This schedule is based on Central European Time (UTC + 01:00).

Welcome and Keynotes

Monday 4, September

Welcome to the Optica Photonic Devices Industry Summit. The Summit begins with an evening reception and dinner at Paulaner’s an der Schlachte. Transportation has been provided for pick-up and returning to the key hotels.

Time	Events	Notes / Location
19:30 - 23:00	Welcome dinner	Paulaner’s an der Schlachte

 

Tuesday 5, September

Day two of the Summit takes place at the Museum Übersee-Museum Bremen (Fascination. Distant lands), an exquisite event space combines a collection of ethnology, trade and natural history that is unique in Europe into a unified experience. All presentations, networking breaks, and lunches are included in this valuable summit.

Time	Events	Notes / Location
8:00	Welcome Breakfast	Museum Übersee-Museum Bremen
9:20	Welcome: Jose Pozo	Optica, CTO
9:25	Opening: Torsten Vahrenkamp Augusto Mandelli Stefan Concezzi	ficonTEC CEO Global Director Corporate VP

 

Session 1: Manufacturing and Assembly Technologies

Time	Events	Notes / Location
9:50	Keynote: Anuradha Agarwal	MIT, Director, Electronic-Photonic Packaging
10:20	Ruud Oldenbeuving	imec, R&D manager Photonic System Integration
10:40	Sebastian Skacel	Vanguard Automation, Head of Application Engineering, Support and Services
11:00	Sylwester Latkowski	Photonic Integration Technology Center (PITC), Scientific Director
11:20	End of Session 1
11:30	Lunch	Museum Übersee-Museum Bremen

 

Session 2: Industrial and Medical Applications

Time	Events	Notes / Location
12:45	Keynote: Peter O'Brien	Tyndall National Institute, Director, Photonics Packaging Pilot Line
13:15	Moritz Seyfried	ficonTEC, Manager R&D
13:35	Henning  Schröder	Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM), Lead Optical Interconnection Technology
13:55	Giulia Pippione	Convergent Photonics, Diode Laser Packaging Engineer
14:15	Viacheslav (Slava) Artyushenko	art photonics, President & CEO
14:35	Wilfried Noell	SUSS MicroOptics, Senior Principal Scientist
14:55	Wrap up
15:00	Depart for tour	Transportation provided
15:30	Tour of ficonTEC
17:00	Return to venue	Transportation provided
17:30	Reception	Übersee Restaurant
18:30	Dinner	Übersee Restaurant

 

Wednesday 6, September

Day three of the Summit continues at the Museum Übersee-Museum Bremen.

Time	Events	Notes / Location
8:30	Welcome coffee and networking	Museum Übersee-Museum Bremen
9:00	Welcome: Jose Pozo	Optica, CTO

 

Session 3: LiDAR and Sensing

Time	Events	Notes / Location
9:05	Keynote: Anand Gopalan	Vayu Robotics, CEO & Co-founder
9:35	Sarah Klein	Fraunhofer ILT, Satellite-based Wind Lidar
9:55	Ali Allousch	LUNA, Senior Optical Scientist
10:15	Scott Rowlands	Viavi Solutions, Senior Product Line Manager
10:35	Winfried Reeb	Laser Components, Head of Business
10:55	Mary Johnson	Wavelength Electronics, CEO
11:15	Coffee Break

 

Session 4:Advanced Photonic Integration

Time	Events	Notes / Location
11:50	David J. Hagan	CREOL, University of Central Florida, Dean
12:20	Dimitri Geskus	Chilas, CTO
12:40	David Bitauld	III-V Labs/Nokia Bell Labs, Head of Advanced Photonic Integration Dept.
13:00	Lunch
14:15	Rob McKenna	Pilot Photonics, Senior PIC Design Engineer
14:35	Maxim Karpov	Enlightra, Co-CEO and Co-Founder
14:55	Tiger Ninomiya	SENKO Advanced Components, Sr. Technologist
15:15	Alexey Kovsh	Alfalume, CEO and Co-founder
15:35	Wrap up