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Welcome to Photonics21 - The Technology Platform for Photonics in Europe

Photonics21 is a voluntary association of industrial enterprises and other stakeholders in the field of photonics in Europe.

More than 300 members attended the Photonics21 Annual Meeting

General Assembly 2008

With more than 300 attendees the Annual Meeting 2008 ended as a successful event with interesting and promising discussions at the evening of December 9th at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.

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Presentations of the 2nd EOS scientific Annual Meeting 2008 now as PDF available

Photonics21 was technical co-sponsor of the ”Workshop on Masters and PhD Education in Photonics” at the 2nd EOS scientific Annual Meeting 2008 in Paris which took place from 29.09.to 2.10.2008. The presentations are available at http://www.myeos.org/educationworkshop.
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Photonics21 - a long needed pan-European organisation

In the last issue of OLE (October 2008) Arnold Mayer, Optech Consulting and Alistair Wilson, Photonics Transfer Network UK, were asked about the future market development of photonics in Europe.

They both pointed out the importance of cooperation in the field of Photonics in Europe and the advantages of having a European technology platform like Photonics21 for the whole European photonics value chain.

“I believe strongly in the importance of association...and Europe has long needed a pan-European organization such as Photonics21. At last Europe has one voice and can communicate with organizations such as Optoelectronic Industry and Development Association (OIDA) in the US and the Optoelectronic Industry Technology and Development Association (OITDA) in Japan”, Wilson emphasized the relevancy of the platform Photonics21.

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