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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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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.

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