Photonics Industry Focus
Monday, 11 November 2024
Photonic Opportunities – European Government Organizations
Time: 8:30am-10:00am
Session Chair: Silvia Pietralunga, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
The session will illustrate R&I strategic funding opportunities for the sector of photonics and some of the main ongoing initiatives presently supported by the European Government.
Speakers:
Jason Jung
Policy Officer at the European Commission
Bio:
Jason Jung is a Policy Officer at the European Commission, focusing on the European microelectronics and photonics industrial strategy, particularly the European Chips Act. Previously, he led a microfabrication team in a quantum computing start-up and conducted research in nanotechnology across Europe. He holds a PhD in Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology.
Hugo Thienpoint
Full Professor VUB. and Coordinator of PhotonHub Europe projects
Valerio Pruneri
ICFO – Barcelona, Spain
Bio:
Valerio Pruneri is an ICREA Prof. and Corning Inc. chair, leading the Optoelectronics group at ICFO. Previously he worked for Avanex Corporation, Corning OTI and University of Southampton. He is inventor in more than 65 granted/pending patent families. He is co-founder and board member of Quside, Luxquanta and Sixsenso.
Roberta Ramponi
Dept. of Physics Politecnico di Milano, Full Professor, Italy
Photonic Opportunities – US Government Organizations
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Session Chair: James Cahill, Army Research Laboratory, USA
The US Government leverages a significant photonics research portfolio — both via internal research efforts and external funding to industry and academia. What are the secrets to successfully engaging with this potential government partner? What is it like to work with or for the government research and development community? Ask the panelists these questions and more to learn about opportunities with the US Government.
Speakers:
James Joseph
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Army Research Office, USA
Franklyn Quinlan
National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Bio:
Franklyn Quinlan is a Physicist and Leader of the Precision Photonic Synthesis Group in the Time and Frequency Division at NIST in Boulder, CO. His research includes optical frequency comb and ultrastable laser development, low noise microwave generation, and photonic interconnects to cryogenic platforms. He is a Fellow of Optica.
John Bowers
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Bio:
John Bowers holds the Fred Kavli Chair and is the Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency and a Distinguished Professor in the ECE and Materials Departments at UCSB. Dr. Bowers is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is an AAAS, OSA, IEEE and APS fellow. He is a recipient of the IEEE Nishizawa Medal, IEEE Photonics, OSA/IEEE Tyndall, OSA Holonyak and IEEE William Streifer Awards.
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Photonic Technician Education – Bridging the Gap
Time: 8:30am-10:00am
Session Chair: Natalia Cañas-Estrada, Optical Engineer – Future Technologies, Germany
Photonic Engineer Continuing Education – Bridging the Gap
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Session Chair: Newton Frateschi, University of Campinas, Brazil
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Photonic Product Development Cycle
Time: 8:30am-10:00am
Session Chair: Guido Chiaretti, Moresense, Italy
Speakers:
Sara Pellegrini
STMicroelectronics, Scotland
Talk Title: CMOS SPADs: From Advanced R&D to Industrialization
Bio:
Sara Pellegrini is the Imaging Communication and Academic Collaborations Manager at STMicroelectronics since July 2023. She joined ST in 2006 as a Characterization and Modelling Engineer and progressed to Technology Manager and Advanced Photonics Pixel Architect. She now defines communication strategies and coordinates academic collaborations within the Imaging subgroup.
Mark Shaw
STMicroelectronics
Talk Title: Industrialisation of High Volume Photonic Package Design
Bio:
Mark Shaw obtained his Applied Physics degree in 1984 from the University of Wales Institute of Science and technology (Cardiff). After working at Plessy, Nortel, Pirelli Cavi, Bookham, Mesophotonics and Avanex he joined STMicroelectronics in 2006, where he is responsible for the package design of Mems and Photonics components. His research interests include various topics related to integrated photonics and mems packaging r telecom and sensor applications.
Dr. Victor Guja
Nokia Solutions and Networks Italia S.p.A, Italy
Talk Title: Industrial packaging of photonic devices for “low” volume applications
Bio:
Victor Guja has a PhD in “Electronic Engineering and Communications” from Politecnico di Torino, 2000. After being with Agilent and Avago, he joined Alcatel-Lucent in 2009 and followed up with Nokia where he is technical leader for the physical design of coherent optical transmission modules and product integration.
Antonio Fincato
STMicroelectronics
Talk Title: Photonic Design for an Industrial Environment
Bio:
Antonio Fincato obtained his Physics degree in 1984 from the University of Pavia. After working at CSELT and Italtel, he joined STMicroelectronics in 2000, where he is responsible for the design of advanced silicon photonics components. His research interests include various topics related to integrated photonics and micro-optics for telecom and sensor applications.
Photonic Standards – Drivers and Needs
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Session Chair: John Kulick, IEEE Photonics Society Standards Committee Past Chair, USA
This session is focused on how the use of standards could help the photonics industry address specific challenges which it is facing that are limiting the growth of additional photonic opportunities and/or applications. A group of industry experts will be invited to share highlights from their particular industry sectors including: electronic photonic design automation software, automated test equipment and PIC foundries.
Speakers:
- Andre Richter, CEO, VPIphotonics, Germany
- Sadoon Al-Obaidi, Marketing & Communications Director, LioniX International, Netherlands