Photonics Public Private Partnership Annual Meeting 2020

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  The European Technology Platform Photonics21 unites the majority of the leading photonics industries and relevant R&D stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe. Today ...
  
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  Effective November 2013 the "Photonics 21 Association" - a legal entity under Belgium law - was formed to become the private contract partner in a contractual Public Private Partnership (PPP) ...
  
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  Research & Innovation Priorities
  Setting photonics research and innovation Prorities for the Horizon 2020 Work Programmes lies in the heart of the Photonics Public Private Partnership tasks.
  
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  Structures, Processes and Statutes
  The Photonics Public Private Partnership acts as a "mouthpiece" of the European Technology Platform Photonics21 (and its more than 2500 members) towards the European Commission.
  
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  Structure
  Photonics21 is composed of several bodies. You can find more information on the structure of the platform in the following sections.
  
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  Board of Stakeholder
  
  Board of Stakeholders
  The Board of Stakeholders (BoS) is the main decision-making body of the platform. In particular, the BoS bears responsibility for:
  
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  Executive Board
  
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  The Photonics21 Work Groups (WGs) are the main centres of activities within Photonics21. They focus on the development of the work group specific research and innovation priorites and the update of ...
  
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  Work Group 1
  Digital Infrastructure
  
  Work Group 1
  Early 2020, with the onset of COVID-19, digital infrastructure became an even more essential part of our personal and professional lives, acting as a 'lifeblood' the likes of which we have never seen ...
  
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  Work Group 2
  Manufacturing
  
  Work Group 2
  The Grand Challenges facing European research are well-documented. Digitisation, and a sustainable and circular approach for manufacturing and materials, will be the basis for a competitive, ...
  
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  Work Group 3
  Health
  
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  The European population is ageing increasingly: the number of people today older than 65 relative to those in the working-age is assumed to double by 2045. Since age is a major factor for a higher ...
  
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  Work Group 4
  Climate, Mobility & Energy
  
  Work Group 4
  Photonics plays a role in the targets of Decarbonisation towards Zero Emission Road Transport, Clean Energy Transition, the Industrial Battery Value Chain, Renewable Energy with photovoltaics, energy ...
  
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  Work Group 5
  Safety, Security, Space & Defense
  
  Work Group 5
  A key responsibility of government is to keep its citizens protected and to make them feel safe. This can be accomplished on three levels: (1) Civilian empowerment, (2) Law enforcement and public ...
  
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  Agriculture & Food
  
  Work Group 6
  By 2030, the technology to feed a world population of 10 billion, push back food-borne illness, and reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture needs to be in place. ...
  
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  Work Group 7
  Core Photonics
  
  Work Group 7
  Photonics will play a vital role in addressing the key socio-economic challenges facing Europe in the 21st century. As examples, we may note the following:
  
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  Mirror Group
  
  Mirror Group
  The Mirror Group constitutes the public complement to the industry-led Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders. It supports and reflects ("mirrors") the activities of Photonics21 at policy level and from a ...
  
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Photonics21
The European Technology Platform Photonics21 unites the majority of the leading photonics industries and relevant R&D stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe. Today ...

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Photonics PPP
Effective November 2013 the "Photonics 21 Association" - a legal entity under Belgium law - was formed to become the private contract partner in a contractual Public Private Partnership (PPP) ...

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Structure
Photonics21 is composed of several bodies. You can find more information on the structure of the platform in the following sections.

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PPP Services
- Photonics for Finance
  
  Photonics for Finance
  The financing of innovative photonics companies in their different growth phases is a serious problem in Europe. Thats why Photonics21 strives to improve the access to financing for European ...
  
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- Photonics for Industry
  
  Photonics for Industry
  Several European Pilot Lines, which help companies take photonics technologies from lab into market, have been launched by the Photonics Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Pilot Lines mean that ...
  
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- Photonics for Education
  
  Photonics for Education
  The Photonics PPP supports various projects with the aim of bringing photonics into the education system of Europe. In this sectore we dive a bit deeper into this projects.
  
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- European Calls
  
  European Calls
  There are regular Photonics Calls for Proposals published by the European Commission. The Photonics21 community is the dedicated body to define the European call topics for photonics.
  
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- Photonics Downloads
  
  Photonics Downloads
  The most relevant and recent publications from Photonics21 and the Photonics PPP can be found and downloaded in this section.
  
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Photonics for Finance
The financing of innovative photonics companies in their different growth phases is a serious problem in Europe. Thats why Photonics21 strives to improve the access to financing for European ...

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Photonics for Industry
Several European Pilot Lines, which help companies take photonics technologies from lab into market, have been launched by the Photonics Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Pilot Lines mean that ...

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Photonics for Education
The Photonics PPP supports various projects with the aim of bringing photonics into the education system of Europe. In this sectore we dive a bit deeper into this projects.

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PPP Projects
- Current Projects
  
  ORIGIN
  The ORIGIN project is developing a vastly improved methodology, a photonics-based optical dose imaging and localisation system whose resolution will significantly reduce the overall risk of treatment ...
  
