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The Photonics Leadership Group welcomes finalisation of the post Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK. The full agreement and accompanying annexes includes a number of…
SPIE have confirmed its first five meetings of 2021 including Photonics West will run as fully remote participation digital meetings. The remote Photonics West will remain at the rearranged dates…
The latest analysis of the PLG’s autumn survey of the impact of Covid-19 on photonics and acoustics industries shows UK photonics continues to be highly resilient with 93% of companies…
Significant changes have been incorporated in the new National Security and Investment Bill that was introduced to Parliament on 11 Nov 2020. The Bill now proposes mandatory notification to government…
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.…
The PLG is currently working with the UK photonics community and the UK Fibre Connectivity Forum to draft a recommended strategy for significantly increasing supply of UK optical communications hardware…
To date we have received 115 responses to the PLG Autumn survey of the impact of Covid-19 on the Photonics & Acoustics industries. The survey will close on 31 October.…
The Photonics Leadership would like to congratulate two long time photonics innovators Prof Roy Sambles at the University of Exeter for receiving a Knighthood and Prof Miles Padgett at the…
Photonics is a vital cross cutting technology, already impacting all of our daily lives from powering the internet to enabling rapid diagnostic testing. Yet we are only at the beginning…
With the UK government focusing on science and technology as a driver of the Covid recovery and future growth, a new UK Research and Development Roadmap and Brexit , rarely…
