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- 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 3,800 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.
  
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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
  
  PhotonHub
  PhotonHub Europe, One-Stop-Shop Open Access to Photonics Innovation Support for a Digital Europe
  
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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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  NanoVIB
  In an interdisciplinary project, we will prototype a next-generation super-resolution microscope (SRM) and demonstrate its capability to bring about a major leap forward in our understanding of ...
  
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- Past Projects
  
  PEROXIS
  The PEROXIS project aims to develop a new highly sensitive and high spatial resolution X-ray imaging system that will provide advanced imaging functionalities for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and ...
  
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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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  3Peat
  3PEAT will develop a powerful photonic integration technology with all size, functionality and quality credentials in order to help a broad range of optical applications like optical switching and ...
  
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PHOTONGATE
PHOTONGATE aims to develop an adaptable diagnostics solution, comprising Photonic cartridges and read-out platform, which allow to quantify multiple analytes of the same or different nature ...

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VISSION
VISSION will tap into the potential of silicon nitride – an ideal platform for photonic integrated circuits owing to low propagation loss, high power handling and compatibility with CMOS technology.

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GRAPH-X
GraPh-X will address the distribution and detection of multi Gbit/s radio signals over sub-THz tunable carrier frequencies. This will be essential to sustain traffic growth in 6G technology and ...

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News
- News Archive
  
  Register to our workshops to identifiy R&I priorities for the Horizon Europe work programme 2025
  Photonics21 is organising a workshop series to identify the Research and Innovation priorities for the Horizon Europe work programme 2025.
  
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  Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023 highlights the importance of photonics in key enabling technologies
  With over 200 high-ranking representatives from industry, science and politics the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023 took place in Brussels on 26 and 27 April. The Annual Meeting is one of ...
  
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  New Photonics21 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda released
  A path towards strategic autonomy: The new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) was handed over to the European Commission.
  
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Register to our workshops to identifiy R&I priorities for the Horizon Europe work programme 2025
Photonics21 is organising a workshop series to identify the Research and Innovation priorities for the Horizon Europe work programme 2025.

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Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023 highlights the importance of photonics in key enabling technologies
With over 200 high-ranking representatives from industry, science and politics the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023 took place in Brussels on 26 and 27 April. The Annual Meeting is one of ...

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New Photonics21 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda released
A path towards strategic autonomy: The new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) was handed over to the European Commission.

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Events
- Upcoming
  
  05 June 2023
  
  Photonics21 R&I priorities follow-up workshop "Climate, Mobility & Energy"
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  07 June 2023
  
  London Plasmonics Forum 2023
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  08 June 2023
  
  Photonics 4 Masterpieces 2023
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- Archive
  
  18 May 2023
  
  Photonics 4 Security & Defence
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  11 May 2023
  
  Photonics 4 Food
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  26–27 April 2023
  
  Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023
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05 June 2023

Photonics21 R&I priorities follow-up workshop "Climate, Mobility & Energy"
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07 June 2023

London Plasmonics Forum 2023
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08 June 2023

Photonics 4 Masterpieces 2023
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OPTICS 2018 - 9th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems

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2018 26–28 July

The purpose of OPTICS 2018, the International Conference on Optical Communication Systems, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on any of the optical communication components of an optical communication system, or the system itself.

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Upcoming Events & Workshops

05 June 2023
Digital

Photonics21 R&I priorities follow-up workshop "Climate, Mobility & Energy"

During the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023 in Brussels we started the Photonics21 strategy process to discuss about and define the Photonics Research and Innovation Priorities for the ...

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07 June 2023
King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

London Plasmonics Forum 2023

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

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08 June 2023
Geneva, Switerland

Photonics 4 Masterpieces 2023

This Conference organized by Swissphotonics, will take place in the framework of the EPHJ International Tradeshow, the most important annual exhibition for Swiss suppliers of watch industry and micro ...

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