05 - 06 September, 2023
ficonTEC
Achim, Germany
This schedule is based on Central European Time (UTC + 01:00).
Welcome and Keynotes
Anand Gopalan
Vayu Robotics, CEO & Co-founder
Anuradha Agarwal
MIT, Director, Electronic-Photonic Packaging
Peter O'Brien
Tyndall National Institute, Director, Photonics Packaging Pilot Line
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 |
