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Speakers Confirmed

Global Photonics Economic Forum 2026

24 - 25 September 2026

Jorge Paradela Gutiérrez

Regional Minister for Universities, Industry, Energy and Innovation, Government of Andalusia, Spain

Francisco de la Torre Prados

Mayor of Málaga

Albert Hasper

PHIX Photonics Assembly, CEO

Aldo Kamper

ams OSRAM, CEO

Alexey Kovsh

Alfalume, CEO & Co-founder

Andreas Bechtolsheim

Arista, Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Andreas Nitze

ASML, Head of Government Affairs Germany

Arne Leinse

LioniX International, CEO

Ashkan Seyedi

ams OSRAM, VP/GM, Optical Interconnect

Bodil Holst

Lace Lithography, Co-founder & CEO

Brendan Lafferty

Seagate Technology, VP of Wafer Process Development

Burkhard Slischka

ALLOS Semiconductors, Co-founder & CEO

Carlos Abellan

Quside Technologies, Co-founder & CEO

Carlotta Baumann

Finetech, CEO

Caroline Boudoux

Castor Optics, Co-founder & Co-President

Chuck Mattera

Avalanche Thinking, Chair & CEO

Dave Welch

AttoTude, CEO

David Rothenstein

Ciena, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer

Edwin Roks

TTM Technologies, President & CEO

Elizabeth Nolan

Optica, CEO

Emilio García García

Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure

Francisco Diaz

Ardora III-V, CEO

Gisele Bennett

Optica President 2026 & Founding and Managing Member, MEPSS LLC, USA

Gregg Bartlett

GlobalFoundries, CTO

Hagen Zimer

TRUMPF, CEO for Laser Technology & Member of the Managing Board

Holly Hulse

Lightera, President & CEO

Hong Hou

Semtech, President & CEO

Jason Wildt

Jabil, VP & GM Photonics

Jennifer Cable

Thorlabs, President

Jim Hasegawa

Senko, President OC Division

Johan Feenstra

SMART Photonics, CEO

John Morris

Seagate Technology, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

John T. C. Lee

MKS Inc., President & CEO

Jonathan King

Atom Computing, Co-founder & CSO

José Manuel Rodríguez Ramos

Wooptix, CEO

Jose Pozo

Optica, CTO

Joseph Spilman

Optimax, CEO

Julie Eng

Coherent, CTO

Marisa Edmund

Edmund Optics, Chairman of the Board & CEO

Mark Gitin

IPG Photonics, CEO

Mark Thompson

PsiQuantum, Co-Founder & CTO

Michael Hurlston

Lumentum, President & CEO

Michael Lebby

GenusTechnik, CEO

Nicolas Niedhart

Leister Group, CEO

Ofer Shapiro

Resolight, Co-founder & CEO

Paul Meissner

Applied Materials, Corp VP & GM Photonics Platforms

Pere Perez-Millan

FYLA, CEO

R. Martin Roscheisen

Diamond Foundry, CEO

Reinhard Voelkel

Chair of Optica Corporate Engagement Council

Richard Murray

ORCA Computing, Co-founder & CEO

Ross Goodman

University at Albany. CATN2, Director & CENN, Director

Satish Dhanasekaran

Keysight Technologies, President & CEO

Shai Lavy

Prolog Optics Ltd., Managing Director

Simon Schwinger

JAT GmbH, CEO

Stefan Hengesbach

QuiX Quantum, CEO

Stefan Traeger

TecInvest Holding, President & CEO // Former Jenoptik CEO

Stefano Concezzi

ficonTEC, Corporate Vice President

Wil Van de Wiel

XIVER, CEO

Yves LeMaitre

Lightwave Logic, CEO & President

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