July meeting of the UK Fibre Connectivity Forum The Welsh Government are providing £4.2 million of funding to Bangor University’s Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre of Excellence to bring 5G broadband connections through fibre optic cables into harder to reach areas. The University is working with a consortium of companies to increase the capacity and…
Bringing together the European quantum industry ecosystem to commercialize upcoming products from the current R&D initiatives. The event gathers experts and leaders from industrial companies worldwide to discuss the second quantum revolution, its applications, and challenges. We will discuss the four primary application areas in which a paradigm shift is expected: quantum communication, quantum imaging,…
Early career photonic professionals and researchers are invited to a virtual sandpit meeting on 9th September to discuss the formation of new UK Early Career/ Future Photonics Leaders group
European Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Photoncis21. A key event for networking with colleagues across Europe. Essential for those looking to join Eu collaborative research and innovation consortia and understand the direction of European funding, much of which is open to UK participation. A packed agenda with keynotes from the European…
Launch event for the Optical Communications Roadmap, including inter satellite communications, ground to space and space to ground communications links as well as teh continuing growth of terrestrial optical communications for all ground based applications. Featuring a panel discussion on Photonics for Space and Beyond
The first of a three-part event series run in collaboration with Plexal, Dell and Intel that showcases UK- based Deep Tech SMEs to Defence primes. Future events will focus on Semiconductors & Quantum technologies
European Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting celebrating the 21th Anniversary of Photoncis21. A key event for networking with colleagues across Europe. Essential for those looking to join European collaborative research and innovation consortia and understand the direction of European funding, much of which is open to UK participation. With keynotes from the European Commission and panel…
For the first time, NMI, DESN, AESIN and IoTSF unite to connect the full semiconductor-to-systems ecosystem. Semiconductors to Systems Summit 2026 is a cross-value-chain summit for people building the future deep tech economy – from materials research and device design to secure systems, investment and global markets. It’s where the semiconductor-to-systems ecosystem come together under one…
Photon 2026 is the thirteenth conference in a biennial series that started in 2002 covering optics and photonics. During the event, participants will have the opportunity to hear from leading experts in the field, attend lectures from leading technology experts, and visit the exhibition profiling the latest in optics and photonics technology. The programme will consist…
The Third Edition of the Global Photonics Economic Forum will convene September 24 - 25 in Malaga, Spain. Building on the success of the 2024 and 2025 edition this year the forum will focus on defining and sharing joint strategies to tackle the current volatile geopolitical landscape. Global photonics and semiconductor industries are facing unprecedented disruption.…
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