Photoncis Leadership Group meeting
2020-02-25 12:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | London, London, United Kingdom
The next Photonics Leadership Group meeting will be in London on 25th February.
If you would like to attend and are not on the PLG list for notifications of meetings please contact us

Innovative Photonics in Wales
2020-03-05 09:00 - 17:00 | OpTIC Technology Centre, St. Asaph Business Park, St. Asaph, LL17 0JD, United Kingdom
The Welsh Optoelectronics Forum is working with CPE, SPARC II and ASTUTE 2020 to bring together this event which will showcase real world applications of photonics and where technologies are impacting businesses today.
Overview of Agenda
09:00 Registration, Refreshments and Networking
09:30 Welcome Introduction and Purpose of event
9:45 Keynote Case Study of Industrial Collaboration
10:10 Collaborative Support for Industry Session
CPE (Centre for Photonics Expertise), ASTUTE 2020 project (advanced manufacturing), SPARC II project (Photovoltaic research), plus a panel session Q and A
11:00 Break – Tea/Coffee
11:20 Successful Case Studies presenting Industrial benefits Industrial presentations from company representatives that have worked with each project, plus a panel session Q and A
12:45 Lunch and Exhibition / Networking opportunity
14:00 Keynote Case Study of Industrial Collaboration and Challenges
14:30 Current funding landscape
15:15 World café roundtable sessions split into three groupings of CPE/ASTUTE 2020/SPARC II
Outcome: ideas for future collaborations, potential other partners/sectors to bring into projects, how to promote and expand projects beyond current funding
16:15 Close, further networking and refreshments

SPIE Photonics Europe- transfering to remote digital forum
2020-04-06 - 2020-04-10 | Palais de la Musique et des Congres Strasbourg, Place de Bordeaux, Strasbourg, 67082, France
Make your plans now!
Attend the only cross-disciplinary event highlighting compelling optics and photonics technologies–from digital optics to quantum technologies to optical imaging, sensing, and metrology. Additional topics include THz photonics, 3D printed optics, photonic glasses, photosensitive materials, and an expanded biophotonics programme. The 1,600-paper programme is completed with an exhibition, courses, industry programme, and a newly-created Executive Seminar “Imaging and Sensing Marketplace Forum”, held in partnership with Tematys.

SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing- transfering to remote digital forum
2020-04-26 15:00 - 2020-04-30 22:00 | Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing showcases the latest research and advancements in sensors, infrared technology, laser systems, spectral imaging, radar, LIDAR, AI/machine learning, and more. Leaders come to learn from and collaborate with other experts working on materials, components, systems, and analytics for defense, security, and commercial applications.
Co-located in 2020: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing will be co-located with SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation in Anaheim. These unique communities will enjoy opportunities to network, learn, and share their latest developments. Technical registration for either symposium gives you access to both meetings.anaheim92802

Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition- cancelled, presentations online
2020-05-14 | Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
The UK’s leading machine vision event returns on 14 May 2020.
Featuring over 50 seminars and exhibitors from world leading industrial vision companies this UKIVA meeting is a must for anyone looking to integrate more digitial imaging into their production line and manufacturing processes.
Due to the coronavirus the UKIVA Machine Vision Conference & Exhibition (MVC), 14 May 2020, has been cancelled. UKIVA is pleased to announce the presentations for this year’s Conference will be FREE to view on the conference website from 14 May 2020.

ILAS 2020
2020-05-20 - 2020-05-21 | Daventry Court, Sedgemoor Way, Daventry, NN11 0SG, United Kingdom
The Industrial Laser Applications Symposium will celebrate AILU‘s 25th anniversary in 2020 in a special even year edition of event.
Abstrat deadline for presentation submisions 6 December 2019

Photonics for Medical Diagnostics
2020-05-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Virtual meeting
The Photonics for Medical Diagnostics webinar, delivered by KTN in partnership with Hamamatsu Photonics, will explore how photonics technology can be used to provide rapid and accurate diagnoses of disease and will highlight current funding opportunities, including specific COVID-19 actions.
The event is aimed at photonics companies/researchers and end-users that are developing photonics-related healthcare technology, with a focus on medical diagnostics. It will also be relevant for photonics and related technology companies more widely, as it will look at different uses of the technology and offer networking opportunities

Photonics 21 Annual Meeting- Postponed to Autumn or Spring
2020-05-27 15:00 - 2020-05-28 16:00 | Brussels, Belgium
For 2020 the Photonics21 annual meeting will take place 27-28 of May

London Plasmonics Forum
2020-06-11 | Online Virtual meeting
The 6th London Plasmonics Forum (LPF) will be held online due to COVID-19. Since the first meeting in 2015, the LPF has become a must in the calendar for plasmonics researchers from accross the UK
The keynote entitled ‘The Alchemy of Vacuum’ will be given by Professor Thomas Ebbesen: University of Strasbourg.

