associations

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FFL elects new board

Circle of Friends and Supporters of Laser Technology decides on pioneering measures to strengthen the association for the coming years.

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IBM’s Heike Riel to head the DPG

At its last meeting, the German Physical Society DPG’s board of directors elected industrial physicist Heike Riel as the future president of the world’s largest physics society.

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New board takes up work

The VDMA has elected a new board for the VDMA Machine Vision division. Dr. Olaf Munkelt succeeds Mark Williamson.

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IFR appoints new president

​​​​​​​The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Takayuki Ito as President. At the same time, Jane Heffner was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.

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Event

AKL – International Laser Technology Congress in Aachen

AKL – International Laser Technology Congress in Aachen

From April 22 to 24, 2026, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT invites you to AKL'26. The photonics congress with over 500 participants is taking place for the 15th time, this year with a significantly expanded program, over 80 presentations, and 54 exhibitor booths.

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Edmund Optics Europe
Photonics21
Laserlab-Europe AISBL
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V.
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
PhotonVentures
Technische Universität Dresden
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems – ASAM e.V.
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Wiley-VCH GmbH
Universität Paderborn
The University of Manchester
Quantum Business Network UG
Cooperatie Photon Delta U.A.
SPIE
PhotonicNet GmbH
Photonics Finland – Suomen fotoniikan seura ry
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EMVA European Machine Vision Association
Evosys Laser GmbH
SPECTARIS – German Industry Association for Optics, Photonics, Analytical and Medical Technologies
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PHOTONICS GERMANY
Messe München GmbH
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Nexus Media Events Ltd
Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS
AIA Automated Imaging Association
Photonics BW e.V.
Cobolt AB, a part of HÜBNER Photonics
Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen „Otto von Guericke“ e.V. (AiF)
German Physical Society
acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e.V.
European Quantum Industry Consortium e.V.
Laser Components Germany GmbH
SUSS MicroOptics SA
Advanced UV for Life e.V.
NKT Photonics A/S
*SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa GmbH
ficonTEC Service GmbH
QUSIDE TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.
Nynomic AG
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik und Photonik e.V.
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
The International Commission for Optics
IVAM Microtechnology Network
Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
Vision Markets GmbH
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
European Optical Society