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  PHOOTINICS
  PHOOTONICS aims at developing a non-invasive, reliable and cost-effective photonics-driven device for DFU monitoring and management which can be applied for wide use.
  
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  HandheldOCT
  Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a revolutionizing in-vivo 3D imaging technique for non-invasive optical biopsy addressing medical needs in early diagnosis and effective disease management. OCT ...
  
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- Past Projects
  
  SEERS
  SEERS (Snapshot Spectral Imager for IR Surveillance) will develop a modular, compact and cost effective snapshot spectral imaging system in the infrared domain (0.7-14 µm wavelength). It will be ...
  
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  EPRISE
  EPRISE project aims to promote and support Photonics as a KET with focus on Life Science applications in 4 target markets where Europe holds a leading position – Medical Technologies, ...
  
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  LEDLUM
  The project LEDLUM (Tiny Light Engine for Large Scale LED Lighting) will make major improvements to the volume, the weight, the lifetime and the size of the driver (electrical engine) of light ...
  
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FemtoSurf
The tremendous success of lasers in industry resulted in massive demand for photonics-based solutions. At the moment lasers are inseparable part of fields like communications, medicine, science and ...

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PhotonicLEAP
PhotonicLEAP will develop a disruptive wafer-level PIC module integration, packaging and test technology which can be scaled from low to very large volumes.

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LAMpAS
Current industrial markets demand highly value added products offering new features at a low-cost. Bio-inspired surface structures, containing features in the nanometer/micrometer scales, offer ...

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News
- News Archive
  
  Draft position paper on Quantum PICs available for download now!
  Photonic Integration in general, and Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits (QPICs) in particular, are considered as an enabler for quantum technology. Conversely, quantum technology is regarded as a ...
  
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  INSPIRE - InP on SiN Photonic integrated circuits realized through wafer-scale micro-transfer printing
  New H2020 project INSPIRE will revolutionize photonic integrated circuit technology by combining highest optoelectronic efficiencies in InP photonics and lowest optical loss in SiN photonics, in a ...
  
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  Apply now - OIP4NWE open innovation PIC pilot line call now open
  The Interreg North-West Europe OIP4NWE project focuses on the establishment of an open innovation pilot line to develop generic photonic integration technology. Equipment manufacturers, a pure-play ...
  
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Draft position paper on Quantum PICs available for download now!
Photonic Integration in general, and Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits (QPICs) in particular, are considered as an enabler for quantum technology. Conversely, quantum technology is regarded as a ...

Read more...

INSPIRE - InP on SiN Photonic integrated circuits realized through wafer-scale micro-transfer printing
New H2020 project INSPIRE will revolutionize photonic integrated circuit technology by combining highest optoelectronic efficiencies in InP photonics and lowest optical loss in SiN photonics, in a ...

Read more...

Apply now - OIP4NWE open innovation PIC pilot line call now open
The Interreg North-West Europe OIP4NWE project focuses on the establishment of an open innovation pilot line to develop generic photonic integration technology. Equipment manufacturers, a pure-play ...

Read more...
Events
- Upcoming
  
  20 April 2021
  
  VirtualLab Fusion Technology and Applications: Exploring VirtualLab Fusion
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  28 April 2021
  
  LightTrans User Meetup: Interferometric Setups and Applications – Modeling & Analysis
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  29 April 2021
  
  Photonics for Europe
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- Archive
  
  01 March 2021
  
  Towards a European Strategy on Quantum Photonics Integrated Circuits
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  05 November 2020
  
  Photonics21 towards Horizon Europe
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  06 October 2020
  
  Growth financing through Venture Debt by the European Investment Bank
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20 April 2021

VirtualLab Fusion Technology and Applications: Exploring VirtualLab Fusion
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28 April 2021

LightTrans User Meetup: Interferometric Setups and Applications – Modeling & Analysis
Read more...

29 April 2021

Photonics for Europe
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Upcoming Events & Workshops

20 April 2021
Online

VirtualLab Fusion Technology and Applications: Exploring VirtualLab Fusion

Please note: Due to different time zones worldwide, this webinar will take place twice. In this webinar we are going to take a very relaxed approach and simply put some time aside to play around with ...

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28 April 2021
Online

LightTrans User Meetup: Interferometric Setups and Applications – Modeling & Analysis

Take part in our new event format: LightTrans User Meetups! A new way of interacting virtually with our optical engineers and sales representatives. The event will take place regularly, each time ...

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29 April 2021
Online

Photonics for Europe

The new European research and innovation framework programme Horizon Europe is open for business, and UK organisations are eligible to take part. Under Horizon Europe, photonics continues to be ...

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Photonics21
Friday, 09 April 2021

Draft position paper on Quantum PICs available for download now!

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Other
Tuesday, 09 March 2021

INSPIRE - InP on SiN Photonic integrated circuits realized through wafer-scale micro-transfer printing

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Other
Thursday, 11 February 2021

Apply now - OIP4NWE open innovation PIC pilot line call now open

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