The Photonics21 Prototype Your Idea contest is back, bigger and better! This is a great opportunity to get photonic product ideas off the drawing board and into reality. Especially useful for PhD/postdocs etc, but open to innovators in the private sector too.
Details on the Photonics21 web site: https://www.photonics21.org/2018/participate-in-the-%23next_photonics.-prototype-your-idea-contest-2019%21