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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
Future UK opportunity Supporting UK core strength / justification Action (s) required Plastic electronics (PE)* enables circuits and devices to be printed or deposited onto a range of surfaces. This is leading to a whole new generation of innovative products and applications that need large areas and/or flexibility for market sectors such as automotive, healthcare,…
ESPKTN would also very much welcome your comments on their Photonics Brochure aimed at getting the general public excited about photonics. Comments minor modifications and tweaks are welcom. Please add notes to the PDF and return to anke.lohmann@espktn.org or comment below. The request to replace term ‘Lifescience’ with ‘Healthcare’ has been acknowledged, but they have…
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.…
Interesting comment from recruiters that skilled staff are not just becoming harder to find, but are also less inclined to move. http://insightmanagementservices.com/report-on-uk-jobs-october-2013/ As photonics continues to expand, availability of people is increasingly an issue. This includes persuading people to move to photonics from other industries. There are many skills that high growth photonics companies need…
The government have just published their Foresight report on the future of UK manufacturing. The future of manufacturing – summary report (PDF, 2.4 MB) The future of manufacturing – project report (PDF, 5.5 MB) There are a number of references to photonics enabled technology within the report, especially related to additive manufacturing and sensing, however…
David Belforte, of Industrial laser Solutions, will show in Paris later this month that laser material processing systems now make up more than 10% of all machine tool sales . Photonics is clearly a main stream manufacturing technology for the 21st Century.
PLG Chief executive John Lincoln recently supported UKTI inward investment team at the China International Optoelectronics Exposition (CIOE) in Shenzhen 4-7 September 2013. Those interested in understanding the dynamics of this major CHinese photonics exhibition may find the following observations useful. Observations on CIOE This is large exhibition covering 100,000 sq meters with 3,200 exhibitors…
Minutes from the PLG meeting on 19 September will be emailed to attendees and previous contributors shortly. If you would like a copy please contact us. A key output from the meeting was for PLG experts to compile summaries of key future opportunities for UK Photonics prior to the next meeting in January 2014, including…