International Summer School in Photonic Imaging, Sensing and Analysis
2020-06-15 - 2020-06-20 | University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AJ, United Kingdom
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics will be hosting its third international summer school, bringing together leading academic researchers with early career researchers for the purposes of knowledge exchange and networking in the photonics community.
Thie 2020 summer school will be held at the University of St Andrews on the theme of Photonic Sensing, Imaging and Analysis.

SPIE Space, Satellites and Sustainability (S3)
2020-09-20 08:00 - 2020-09-23 17:00 | Online Virtual meeting
We face a climate crisis, with associated widespread losses of natural ecosystems and biodiversity. In 2015 in Paris, global leaders agreed on 17 sustainable development goals and 169 associated targets to be met by 2030. Satellites provide a unique ability to support sustainable development with scaled analyses.
Organised by the University of Edinburgh and SPIE, this inter-disciplinary meeting will highlight newly-operational and forthcoming satellite systems providing new sensors supporting sustainability. Advances in the processing of big satellite data will be presented alongside novel analytics including those producing actionable sustainability intelligence.

SPIE Security + Defence
2020-09-21 07:30 - 2020-09-24 16:00 | Online Virtual meeting
The event for engineers, scientists, programme managers and policy makers for the latest developments in sensing, data and signal analysis, optronics, quantum science, optical technologies, and funding programmes. It crosses the divide between fundamental optical science and the application of the underpinning technologies in advanced defence and security systems.

Collocated with SPIE Remote Sensing and SPIE Space, Satellites + Sustainability (S3)

SPIE Remote Sensing
2020-09-21 08:00 - 2020-09-24 16:00 | Online Virtual meeting
Offering engineers, scientists, programme managers and policy makers access to the latest developments in earth observation, next generation satellites, atmospheric propagation, and imaging analytics, this event provides comprehensive coverage of scientific topics, such as, remote sensing applications, sensors, systems, and satellite platforms.

Collocated with:
SPIE Security + Defence
SPIE Space, Satellites, and Sustainability (S3)

SPIE Photonex + Vacuum Expo
2020-10-07 08:00 - 2020-10-08 17:00 | Ricoh Arena, Coventry, United Kingdom
This event is the UK’s meeting place for the world’s greatest scientific minds. It attracts researchers and engineers whether in industry or academia who come together to examine new-to-market products, research solutions, review current applications, investigate future solutions and to share knowledge.
Join your peers – at Photonex the most diverse and comprehensive exhibition and conference of its kind – spanning biophotonics, lasers for research and advanced manufacturing, sensors, camera systems, imaging, communications and optoelectronics, plus optical components for all these sectors and beyond…

PHOTONEX is now an SPIE event.

Photonics for Security and Defence
2020-10-27 10:00 - 12:00
The “Photonics for…” webinar series will look at photonics technologies in a variety of sectors and applications. Speakers from industry and academia will highlight the latest developments and KTN will provide an overview of the landscape and funding opportunities for each area.
The series is aimed at companies and researchers developing photonics technology, and at end-users looking to solve challenges and to produce innovative products and services.
Its main aim is to bring together photonics specialists with end-users, therefore there will be bookable one-to-one online meetings running across the whole series to support collaboration.

Women in Enabling Technologies
2020-11-03 10:00 - 12:00
Are you a woman working in enabling technologies such as electronics, sensors, photonics, RF and microwave or acoustics? Join our workshop and explore why we are not seeing more women in these sectors.
Enabling technology is helping to change our world, but how will the sector meet the needs of a diverse population if it is being shaped by a small section of society?
Gender imbalance in the technology industry is a major issue, with only 5% of leadership positions held by women, and women less likely to consider a technology career than men. (Pwc, Women in Tech Report).
Drawing on participants’ experience and the barriers that they have faced, and asking “What could be the short and long-term solutions?”, we aim to work together to help tackle the issues raised, and help develop KTN’s support for Women in Enabling Technologies.
In this context and in line with our national diversity and inclusion guidelines, this networking workshop aims to support and promote the presence of women in enabling technologies and discuss barriers and solutions towards a more gender-balanced landscape.

