Optical Systems Design Exhibition

Connecting research and industry

The exhibition will showcase applied, innovative, and the latest photonics technologies and solutions. Attend the exhibition for the wide field of optical system design including computational optics, illumination optics, optical fabrication, optical instrument sciences, and applications. The exhibition is free.
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A preliminary look at two days of industry programming

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 - Photonics Marketplace l	Wednesday, 15 April 2026 - Photonics Marketplace ll
PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS 10:00 - 10:40	EUROPEAN SUPPORT MECHANISMS 10:00 - 10:20 Session Chair: Anna Mignani, CNR (Italy) European Innovation Council - EIC: How the Programme Supports Deep Tech Innovators from Idea to the Market 10:00 - 10:20 Andreas Lymberis, Head of Sector, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), (Belgium) Funding opportunities for frontier research in Europe 10:20 - 10:40 Janne Salo, Scientific Officer, ERC Executive Agency, (Belgium)
MARKET OVERVIEW Session Chair: Amy Hanlon, SPIE Director of Technology Outreach (US) The Global Photonics Industry: Scale, Growth, and Economic Research 11:00 - 11:30 Amy Hanlon, SPIE (US) Photonics for Defence 11:30 - 11:45 Thierry Robin, Partner and co-founder, TEMATYS (France) Photonics for AI 11:45 - 12:00 Benoît d’Humières, Partner and co-founder, TEMATYS (France)	HORIZON EUROPE PROJECT OVERVIEW 10:40 - 12:00 Session Chair: Anna Mignani, CNR (Italy) OPTIPATH: Adaptive optical metasurfaces for real-time, label-free and non-destructive 7D digital pathology 10:40 - 11:00 Christopher Dirdal, Research Manager for Micro Optics at SINTEF Digital (Norway) WAIVETAILOR: Modular laser sources enabling sustainable production of short, personalized series 11:00 - 11:20 Danijela Rostohar, Coventry University (UK) QU-PIC: Quantum Universal Photonic Integrated Circuit Platform 11:20 - 11:40 Kai Wang, University of Twente, (Netherlands) OPTIMAL "all-in-one" laser lithography platform 11:40- 12:00 Markus Postl, Joanneum Research, (Austria)
PHOTONICS RESEARCH SUPPORT Session Chair: Bob Hainsey, SPIE Sr Director, Science, Technology & Industry Programs (US) Qu Quantum Pilot Line 13:00 - 13:20 Dr. Ségolène Olivier, Quantum Photonics Program Manager at CEA-Leti, (France) The UK Quantum Technology Research Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing: an engine for the creation and growth of startup and spinout companies 13:20 - 13:40 Miles Padgett, Royal Society Professor, The University of Glasgow, (UK) PhotonHub: the gateway to photonics innovation for European entrepreneurial researchers and companies 13:40 - 14:00 Hugo Thienpont, Brussels Photonics B-PHOT, (Belgium) Open-source foundry approach for accelerating research in silicon photonics 14:00 - 14:20 Emre Kaplan, PDK Manager, CORNERSTONE, (UK) Photonics innovation scaled at the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart 14:20 – 14:40 Niels Quack, Director and Chairman of the Board IMS CHIPS (Germany) Patenting your inventions in the fields of optics and photonics 14:40 – 15:00 Claire Speiser, SATT Conectus; Anne-Sophie Auriol, Lavoix; Arnaud Pouderous, Lavoix (France) Fireside Chat - Illuminating the realities of careers in photonics 15:00 - 16:00 Chair: Lewis Hill, Max Planck Institute, Erlangen, (Germany) In Cooperation with University of Strasbourg SPIE Student Chapter Guests: Simon Andrews, Executive Director, Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd, (UK) Caroline Boudoux, Co-Founder, Castor Optics & Peregrine Photon, Professor, Polytechnique Montréal (Canada) Agnes Hübscher, Senior Director Corporate Affairs, Communications & Industry Relations, Edmund Optics, (Germany) Frédérique Vanholsbeeck, Director, Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Professor, University of Auckland (New Zealand)	PANEL DISCUSSION: 3D printed microoptics 12:00 - 13:00 PM Host: Georg von Freymann, Leibniz Universität Hannover, (Germany) Panelists: Christophe Moser, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, (Switzerland) Martin Hermatschweiler, Nanoscribe, (Germany) Reinhard Voelkel, SalesPro4U SA, (Switzerland)
REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PHOTONICS SUPPORT Photonics France 16:00 – 16:20 Thierry Georges, CEO, Oxxius (France) Institut Photonique: a unique approach to photonics for European players 16:20 – 16:30 Marc Sciamanna, Chair in Photonics, Director of Institut Photonique, CentraleSupélec, (France) Photonics in Eastern France: Opportunities and Growth Perspectives 16:30 – 16:40 Patricia Hateseur, Grand Est Developpement (France) Photonics in Germany: Cluster Landscape, Market Insights & Future Strategies 16:40 – 17:00 Andreas Ehrhardt, Executive Director, PhotonicsBW (Germany)	PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS 13:00 - 14:00
	STATE OF THE ART OVERVIEW: Everyday AI implications Session Chair: Amy Hanlon, SPIE Director of Technology Outreach (US) Integrating AI into Clinical Research: Challenges and Strategies under the European AI Act 14:00 - 14:25 Roberto Pini, CNR-IFAC, Andrea Barucci, Valentina Colcelli, CNR-IFAC, (Italy) How AI is Changing Photonics and Microscopy 14:25 – 14:50 Giovanni Volpe, Göteborgs University, (Sweden) From clinical Raman Diagnostics to Personalized Optical Digital Twins Enabled by Everyday AI 14:50 – 15:15 Jürgen Popp, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, (Germany) AI-Accelerated Optics Design, Faster AI 15:15 - 15:40 Anni Lehmuskero, Professor of Practice in Optics Design and Senior Optics Specialist, University of Eastern Finland and Entangly (Finland) Panel Discussion: Everyday AI Implications 15:40 - 16:00

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