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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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.

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