Photonics for Agri-Food
2020-11-24 10:00 - 12:00

Hot Electron Applications and Technology
2020-11-25 13:45 - 17:30 | Online Virtual meeting
New research on “Reactive Plasmonics”, led by King’s College London and Imperial College London, is developing technologies to harness the large intrinsic thermal energy of light. Remarkably, “hot electrons” excited by light in metals achieve temperatures of many 1000°C, while the host metal remains near ambient conditions. This activates a range of opto-electronic and photo-chemical processes with applications in photodetection, sensing, catalysis and localized thermal treatments.
Take part in tailored discussion sessions on three scientific themes and ask researchers about how they would apply their research in:
Catalysis – photochemistry; Sabatier process; photocatalysts
The impact of hot-electrons derived from metals leads to greener chemistry with massive energy savings and with the possibility to activate novel reaction pathways on the horizon. (14:15-15:00)
Sensing – bandgap free photodetectors; gas sensors
Hot electrons within opto-electronic devices point to new band-gap-free methods of photodetection; breaking the principle that specific materials must be tailored to detect certain colours of light. (15:00-15:45)
Nanoscale Heat – thermometry; photo-acoustics; refractory materials
Our ability to shape metals with nanoscale features means that we can localise heat on similar dimensions. This enables technology to focus and deliver heat with exquisite temporal and spatial precision. (16:00-16:45)

Join Industry and Academic speakers from the Reactive Plasmonics team at our Online Industry Open Day on 25 November to discuss how this research affects your industry

UK Fibre Connectivity Forum quarterly meeting
2020-11-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Online Virtual meeting
Chi Onwurah, MP -the Shadow Minister for Digital, Science & Technology will be the headline speaker at the UK Fibre Connectivity Forum (UKFCF), next quarterly meeting on 30 November 2020. Limited spaces remain for this online meeting with registration required in advance

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes
2020-12-14 16:00 - 2020-12-19 01:00 | Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, the most prestigious event for developers of ground- and space-based telescopes, the supporting technologies, and the latest instrumentation. Join your peers at the this important conference focused on astrophotonics.
Stay informed and ensure you get information about this event. Unless you opt in to receive emails, you may not be sent info about SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Registration opens in February 2020.

Photonics for Quantum Applications
2020-12-15 10:00 - 12:00

Photonics for Water Industry Challenges
2021-01-26 10:00 - 12:00

Scaling Up and Commercialising Metamaterials webinar
2021-02-09 10:00 - 16:00 | Online Virtual meeting
Once an aspect of metamaterials technology has been identified with the potential in a particular application, there is a need to look to scale up the production to develop demonstrators and prototypes. This activity is often associated with a start-up or SME since the technology is brought in from research. The needs of these small enterprises in progressing, from this first step to commercialisation, can include a variety of services offered from academia to investors. Very often investors will only be interested in further steps to commercialise or upscale.
This KTN webinar will bring together a variety of experts who can offer organisations the support they need to successfully scale up and commercialise. This includes modelling services from academia; advanced manufacturing scale up from catapults and academia; innovation funding and investor access from Government-funded organisations; early-stage design expertise to ensure capture of best product and application, to name just a few

National Security Investment (NSI) - legislation impact on photonics webinar
2021-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Virtual meeting
In collaboration with SPIE’s Public Policy team and the Knowledge Transfer Network, the Photonics Leadership Group are organising a webinar on the forthcoming UK National Security Investment (NSI) legislation and its potential impact on photonics on Tuesday, February 9 @ 16:00-17:00 GMT

This key new law will require mandatory notification to government of asset transfers of many types (from company sale to IP & design transfers) in many areas including photonics and compound semiconductor materials, metamaterials, quantum technology and communications.

Leanne Thomas, Corporate Director, Greenaway Scott will summarise the potential impact of the Bill from a legal perspective followed by a Q&A panel discussion with a US lawyer and Dr John Lincoln of the Photonics Leadership Group and representative from the UK Department of international trade.

Please register in advance at https://spie-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016105865290/WN_T8Ys8CnUQ2OUCYzCcXfwbw

Progress of the Bill into law can be followed on parliament.uk with detailed documentations at gov.uk.

Towards a European Strategy on Quantum Photonics Integrated Circuits- Online Workshop
2021-03-01 09:00 - 15:00 | Online Virtual meeting
Photonic Integration in general and Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits (QPICs) in particular are considered as an enabler for quantum technology, and conversely quantum technology is regarded as a major emerging market for photonic integration.
In order to profit from the European Quantum Flagship and the Photonics21 ETP that are actively supporting these fields in Europe, joint efforts are needed to gain technological leadership and stimulate job creation.
In this context, a joint Focus Group from both initiatives has been formed, with the general goals of making QPICs a European priority and setting up a European QPIC infrastructure on the longer term. A position paper from this Focus Group that elaborates the required efforts in more detail is currently under preparation. This position paper will be used to build the basis for future cooperation of projects from both areas, better access to infrastructure and joint funding activities of both initiatives.
The Focus Group is organizing a joint online workshop “Towards a European Strategy on Quantum Photonics Integrated Circuits”, which aims on the one hand at presenting and discussing the preliminary version of the position paper and further elaborating the general goals of the joint efforts, and, on the other hand, at bringing together and showcasing research projects working on QPICs stemming from different funding initiatives.

