Photonics Public Private Partnership Annual Meeting 2020

About us
- Photonics21
  
  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
  
  Photonics PPP
  The Association is an international non-profit association with scientific purpose governed by the provisions of Title 3 of the Belgium Law of twenty-seventh of June nineteen hundred twenty-one, and ...
  
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  Research & Innovation Priorities
  
  Research & Innovation Priorities
  Setting photonics research and innovation Prorities for the Horizon Europe Work Programmes lies in the heart of the Photonics Public Private Partnership tasks.
  
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  Structures, Processes and Statutes
  
  Structures, Processes and Statutes
  The Photonics Public Private Partnership acts as a "mouthpiece" of the European Technology Platform Photonics21 (and its more than 3,000 members) towards the European Commission.
  
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- Structure
  
  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
  
  Executive Board
  The Executive Board (EB) is the managing body of the platform. The EB is responsible for the coordination and execution of the platform operations, for the preparation and the implementation of the ...
  
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  Work Groups
  
  Work Groups
  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
  
  Work Group 3
  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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  Work Group 6
  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
The Association is an international non-profit association with scientific purpose governed by the provisions of Title 3 of the Belgium Law of twenty-seventh of June nineteen hundred twenty-one, and ...

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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.Additionally, ...
  
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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 ...

Read more...about Photonics for Finance

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 ...

Read more...about Photonics for Industry

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
  
  PASSEPARTOUT
  Air pollution in terms of toxic gas molecules and particulate matter is a major cause of morbidity and premature mortality, resulting in an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year. Real time pollution ...
  
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  Caladan
  Data centers which underpin the Cloud are under pressure. As the capacity of data center servers is growing, so must the capacity of the links between those servers. Industry foresees a need for high ...
  
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  REAP
  Cancer treatment faces a major problem: it ultimately stops working for many patients because the tumor becomes resistant. The cellular origin of relapse is often linked to drug tolerant persister ...
  
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- Past Projects
  
  TERIPHIC
  Efforts to develop optical interfaces with Terabit capacity for datacom applications have kicked off. A practical path to the Terabit regime is to scale the current 400G modules, which are based (in ...
  
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  MASSTART
  MASSTART aims to provide a holistic transformation to the assembly and characterization of high speed photonic transceivers towards bringing the cost down to €1/Gb/s or even lower in mass ...
  
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  Miracle
  MIRACLE will take towards commercialization the first mid-infrared (MIR) arthroscopy probe for in-depth evaluation of articular cartilage enabling early diagnosis of degenerative joint diseases such ...
  
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PASSEPARTOUT
Air pollution in terms of toxic gas molecules and particulate matter is a major cause of morbidity and premature mortality, resulting in an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year. Real time pollution ...

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SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHT's key objective is to develop and validate a photonic device and chemical process concept for the sunlight-powered conversion of CO2 and green H2 to the chemical fuel methane (CH4, Sabatier ...

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Pulse
A world record power 2.5kW laser providing from picosecond down to femtoseconds pulses at repetition rates up to 1GHz with excellent beam quality will be developed and brought to the market at highly ...

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News
- News Archive
  
  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...about Position paper on Quantum PICs available for download now!
  
  Photonics21 Mirror Group Call 2022
  The Photonics21 Mirror Group issues a joint Eureka Call on Next Generation Integrated Photonic Sensing.
  
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  Photonics21 President Dr Lutz Aschke meets Director Lucilla Sioli from DG CONNECT
  On 23 March the newly elected Photonics21 President Lutz Aschke, Managing Director of the Mahr Group, met Lucilla Sioli, Director of Directorate A in DG Connect to discuss the activities of the ...
  
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- Newsletter
  
  15th December 2020
  Newsletter 4/2020
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  17th September 2020
  Newsletter 3/2020
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  9th July 2020
  Newsletter 2/2020
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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...about Position paper on Quantum PICs available for download now!

Photonics21 Mirror Group Call 2022
The Photonics21 Mirror Group issues a joint Eureka Call on Next Generation Integrated Photonic Sensing.

Read more...about Photonics21 Mirror Group Call 2022

Photonics21 President Dr Lutz Aschke meets Director Lucilla Sioli from DG CONNECT
On 23 March the newly elected Photonics21 President Lutz Aschke, Managing Director of the Mahr Group, met Lucilla Sioli, Director of Directorate A in DG Connect to discuss the activities of the ...

Read more...about Photonics21 President Dr Lutz Aschke meets Director Lucilla Sioli from DG CONNECT
Events
- Upcoming
  
  19 May 2022
  
  Photonics 4 Disruptive Innovation
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  25 May 2022
  
  Laserlab-Europe Talk: Matterwave Optics as a key Quantum Technology
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  08 June 2022
  
  London Plasmonics Forum 2022
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- Archive
  
  16 May 2022
  
  Photonics 4 Smart and Green Cities
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  10 May 2022
  
  Matchmaking - Photonics21 Mirror Group Call: Next Generation Integrated Photonic Sensing
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  04–05 May 2022
  
  Photonics4Aerospace: Workshop & Brokerage Event
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19 May 2022

Photonics 4 Disruptive Innovation
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25 May 2022

Laserlab-Europe Talk: Matterwave Optics as a key Quantum Technology
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08 June 2022

London Plasmonics Forum 2022
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Membership

Location

The EGG

Rue Bara 175
1070 Brussels
Belgium

Upcoming Events & Workshops

19 May 2022
Cork, Ireland

Photonics 4 Disruptive Innovation

This workshop, taking place in-person in Cork on Thursday, 19th May, will present the latest disruptive developments in photonics research, industrial collaborations, new ventures and training. It is ...

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25 May 2022
Online

Laserlab-Europe Talk: Matterwave Optics as a key Quantum Technology

Speaker: Wolf von Klitzing (ULF-FORTH) The famous particle-wave duality states that all particles are waves and all waves are particles. Most of us are aware of the fact that light can be thought of ...

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08 June 2022
Imperial College London, London

London Plasmonics Forum 2022

The Plasmonics Forum has been running since 2015, and it typically attracts approximately 100 participants from London, UK, Europe and beyond. It aims to engage and connect researchers and industry ...

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Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Position paper on Quantum PICs available for download now!

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Thursday, 14 April 2022

Photonics21 Mirror Group Call 2022

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Friday, 25 March 2022

Photonics21 President Dr Lutz Aschke meets Director Lucilla Sioli from DG CONNECT

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