastien Brun Founder SY&SE Switzerland

Samuel Bucourt CEO & President Imagine Optic France

Stéphane Bussa Vice President Sales & Marketing Physik Instrumente (PI) Germany

Milton Chang CEO Incubic USA

Peter Cheng CEO Endofotonics Singapore

Peir Wei Chia Deputy Director National Research Foundation Singapore

Phill Christie Business Development Manager imec Belgium

Rasa Cincyte Investment Advisor Technology Invest Lithuania Lithuania

Caspar Clark CTO Helia Photonics United Kingdom

Alessio Corazza Business Development Manager SAES Getters Italy

Yan Cornil CEO Light Tec France

Eric Costard CTO IRnova Sweden

Ruben Criado CEO Luz Wavelabs Spain

Hugo da Silva Global Industry Director - LED lighting & 3D Printing Dow Corning Belgium

Chris Dainty Associate Cambridge Consultants United Kingdom

Matthew Dale Editor Europascience United Kingdom

Iwan Davies Group Technology Director IQE United Kingdom

Erwin De Baetselier CEO Luceda Belgium

Lisanne de Boer PhD Candidate Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital The Netherlands

Coen de Graaf Project Manager Innovations Province of Noord-Brabant The Netherlands

Eric de Leeuw General Manager Diamond Kimberlit The Netherlands

Hilde de Vocht Marketing Manager High Tech Campus Eindhoven The Netherlands

Benoit D'Humieres Managing Director TEMATYS France

Christian Dini Director Global Business Development Ophir Photonics Ophir Germany

Oliver Dreissigacker Editor in Chief Wiley Germany

Jean Paul Eekhout Business Development Jakajima The Netherlands

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ParticipantsFirst Name Last Name Job Title Company Country

Andrew Ellis 50th Anniversary Professor of Optical Communications Aston University United Kingdom

Florian Emaury Postdoctoral Researcher ETH Zurich Switzerland

Andreas Ewald Director Industrial Tools Sales EMEA Coherent / Rofin Germany

Martin Farnan VP Engineering FAZ Technology Ireland

Gerald Farrell Director DIT Photonics Research Centre Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland

Anna Feis CFO and Photonics Investment Advisor EPIC South Africa

Carmen Ferrari Events and Marketing Manager EPIC The Netherlands

Jeremiah Fitzgibbon Sales and Marketing Manager Gavish Israel

Ruben Fokkema Business Developer Brainport Development The Netherlands

Stefan Franzke Managing Director Berlin Partner Germany

Gilles Fresquet CEO Fogale Nanotech France

Richard Furey Director YELO United Kingdom

Henk Gerards Team manager High Tech PNO The Netherlands

Anna Lena Giesecke Group Leader AMO Germany

Mircea Guina Scientific Director ORC Finland

Paul Hartmann Director Institute Materials Joanneum Research Austria

Jukka Hast Research Professor VTT Finland

Martijn Heck Associate Professor Aarhus Denmark

Benno Hendriks Researcher Philips The Netherlands

Pieter Hermans Matchmaker for innovators Jakajima The Netherlands

Aura Higuera Rodriguez Coordinator and Application Support JePPIX The Netherlands

Frits Hoeve Project Manager Foreign Investments Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM) The Netherlands

Michael Hornung Managing Director AMO Germany

Balint Horvath Founder The Hardware Entrepreneur Switzerland

Ruth Houbertz CEO Multiphoton Optics Germany

Hans Houf Senior Business & Innovation Consultant PNO The Netherlands

Willem Hoving Senior Physics Consultant TMC Physics The Netherlands

Guillaume Huss CEO LEUKOS France

David Hutchinson Director Dodd-Walls New Zealand

Jyrki Huttunen President Oplatek Group Finland

Eric Janssen Program Manager Prodrive The Netherlands

Heiko Jessayan PRESS Het Financieele Dagblad The Netherlands

Angelika Karlowatz Business Development Thorlabs Germany

Per Karlsson CEO NorthLab Photonics Sweden

Pim Kat CEO Technobis The Netherlands

Nikolaos Kehagias Research Manager ICN2 Spain

Martine Keim-Paray Administration EPIC France

Antoine kevorkian CEO Teem Photonics France

Esther Kho PhD Candidate Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital The Netherlands

Tadas Kildusis CEO Direct Machining Control Lithuania

Nils Kirstaedter CEO Lumics Germany



Ralf Knoll Managing Director INOPTEC Germany

Gudmund Knudsen Senior Vice President OFS Denmark

Marko Koelink Business Development Manager APC The Netherlands

Johannes Koeth CEO nanoplus Germany

Athanasios Kokorakis General Manager DACH Ocean Optics Germany

Denis Kovalevich CEO and co-founder Technospark United Kingdom

Kerstin Kube-Erkens Senior Project Manager Messe Berlin Germany

Carlos Lee Director General EPIC Belgium

Herman Leenders Project Officer Partnerships PhotonDelta The Netherlands

Frank Lerch Managing Director OpTecBB Germany

Thorsten Lind Project Manager German Innovation Center Germany

Miguel Llera Adjoint scientifique HE ARC Switzerland

Jonathan Marks Editor at Large PhotonDelta The Netherlands

Oren Marmur CEO PhotonX The Netherlands

Nick Martin Managing Director AFE United Kingdom

Thomas Mayerhoefer Scientific Coordination IPHT Germany

Roy McBride Managing Director PowerPhotonic United Kingdom

David Mechin General Manager Photonics Bretagne France

Josef Meiler Regional Sales Director Europe EVG Austria

Jan Meise CEO AMS Technologies Germany

Miguel Melo CEO MW Technologies Germany

Philippe Metivier President & CEO Eolite France

Daniel Milanese Associate Professor Politecnico di Torino Italy

Jean-François Morizur President CAILabs France

Eric Mottay CEO & President Amplitude Systemes France

Bruno Mourey CTO CEA-Leti France

Joerg Muchametow CEO eagleyard Germany

Antoine Muller CEO Alpes Lasers Switzerland

Sami Musa CTO V&A-Photonics The Netherlands

Benno Oderkerk CEO Avantes The Netherlands

Brendan O'Gorman Founder Crux Photonics USA

Ichiro Ogura Chief Researcher PETRA Japan

Bert Pauli Vice-Governor Province of Noord-Brabant The Netherlands

Lars Penning Managing Director Next Scan Technology The Netherlands

Richard Penny NB-Photonics Manager NB Photonics - Ghent University Belgium

Ignazio Piacentini Director of Business Devlopment ficonTEC Germany

Marius Pilkauskas CEO Altechna Lithuania

Emmanuel Pirson Country Manager Hamamatsu Germany

Reinhart Poprawe Managing Director Fraunhofer ILT Germany

Jose Pozo Director of Technology EPIC The Netherlands

Oliver Pust Director Sales and Marketing Delta Optical Thin Film Denmark

Gediminas Raciukaitis Head of Department Laser Technology CPST Lithuania

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Guillaume Raynal Representative Institut d'Optique Graduate School France

Andre Richter General Manager VPI Photonics Germany

Gerrit Roessler Cluster Manager Berlin Partner Germany

Ewit Roos Managing Director PhotonDelta The Netherlands

Vito Roppo Sales & Engineering Manager Optosigma France

Helen Royal Business Development Plasma Therm USA

Paolo Sanna Vice President Operations Convergent Photonics Italy

Pierre Scheyvaerts Laser Consultant Coherent / Rofin Belgium

Frans Schmetz Managing Director High Tech Campus Eindhoven The Netherlands

Nikolaus Schmitt Senior Expert Optronic Systems Airbus Group Innovations Germany

Sven Schreiber Head of Sales Laser Components Germany

Josef Schug LED & Laser System Architect Lumileds Germany

Heinz Seyringer Head of Research Collaborations Zumtobel Austria

Poh Shin Regional Director Singapore EDB Germany

Jim Somers CEO Eblana Photonics Ireland

Jacques Souquet Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer SuperSonic Imagine France

Ulrich Stärker CTO Volpi Switzerland

Poul Svensgaard CEO Delta Optical Thin Film Denmark

Hugues Tariel CEO DIAFIR France

Stephen Taylor CEO Technology Scotland United Kingdom

Erik Teunissen Manager Industry PhotonDelta The Netherlands

Michael Thiel CTO Nanoscribe Germany

Swee Chuan Tjin Co-Director The Photonics Institute Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Jan Trommershausen Managing Director AEMtec Germany

Natalie Tuchapsky Sales & Marketing Director Superlum Ireland

Dainius Tumosa CEO Eksma Optics Lithuania

Frantisek Uherek Director International Laser Center Slovakia

Andreas Umbach Vice President and General Manager Finisar Germany

Ziga Valic Head of European & International Affairs Optitec France

Bob van Dijk Project Manager Innovations Province of Noord-Brabant The Netherlands

Jurgen van Eck Senior Investment manager Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM) The Netherlands

Joost van Kerkhof COO LioniX The Netherlands

Ambroise Vandewynckèle R&D&I Manager AIMEN Spain

Loet Visschers Director Economy and International Affairs Province of Noord-Brabant The Netherlands

Richard Visser CEO SMART Photonics The Netherlands

Mike Wale Director Active Products Research Oclaro United Kingdom

Matthew Wasley Knowledge Transfer Manager - Photonics KTN United Kingdom

Kurt Weingarten Chairman Lumentum Switzerland

Bert-Jan Woertman Director Marketing & Sales High Tech Campus Eindhoven The Netherlands

Bin Xu Senior Manager Huawei Germany

Thomas Zettler CEO LayTec Germany

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Company descriptions and biographies

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.

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.

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 the automotive, aerospace and medical industries. www.aemtec.com


Jan Trommershausen (Managing Director) holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the Westfaelische Wilhelms University of Muenster, Germany. He began his career in Logistics at SABO, 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 holds several Management functions, since 2010

including the position of the Managing Director at AEMtec GmbH, Berlin.

Advanced Fibreoptic Engineering (AFE) designs and manufactures fibreoptic solutions to meet specific customer requirements. We specialise in high performance products and can supply prototypes through to high volume. We package a wide range of active components including laser diodes, photodiodes, LEDs, avalanche photodiodes and can provide receptacles, fibre pigtailed components together with bidirectional modules, laser combiners etc. We also have assembly capabilities combining 3D design tools, electronics design, fibre splicing, fibre termination, environmental testing and our own mechanical workshop. We supply market leaders in instrumentation, telecommunications and sensors. We are actively seeking new markets where we can further develop our technology. www.afe-uk.com

AIMEN is a leading research centre in Materials and Process Engineering. Located in Northern Spain, it operates as private, non-profit organization to provide high tech services and resources to a wide range of industries, from automotive to energy or medical devices. The research activity of AIMEN is mainly focused in materials engineering, robotics and manufacturing processes, all oriented to industrial applications and advanced manufacturing. The Laser Applications Centre of AIMEN is a dedicated infrastructure for research and development in laser based manufacturing and industrial photonics. This 1200 m2 facility is equipped with state of the art laser-based manufacturing equipment. AIMEN conducts applied research in applications of machine vision and optical sensing, laser materials processing (thick section laser welding, cutting, surface treatment, precision laser machining, down to nanofabrication), together with system engineering and optical system development. AIMEN participates and coordinates multiple national and international research activities, both in publicly funded programs, or under industrial partnership. www.aimen.es

Ambroise Vandewynckele (R&D&I Manager) obtained his engineer degree at the Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne (France). He started at AIMEN in 2004 for R&D activities related to high power laser welding processes for automotive, shipbuilding, metal-mechanical or energy applications. He has participated in several Spanish and European projects since VI Framework Programme. From 2010 to 2013, he was head of the Laser Processing Centre of AIMEN. He is currently R&D

manager of AIMEN.

