This 3-hours online training course of CNIT, with the support of PhotonHub, introduces participants to PhotonHub PHACTORY and to the role of photonics as a key enabling technology for innovation across many industrial sectors. The course provides a broad overview of photonics technologies, their applications, and their relevance in areas such as optical communications, data centres, healthcare, manufacturing, mobility, agri-food, safety, space and defence. Participants will also learn how PhotonHub PHACTORY supports companies through orienteering, training and reskilling, technology scouting, test-before-invest innovation projects, upscaling, manufacturing brokerage, and investment-readiness coaching. The course then presents CNIT-PNTLab’s photonic specialisation area, with examples of integrated photonics platforms, hybrid and heterogeneous integration, silicon photonics, lithium niobate, graphene photonics, quantum communication, optical transport, and sub-THz wireless applications. Participants should attend to understand how photonics can enable new products, improve business competitiveness, and provide access to European expertise, facilities and support mechanisms.