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Next Photonics Events

06 Sep 2018
Paris, France
Register now - Photonics21 workshop Automotive and Transport

24 Sep 2018
Wageningen University campus, The Netherlands
Photonics21 workshop "Agriculture and Food"

10–11 Oct 2018
Koli, Finland
Photonics 4 Forestry

PhotonicsA Key Enabling Technology for Europe

The European Technology Platform Photonics21 represents the photonics community of industry and research organisations. Jointly with the European Commission our members develop and implement a common photonics strategy in a Horizon2020 Public Private Partnership (PPP) to spur growth and jobs in Europe.

Photonics PPP Services

Learn more about the Photonics Public Private Partnership

Photonics for Finance

The 4th edition of the Tech Tour European Photonics Venture Forum (EPVF) is organized by Tech Tour as part of the H2020 …

Photonics for Industry

Four European Pilot Lines, which help companies take photonics technologies from lab into market, have been launched by the …

Photonics for Education

The Photonics PPP supports various projects with the aim of bringing photonics into the education system of Europe. In this …

European Calls

There are regular Photonics Calls for Proposals from the European Commission. The Photonics21 community is the dedicated body to …

Photonics Downloads

The most relevant and recent publications from Photonics21 and the Photonics PPP can be found and downloaded in this section.

Discover the Photonics21 Work Groups

Work Group 1 Information and Communication

Work Group 2 Industrial Manufacturing and Quality

Work Group 3 Life Science and Health

Work Group 4 Emerging Lighting, Electronics and Displays

Work Group 5 Security, Metrology and Sensors

Work Group 6 Design and Manufacturing of Components and Systems

Work Group 7 Photonics Research, Education and Training

Photonics PPP Projects

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RIA – Research & Innovation action

COSMICC

The COSMICC consortium partners share the vision of mass commercialization of Silicon photonics based transceivers being possible ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

Passion

The main goal of PASSION project is the development of application driven photonic technologies supporting an innovative ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

QAMeleon

QAMeleon aims to deliver a new generation of faster, cheaper, and greener photonic devices spanning from beyond state-of-the-art ...

IA – Innovation action

ModuLase

State-of-the-art fibre-delivered laser sources are an industrially accepted tool for performing a range of materials processing ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

TresClean

The aim of TresClean is to demonstrate high-throughput laser-based manufacturing applied to the production of plastic and metal ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

ultraSURFACE

In nearly every sector of industrial manufacturing a broad spectrum of surface processing techniques is used, e.g. for ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

ESOTRAC

More than 450.000 people are diagnosed with esophageal cancer (EC) each-year worldwide and approximately 400.000 die from the ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

GALAHAD

The project GALAHAD targets the critical need for better glaucoma diagnostic systems. Glaucoma is an age-related major cause of ...

IA – Innovation action

LUCA

The Horizon 2020 project Laser and Ultrasound Co-analyzer for Thyroid Nodules (LUCA) aims to develop an innovative technology for ...

IA – Innovation action

VOSTARS

The idea of integrating the surgeon's perceptive efficiency with the aid of new augmented reality (AR) visualization modalities ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

Miledi

The MiLEDI ambition is to demonstrate that the combination of the laser/electron beam technology and the quantum dots (QDs) ...

IA – Innovation action

PI-SCALE

"Bringing flexible organic electronics to pilot innovation scale" (PI-SCALE) is a highly needed response to bridge the gap which ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

WATERSPY

Pervasive and on-line water quality monitoring data is critical for detecting environmental pollution. Currently, water utilities ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

FLAIR

FLAIR aims at developing an airborne, compact and cost-effective air quality sampling sensor for sensitive and selective ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

AQUARIUS

AQUARIUS proposes disruptive improvements in laser based water sensing employing MIR quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). It is ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

Morphic

In MORPHIC, we will enhance an established Silicon Photonics platform with MEMS actuators so photonic circuits can be programmed, ...

IA – Innovation action

PIXAPP

PIXAPP will establish the world's first open access Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) assembly & packaging Pilot Line. PIXAPP ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

WIPE

The WIPE project is about researching new technologies for connecting micro-photonic integrated circuits (PIC's) and ...

CSA – Coordination and support action

Phablabs4.0

PHABLABS 4.0 aims to integrate photonics in a durable way into the rapidly expanding ecosystem of European Fab Labs and ...

IA – Innovation action

ACTPHAST4.0

ACTPHAST (Access CenTer for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology Support) is a unique "one-stop-shop" for supporting ...

CSA – Coordination and support action

EPRISE

EPRISE project aims to promote and support Photonics as a KET with focus on Life Science applications in 4 target markets where ...

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Events & Workshops

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28 August–01 September 2018
Galway, Ireland
Biophotonics and Imaging Graduate Summer School (BIGSS`18)

31 August–01 September 2018
Zurich
International conference on emerging infectious diseases

06 September 2018
Paris, France
Register now - Photonics21 workshop Automotive and Transport

12–14 September 2018
Lund, Sweden
Northern Optics & Photonics Conference 2018

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News

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Tuesday, 24 July 2018

EU Scientists harness photonics to develop faster, high capacity, low power internet network that never hangs

Scientists are harnessing next generation lasers to create light-speed broadband connections and remove the data bottlenecks that could cause the Internet to grind to a halt as demand increases.

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Tuesday, 24 July 2018

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Thursday, 14 June 2018

Photonics mentioned as Key Digital Technology - European Commission publishes its proposal for Horizon Europe – the next research and innovation framework programme

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Wednesday, 06 June 2018

Photonics stakeholders - Provide your opinion - "Promoting Online Training Opportunities among high-tech SMEs in Europe"

A new initiative on "Promoting Online Training Opportunities among high-tech SMEs in Europe" has been launched by EASME/DG GROW of the European Commission.

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