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Airbus Group is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. It comprises Airbus as a leading global manufacturer of highly innovative commercial aircraft, Airbus Defence and Space as the defence and space leader in Europe, providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft as well as space systems, equipment and services, and Airbus Helicopters which offers the world’s widest range of civil and military helicopters. Research & Technology plays a central role in Airbus Group, a global network of Technical Capabilities Centres, collectively known as Airbus Group Innovations (AGI) operates the corporate Research and Technology (R&T) laboratories that promote the Group’s technical innovation potential with a focus on the long-term. www.airbus-group.com

Nikolaus P. Schmitt (Senior Expert Optronic Systems, Dept. IC2 Automatic Flight and Communication) studied physics at Tuebingen and Munich and received a diploma in physics and a Dr. rer. nat. degree both from University of Ludwig-Maximilians- University Munich. He joined Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm in 1987, which then changed into Deutsche Aerospace / DaimlerBenz Aerospace / DaimlerChrysler / EADS / AIRBUS GROUP. He mainly worked on diode pumped solid state lasers,

MOEMS, LIDAR systems, optical communication (free space and fiber) as well as all kind of optical sensors (imaging and nonimaging) for aeronautics, space, automotive and defence. After being manager for laser systems and research team leader for a long while, he became senior expert optronics systems at AIRBUS (formerly EADS) in 2006 and is chairing the Airbus group wide research and technology group on optics/optronics.

Alpes Lasers is a one stop shop for laser sources in the mid-infrared, it is component manufacturer providing Quantum Cascade Lasers to integrators of chemical detection systems applied to markets as diverse as combustion monitoring, industrial security or medical diagnostic. The devices operate CW at room temperature with mW to W range powers single- or multi-mode and emit up to 3 to 23 microns. The company concentrates on design and quality assurance thanks to its fabless operation. www.alpeslasers.ch

Antoine Müller (CEO) studied Solid State Physics at the University of Geneva and received a PhD in Physics in 1995 for his work in Quantum Cryptography with Professor N. Gisin. He held a post-doctoral position on the same subject at the University of Geneva and later at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, USA. In 1998, he joined Professor Faist's group of mesoscopic physics at the University of Neuchâtel to work on electrical tuning in QCLs. In 1998, he co-founded Alpes Lasers SA and acts as CEO

since the foundation.


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

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.

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

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.

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Anna Lena Giesecke (Group Leader Nanophotonics) obtained her diploma in physics from the Institute of Quantum Optics of Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. Afterwards, for PhD research she performed experiments with highest power lasers in Düsseldorf, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in UK and in Belfast and received a PhD in laser and plasma physics from the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. She joined AMO GmbH in 2013 and is head of the nanophotonics group. Her main

research areas are laser sources, integrated silicon photonics and nanophotonics for optical communication technologies and biophotonic and sensor applications.

Amplitude Systemes develops and manufactures diode-pumped ultrafast solid-state lasers for scientific and industrial applications. Amplitude Systemes, together with its sister company Amplitude Technologies, is the only company which offers all ultrafast laser technologies available today, from industrial fiber lasers to high energy Petawatt class Ti:Sapphire lasers. Industrial application include: Analytical chemistry, Lab-on-chip, Ophthalmology, Medical devices, Micro-machining, Internal engraving. Scientific applications include: Cellular imaging, Pump-probe, Nano-surgery, Analytical chemistry, Lab-on-chip, Free Electron Lasers. www.amplitude-systemes.com

Eric Mottay (CEO & President) founded Amplitude Systemes in 2001 which is now a leader in diode-pumped ultrafast lasers. Eric graduated from the Ecole Superieure d’Optique, Orsay, in 1985, and has since specialized in laser development and manufacturing. During his career, He developed and brought to the market numerous solid-state lasers, is the author of many scientific papers and holds several patents in the field.

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.


Advanced Packaging Center (APC) positions itself as a one-stop-shop supplier for full packaging development solutions (die-attach or sintering/wire-bond/molding) for semiconductor-, sensor- , power- and medical/optical devices (incl MEMS, LEDs and SiP/SoC). We focus on large, complex or advanced packages of low-mid volume with large flexibility or added-value. Our strength is encapsulation (molding) and silver-sintering (bonding technology). APC will enable customers to reduce time to market with advanced packaging solutions for their products by taking integral project responsibility for customer packaging projects. APC can assist customers to transfer from prototyping to mass production. Recently in-house production has been developed for low-mid volume products with high added value. APC is active in the realization of optical package solutions for example for the automotive industry and solar industry (CPV). they are participating in several European projects. www.APCenter.nl

Marco Koelink (Business Development Manager) holds a PhD/MSc in Applied Physics from the University of Twente and an MBA from Tilburg University. He has a diverse background with a.o. Philips and NXP in the semiconductor industry, display technology, solid state lighting, medical and industrial equipment. His previous roles include Development Manager for NXP RF Power, Director Materials Analysis for Philips Research and Market Intelligence manager for Philips Lighting.

As a Business Development Manager with Advanced Packaging Center he is currently responsible for marketing and sales activities.

The Netherlands Cancer Institute was established on October 10, 1913. The founders wanted to create a cancer institute 'where patients suffering from malignant growths could be treated adequately and where cancer and related diseases could be studied'. It is the only dedicated cancer center in The Netherlands and maintains an important role as a national and international center of scientific and clinical expertise, development and training. At the Division of Surgical Oncology the main research line focuses on image guided surgery, specifically intra-operative navigation and tissue recognition by new biomedical techniques. Specific attention is focused on the use of optical spectroscopy for the diagnosis of tumor tissue. www.avl.nl

Esther Kho (PhD Candidate) received her M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, in 2014. She performed internships at the Medical University Hospital in Groningen and Utrecht, The Netherlands, and her graduation project at the Robarts Research Institute in Canada. Since 2015, she has been working towards the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Surgery at the Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van

Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her research concerns the development, testing and clinical evaluation of a hyper/multispectral imaging system, that can be used to visualize tumor tissue, for image guided surgery.

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Lisanne de Boer (PhD Candidate) graduated in the master track Robotics & Imaging in 2013 at the University Twente. After her graduation she proceeded her graduation project with a PhD-position in the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital /Netherlands Cancer Institute. This research project focuses on the use of optical spectroscopy for improving the surgical treatment of breast cancer.

art photonics GmbH was founded in Adlershof in 1998 to develop and produce specialty fibers, fiber probes, laser cables and bundles for very broad spectral range from UV to Mid IR. While FlexiRay® fiber cables and bundles are focused on applications in laser technologies and medicine, the other product line FlexiSpec® provides the best fiber solutions for process-spectroscopy in biotechnologies, in chemical, petrochemical, pharma and food industries. FlexiSpec® fiber probes enable biomedical tissue diagnostics in-vivo and can be used for environment pollution monitoring in a field. www.artphotonics.com

Viacheslav Artyushenko (President) was born on January 2nd, 1954, in Stalingrad, Russia. In 1977 he has got his diploma in physics in Moscow and started work in General Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of USSR. In 1981 he has got PhD in Physics - focused on his pioneering development of polycrystalline fiber optics for Mid IR-range (3-17μm). His work results were published in multiple articles and patents on development of IR-optical materials, fibre optics, laser medicine, fibre

spectroscopy, optical diagnostic, etc. Since 1987 he has organized several SPIE conferences on Infrared Fiber Optics and Laser Medicine in USA & USSR and in 1989 has started with colleagues the Soviet Chapter of SPIE as its 1st scientific secretary. In 1990 V. Artyushenko has made spin-off of his scientific lab at GPI to the joint Soviet-German-American venture – one of the 1st JV in USSR, and in 1998 he has founded art photonics. Today the company has reached worldwide leading position in production of fiber products for very broad spectral range – from UV to Mid InfraRed, - including FlexiSpec® fibre probes for process-spectroscopy, FlexiRay® high power laser cables and fibre bundles & sensors.

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, the

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

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 ZAB 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

Stefan Franzke (Managing Director) After graduating in mechanical engineering from the University of Hanover, Dr. Stefan Franzke became managing director at the Institut für Integrierte Produktion in Hanover. As the head of the Innovation Center Lower Saxony beginning in 2003, he intensified his know-how in in the field of strategy consulting for innovations and key technologies and advised international investors in their relocation process. Additionally as the managing director of

Innovatives Niedersachsen, he was responsible for the national and international marketing of the federal state starting in 2006. Since July 1, 2014 Dr. Stefan Franzke is the CEO at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology.

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.

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Brabant Development Agency (BOM) is an economic development company that is committed to enable companies in Brabant to grow their business. Together with a network of partners, BOM provides knowledge, capital, talent, market and facilities to companies with growth ambitions and growth potential. These companies devise solutions to economic and social issues. In this way BOM contributes to an innovative and resilient Brabant economy. www.bom.nl

Frits Hoeve (Project Manager BOM Foreign Investments) supports companies from abroad who have the intention starting up their business in the Province of North-Brabant. His focus is on companies active in the field of High Tech Systems and Materials. BOM Foreign Investments provides information on regional and domestic regulations, tax rules and business climate. They also support the site selection process. Next to that, opening up their large network enables entrepreneurs to have

a soft and smooth landing in our region. This helps to accelerate business and innovation.

Jurgen van Eck (Senior Investment manager) is an investment and strategic business development professional with 20+ years of experience in turning technology into viable business for B2B businesses. His focus is on high-tech companies, with a strong emphasis on semiconductor and equipment businesses. He currently serves as Supervisory Board member/observer or active shareholder in a personal portfolio of 8 companies, several related to or active in photonics. Next to and before that he

founded a boutique consultancy Gaia Advisory to assist startups and SMEs in business planning and fundraising. This was preceded by an extensive period at ASML in a senior role in Strategic Business Development, where he was leading new business development, business strategy, technology scouting, partnering and M&A activities. He was also responsible for introduction of ASML’s first factory control product in a business development and product marketing role.

Brainport Development has established itself as an international high tech hotspot, centered around Eindhoven, by focusing on key enabling technologies like Photonics. Every company is searching for technologies that are thousands of times faster, cheaper and smarter. Working together means you create advantages that never happen if you operate on your own. Eindhoven, the city of light, maintains a lead in both Integrated Photonics research as well as related business applications in telecom, healthcare and advanced sensors. Be part of our high-tech growth accelerator. www.brainport.nl/en

Ruben Fokkema (Business Developer) is responsible for international business development at Brainport Development, the economic development agency of the metropolitan region of Eindhoven. He assists international companies in their relocation process. Services, free of charge and all provided on a confidential basis, include real estate search, hr & recruitment, networkintroductions, and guidance on formal matters. He received a MSc in Public Administration. In previous jobs he

worked as a headhunter for executive and non-executive positions.


BRIGHT Photonics provides business and research with photonic IC (PIC) expertise. In case of product development customers profit from a reduced time to market by avoiding pitfalls and by selecting the right solutions for PIC and package. You want to design yourself? Then BRIGHT assists with state of the art specialised open source software solution Nazca-Design, training and functional IP-blocks. Design validation maximises your chance of PIC success for any given foundry. Do you have a clean room? We help you implement a custom PDK. BRIGHT where you need it. www.brightphotonics.eu

Ronald Broeke (CEO) has a background in physics, photonical engineering and business intelligence in Europe and the US. Ronald is excited to combine these interests in the photonics market.

CAILabs, develops and sells solutions to manipulate the spatial properties of coherent light for the Telecom market (spatial multiplexer) and industrial lasers. It is derived from quantum optical principles developed at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel. With a growth of 43% per year of internet traffic, reducing the cost of network infrastructure is more strategic than ever for telecom operators (€ 1,200 billion in revenue worldwide in 2010). Conventional optical fibre is reaching its limits, and the next generation of fibre will use spatial multiplexing (i.e. using different shapes of the light in the fibre) to increase bandwidth by a factor of 10 or more. Located in Rennes, the start-up was created in 2013. 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 Healthecare European award in 2016.

