PROGRAMME 15 OCTOBER

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Programme 16 October

PIC Summit Europe

Tech Tour: Next Gen IC's

PIC Summit Europe side event

EPIC Members Investors Meeting

PIC Summit Europe side event

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Walk-in & registration
Location: Evoluon
 
 
 
 
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Grand opening & welcome
Location: Philips Hall
 
Eelko Brinkhoff, PhotonDelta
Irene Rompa, De Foundary
Eelko Brinkhoff Irene Rompa
 
9:25 AM - 9:35 AM
Welcoming words by Ministry of Economic Affairs
Location: Philips Hall
 
Tjerk Opmeer, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Tjerk Opmeer
Keynote
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM
Future of PICs in Europe: An EU Commission Perspective
Location: Philips Hall
 
Gustav Kalbe, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
Gustav Kalbe
Keynote
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM
