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📢During Holst Centre #Innovation Day, I will speak about #innovations in #Medtech. #MedTech is a very challenging but also a very rewarding domain to work for. Because #MedTech is about creating top notch technology #innovation with one mission to improve #people’s life’s. With chronic diseases turning into a silent epidemic, with waves of infectious diseases and pandemics, healthcare system is under pressure and economic costs are curbing. The #solution is to increase #healthcare #productivity. #Wearable devices & #biosensing can enable this. 📢 Join Holst Centre #Innovation Day and the #breakout #session - Medical technologies part II with Jeroen van den Brand, Laurens Peters, Swathi Suran, and myself. 📢Tomorrow, June 19th in Evoluon, #Eindhoven. #wearables #ultrasound #biosensing #woundcare #sensors #electronics #integration #microfluidics #photonics #innovation

Like so many of my partners-in-crime, I'm attending the Photonics21 GM. Currently a superb panel discussion led by a very talented woman whose name I cannot find but which I will sure hunt down (the name, not the lady). She's well-prepared and sharp, and so are her remarks! [edit: the professional moderator Irene Rompa!] Topics of discussion (not exhaustive, they sure say a lot of interesting things!): - support to the Chips Act (well, yeah sure, but photonics is not only PIC - my opinion here) - cohesion and identity of Europe as a place of innovation: how do we structure it and how do we fund it? How do we support better startups and growing SMEs, how could we increase the private capital support? - attractiveness of the sector: more communication, maybe a more professional communication required to explain what&why photonics, both to policy makers _and_ to the public - attractiveness and development of the workforce... as well as make sure that this workforce stays and grows with the companies? #photonics still has a lot of room to grow (projected business volume beyond the B€ mark in a few years) but our current course of action would need to be steered to address the points above. Funnily, we at Photonics Bretagne try to address several of them at our own level. Follow us (and me! 😊) to know more! Go #photonicseu :)

🚀 #SAVETHEDATE: November 28, 2024 📍 Location: World Trade Center, 5-7 Pl. Robert Schuman, Grenoble Don’t miss the event organized by the PEPR SPIN (Programme de Recherche SPINtronique) in partnership with Minalogic, Systematic Paris-Region Innovation Clusters and CEA-Irig: “𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝: 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬?” The first industrial day of PEPR SPIN will bring together key players from the industry, from major groups like Thales to promising startups such as Hprobe, Nellow, and Golana Computing. This event will be a unique opportunity to discuss technological advances, French market trends, and development prospects. The goal? To identify concrete pathways to accelerate the industrial and societal deployment of #spintronics. 🚀 📌 Here are some of the topics to be covered: 🔹Spintronics: Recent Developments and Potential for New Innovations by Lucian Prejbeanu, Director of SPINTEC and Co-director of PEPR SPIN 🔹Navigating the Magnetoresistive Device Landscape: Market and Technology Trends by Simone Bertolazzi, analyst at Yole Group. 🔹 Components for Defense and Security by Paolo Bortolotti, Head of the Laboratoire Albert Fert and Marko Erman, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Thales Discover the full agenda and more information on our website: https://lnkd.in/eZiNB97F 📅 Registration opens late September or early October – Mark the date in your calendar and see you on November 28! #Innovation #Industry #Research #France2030 #PEPRSPIN #Technology

🎬 2 fruitful Days of inspiring Keynotes presentations and intense Networking at #EFECS2024 - European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems! The Keynote presentation by Francis Balestra / Grenoble INP - UGA, SiNANO Institute was the opportunity to highlight the main objectives and outcomes of the first half of this important #HorizonEurope project 🗒️ The following results were highlighted: - Main topics and countries for international cooperation - Economic landscape analysis and industrial ecosystems with strengths and weaknesses in #EU and other leading semiconductor regions - Growth of the main markets in the next decade - Opportunities for new markets, major dependencies of the EU on US and Asia - Identification of the most promising technologies in advanced computing and functionalities for different applications - Main challenges and possible solutions for emerging technologies - Analysis of technological strengths and gaps in Europe and leading countries for international cooperation - Main impacts of ICOS The slides are available here: https://lnkd.in/enVh37aP The booth was then a place of interactions to receive all the questions and gather inputs from a wide range of stakeholders in the semiconductor sector. It's a pleasure to see how international cooperation is understood as a main component of the development of semiconductors. A huge thank you to our partner AENEAS Association - Patrick COGEZ and Caroline Bedran- for helping us to facilitate the ICOS participation at such important event for the Community and to the Chips Joint Undertaking for the opportunity. Nicolas Gouze, Melanie Hentsche -VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Giorgos Fagas -Tyndall National Institute, Olivier Coulon - DECISION Etudes & Conseil, Jyrki Kiihamäki -VTT, Pascale CAULIER, Mathilde Bétend, Mikael Östling, Valeria Kilchytska -SiNANO Institute, Francis Balestra, Mathilde Berric - Grenoble INP - UGA, Fabrice Graignic - STMicroelectronics, Enrico Sangiorgi - IUNET, Sophie Cordeiro, Matthias Illing - Bosch, Holger Schmidt - Infineon Technologies, Patrick Pype - NXP Semiconductors, Livio Baldi, Ryoichi Ishihara Delft University of Technology, Carmen Moldovan & Bogdan Firtat - IMT-Bucharest #internationalcooperation #semiconductors