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

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Chris Dainty (Associate) obtained his PhD from Imperial College London in 1972 and has held academic appointments at The University of Rochester, Imperial College London and The National University of Ireland, Galway. He is currently with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and is an Associate with Cambridge Consultants. He was President of The International Commission for Optics 1990-1993 and OSA President in 2011. He has received a number of honours and awards, most recently the OSA's

Robert Hopkins Leadership Award in 2017, and in 2008 was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. His technical expertise is in the field of imaging.

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.

Coherent | Rofin is a global leader in laser technology, spanning scientific, medical and industrial applications. We employ more than 5000 persons around the globe and have sales and service companies in all major industrialized countries. Through the acquisition of Rofin last year, Coherent has both complemented its technology portfolio with high power fiber lasers and with turnkey systems for end-customers. www.coherent.com

Andreas Ewald (Director Industrial Tools Sales EMEA) is a 52 years old Swiss citizen with a BA in electrical engineering and a MA in business administration. His experience with industrial laser applications started with a 10 year employment with Bystronic, a Swiss manufacturer of Laser cutting machines. For 6 years he was responsible for global service, the 4 years in sales a s head of Eastern Europe. He moved on to Rofin-Lasag, a Swiss manufacturer of laser solutions for micro markets,

as Managing Director for 4 years. Then he served one year as VP markets in the Rofin group. During the merger with Coherent he was the integration project manager and since a few month he works as director of European tools sales.


Peter Blatt (Senior European Sales Development Manager): Peter studied physics at the University of Heidelberg and earned his PhD for a study of laser scattering at a relativistic electron beam. After a post-doc position at the MPI for Nuclear Research, Peter joined Coherent in 1989. Over the last 25 years, he worked in various market segments, including scientific research, display & reprographics and high power laser surface treatment. Currently, Peter is responsible for the European medical

laser market and is coordinating Coherent’s interaction with optical societies in Europe.

Pierre Scheyvaerts born in Duisburg (Germany) 1949 is a graduate in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Engineer). He started his career in 1978 as Marketing and Sales Manager for Laser Optronics GmbH until 1999 and from 2000 until 2014 as General Manager for the Benelux organisation of ROFIN Laser (acquired by Coherent).

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

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

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Gediminas Račiukaitis (Head of Department of Laser Technologies) graduated from Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics in 1978 and got PhD degree in 1985 in field of non-linear spectroscopy. Since 1995, he is with the Ekspla and currently holds position as a consultant on laser technologies. His activity related to application of lasers in industry was moved to the Institute of Physics in 2004. Since February 2011 the laboratory was converted to the Department of Laser Technologies. 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 industry. Currently, he is coordinating the large European FP7 IP project APPOLO on assessment of laser based equipment with 22 partners across Europe.

CRUX Photonics is an early stage startup, dedicated to delivering a step-change to Structural Heath Monitoring solutions. CRUX develops new analog-agnostic, fog-analytic sensor networks, which leverage existing advanced technologies through new and innovative hybrid integration. Our objective is to help provide future-proofing, safety, efficiency and extended service-life for large-scale production assets and civil infrastructure. Our focus is to overcome legacy technology limitations in order to achieve strong product-market-fit solutions for the most demanding market sectors with critical assets operating in harsh and remote environments. www.cruxphotonics.com

Brendan O’Gorman (Founder) is an international serial entrepreneur with over 30 years’ start-up and operational experience. Since age 16, he has been an intuitive, market-focused business developer, sourcing resources and driving growth in challenging, complex and competitive business environments. His wide professional experience ranges from enterprise software, data com, trade skilled and traditional markets in North America, Europe and South Asia. He brings an inventive and

visionary enthusiasm for company development. Brendan’s first involvement in photonics was in 1991, as founder of Canada’s first private, institutional market ISP (Trov Data Systems), operating an in-house fiber multiplexing terminal (Nortel FMT-150) with dedicated intercity CO link, in Toronto, Ontario. Currently, Brendan and the team are developing CRUX Photonics as an industry game-changer.

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).

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

Poul Svensgaard (CEO) holds an MSC. EE from the Technical University of Copenhagen. After 15 years of experience in various international sales and product marketing management positions, Poul was in 2008 employed as Senior Vice President of DELTA Light and Optics from 2008 and CEO of Delta Optical Thin Film A/S from January 2015. He has over 20 years experience in managing various high-tech BtB businesses. He is a Danish citizen with several years working experience

from both Germany and Australia.

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.

Diafir, created in June 2011, has designed an innovative diagnostic system as an alternative to biopsy. Ensued from the results of the Glass and Ceramic Lab of the Rennes 1 University and INSERM, the diagnostic system is based on a patented IR sensor which enables identifying a sound or pathological environment by a simple contact. It aims at an early detection of chronic or infectious diseases, as well as cancerous tumors. www.diafir.com

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Hugues Tariel (CEO and Founder) was involved in M&A process during his 15-year career in multinational companies like Saint Gobain or Umicore before starting Diafir together with five associates in June 2011. Diafir already raised capital twice for more than € 1 million and aiming to a third round soon with a target to maintain company long term independence and sustainability.

DIAMOND is successfully serving MEDICAL, INDUSTRIAL, SPACE and MILITARY markets for more then 30 years as a worldwide leading supplier of HIGH PRECISION FIBER OPTIC SOLUTIONS. Known to be dynamic and innovative, we are able to carry out reliable, customized solutions, responding to increasingly demanding customer requirements. www.diamond-kimberlit.nl

Eric de Leeuw (Managing Director) started his work with Diamond Kimberlit B.V. beginning 2007. Before he joined Diamond Kimberlit B.V. he was sales manager for GE thermal validation . He also worked in field of industrial sensors as export manager Endress & Hauser in Germany for 11 years.

Direct Machining Control creates software “DMC” that control laser machines. Applications range from laser micromachining like laser etching, drilling, engraving to laser additive manufacturing (SLS, SLM, SLA, 2PP). DMC is a fusion between CAD/CAM and machine control software focused specifically on laser applications. It combines motion trajectory generation based on 2D or 3D CAD models and controlling a wide range of hardware (positioning stages, galvo scanners, lasers, cameras, various sensors) to perform laser machining with user defined parameters. Direct Machining Control works together with variety of motion control companies, laser micromachining R&D centers and system integrators to provide laser system users a user intuitive and efficient way to control their laser machines. www.directmachining.com

Tadas Kildušis (Co-founder and CEO) holds a physics degree and graduated from the Vilnius University in 2008. From 2007 to 2010 he worked at the UAB “Fima”, electronic systems integrator company as a sales engineer. His area of work was intelligent transport systems (ITS), speed enforcement, parking solutions, road condition monitoring solutions, etc. From 2011 to 2014 he worked at Workshop of Photonics (Altechna R&D) as sales engineer, CEO. His area of work there were sales

of laser application development services, laser micromachining systems and managing laser application development lab. In 2014 he co-founded Direct Machining Control he works on the software for laser machines in R&D and industrial sectors.


The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies is a New Zealand national Centre of Research Excellence. We generate new photonic technologies and devices in sensing, imaging, measurement, and the sources and components used in many industrial processing systems. We work on R&D projects and provide technical assistance for industry, prototype development, and commercialization of new technology. Our centre also has expertise at the cutting-edge of technological achievement in precision measurement and manipulation of materials at the atomic scale, which are proving transformational in instrumentation, new devices and information. www.doddwalls.ac.nz

David Hutchinson (Director) is also a professor of physics at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Whilst his own background and research remain in theoretical quantum physics, he is strongly engaged with New Zealand's industry sector through the Centre. A significant focus of this activity is on the use of sensing technology, mainly photonics, as applied to primary industries, especially agriculture, and geosensing. But be careful, David is just as likely to want to talk to you about the

connections between quantum physics and number theory as partnering together on photonics for AgTech.

Dow Corning provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products and services via the company’s Dow Corning® and XIAMETER® brands. Innovative silicon-based optical and thermal management solutions from Dow Corning help customers to seal, protect, adhere, cool and shape light across all LED lighting applications. Solutions span the entire value chain from LED chip fabrication, LED packaging to lamps and Luminaire design and assembly. Collaboration with LED lighting makers to create new LED lighting designs is one of Dow Corning’s strategies. www.dowcorning.com

Hugo da Silva (Global industry director) works with Dow Corning’s LED lighting business and 3D printing two of the fastest growing areas within the company. Based at Dow Corning’s European headquarters in Seneffe, Belgium, Hugo leads global business development for solid-state lighting customers and additive manufacturing who are innovating in the lighting, automotive, medical and several other markets that benefits from Optics and printed parts. Hugo joined Dow Corning

in 2010 as a global marketing manager for LED lighting applications. Over the course of his 19-year career, he has contributed in a number of roles, including sales, product development, project management, marketing and innovation. During that time, Hugo has been at the forefront of the LED lighting revolution, collaborating closely with global industry leaders in both mature and emerging markets, in 2014 he also started the efforts over the company’s 3D Printing activities that was consolidated and accelerated in 2016 leveraging form his expertise and connections established in the industry for almost 20 years. Hugo has earned two degrees from Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo, Brazil: a bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering, and a master’s in Marketing. He has also completed financial business training from FGV in Brazil.

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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

Gerald Farrell (Founder and Director) leads a multinational research team of researchers focusing on several areas of optical fiber sensing research, for example micro-fiber and nanofiber sensors. Prof. Farrell has led several long-term research collaborations with research groups in China, Poland and Australia. He has over 330 publications in the area of photonics. He has been involved in a number of research networks, such as the EU COST Action on Optical Sensors. Prof. Farrell is also a

visiting professor in China at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and at Harbin Engineering University and is a member of the OSA and SPIE.

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

Jörg Muchametow, (CEO) graduated in Electronics at the Technical University Berlin. During the first years of his career he was involved in developing telecommunication systems. In 1990, Jörg joined Siemens as a development engineer for the development of fiber-optic transceivers. After a fast-track career, Jörg held worldwide profit and loss responsibility for laser components with revenues in excess of $10 million. In 2001, he moved to a Munich start-up company

as director of their laser fab in Berlin. Together with Thomas Laurent he founded eagleyard Photonics in 2002, where he is now CEO.


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.

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 company Ekspla. In 2008 he moved to the position of Director R&D in Eksma Optics, and since 2013 he has been the CEO of Eksma Optics. 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.

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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

Anna Feis (Accounts & Administration) holds a BSBA in International Business from the University of Denver (2008) and a Master of Science in History from the University of Edinburgh (2010). Her career started in wealth management in the US, and following a move to South Africa in 2011, she fulfilled the position of Financial Controller for a group of construction and development companies. In 2014, she transitioned into fulltime financial and administrative change management

consultation. She joined the EPIC team in January 2016.

Carmen Ferrari (Events and Marketing Manager) is a certified meetings professional with a bachelor in business administration. Carmen is passionate about bringing people together and has a wealth of experience in facilitating interaction among individuals. Her role includes management of events and expands to any form of online/offline interaction among experts and leaders of the international photonics industry.

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.

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.


EOLITE Systems has been launched in 2004 to provide new photonic solutions in instrumentation and laser systems to the scientific and industrial communities. EOLITE Systems has built up a solid know-how in Q-switched fiber lasers and developed original and patented solutions to produce short polarized laser pulses with very excellent beam quality. New technologies such as the rod type fiber were introduced to reach high average power frequency tunable pulsed fiber lasers. These important developments enabled for the first time to produce high power harmonics: green and UV and makes EOLITE to be the pioneer in this field. www.eolite.com

Philippe Métivier (President) is President of Eolite Systems in France and Director of ESI inc. (Portland-Oregon) laser business unit. Prior to launching Eolite Systems in 2004, Philippe 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.

