The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) is one of the international supporters of the International year of Light and has organised the “Global Open Lab Day” (GOLD) inviting any laboratory that deals with light, optics, lasers, astronomy etc to open its doors to the general public in a shared period between the 9th and the 25th of…
The UK website for the international year of light is now live. Featuring a rapidly expanding list of events around the UK for all ages covering the whole cross section of light based applications and technology from light base art installations to lasers for manufacturing. If you are interested in organising or supporting an event…
The development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy was recognised in the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry The invention of the Blue LED which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources was recognised in the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics Both are key advances in photonics which are already have wide ranging impact in society and…
We have prepared the following response from the PLG to be submitted to the BIS consultation on Proposals for Long-Term Capital Investment in Science & Research. Your suggestions for improvement before submission on 3 July are most welcome. If you have strong opinions you should of course also submit your own response directly at https://bisgovuk.citizenspace.com/digital/consultation-on-proposals-for-long-term-capital-in/consultation/intro/view…
This a synopsis of the 120 page BIS consultation on Proposals for Long-Term Capital Investment in Science & Research “CREATING THE FUTURE: A 2020 VISION FOR SCIENCE & RESEARCH”. You can read the whole thing at http://bit.ly/1jNtqso or save time with the following summary with apologies in advance to those closer to the process than…
How does Light and Photonics impact your live now and in the future. Just some examples illustrating the how photonics is becoming one of the key industries for the future are included in this brochure focused on transport, manufacturing and healthcare. Photonics – Revolutionising Our World First published in Janurary 2014
UK SME’s have long loved the SMART award run by the Technology Strategy Board. But have you ever wanted a higher contribution and larger grant value especially for the development of prototype phase? The answer is arriving from Europe in the Open Disruptive Innovation (ODI) competition. Like SMART it has a number of phases from …
Ahead of the start of Horizon 2020, the new EU research and innovation programme, the European Commission has launched a new call for independent experts for the evaluation of proposals under Horizon 2020, the EU’s new funding instrument for Research and Innovation (2014-2020). Experts are needed to evaluate proposals for EU funding and for other…
All those attending the PLG meeting on Monday should now have had the agenda and copy of the draft UK Photonics Future Growth Analysis for discussion. If you haven’t please contact John Lincoln The Future Growth Analysis will be posted here following the meeting for further community comment
Meeting on Thursday, 12th December 2012 by ESPKTN Venue: Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0HX London Registration open now . Agenda 9.30 – 10.00 Registration and Coffee 10.00 – 10.10 Welcome and introduction, Alastair Wilson, Director of Photonics, ESP KTN 10.10 – 10.40 Horizon 2020 and Photonics Dr Thomas Skordas, Head of EU Photonics Unit.…
