Change in the board at VDMA Robotics
The board of VDMA Robotics has appointed Thomas Hähn, founder and CEO of the United Robotics Group, as a new board member.
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Julie Bentley is the next vice president of SPIE
With her election, Bentley joins the SPIE presidential chain. She will serve as president-elect in 2025, and as the society's president in 2026.
Laserlab-Europe AISBL elects new Executive Director
John Collier of CLF succeeds Jens Biegert of ICFO who has headed the organization since 2021.
SPIE welcomes 89 new Senior Members
The society honor recognizes scientific excellence and technical achievements, as well as active participation in the optics community.
New board of directors
Elections at the VDMA Working Group Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing.
Launch of the Quantum Secure Networks Partnership QSNP
More than forty partners from science and industry participate in a project funded by the EU with 25 million euros, launched on 1 March.
VDMA is the sponsor of Laser World of Photonics
The VDMA Working Group on Lasers and Laser Systems for Material Processing assumes the conceptual sponsorship of the trade fair for components, systems and applications in photonics.
International Day of Light celebrated with “Possible Through Light” campaign
Co-sponsored by SPIE, Optica, and IEEE Photonics Society, the collaborative effort showcases optics and photonics engineers, scientists, and light-based technologies.
IVSM in Vienna: Standards for multi-billion vision-tech market
More than 100 developers meet at the Standards Working Group Meeting in Vienna
Cooperation with added value
VDMA and Photonics Germany have signed a memorandum of understanding for closer collaboration.
A celebration of sustainable growth and leadership in laser technologies
EPIC presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Ekspla’s Kestutis Jasiunas and CEO Award to Håkan Karlsson, the head of the Photonics division at Hübner Group and CEO of Cobolt.
New president and board member for EPIC
Basil Garabet becomes new president of the European Photonics Industry Consortium, Shahida Imani takes the place of past six years’ president Benno Oderkerk.
Optica names recipients for 2023 awards and medals
Robert Boyd wins the 2023 Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W Quinn Prize and 17 more recipients for other honors.
Robert Byer named Optica honorary member
The Spectra Physics and Stanford University emeritus, an outstanding volunteer in the laser community, is added to the most distinguished of all Optica member categories.
Lex Kerssemakers joins PhotonDelta’s supervisory board
The former chief commercial officer for Volvo provides expertise on the automotive industry regarding integrated photonics and more.
International Council of Quantum Industry Associations established
QIC, QED-C, Q-STAR, and QuIC form council to enable and grow the global quantum industry.
Attracting skilled workers to the photonics industry
New cooperation agreement between Spectaris and OptecNet Germany sealed.
Group 46 – together for PbX
Industry representatives met in Olching to discuss PbS and PbSe-based infrared detector technology.
OptecNet Deutschland’s board expanded
At the general meeting in December, Ralf Niggemann, manager of Wetzlar Network, was also elected as a new member of the board, in addition to the re-elected members Andreas Ehrhardt and Horst Sickinger.
9-million euro project unites German quantum stakeholders
SQuaD brings together players from research and industry to transfer scientific findings in the field of quantum communication into application.
Trumpf invests in Quside, joins Qutac consortium
Lining up with the Quantum Technology & Application Consortium’s twelve existing members and tapping the market for random number generators of around € 10 B expected by 2026.
SPIE announces its 2023 Fellows from across the globe
This year, the international society for optics and photonics welcomes 83 members as new ‘Fellows of the Society’.
Klaus Nassenstein is the new president of the AiF
At their meeting on January 18, 2023, the members of the executive board of the AiF Federation of Industrial Research Associations “Otto von Guericke” elected Dr-Ing Klaus Nassenstein (58) as the 14th president.
New Chair of GenICam Working Group elected
Michael Schmidt takes over from long-term serving Dr. Fritz Dierks
Harald Kuhn becomes Chairman of the IVAM Advisory Board
Prof Dr Kuhn, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS in Chemnitz, joins the scientific advisory board of the IVAM Microtechnology Network as new chairman.
Optica Foundation funds research through its 20th Anniversary Challenge
New photonics research to solve for environmental challenges and increasing the global bandwidth of optical communications.
VDMA: Machinery and plant engineering sector expects production to decline in 2023
The VDMA expects production value to fall by 2 percent in 2023. For this year, on the other hand, the mechanical engineering association anticipates a plus of 1 percent.
Review: 5th European Machine Vision Forum in Cork a complete success
Around 70 machine vision scientists and users met at the 5th European Machine Vision Forum in Cork, Ireland, organized by the EMVA at the end of October.
New research alliance Quantifisens in Thuringia
The BMBF is funding a new regional research alliance in Thuringia. The aim is to develop an innovative sensor platform based on fiber-optic and quantum technology processes.
European association Eunited Robotics joins VDMA
Eunited Robotics and VDMA Robotics + Automation merge. The members of Eunited Robotics will be represented by VDMA from January 2023.
Photonics Germany Future Summit 2022 – MoU with WLT
Memorandum of Understanding advocates greater innovative strength and competitiveness for the German photonics industry.
Industry leaders join Optica’s board
Society announces 2023 vice president and directors-at-large
13 topical meetings, 3 special sessions and 1 exhibition
This year, the European Optical Society Annual Meeting, EOSAM, took place in Portugal, at the faculty of engineering of the University of Porto, FEUP.
Ulrich Krauss is the new Spectaris Chairman
The CEO of Analytik Jena was elected as the new chairman with a clear majority of votes at the Spectaris general meeting in Berlin. Krauss succeeds Josef May, who led the association for fifteen years.
SPIE election results announced at annual general meeting
Alongside Peter de Groot as vice president, Bernard Kress, director of XR hardware at Google, will serve as the 2023 SPIE president while the University of Arizona’s Jennifer Barton will serve as president-elect.
Evosys Laser GmbH
Messe München GmbH
Cobolt AB, a part of HÜBNER Photonics
Laserlab-Europe AISBL
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems – ASAM e.V.
The International Commission for Optics
German Physical Society
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik und Photonik e.V.
Wiley-VCH GmbH
Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen „Otto von Guericke“ e.V. (AiF)
Nexus Media Events Ltd
Optica
SPECTARIS – German Industry Association for Optics, Photonics, Analytical and Medical Technologies
acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e.V.
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V.
PHOTONICS GERMANY
PhotonVentures
Laser Components Germany GmbH
Edmund Optics Europe
IVAM Microtechnology Network
European Optical Society
QUSIDE TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.
Photonics BW e.V.
Photonics Finland – Suomen fotoniikan seura ry
European Quantum Industry Consortium e.V.
Vision Markets GmbH
Advanced UV for Life e.V.
IFR International Federation of Robotics
Quantum Business Network UG
Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
Cooperatie Photon Delta U.A.
SPIE
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
The University of Manchester
ficonTEC Service GmbH
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Mahr GmbH
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
AIA Automated Imaging Association
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
NKT Photonics A/S
EMVA European Machine Vision Association
Universität Paderborn
Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS
OptecNet Deutschland e.V.
PhotonicNet GmbH
Nynomic AG