ETH Zurich is a one of top leading university in Europe and in the world since its foundation in 1855 in Zürich, Switzerland. Over the decades, multiple connections have been developed and fostered with universities and companies all over the world, leading to more than 400 approved projects within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP7). The Department of Physics (D-PHYS, www.phys.ethz.ch) and the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-ITET, www.ee.ethz.ch) have in particular a long experience working in the field of photonics. With several national centers of competence in research (NCCR), state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories (FIRST, FastLab, etc.), ETH Zurich is pushing the frontiers in the fields of quantum optics, quantum cascade laser, ultrafast lasers, THz, optical communications, nanophotonics and several other areas. www.ethz.ch

Florian Emaury (Project Manager) leads the startup project MicPulse in collaboration with ETH Zürich. After graduating in 2010 from the IOGS in Paris (MSc in Photonics/Physics), his career started with engineer experiences in Fianium (UK) and Coherent (CA, USA) before joining ETH Zürich to obtain a PhD in Physics in 2015. Since then Florian is devoting to commercialise semiconductor femtosecond lasers to offers cutting edge and affordable short pulse lasers to support research and

industrial personnel to perform advanced multi-photon processes at their desired wavelength.

Europascience magazine 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

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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.

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

FAZ Technology is the Fugro Global Centre of Excellence for optical R&D, with primary offices in Dublin, Ireland and The Hague, Netherlands. FAZ specialize 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 have 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.

ficonTEC is a premier supplier of semi- and fully-automated optical device assembly and testing systems for the optical industry, including HPLD manufacturing, fiber-optics and opto-electronics, medical technology, security and military applications, R&D, telecommunications, and others. ficonTEC's automation solutions are based on its expertise in process technology and systems engineering where each solution is appropriately customized from a proven line of system platforms. www.ficontec.com


Ignazio Piacentini (Director of Business Development) has taken up his current position at ficonTEC in Achim, Germany, in August 2015. 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). In earlier times he he has spent many years working for the European Commission (Euratom) designing control and data acquisition systems for the thermonuclear fusion research

community. He has an extensive background also on machine vision and robotics accumulated both in small design-bureau like companies (Italy) and large companies like National Instruments (USA).

Finisar is a global technology leader in optical communications. Our world-class products enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For 25 years, we have created critical breakthroughs in optics technology and supplied system manufacturers with the production volumes needed to meet the exploding demand for network bandwidth. Finisar's industry-leading products include optical transceivers, optical engines, active optical cables, optical components, optical instrumentation, ROADM & wavelength management, optical amplifiers, and RF-over-Fiber. www.finisar.com

Andreas Umbach (Vice President and CTO) studied physics at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt and at Technische Universität Berlin, where he received his Dipl. Phys. degree. In 1989 he joined the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut in Berlin (HHI). His work in the department of microfabrication technology concentrated on design and technology of HEMTs and high-speed integrated photodetectors based on Indium Phosphide. In 1998 he co-founded u2t Photonics and as CEO lead it to grow to ~140

employees and to become the worldwide leader of 40 and 100Gbit/s optical receivers until it was acquired by Finisar in 2014.

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 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.fleet-events.de

Jörg Brück (Project Director W3+ FAIR) 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 since 2013.

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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 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, modeling and simulation as well as system technology for your innovations. www.ilt.fraunhofer.de

Reinhart Poprawe (Managing Director) holds a M. A. in Physics degree from the California State University in Fresno which he received in 1977. After completion of his diploma and PhD in physics (Darmstadt 1984) he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen where he began working as head of the department „Laser oriented process development“ in 1985. From 1989 to 1/1996 he has been managing director of Thyssen Laser Technik GmbH in Aachen. Since February 1996

he is managing director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and holds the University Chair for Laser Technology at the RWTH Aachen. Currently he is a member of the board in the AKL Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e. V. Aachen. Prof. Poprawe has been elected to the grade of Fellow in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in USA (SME) since 1998. In 2006 he became Fellow of the Laser Institute of America LIA and in 2012 Fellow of SPIE. Since 2001 he is a member of the board of the Laser Institute of America (LIA) and serves in many national and international boards as advisor, referee or consultant, for instance at the National Laser Centre of South Africa NLC. During the period of 09/2005 until 09/2008 he was Vice-Rector for Structure, Research and Junior Academic Staff. He still is chairing the RWTH-International Board, is the Rectors delegate for China, received an Honorary Professorship at Tsinghua University and the Schawlow Award of the Laser Institute of America in 2014.


Gavish is a vertically integrated ISO 9001 approved sapphire supplier with capability from crystal growth through fabrication, shaping, polishing, coating, and metallization. The company was founded in 1995 in Omer, Israel. Products are fully tested and certified with surface finish to 10/5 or better with 1/10th wave flatness and roughness below 5 Angstroms. Primary industries served include semiconductor process equipment, medical and high power laser optics, imaging, analytical instrumentation, oilfield, aerospace, and defense. www.gavish.com

Jeremiah Fitzgibbon (Sales & Marketing Manager) is responsible for sapphire Sales and Business Development activity worldwide. With over 30 years covering all aspects of the sapphire industry Jeremiah has directly contributed to the development and production of sapphire solutions in industries including semiconductor equipment, medical and high power laser optics, imaging, analytical instrumentation, oilfield, aerospace, and defense. Jeremiah has a BS in Ceramic

Engineering from Alfred University, has delivered multiple technical papers and holds 5 US patents.

German Innovation Center – The GIC has offices in Düsseldorf, Changzhou, Beijing and Shenzhen that help European SMEs with business development in China. It provides relevant market information and customizes market entry strategies. Its team members expertise ranges from optoelectronics to micro- & nanoelectronics, automation and sensor technology and a few other fields (medtech, environmental protection technologies & recycling). In case funding for a project is needed the GIC also matches projects with Chinese investors or invests its own equity and provides active management in a Joint Venture. www.germaninnovation.org

Thorsten Lind (Project Manager GIC Düsseldorf) works for the GIC office in Düsseldorf as a Project Manager and Business Developer. He evaluates technical products and services from the fields of optics, automation and sensors regarding its business potential in China and corresponding market entry strategies. Moreover he prepares technical startup companies for VC pitch events in China looking for investors and/or business partners there (range 500k – 20,000k). His presentation

at the EPIC-AGM will give a brief overview of the services offered by GIC and introduce a newly founded institute in Shenzhen together with Fraunhofer-Institute for R&D towards industrial micro- and nanotechnology applications.

GLOphotonics is a french company, created in July 2011, registered in Limoges under the number 533 575 031, having its headquarters at 123, avenue Albert Thomas F-87100 Limoges and a share capital of 212 767€. GLOphotonics is a spin- off of a research group, led by Professor Fetah BENABID, which develops, manufactures and markets gas phased photonic components using proprietary Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fibers (HC-PCF) technology. The unique features of this innovative fiber technology provide a flexible and cost effective way to shape and transport Ultra Short laser Pulses (USP) with extremely low attenuation and nearly-free temporal and spectral distortion. GLOphotonics product offer include : The Photonic Microcell (PMC) , a stand- alone component that consist of a HC-PCF filled with gas and fiber terminations which can be tailored to customer needs. The Beam Delivery System (BDS), a ruggedized and pre-aligned module for high power beam delivery, available for Yb , Nd:Yag lasers and also now for 500 – 700 nm spectral range. www.glophotonics.fr

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The Haute Ecole Arc microtechnology research institutes are well established within the best applied research centres in Switzerland. Activities are mainly driven by the local industrial need and cover a broad panel of applications among them we can highlight the biomedical and sensing activities. Photonics technologies are of importance within these activities and a strong know -how has been developed in interferometry, optical fibres sensing and photonics in general. www.he-arc.ch/en/ingenierie/research-groups

Miguel Llera (Senior Scientific Researcher) graduated from the Ecole d’Ingénieurs du Canton de Neuchâtel in 1995 with a Microtechnology degree. He started to work for the Alcatel Group in the area of optical fiber alignment systems. After a sabbatical break, he went back to the academic world to work on research focusing on fiber optics metrology and fiber sensing. Hence, from 2000, he is a full time researcher and lecturer on optical fiber fields. His mains research interests are in

fiber sensing for medical applications and harsh environments.

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 (CTO 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.

High Tech Campus Eindhoven is the smartest km² in Europe with more than 125 companies, start-ups and institutes. Some 10,000 researchers, developers and entrepreneurs are working on developing future technologies and products that will affect the lives of billions of people. Facilities such as cleanrooms are shared among the community which contributes to foster collaboration. High Tech Campus Eindhoven belongs to the 17% largest science parks worldwide and nearly 50% of all patent applications in The Netherlands come from the Campus/Brainport region, elected as the world smartest region in 2011. www.hightechcampus.com


Frans Schmetz (Managing Director) is with High Tech Campus Eindhoven since May 1, 2009. Prior to that, Frans held the combined position of CEO Philips Belgium/Luxemburg and General Manager of the European Affairs Office of Philips in Brussels. Frans Schmetz worked for Philips in a range of different senior management positions in countries like Mexico, Hong Kong, the United States and Belgium and has built up an extensive international network. Frans Schmetz holds a

Master’s degree in Business Economics at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Bert-Jan Woertman (Director Marketing & Sales) is an enthusiastic networker, creative communicator and new business developer. Throughout his career he has specialized in building effective, self-reinforcing communities. As a member of the Management Team of High Tech Campus Eindhoven Bert-Jan is responsible for New Business Development and Marketing & Communications. During his career he has built an extensive, active international network that connects high-tech

entrepreneurs, business leaders, creative industries, academic and public sectors. Bert-Jan is a connector: where he comes in, opportunities arise between people who support each other. This has led to many fruitful alliances, to projects, products and even to buildings. The ones who have experienced this might perceive it as serendipity, for Bert-Jan it is his daily job: He organizes coincidence. As co-founder Bert-Jan is also actively involved in building the world's best accelerator for high-tech startups, HightechXL.

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

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

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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.

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).

imec performs world-leading research in nanoelectronics. We leverage our scientific knowledge with the innovative power of our global partnerships in ICT, healthcare and energy. We deliver industry-relevant technology solutions. In a unique high-tech environment, our international top-talent is committed to providing the building blocks for a better life in a sustainable environment. Imec has diverse photonic tracks which carry out world-leading R&D and opportunity for access. www.imec.be

Phill Christie (Principal Member of Technical Staff) has over thirty years’ international experience in the system-level assessment of electronic and optical devices and how these technology developments impact corporate business strategy. After receiving his doctorate in Applied Physics from the University of Durham in 1985, he joined the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Delaware, USA, where his research group focussed

on design, modelling and metrology of electronic and optical interconnect-limited computer systems. In 2002 he returned to Europe with a position at Philips research, leading teams integrating chip design and fabrication processes. In 2009 he joined the international nanoelectronics research center imec, based in Leuven Belgium and currently leads a team responsible for business and technology strategy for the IC-link division, which provides SMEs and universities with access and design support for advanced electronic and optical semiconductor technologies.

