TechUK have launched a five month Photonics Sprint to identify key Photonics applications, showcase bestpractice, and explore how the UK can lead on the development and deployment of Photonics technologies. The sprint will conclude with a report(launching Q1/2 2026) which will summarise the campaign’s findings, feature member & stakeholder case studies, and set out policyrecommendations…
The Photonics21 Board of Stakeholder election will be open 21 October to 4 November 2025. A number of the current UK members of the Board of Stakeholders will be up for re-election this year and need your vote to continue to represent your interests in the design and scope of European photonics funding. With the…
A new annual UK Photonics meeting, Photonics Means, will see its inaugural edition on Friday 10 October, at the technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow. Meeting demand for an annual gathering of the UK photonics community bringing together the next generation of photonics innovators, spotlights on key regional strengths around the UK and inspiration from…
The Photonics Leadership Group AGM will be on the 9 October 2025, forming part of the PLG Autumn meeting at the Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow and online.
As part of succession planning, nominations are now open for the new role of Deputy Chief Executive (DCE) to be appointed by member vote at the AGM. The DCE role will shadow the PLG Chief Executive for at least a year, with a view to succeeding them in leading the PLG in the future, subject to confirmation vote by the membership. Please contact the PLG to discuss expectations for the DCE role.
The AGM will also include summary of PLG activity for 2025, approval of the accounts and confirmation of the appointments of the PLG Chair-person, Vice-Chair and Treasurer and Photonics Leadership Ltd directors.
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The full agenda for the new Microelectronics UK event including Photonics UK, at the ExCel centre, London 24-25 September, is now live. The event will bring together the semiconductor, microelectronics, photonics and embedded systems communities for the first time featuring. A new event in the calendar the Photonics Leadership Group will be supporting the popular…
Details of the PLG’s 2025 analysis of the £18.5 billion UK photonics industry are now available in a video presentation on the UK Photonics Landscape from our Chief Executive, Dr John Lincoln. The extended analysis includes a look at the hottest growth markets, global photonics impact and regional breakdown. The presentation includes the PLG forecasts…
UK photonics grew by 16% from 2022 to 2024 and now generates annual revenues of £18.5 billion, according to the latest analysis from the Photonics Leadership Group at Laser World of Photonics in June 2025. Sector productivity now exceeds £101,000 gross value added per employee, making photonics one of the most productive sectors in the…
UK photonics has grown into a £18.5 billion industry, with like-for-like revenue growth from 2022 to 2024 of over 16%, double the growth seen from 2020-2022. Like-for-like profit growth has been even higher at over 25% over two years, whilst employment in the industry has grown at 8.2% in the same period. 84,800 people are…
Sellafield Ltd is seeking remote analytical techniques and solutions to characterise nuclear fuelderived waste materials, as part of it Game Challengers program This will enable better sentencing of that waste for futureprocessing operations and disposal, reducing associated risks and improving theefficiency of retrieval of legacy waste from existing storage facilities. The deadline for applications for…
A new approach to quantifying the structure of our industry and its impact further demonstrates the underlining nature of photonics The approach first looks for the most frequent technical terms in more than a decade of 0.5 million photonics publications from SPIE. On the assumption that SPIE publications are representative of photonics and only the…