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗡𝗟 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 📆: 14th of November, 11.00 o'clock 📍: Precisiebeurs, Brabanthallen, Dome Hall 1 The last few months we were working on a EU proposal for setting up a Dutch ChipNL Competence Center. Any day now we expect a (positive) outcome. But what is it about? On behalf of the whole national team Brainport Development, TNO, High Tech NL, ChipTech Twente, imec the Netherlands, JePPIX and Oost NL I'll explain more on the Precisiebeurs (Precision Fair). 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩? The EU Chips Act is currently being rolled out. The Dutch industry, operating under ChipNL, wants to contribute to the EU ambitions by setting up the ChipNL Competence Center. Our main focus is providing knowledge on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, chip design, integrated photonics, quantum and heterogeneous integration. Therefore, we have set up a team with business developers and supply chain managers who are helping startups, scaleups, sme’s and application markets with knowledge dissemination, supply chain coordination towards a.o. pilot lines and design platform, skills development, internationalization, funding, and innovation programs. Main question for today is: what’s in it for you? Are you joining? You can register here → https://lnkd.in/eC2QNp8y

Topics are the Photonics West, the Vision Markets and the IMVA

#Events Our Photonic & Plasmonic Systems Group takes part in the 25th edition of the European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO) in Aachen. Sevag Abadian presents his poster, which is about "All Dielectric Integrable Optical Isolators". The following people worked on the project with him: Getúlio S. Souza Júnior, Stanislav Winkler, Marian Bogdan Sirbu, Michail (Michalis) Symeonidis and Tolga Tekin. Here you can find more about the group´s expertise: https://lnkd.in/e-aq72UP The 2024 European Conference on Integrated Optics focuses on leading edge research on integrated #optics, #optoelectronics and #nano-#photonics and gathers experts from academia and industry to show their latest technical results, and showcase their products and services. The application scope is broad and it ranges from tele/datacom communications, optical interconnects, and (bio) optical sensing applications to more disruptive areas as quantum computing and mid-IR photonics. The organisation of the conference is in hands of RWTH Aachen University, in collaboration with Max Plank for Mikrostructure Physics, Technical University of Berlin, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). #ECIO2024

Want to know what to expect during your visit to the Precision Fair? Then check out the #aftermovie from the previous edition! From #smartphones to #telescopes exploring space and from life-saving #medical instruments to advanced #chip machines... our technology is constantly evolving, becoming faster, smarter, and increasingly sophisticated. This progress demands #complex technological solutions, where precision at the microscopic level is crucial for development and production. By sharing knowledge and working together, also internationally, we literally push the boundaries of technology. That is what the 23rd edition of the Precision Fair is all about: pushing boundaries through international collaboration. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: ✓ Exhibition floor with 350+ exhibitors: https://okt.to/K2u9jp ✓ Bubbling networking arena with panel discussions, pitches, expert sessions, and science projects ✓ Over 50 inspiration sessions in parallel streams ✓ International Precision Conference: https://okt.to/1RduDm ✓ Networking drinks ✓ Big Science conference program ✓ International Meet & Match ✓ DSPE Awards ceremony ✓ Young Talent program with pitches and demo pitches ✓ Demo area with project: The strength of cooperation ✓ Register your free visit: https://okt.to/yrFG6K #precisionfair #PrecisionTechnology #hightechindustry #hightech #hightechsector

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟒 & 𝟏𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐭 ❓ Register now and get ready for an exciting dive into the future of photonics in Europe and explore the EU Chips Act with us. We've got some fantastic speakers lined up, including Pierre Chastanet from the European Commission, who will shed light on how photonics fits into the European Chips Act and its impact on EU research and policy. Plus, Michelangelo Masini from ZEISS Group will discuss the future of photonics and the role of major players like Carl Zeiss AG. 🤝 Join us for a lively panel discussion where leaders from research, politics, and industry will tackle key questions about the industrial strategy for photonics in the EU. 💰 Delve into global economic trends in photonics and don't miss our Work Group Sessions where we'll highlight funding opportunities beyond the Photonics Partnership calls. 👉 Register now and secure your spot for this enlightening event! Find more information about the event, our speakers, and register by clicking the button below. #PPAM2024 #technolgy #networking

📍 Check out all the highlights from our last General Assembly, which took place in November at the facilities of our partner imec in Leuven, Belgium. Which presentations, meetings and activities were organised? Which key topics were discussed? Have a look at the article below 👇 👇 #2DNeuralVision #computervision #2dmaterials #horizoneurope #graphene #semiconductors #quantum #neuralnetwork