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Incubic management is a value-added angel-investing firm located near Stanford and formed originally as a VC firm to co-invest with Silicon Valley VCs. The firm now provides consulting services to companies, and shares business knowledge as advisors and mentors to entrepreneurs. Incubic is deeply committed to fostering economic growth by creating continuity between technology development and commercialization. Incubic has a successful investment record. The most recent event is the successful exit of Aurrion, which develops silicon photonics semiconductor IC products and technologies; the company was acquired in 2016 by Juniper networks. The firm now has a portfolio of startup companies. www.incubic.com. www.incubic.com

Milton Chang (Managing Partner) has a successful track record as corporate executive, entrepreneur, and investor. The companies he incubated resulted in six IPOs and seven acquisitions. He is currently managing partner of Incubic Management where he provides coaching and mentoring to entrepreneurs and also invests in startup companies. He is currently an investor in five startup companies, and sits on the Board of three companies. He was president of Newport

and New Focus, which he took public. He subsequently formed Incubic Venture Fund to invested alongside major VC firms in Silicon Valley before reverting to angel investing. He is distinguished alumni of the University of Illinois and of the California Institute of Technology, a Trustee of the Caltech, and has recently served on the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. He also served on the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the authoring committee of the National Academies' Optics and Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation. He writes a monthly business and management column for Laser Focus World, and is the author of Toward Entrepreneurship. www.miltonchang.com

INOPTEC stands for innovation, optics and technology. It is a decentralised European start-up company, primarily offering patented technology (B2B) and wearable consumer electronics (B2C) – both in the field of novel 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

Institut d’Optique Graduate School is a Grande École of Engineering located on two campuses in Palaiseau and Saint-Etienne. Its international reputation is built on the quality of the education it offers, the major scientific contributions of its research centre, and its close ties with industry. Laboratoire Charles Fabry is a state-of-the-art laboratory at the School. It provides hands-on training in upstream and downstream research in all fields of optics, from the most basic: quantum optics to the most applied: specific optical components. www.institutoptique.fr


Guillaume Raynal (President of the European Photonics Career Fair) is a French photonics graduate student in Institut Optique Graduate School in Paris. He is also working on a startup project regarding high power injection in optical fibers for industrial applications such as laser shot peening. He is looking for contacts working in laboratories and companies to invite them to the next Career Fair. He is also looking for people who can help him with his start-up project.

The International Laser Centre is an interdisciplinary research organization formed to foster collaborative research in the areas of progressive methods and technologies of photonics; and their application in industry and health care. The Centre was created by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic in January 1997. The Centre provides a cross- and inter-disciplinary research infrastructure for the high-level interdisciplinary research and development in all fields of laser-based and photonic technologies in cooperation with Slovak universities, academic institutions and industry. We implement this mission by fostering scientific, engineering and biomedical talents. www.ilc.sk

Frantisek Uherek (Director) obtained his master and PhD degree from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He was personally involved in establishing of International Laser Centre (ILC) in Bratislava; he is actually the director of ILC. He is well known expert in field of photonics, lasers and optical communication systems. He published more than 150 scientific papers in journals and in proceedings from scientific conferences. He is actively working on dissemination of current knowledge

in field of electronics, photonics and lasers in Slovakia.

INTEC, the Information Technology department of the University of Ghent in Belgium, provides high quality education from ungraduate to postgraduate level based on the excellence of our research. In the physical layer we have a strong focus on nanophotonic components and more particularly silicon photonics. In the domain of circuits and systems we have a strong tradition in electromagnetism, acoustics and subsystems for broadband optical access. In the area of networks and distributed software, the main subjects are multimedia network architectures and protocols, wireless communications and service delivery architectures. www.intec.ugent.be

Invest Lithuania is a semi-state investment development organisation attached to the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy. Its aim is to increase the competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy and the country’s attractiveness for investors. In the field of photonics, our experts enable foreign capital companies to take full advantage of Lithuania’s R&D and investment incentives, and to tap into the country’s highly educated talent pool. Lithuania’s global reputation in the photonics industry is based on more than 45 years of expertise in laser nanophotonics and ultrashort pulse lasers. We help export-oriented businesses to set up their operations in Lithuania. www.investlithuania.com

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Rasa Cincyte (Investment Advisor) specializes in providing advice on investment location selection and R&D partners search. She manages investment projects with a particular focus on R&D and high-tech intense sectors, such as photonics, robotics, electronics, ICT. Her competencies range from business development, consulting and general assistance to the establishment of operations. Prior to joining Invest Lithuania she worked for EY (formerly Ernst & Young) as a strategy and business

consultant. Mrs. Cincyte holds MS degree in System Dynamics from Bergen University and MA degree in Business Administration and Management from Nijmegen and Palermo Universities.

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

Thomas Mayerhoefer (Scientific Coordinator) has a habilitation in Physical Chemistry. His research fields encompass crystal optics and plasmonics. He was project support officer of the European Network of Excellence for Biophotonics "Photonics4Life" and is involved in Photonics21 WG 3 "Life Science and Health".

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.

IRnova : IRnova is a Swedish high-tech company engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of high-end cooled infrared detectors and related technology. IRnova is dedicated to providing our customers and OEM partners leading QWIP and T2SL based infrared capabilities, providing a clear competitive advantage. IRnova is committed to establishing close and trusting relationships with our suppliers and customers in order to maintain our position as a secure and long term provider of unique infrared technology to the market. With experience from years of in-house volume production of cooled IR detectors as well as manufacturing capability and know-how of various other photonic components we are confident that we can serve as a valuable partner in your supply chain. www.ir-nova.se

Eric Costard (CTO) joined IRnova in 2015, after many years working within the French IR industry. He will continue to develop Infrared detectors like QWIP and T2SL for high end applications.

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

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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.

The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is a network management organisation, whose main objective is to accelerate innovation by connecting people that may not naturally meet. It was established by Innovate UK (the UK’s Innovation funding agency) to build better links between science, creativity and business sectors. KTN currently employs >120 people and has specialist teams covering all significant sectors of the economy, from Technology, Manufacturing, Industrial Biotechnology, Materials, AgriTech and Energy, through to the Circular Economy, the Digital and Creative Industries. www.ktn-uk.co.uk

Mat Wasley (Knowledge Transfer Manager – Photonics) is the lead for Photonics at the Knowledge Transfer Network. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and began his career in defence science before moving to project management and business development in industry and academia. He previously worked at a senior level in Scottish Optoelectronics Association (SOA) and the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance where he represented Scottish photonics internationally and played a

leading role in Scotland’s activity under the International Year of Light.

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

Sven Schreiber (head of sales) is the face of the company to key customers, suppliers, and distributors alike. Networking for the Laser Components Group, Sven seeks out new possibilities for cooperation with counterparts in academia and the industry – be it as a supplier, customer, distributor, service provider, or research partner. Sven studied at the Universities of Leipzig and Binghamton, NY, and holds master’s degrees in business administration and economics.


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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LEUKOS is a world-leading company, designing and commercializing supercontinuum sources (white lasers). Founded in 2006, the company was a pionneer 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.

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.

LioniX International is a provider in development and small to high volume production of innovative products based on micro/nano system technology: MNT and MEMS. Our core technologies are integrated optics and micro-fluidics. Our customers operate in telecom, industrial process control, life sciences and space markets and include OEM’s, multinationals, VC start-up companies as well as research institutions from around the world. LioniX offers design to manufacturing and horizontal integration by partnering with MEMS/MST foundries and suppliers of complementary technologies, such as in: food biotech/genomics, chemistry/pharmaceuticals and water technology. The combination of micro-fluidics and integrated optics gives LioniX expertise in the emerging area of Lab-on-a-Chip. LioniX has its own clean-room facilities with equipment for the proprietary technology and dedicated test/analysis equipment for integrated optics and micro-fluidic devices. www.lionix-international.com


Joost van Kerkhof (COO) joined XiO Photonics as CEO in 2013 after almost 20 years of international experience in management of R&D, Engineering, Operations, Product Marketing and Business Management at Texas Instruments, HortiMax and Sensata Technologies. He holds a masters and PhD degree in electrical engineering and has broad technical expertise in sensor technology, IC technology, MEMS, nano technology and industrial process automation. Over the last 10 years, Joost

developed an extensive experience in definition and execution of business growth strategies and in business process optimization. In 2016, XiO Photonics was acquired by LioniX International together with its sister companies LioniX b.v. and SatraX b.v. The 3 companies have been integrated into one organization and continue under the name LioniX International where Joost holds the position of COO. For LioniX International, Joost is interested in developing business relationships and create win-win situations for customers who are interested in the exciting possibilities and benefits of our PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) devices.

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.

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

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Kurt Weingarten (Chairman) 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 inventors and developers of the SAP US patent for a general testing technology of SAP systems.

Lumileds is the global leader in light engine technology. The company develops, manufactures and distributes groundbreaking LEDs and automotive lighting products that shatter the status quo and help customers gain and maintain a competitive edge. With a rich history of industry “firsts,” Lumileds is uniquely positioned to deliver lighting advancements well into the future by maintaining an unwavering focus on quality, innovation and reliability www.lumileds.com


Josef Schug (LED & Laser System Architect) currently works as system architect on the design of laser based automotive light sources at Lumileds Germany GmbH. In the past, he held various positions in product management, application design, product development and business development for various types of automotive light sources at Philips Automotive Lighting and Lumileds Germany.

Luz Wavelabs is a Spanish spin-off focused in the development of reliable and high-quality systems for the Terahertz (THz) and Photonics regions. The core technology of the company is pure/, a signal generation technology that combines RF, electronics and photonics and achieves simultaneously the advantages of both electronic multiplication and photonic downconversion. Wireless communications are increasingly made with higher frequency and transport large amount of data. Luz Wavelabs’s solutions comply with these requirements, allowing covering all the data channels in a same transceiver and bringing the bandwidth of optical communications to wireless communications. www.luzwavelabs.com

Rubén Criado (CEO) is cofounder of Luz Wavelabs, a company focused on bringing to the market a new signal generation technology based on RF and optoelectronics and able to overcome the main limitations of traditional RF technologies: limited bandwidth and limited frequency range. The technology developed at Luz Wavelabs will allow next generation high data rate wireless communications or new analysis mechanisms for materials and substances, among others. He received his BSc, 2 MSc

and PhD on Engineering by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and BSc on Business Science by UNED. He has been awarded with several prizes, such as “Innovator under 35 2015”, awarded by MIT Technology Review; "Innovator of the Year", awarded by SEAT or "Most disruptive minds of the year", awarded by QUO Magazine. He has been interviewed by several national and international press, TV and media. He has been speaker at several events on technology and entrepreneurship, including a TEDx talk. He is 30 years old, married and father of two children.

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.

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Mikrocentrum is an independent knowledge institution contributing to the improvement of technical and business processes of companies which are active as OEM or supplier in technical manufacturing and/or process industry in the Netherlands and Belgium. Mikrocentrum realises this by organising events in which a combination of knowledge transfer and knowledge networking is the focal point. Part of these activities is the organization of the yearly international Photonics Event in The Netherlands. The most important activities are: Trainings: Lower, intermediate and higher academic levels; Events: yearly about 50 smaller and larger events; A High Tech Platform: 600 participating companies assembled in a High Tech Company guide. www.mikrocentrum.nl

Michiel Beerens (Photonics Event Manager) studied Innovation Management at the Eindhoven University of Technology and graduated from Tilburg University with a degree in Economics in 2014. In 2016 he started at Mikrocentrum where he is responsible for the Photonics Event; the largest gathering for Photonics stakeholders and enthusiasts in the Netherlands. What he lacks in technical know-how he makes up for in being a quick learner.

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.


MWTECHNOLOGIES offers innovative optical sources based on fiber-optic technologies, as well as product design, product development and engineering services aimed at developing and selling cost-effective and reliable products and solutions. MWTECHNOLOGIES’s range of standard products with unique features include Fiber Lasers, Broadband/Narrowband ASE sources, Optical Fiber Amplifiers and Laser Diode Drivers/Controllers. Operating in several markets, its line of products with proven reliability and quality find to be valuable is many applications such as LIDAR, remote sensing, military testing and targeting, materials processing (marking, scribing, trimming), semiconductor and biomedical imaging, optical communications and R&D. www.mw-technologies.com

Miguel Melo (CEO) is born in Porto, Portugal, and received his diploma in Optoelectronics and Lasers and his Master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (specialization area in Optical Communications and Technologies) from the University of Porto. He initiated his R&D activity at INESC TEC where he worked in several national and European projects in the fields of optical fiber amplifiers, planar technology, and Bragg gratings for optical communications and fiber sensors.