Photonics for Europe
2021-04-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Virtual meeting
The new European research and innovation framework programme Horizon Europe is open for business, and UK organisations are eligible to take part. Under Horizon Europe, photonics continues to be recognised as a key enabling technology and retains a dedicated budget.
This event will provide an overview of the role of photonics in Horizon Europe, including the role of Photonics21 and PhotonHub. Opportunities for photonics businesses and researchers to take part in Horizon Europe will be highlighted, both in the core photonics area and across the wider programme.
This is a unique opportunity for business and researchers from the UK and Europe to find out more about the new photonics programme and how to get involved. A pitching opportunity will also be provided alongside networking sessions.

Connecting the UK-Dutch integrated photonics ecosystems
2021-05-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Online Virtual meeting
In light of the many upcoming opportunities in Horizon Europe, a set of seminars, starting on 12 May, will seek to build awareness integrated photonics capability and opportunities in the UK and Netherlands and seed new collaborations.

The PLG, Photondelta, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult and Dutch embassy have come together to organise these meetings starting on 12 May @ 15:00, with an opening by the Netherlands Ambassador to the UK, and talks on integrated photonics opportunities in Hoirzon Europe and benefits of previous Anglo-Dutch collaborations in the area. Register online and to submit questions for the panel discussion in advance.

Follow-on meetings on 26 May and 17 June will look at specific opportunities, experience and capabilities in telecommunicate and sensing.

Programme 12 May 15:00-16:30 BST

15:00-15:05 Introduction by moderator, Stephen Anderson – Director Industry Development, SPIE
15:05-15:10 Opening remarks, Karel van Oosterom – Ambassador to the Netherlands in the United Kingdom
15:10-15:20 PhotonDelta: accelerating growth in the integrated photonics industry, Ewit Roos – Founder PhotonDelta
15:20-15:30 CSA Catapult: the British photonics landscape, Mark Goossens – Business Development Manager, CSA Catapult
15:30-15:40 Benefits of Anglo-Dutch collaboration within photonics, Michael Wale – Professor of Integrated Photonics, UCL & TU Eindhoven
15:40-15:50 Opportunities for collaboration within Horizon Europe
15:50-16:00 Best practice of Anglo-Dutch collaboration: Effect & Smart Photonics, Stefano Aina – Director Product Management, Smart Photonics
16:00-16:30 Interactive panel discussion, Speakers above and John Lincoln (PLG)

Post Pandemic Digital Investment Opportunities
2021-05-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Virtual meeting
The UK fibre connectivity forum quarterly meeting will feature Q&A with Matt Warman MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure on the governments plan for delivering gigabit speeds, 5G and open RAN.
The agenda also includes

Welcome from the UKFCF chair-Askar Sheibani
Darren Kilburn – Principal Consultant-Policy at FarrPoint “Net-zero targets are not possible without digital solutions”
Professor Jianming Tang of Bangor University and Peter Curnow -Ford of Viatec Associates. “The Bangor University DSP project”
Matt Warman MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure “Government Plan for delivering gigabit speeds, 5G and open RAN”
Robin Millar MP – Member of Parliament for Aberconwy “Historic opportunities for investment in North Wales digital connectivity infrastructure”

Trusted Research for Industry – Photonics
2021-05-24 12:00 - 13:30 | Online Virtual meeting
The Trusted Research Campaign aims to raises the awareness of the possible security risks in international research collaborations and how to mitigate them.
This webinar will discuss the impact of security risks and what it means for industry when embarking on research projects with a specific focus on Emerging and Enabling (Electronics Sensors and Photonics, ICT), Quantum and Robotics & AI sectors. Attendees will learn how to get the most out of international collaboration, whilst protecting intellectual property (IP), sensitive research and personal information.
For a more general focus open to all sectors, academics and industry stakeholders planning on working in collaboration with academia are invited to join the launch event on 17 May

Integrated photonics for telecom applications
2021-05-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Virtual meeting
Focusing on specific opportunities in telecommunications this meeting seeks to build Anglo-Dutch collaborations in integrated photonics in light of the upcoming funding opportunities in Hoirzon Europe. In addition to looking at the demand from network operators, networking sessions will connect potential collaborators seeking to form and join potential consortia
The meetings is part of a series, launched on on 12 May, in collaboration between PLG, Photondelta, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult and Netherlands Embassy in the UK seeking to build awareness of integrated photonics capability and opportunities in the UK and Netherlands and seed new collaborations.
The full agenda will be updated shortly
