Institute of Photonics 30th Anniversary AND Fraunhofer CAP symposia
About this Event
In the morning, the Institue of Photonics celebrates its 30th Anniversary. Our Keynote speaker is Professor Mircea Guina from Tampere University.
In the afternoon, Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics will hold its first annual symposium. Our keynote speaker is Professor Sir Peter Knight.
Coffee and Registration from 9.30am.
NB These symposia are the day before "Photonics Means(r)..." If you wish to attend Photonics Means(r)... Thursday 1st Ocotber 2026 then please register for that separately.
Institute of Photonics 30th Anniversary
9:30 – 10:15
Arrival, registration and coffee. Exhibition
10:15 – 10:25
Welcome
10:25 – 10:40
Prof Martin Dawson FRS
Introduction to IoP 30th
10:40 – 11:00
Prof Keith Mathieson
Current and future vision in photonic neurotechnology
11:00 – 11:20
Prof Jennifer Hastie
Current and future vision in semiconductor lasers for quantum technology
11:20 – 11:40
Prof Michael Strain
Current and future vision in integrated photonics
11:40 - noon
Prof Antonio Hurtado
Current and future vision in neuromorphic photonics
Noon – 12:45
Prof Mircea Guina, University of Tampere, Finland
Keynote: MBE-based optoelectronics: finding the next killer application in the AI era
12:45 – 12:50
Close of session
12:50 – 14:00
Lunch and exhibition
Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics Symposium
14:00 – 14:15
Prof Loyd McKnight
Fraunhofer CAP
Welcome. Positioning of Fraunhofer CAP
Photonics for Quantum Technology
14:15 – 14:45
Prof Sir Peter Knight FRS
UK NQTP
Keynote: The UK's positioning in Quantum Technologies and future directions
14:45 – 15:00
Dr Sia Andersson
Fraunhofer CAP
Photonic integrated circuits for scalable quantum computing
15:00 – 15:15
Dr Adam Selyem
Fraunhofer CAP
Deployable Quantum Sensing with Atomic Systems
15:15 – 15:20
Malcolm Dunn Undergraduate prize award
15:20 – 15:50
Break and exhibition
Photonics for health and sustainable energy
15:50 – 16:20
Dr Mike Mason
Coherent Scotland
Advanced Laser Technologies for Multiphoton Imaging and Beyond
16:20 – 16:35
Dr David Stothard
Fraunhofer CAP
Photonics for post-nuclear site cleanup: how optical detection is contributing to nuclear remediation - and relieving the taxpayer!
16:35 – 16:50
Dr Nicola Black
Fraunhofer CAP
Enabling safer CO2 transport and storage with real-time impurity sensing
200th anniversary of physicist, optician, and visionary entrepreneur, Joseph von Fraunhofer
16:50 – 17:20
Prof Martin Dawson FRS
Fraunhofer CAP
Introduction
Dr David Sothard
Fraunhofer CAP
Life story of Joseph von Fraunhofer
1720:18:00
Exhibition
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Agenda
Host: Institute of Photonics, Morning
Where is it happening?
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