He then joined Multiwave Photonics as Product Manager, working in the development of high power pulsed fiber lasers and amplifiers for industrial and sensing applications and in other highly customized specialty optical fiber sources. After Multiwave, he co-founded MWTechnologies, where he serves now as Managing Director. He has more than 10 years of experience in the industry and more than 20 publications in international scientific journals and conferences.

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 e. g. 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.

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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

Michael Thiel (CTO and co-founder) is responsible for research and technical development. After studying physics and visiting the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S., he earned his doctorate at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of 3D laser manufacturing of photonic nanostructures. At the age of 25, he became the youngest co-founder of Nanoscribe GmbH, a German SME that was founded in 2007. For his work he received the Otto-Haxel-

Preis 2007, KIT Doctoral Award 2010 and the Cyber Champion Award in 2011. In 2015, he was among the finalists of “Deutscher Gründerpreis”, the most important entrepreneur prize in Germany. He was chosen as one of 10 “Innovators under 35” by MIT Technology Review in 2016. The same year he has been receiving the European CTO of the year 2016 award. Michael Thiel published more than 30 scientific publications and several key patents which have been transferred into commercial products by Nanoscribe. Michael visited INSEAD in Fontainebleau in France for executive business education.

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

Peir Wei Chia (Deputy Director) graduated from Imperial College London, UK with a Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2001. He worked extensively on intellectual property policy at the Singapore Ministry of Law where he saw through several initiatives, including the successful conclusion of a diplomatic conference in Singapore to negotiate a WIPO international treaty and its ratification by Singapore. Peir Wei graduated from the University of Oxford in 2013

with a Master’s degree in Public Policy and took on the role of Chief Data Officer and led the Planning Unit at the Ministry of Law, overseeing data policy and strategic foresight matters. He joined the National Research Foundation at the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore in 2016 and now works on developing national scientific and R&D strategy and programmes.


Next Scan Technology. Ultrafast pulsed lasers are now being adopted as the new workhorse in the processing of materials such as metals, glass, silicon, ceramics and thin film. With validated benefits in high yield and efficiency the potential of ultrafast lasers can now be leveraged with the Next Scan Technology polygon scanner solution. The key is its patented mirror optics providing small spot sizes at very high scanning speeds fully telecentric over large scan areas. End of 2015, Next Scan Technology has been acquired by SCANLAB GmbH. Today Next Scan technology is market leader in polygon based laser writing systems. www.nextscantechnology.com

Lars Penning is co founder and managing director of Next Scan Technology, associated company of Scanlab GmbH. His background is in high end factory automation.

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 a rea 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 were 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.

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The Photonics Institute (TPI), at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is led by a triumvirate of world-class directors, namely Professor Tjin Swee Chuan, Professor Sir David Payne and Professor Nikolay Zheludev. It consolidates the research and innovation activities of photonics related research centres across the University. Under its umbrella, there are currently 5 research centres within the Institute: Centre for Optical Fibre Technology (COFT); Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies (CDPT); Centre for Optical & Laser Engineering (COLE); Centre of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays (LUMINOUS!) and Centre for OptoElectronics and Biophotoni cs (OPTIMUS) as well as an affiliated centre, Centre for Bio Devices and Signal Analysis (VALENS) and an affiliated programme on Silicone Photonics. AT TPI, we aim to establish a cradle of scholarship, research and innovation - making the transition from fundamental science to applied science. www.tpi.ntu.edu.sg

Swee Chuan Tjin (Chairman, LUX Photonics Consortium/ Co-Director, The Photonics Institute, Nanyang Technological University) graduated from the University of New England, Armidale, Australia in 1987, received his PhD in 1992 from the Department of Medicine at the University of Tasmania, where he worked on Fibre Optic Laser Doppler Anemometry. He joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 1991 as a Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE). Currently, he

is holding several portfolios which include the Founding Chairman, LUX Photonics Consortium, a national consortium which serves as a catalyst and a networking platform to translate cutting-edge research in photonics into diverse applications underpinned by the value chain created. He is also the co-Director of The Photonics Institute (TPI) that aims to help build the Republic’s capabilities in optoelectronics research and development.

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. Some examples includes the AUTOCLEAVER fiber cleaving platform - which accommodates precision cleaving of the largest available span of 80 um to 1500 um fibers, limiting the need for time consuming polishing processes. There are also options for non-circular and specialty fibers such as polyimide coated fibers. The latest products releases are the MINICLEAVER, MINICOATER SC and the ultra-high precision end inspection system CLEAVEMETER 3D+ (for bare fibers and ferrules) as well as a high precision fiber recoater with very precise dispensing and a high resolution (+/-1 um) for the recoated section. Also the newly released CO2 laser glass processing system has been released for different applications such as CO2 combiner/bundle manufacturing, ball lens manufacturing, large end-capping for high power applications. 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 worked within a small technical consultant company in Stockholm. 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.

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.

Oclaro is a leader in optical components, modules, and subsystems for optical communications, including optical transport and metro networks, enterprise networks and data centres. Leveraging more than three decades of innovation in laser technology, photonic integration, and transceiver/subsystem design, Oclaro’s solutions are at the heart of the fast optical networks and high-speed interconnects that are enabling the next wave of streaming video, cloud computing, voice over IP and other high-speed and bandwidth-intensive applications. Oclaro has R&D and chip fabrication facilities in the UK, Italy, USA and Japan; in-house and contract manufacturing sites in China, Malaysia and Thailand, along with pilot module assembly in the UK; and design, sales and service organizations in each of the major regions around the world. www.oclaro.com

Michael Wale (Director Active Products Research) received his BA, MA and DPhil degrees from the University of Oxford and subsequently moved into industry, where his career now spans more than three decades. He has been engaged in a wide range of activities relating to research, development and manufacturing of photonic devices and systems, with special emphasis on integrated photonics and PICs. Alongside his role at Oclaro, where he is responsible for strategic technology

activities, he is part-time Professor of Photonic Integration/Industrial Aspects at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Honorary Professor of Optical Communications at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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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.

Ophir, a MKS business unit, has over 40 years of experience providing a complete line of instrumentation including power and energy meters, and beam profilers. Dedicated to continuous innovation in laser and LED measurement, the company holds a number of patents, including the R&D 100 award-winning BeamTrack power/position/size meters; BeamWatch®, the industry’s first non-contact, focus spot size and position monitor for lasers in material processing; and Spiricon’s Ultracal™, the baseline correction algorithm that helped establish the ISO 11146-3 standard for beam measurement accuracy. The Photon family of products includes NanoScan scanning-slit technology, which is capable of measuring beam size and position to sub-micron resolution. The company is ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited for calibration of laser measurement instruments. Their modular, customizable solutions serve manufacturing, medical, military, and research industries throughout the world. www.ophiropt.com

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. Info: 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 is co-founder of Dahlem Research & Consulting Group GmbH (est. 2009). He is mentor of

three photonics start-ups. He joined OpTecBB in Sept. 2012 as Managing Director and he is member of the Board of OptecNet Germany.

OPTITEC is one of the leading European photonics clusters based in Marseille, France. Its members are specialised in complex optics and imaging systems dedicated to aerospace, defense, medical technologies, industries of the future and smart city sectors. With more than 230 members, among others leading edge research centres and universities with world-renowned laboratories, OPTITEC represents 25% of French R&D in optics. The industrial sector members have an average annual growth rate of 5% with 55% of their annual turnover based on export and 15% dedicated to R&D. OPTITEC is the holder of Golden Label for cluster excellence and the only European cluster with an EU office in Brussels. www.pole-optitec.com

Ziga Valic (Head of EU & International Affairs) holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and a LL.M. in Law of Space Activities and Telecommunications from the University of Paris-Sud (Paris XI, France). Prior to joining OPTITEC and helping to set-up the EU office in Brussels, he worked at Thales Alenia Space France and the European Commission.

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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.global-optosigma.com

Vito Roppo (EMEA Sales & Engineering Manager) took his PhD in Applied Physics in a nonlinear laser-matter interaction with a tracking records of more than 30 peer review published articles. He then moved to project management roles, with scientific projects in collaboration with US Army, European Union and Australian National University. On 2014 he joined Optosigma Europe with the role of EMEA Sales and Engineering manager with the purpose of boosting the growing of this

young branch of the Japanese Sigma-Koki group. The good matching of technical and soft skills allows him to act as an ideal bridge between the scientific world and the production facilities.

Optoelectronics Research Centre, Tampere University of Technology conducts a comprehensive chain of research activities targeting synthesis of III-V photonics materials, development of advanced nanotechnology tools for device fabrication, and the development of application tailored optoelectronic devices. The focus areas of research are molecular beam epitaxy of novel GaAs-, InP-, and GaSb-based heterostructures, development of customized semiconductor lasers for a wide range of applications, development of high efficiency multi-junction solar cells, and developing new approaches for III-V/Si integration. ORC-TUT is the cradle of laser industry in Finland and has a long history for industry cooperation and technology transfer. www.tut.fi/orc

Mircea Guina (Scientific Director) is the Head of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. He conducts scientific work related to molecular beam epitaxy, development of novel optoelectronic devices and laser applications. He has published >160 journal papers, several book chapters, and holds 4 international patents. He is co-founder of two start-ups related to laser technologies (RefleKron Oy and Picophotonics Oy). Prof. Guina has an outstanding

record in leading large-scale research projects extending from basic science to technology transfer. He is recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant (AMETIST, 2007-2021).

Philips is a diversified technology company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of health technology and lighting solutions. Founded in 1891 and headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Philips is leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications. www.philips.com


Benno Hendriks is a researcher at Philips Research Eindhoven the Netherlands and professor in Optics for Minimally Invasive Instruments at the department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (DUT). He obtained his MSc-degree in Theoretical Physics at RU Utrecht in 1985 and PhD-degree on Quantum Optics at RU Utrecht in 1989. His current work focuses on light-tissue interactions for biomedical application, image guided therapy solutions and

minimally invasive devices for medical applications.

PETRA is an Incorporated Technology Research Association, established on August 24, 2009. The organization is approved by METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) under Japanese Act on an Incorporated Research and Development Partnership. PETRA carries on National Research and Developments Projects on leading-edge “Photonics and Electronics Converged Devices and Systems” in Information and Communication Technology area, where photonics technology and electronics technology are mutually incorporated. www.petra-jp.org

PhotonDelta is the new Europe-wide “end-to-end ecosystem” including 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

Ewit Roos (Managing Director) has been with PhotonDelta since January 1st 2016. PhotonDelta has quickly established itself as a pro-active business accelerator for a wide range of companies and researcher involved with integrated photonics. Ewit joined PhotonDelta after several senior management positions in Dutch high-tech companies and heading the high-tech early stage fund Brightmove BV. His role in PhotonDelta is to link world-class research and innovation with relevant business,

working to amplify existing initiatives and fast-track new ones.

Jonathan Marks (Editor at Large) is a British writer based in the Netherlands. He is an active documentary maker and international broadcaster specializing in media analysis and scientific reporting. He contributes regularly to mainstream media as well as hosting the Media Network podcast. He is passionate about the success of Photonics and all the fascinating applications it drives.

