UK Photonics Leadership Group

EPIC Industrial Quantum Photonics Technology Summit
2022-09-07 08:00 - 2022-09-08 15:45 (Europe/London) | University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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,
quantum computing and simulation, and
quantum sensing and metrology

Future Photonics Leaders Group Formation Meeting
2022-09-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Online Virtual meeting
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 focused on fostering, supporting and capturing the opinions of those early in their photonics careers that will lead UK industry and research in the future.
Those starting and developing their photonic careers today will be the industrial and academic leaders of the future. It is hoped this group will run alongside the current PLG to foster interaction, mutual support, and insights to ensuring the future photonics ecosystem is one that participants will be proud of, motivated to lead, would recommend to others and provides dynamic, diverse and rewarding career opportunities.
As a starting point an initial draft scope, activity focus and terms of reference for the group has been developed and is open for comment and discussion on 9 September (15:00-16:30 by Teams). Preregistration is requested. The new group will need to be self-organising and volunteers will be sort to take the group forward with support and coaching from the current PLG.

Photonics21 Annual Meeting
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-16 | Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium
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 Commission and panel discussion on the future of Photonics in the next European framework programme.
Working group workshops on day two will update the strategic research and innovation agenda for photonics ready for the next framework programme

Optical Communications Roadmap Launch
2025-11-24 13:00 - 17:00 | Techuk, 10 St Bride St,, London, EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom
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

Tech UK Photonics Sprint - Defence workshop
2025-11-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Techuk, 10 St Bride St,, London, EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom
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

Photonics 21 Annual meeting 2026
2026-06-09 - 2026-06-10 | Double Tree, Brussels, DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City hotel., Brussels, Belgium
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 discussion on the future of Photonics in the next European framework programme.
The meeting will feature presentation of the next photonics multiyear strategic research and Innovation agenda to the Commission which will be finalised over the coming months by the Photonics21 working group.