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Photonics Bretagne is a cluster of research centers, schools and companies in the field of photonics, based in North-West of France: Brittany. PERFOS, R&D platform of Photonics Bretagne, develops custom microstructured fibers: Airclad, Highly Nonlinear, Solid or Hollow Core Photonic Bandgap, PM, Multiclad, etc. for your applications. PERFOS’ expertise extends to all types of fibers: doped and un-doped with particular emphasis on silica and chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers but also to capillaries, tapers, couplers for fiber sensors or fiber lasers... We can also offer a global solution involving some of the members of our cluster or redirect you to the right partner within our network. www.photonics-bretagne.com

David Méchin received a PhD in Optoelectronics from the University of Saint-Etienne. He studied Bragg grating based optical add drop multiplexers in the research labs of France-Telecom and Highwave Optical Technologies (1998-2002) in Lannion (France). He then worked on various topics in the field of nonlinear optics in fibres in the physics department of the University of Auckland and at Southern Photonics (2002-2009) in New-Zealand. Dr Méchin is currently director of Photonics

Bretagne, Photonics Innovation Hub based in brand new Photonics Park in Lannion (Brittany, France). Photonics Bretagne integrates a cluster with more than 100 members and a RTO dedicated to the development of specialty optical fibers and fiber components (Perfos). David Méchin is the VP for international relations of CNOP (French Photonics) since 2012.

PhotonX Networks develops innovative optical transceivers for datacenter networking solutions. As a startup company, PhotonX Networks was spun-off from the Eindhoven University of Technology to commercialize the various technology being developed for datacenter equipment. PhotonX Networks designs, develops and tests optical transceivers to be used for mid-board optical transceiver purposes. Using mid-board transceivers allows the implementation of all optical ported front panels greatly increasing the radix of network switching equipment to meet the demands of data communication. PhotonX Networks is a partner in the EU project 'COSIGN' contributing to the optical equipment for the data-plane. www.photonxnetworks.com

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. With four company sites in Germany and fifteen sales and service offices abroad, the privately managed company operates globally. Over 850 highly qualified employees around the world enable the PI Group to meet almost any requirement in the field of innovative precision positioning technology. 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


Stéphane Bussa graduated with a Master's degree in Optronic from the School of Engineering at the Paris-Sud University and after that held a high-level executive and sales positions at Keithley/Tektronix, Alcatel Optronics and in the Thales Group before beginning his career at PI. Mr. Bussa has been working for PI for more than nine years. He joined PI France SAS in Paris as Managing Director in 2007 and took over the position of Président in 2012. In September 2016, Mr Bussa has been

appointed as Vice President, Sales & Marketing of the PI Group.

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 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.

PNO Consultants is Europe’s largest independent grants advisory with 250 staff and over 25 years in operation. We help our clients and partners identify public funding opportunities based on their competencies and objectives and we help define project ideas and put together the consortia. PNO manages the application process and writes and submits the proposal. Most of our staff has scientific and research backgrounds, enabling us to contribute to the scientific content and research planning. PNO also supports it clients during the negotiation, kick-off and management phases of their projects. We also provide a range of innovation management services which can be deployed within regionally, nationally and EU funded projects including creation and management of networking platforms, stakeholder relationship management, market & technology analysis, planning and roadmapping, coordination, surveys, impact assessments, training, business case development and dissemination. PNO raised over €150M in funding for its clients in 2011. www.pnoconsultants.com

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Nader Akil (Senior R&D&I Consultant) supports European organisations in implementing their innovation strategies and in project initiation, development and management since 2011. He also led the creation of innovation eco-systems around specific topics related to critical raw materials and sustainable chemistry. Nader led the creation of an innovation eco-system around the topic of substitution of critical raw materials where he was in charge of setting up the Innovation Network on

substitution of critical raw materials where more than 350 delegates representing over 100 organisations from 22 countries attended the strategic Innovation Network workshops. Prior to joining PNO in 2011, Nader gained substantial industrial experience working with large companies and SMEs over 15 years, including Philips, NXP Semiconductors and Photovoltech. Responsibilities ranged from research, business development and project management to consultancy on research subjects for technical, business and intellectual property departments. Nader holds a PhD from Metz University, France and has held research positions at Vanderbilt University, USA and Twente University, the Netherlands. He has 13 patents and over 50 scientific papers.

Henk Gerards (Team manager High Tech) has a background in Economics and Business Administration and has experience in developing Innovation and cooperation projects in the Semiconductor Industry over the last 10 as former co-founder and managing director of Business Cluster Semiconductors Netherlands and co-founder/chairman of Shared EDA cooperation. His experienced team at PNO Consultants is not only very capable at writing and managing EU applications &

projects. Having a large EU network in Semiconductor & Photonic Industry and Academies, PNO can also pro-actively co-develop initiatives, form consortia and participate in EU projects as a partner. An excellent example in the Photonics area is LIGHTJUMPS project.

Hans Houf (MBA MSC – Senior Innovation & Business Consultant) works for PNO in the area of Innovation and Business Development. He develops and manages European networks for industry, research institutes and public organisations especially for ICT areas, such as Photonics, IoT, Big Data and others. In the ICT arena, Hans performs several innovation services, such as innovation road mapping, market and stakeholder analyses and studies, as well as open innovation network

development. For PNO’s clients, Hans develops projects and prepares EU grant proposals. Prior to joining PNO in 2016, Hans was active as a freelance strategy consultants 2 years, creating an EU-market entry strategy for building & construction industry using zero-emission concepts and creating Investment strategy development for Hong-Kong investment fund. From 1995 to 2015, Hans was active in an incubator company, creating an investment pipeline in several technology fields: New Materials, Water Cleaning, Multimedia, Interactive Television, Distance Elderly Care & Distance Learning, Green Energy and High-Tech Sustainable Greenhouses. He was responsible for investments in new ventures in above-mentioned fields in the USA, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the Far East and Europe. As a board member, he was supervising the development and execution of R&D, Business and Market plans in the start-ups from the fields mentioned above.


Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) is a leading public university, in Italy and in Europe, in technical-scientific teaching and research. POLITO takes part in many EU and international programs. In the 7th Framework Program it was involved in 209 projects corresponding to 57.5 M€. It is closely connected with industries, as demonstrated by several contracts with external companies and has a long experience in national and international research projects. The Photonic groups of the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) and of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET) have a long experience in developing materials and technological solutions for photonic applications. They have state of the art laboratories and technologies, they participated to several EU research projects and work together with main industrial players in the fields of ICT, materials processing, biomedicine, transportation and sensing. www.polito.it

Prodrive Technologies is one of the few companies in the world of technology that stands out. Prodrive Technologies develops, manufactures and supplies innovative Electronics, Software, Mechanics & Optical solutions for multiple markets. The company was founded in 1993 by technical professionals from the Eindhoven University of Technology. Since then every year has shown a steep growth rate due to a very successful business concept. We have sales offices over the globe and manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands (Eindhoven), China (Suzhou) and America (Planned 2018). www.prodrive-technologies.com

Eric Janssen (Program Manager) received the M.Sc degree in Embedded Systems from the Eindhoven University of Technology in 2012. Since 2008, he is involved with Prodrive Technologies developing high-end imaging and sensing systems. First as a software engineer while later as a system architect. Currently, he is program manager of the Vision and Sensing and industrial automation technology programs at Prodrive Technologies.

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Noord-Brabant is a province in the southern part of the Netherlands. The region is home to innovative industries that submit half of all the patent applications in the country. This is largely attributable to a past in research and development for optical devices and integrated circuits. Philips invented the Compact Disc and the DVD in Eindhoven. The province is therefore still home to related enterprises such as ASML, the world’s largest supplier chip manufacturing machines as well as the country’s leading business park, High Tech Campus Eindhoven. Earlier this year, the province supported the launch of PhotonDelta, an international initiative that connects the research community with high-tech companies and investors. A vibrant ecosystem for photonics has rapidly established itself as all the elements required for innovation can be found locally. www.english.brabant.nl

Bert Pauli (regional minister for economic and international affairs) is a member of Noord-Brabant’s Provincial Executive. In this position he works to create an innovative business community that offers employment to as many people as possible in the region. He supports, for example, the photonic sector by bridging the gap between working prototypes leaving the research lab and the point at which the chips are ready to be manufactured in quantity. This is his second term as a

member of the provincial executive for the province of Noord-Brabant. Preceding this, Pauli was the alderman for Economic Affairs at the Municipality of ’s-Hertogenbosch, capital of Noord-Brabant, from 2007 to 2011. Before entering politics, Pauli was board member and executive at several multinationals.

Loet Visschers (Managing-Director of the Cluster Economics and International Affairs) manages three departments: International Affairs, Energy & Innovations and Economic Policy & Related Parties. He is member of the team of Cluster Managing-Directors in the Province of Noord-Brabant. Loet Visschers has a broad experience of government and of steering committees. He has worked for many years within the environment area, in which he was a municipal councilor and an

alderman of the city of Tilburg. Loet was also for some years a member of the steering committee of Environmetal Planning for the Province of Noord-Brabant.

Bob van Dijk (Project Manager High Tech) has a bachelor degree in business administration and a master degree in economic geography. Mr. van Dijk was in previous positions responsible for an advanced manufacturing cluster called Brainport Industries, worked in the European Enterprise Network in the field of nanotechnology and photonics and was team member of the Vanguard working group in the South Netherlands. In his current position Mr. van Dijk is responsible

for the high tech manufacturing policy in the Province of Noord-Brabant.

Coen de Graaf (Commercial Director) is responsible for several international companies. Within the Innovation team at the Province of Noord-Brabant he is active as projectleader for the Vanguard Initiative and Manunet III. Working together with 30 European regions on increasing the competiveness of the European Industry by building and connecting (new) demonstration platforms across the regions. At the clusterorganisation High Tech NL he works as Program

Manager Human Capital, improving the collaboration between the companies and knowlegde institutes within the hightechsector. He is working on themes like Employability (Life Long Learning), International Knowledge Workers and Young Professionals.


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

Alessio Corazza (Business Development Manager) graduated in Physics and specialized in Material Science at Milano University. In 1995 he joined SAES Group and worked in the Metallurgical Laboratory for five years; then he headed the SAES Lighting Applications and Materials Laboratory, coordinating R&D projects for the development of innovative solutions and components for light sources. Since 2014 he is Business Development Manager for Lighting, Photonics, and Opto-electronic

Applications. He is author or co-author of more than 25 scientific papers and more than 20 international patents.

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

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Poh Shin (Regional Director) is the Regional Director (Frankfurt) with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). He is responsible for managing client relationships in Germany (automotive, aerospace, marine & offshore, as well as electronics), Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Prior to this, Poh Shin was an Assistant Head in the Energy & Chemicals division, working with leading US energy companies as well as European chemical companies. He also coordinated the

foreign manpower and natural gas policies for the Energy & Chemicals industry in Singapore, and was the media and communications liaison. He was actively involved in the planning for the gasification project, as well as a study on the petrochemical derivatives, under the Jurong Island version 2.0 (JIv2.0) masterplan. The JIv2.0 initiative aimed to develop and implement innovative system-level solution in order to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of the Energy & Chemicals industry in Singapore. He was also an Assistant Head on the Europe Desk, where he was responsible for the relations with trade counterparts and key institutions from Germany, Austria and Turkey, on matters related to economic development. He also coordinated the Dual Studies programme with key stakeholders such as the universities, polytechnics and German companies in Singapore. Poh Shin started his career as a Senior Officer in EDB’s Energy & Chemicals division. He was awarded the EDB Scholarship to study at the University of Tokyo, where he received a Bachelor in Chemical System Engineering in 2013.

SMART Photonics, located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is a Pure Play Foundry offering production services for Indium Phosphide (InP) based photonic components. We offer the complete creation process from first Epitaxial growth, high resolution lithography, re-growth, wafer processing, metallization, polishing of wafers up to the coating of the chip facets. We help our cust omers with either a single process step or the full production process whether they are in the proof of concept phase or require volume production. Fast prototyping of PICs in InP on MPW-runs. SMART Photonics has further developed its generic integration technology for integration of InP based photonic components. For this new technology, free access to the SMART Photonics design manual is offered to customers to design their own PICs. www.smartphotonics.nl

Richard Visser (CEO and Founder) has a background in electronics and business processes and started his career in 1981 as a service engineer on marine and aviation equipment and later on medical equipment for companies like General Electric and Toshiba. He switched in 1991 from a technical position into a commercial position and worked in the industrial inkjet printer market before entering the semiconductor equipment industry in 1997 where he worked for

Silicon Valley Group and ASML. In 2007 he moved to Philips Research and was involved with the start and growth of MiPlaza, a research service supplier. In 2012 Richard founded SMART Photonics, a Pure Play Foundry offering production-services for making photonic components on Indium Phosphide (InP). Next to the uniqueness of the business model in the InP-industry, it’s the newly introduced generic integration technology for monolithically integrating photonic components in InP that’s making SMART Photonics a fast growing enterprise.


SUPERLUM Diodes develops and manufactures low coherent light sources based on semiconductor superluminescent diodes (SLD) and driving electronics in 650-1620 nm spectral range, as well as semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) and tunable swept light sources (SS) in 750-1100 nm spectral

range. SUPERLUM products are used by over 250 companies worldwide in various applications: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Fiber-Optic Sensing and Metrology, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Fiber-Optic Gyros, Speckle Free Illumination and others. Our R&D group can design and manufacture complete opto-electronic systems for your application. www.superlumdiodes.com

Natalie Tuchapsky (Director of Sales and Marketing) has been instrumental in establishing the European branch of SUPERLUM, operating out of Ireland, since 2000. Natalie is a graduate of Moscow University with a Master's Degree in Physics, and has been rounding off her academic foundation with certification in Business Management, Finance and Digital Marketing. The comprehensive business approach has allowed her to build a robust cooperative relationship with Irish Industrial Development Authority, and have the company achieve ISO certification. Her current focus is on optimising company processes and continuing to expand and support the company customer base.

SuperSonic Imagine was founded in 2005 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France. It is an innovative, multinational medical imaging company dedicated to developing a revolutionary ultrasound system: the Aixplorer®. MultiWave technology is based on combining two types of waves: an ultrasound wave that provides exceptional imaging in B-mode, and a shear wave, ShearWave™ Elastography, which measures and displays the stiffness of tissue in kilopascals. ShearWave Elastography is user-skill independent with reproducible results. Aixplorer is CE mark approved since 2008 and has FDA clearance since 2009 and has several clinical applications: breast (and 3D breast), thyroid, abdomen, liver, musculo-skeletal, prostate, and gynaecological, obstetrics. SuperSonic Imagine has both a direct sales and distribution network in more than 50 countries worldwide, including Konica Minolta in Japan. SuperSonic Imagine holds the exclusive right, title and interest to 30 international patents and submissions in diagnostic imaging and therapy applications. www.supersonicimagine.com

Jacques Souquet (Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer) held the position of CEO of SuperSonic Imagine from its creation in 2005 to April 2015. From 2000 to 2005 Dr. Souquet served as Chief Scientific and Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Vice President of Philips Medical Systems. From 1993 to 2000 he was CTO and Senior Vice President for Product Generation at ATL Ultrasound. From 1989 to 1993, Jacques served as Director of Strategic Marketing and Product Planning and Vice

President for Product Generation of ATL Ultrasound. He joined ATL Ultrasound in August 1981 as a principal scientist in the cardiology division. Dr. Souquet holds a Higher Engineering Degree from the Ecole Superieure d'Electricite of Paris, France, a Ph.D. in the field of optical memory, from Orsay University , France , and a Ph.D. in the field of new acoustic imaging techniques for medical ultrasound applications and nondestructive testing from Stanford University. He is the inventor of the multiplane transesophageal echo probe, which is now used in 30% of all ultrasound echocardiography examinations. Dr. Souquet is the owner of 10 patents in the field of ultrasound imaging. He is also the author of more than 50 technical papers and is a keynote speaker at major technical and clinical meetings worldwide.

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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 a new representative body and Cluster Organisation focusing on the Key Enabling Technology (KET) community in Scotland. Technology Scotland aims to be a catalyst to promote and support technology innovation by bringing together industry, academia and government in technology clusters, to develop products and services utilising photonics, electronics, nanotechnology, advanced materials, industrial biotechnology and advanced manufacturing. The main objectives of Technology Scotland include: Build vibrant networks with a focus on key enabling technologies; Provide a focal point for the key enabling technology community in Scotland; Develop a strong Technology Scotland brand; and provide support for Scotland’s economic development working with other relevant stakeholder organisations. www.technologyscotland.scot


Stephen Taylor (CEO of Technology Scotland) 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.

TechnoSpark is a first Russian venture-building company, specializing in creation and developing from scratch new businesses in material-based areas. It was created in 2012 by group of private entrepreneurs together with Rusnano fund and based in scientific town Troitsk. Through 4 full years of operations TechnoSpark opened and invested 100 new high-tech companies. The priority technology area of TechnoSpark is photonics and its industrial applications – more than 20 new startups are developing products with lasers for manufacturing processes, lasers for ophthalmology, surgery and others medical purposes, optics and special coatings, etc. TechnoSpark is playing a role of basic partners for a dozen of European technology companies and R&D centers by creating joints ventures and projects for Russian technology markets.

Denis Kovalevich (CEO) is co-founder of the venture-building nanotechnology company “TechnoSpark” (Troitsk, Moscow) and board member of the Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Ulyanovsk and Dubna nanotechnology centers. He is a member of the Governmental Committee on Technological Development of Russian economy. Denis Kovalevich has more than 17 years of practice in technology entrepreneurship and strategic development in high-tech, energy and nuclear industries, including top

positions in Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and Skolkovo Foundation. Last 5 years he act as a serial entrepreneur and created a range of joint projects with with a dozens of European technology companies and R&D partners, such as IMEC, Solliance, KU Leuven, etc.

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

Benoît d’Humières (Managing Director) graduated with a degree in Physics and Chemistry from the ESPCI-Paristech and the University P. & M. Curie of Paris. He is an expert in Optics, Electronics and Instrumentation for industrial and research applications. In 1991, he became an innovation consultant. He has run many marketing and technological studies for companies (including AREVA, ALCATEL ESPACE, and AIR LIQUIDE) and research institutions. Benoit also teaches the

marketing of innovative technologies at the Institut d’optique-Graduate School (Palaiseau, France).

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The Hardware Entrepreneur is a podcast where founders and mostly C-level executives, who build physical products, are interviewed to bring their stories of how they started their companies and how they run them to enable listeners to start theirs. Hardware is different from software, i.e. challenges are everywhere, in designing, manufacturing, getting funding, hiring, innovating, delivering to the customers. To help in this complex field, listeners get real, practical knowledge by hearing it first-hand from others, what they have gone through. The Hardware Entrepreneur uncovers what their motivation was, what challenges they encountered, then overcame them regarding funding, strategies, business models they iterated on and found, as well as tackling some of the aforementioned topics, e.g. manufacturing, innovation, hiring, etc. www.thehardwareentrepreneur.com

Balint Horvath (founder and host) is an entrepreneur and cosmopolitan, originally from Hungary and currently based in Switzerland. As for his academic background, he has a PhD in physics (ultrafast optics) from LMU/Max-Planck-Inst of Quantum Optics in Munich and an M.Sc in electrical engineering from TU Budapest (focusing on microwave photonics). Regarding his industry experience he had a leadership role (R&D Program Manager for Manufacturing) at Alstom, and beforehand was in

execution as Senior Member of Research Staff at ABB (switchgear development, optical diagnostics). Inventions and ones that can be turned into innovations creating business opportunities are what excites him.

TMC Physics is a technology and science company that brings expertise to their clients in order to support them with the realisation of their technological challenges. As such, TMC is operating as an expert centre at the disposition of its clients in order to help them to be more competitive in an ever more global and faster changing technological world. TMC’s Employeneurs are trained and experienced technical specialists who combine the comforts of employment with the opportunities that entrepreneurship offers them. They create added value, for themselves and especially for the organization they work for, by continuous self-development. TMC is headquartered in the Netherlands and has offices Belgium, France, Spain and Italy. www.tmc-employeneurship.com

Willem Hoving (Senior Physics Consultant) has a PhD degree in experimental physics of the University of Groningen in 1987. Hoving is an expert in manufacturing technology, optics integration and photonic product development, based on more than 30 years of experience at Philips Electronics (manufacturing technology), XiO Photonic BV (integrated optics), Avantes BV (optical spectroscopy) and Anteryon BV ( optical sensor modules). Recently he joined TMC as senior physics consultant and

member of the Physics and Technology Executives cells.


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

Angelika Karlowatz (Business Development Manager) received her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. From 2001-2004 she was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of multifunctional scanning probe microscopy at the Applied Sensors Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology. She began her industrial career working as a sales engineer for attocube systems, taking over the responsibility for the worldwide sales and marketing team in 2006. She joined Thorlabs GmbH in 2008 in order to manage

the sales and technical support team. Since 2012 Angelika Karlowatz is responsible for driving sales and marketing activities in her role as a Business Development Manager.

VLC Photonics is a world leading photonic design house, offering several solutions in the field of integrated optics: techno-economical feasibility studies and consultancy, in-house PIC design, characterization and test, and full PIC prototyping through external manufacturing and packaging/assembly partners. VLC Photonics, as a pure-play fabless design house, works with multiple foundries embracing the generic integration model, and makes use of these fabrication platforms to always chose the most suited substrate material (Silicon-on-insulator, Silica/PLC, SiN/TripleX, InP/GaAs) for the application at hand. VLC Photonics also works closely with foundries to contribute in the building of their Process Design Kits (PDKs), allowing external users to easily access their manufacturing capabilities. www.vlcphotonics.com

Iñigo Artundo (CEO) obtained the M.Sc. in Telecom Engineering at the Universidad Publica de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) in 2005, and received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Photonics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 2009. He has been involved in several national and European research projects and networks of excellence focused on reconfigurable optical interconnects, the design, fabrication and characterization of micro-optic devices, and on flexible access and

in-building fiber network architectures. He has worked as a reviewer for several scientific journals and national funding agencies. He holds specializations in Business Financing, Commercial Management and Research, and Strategic Marketing. He is a member of IEEE, SPIE and COIT.

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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

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 modeling 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 modeling 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.


VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a non-profit government organisation operating under the auspices of the Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy. In photonics, VTT's technology offering covers the whole value-chain from devices to modules and systems. VTT aims towards developing wafer-level, sheet-level and large-area packaging and integration technologies by combining mature processes with novel fabrication methods. VTT's strength is in system level integration. Applications include optical and electrical sensors, photonic and electronic components and modules, large-area electronics and optical sensors and instruments for process control. www.vtt.fi

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.

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.

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 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 (2010) he lead the management buyout of Yelo from its Canadian Parent. He is a chartered engineer and an IET Fellow.

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Zumtobel is a leading international supplier of integral lighting solutions that enable people to experience the interplay between light and architecture. As a leader in innovation, Zumtobel provides a comprehensive range of high-quality luminaires and lighting management systems for a wide variety of professional interior lighting applications - including office and education, presentation and retail, hotel and wellness, health and care, art and culture and industry. Zumtobel has an international customer presence thanks to sales organisations in 23 countries and commercial agencies in more than 50 other countries. Zumtobel is a brand of Zumtobel AG with its head office in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg: Austria. www.zumtobel.com

Heinz Seyringer (Head of Research Collaborations) studied Physics and Mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) with special focus on quantum electronics. He has a PhD in semiconductor physics and before joining the Zumtobel Group he worked from 2000 until 2008 at Photeon Technologies, which is specialized on the design and development of integrated optical chips (AWG multiplexers and demultiplexers for fiber optical communications, lasers and

detectors, beam splitters,…). From 2002 until he left Photeon in 2008 he was general manager of the company. In 2009 he joined the Zumtobel group, where he is now responsible for the research collaborations.


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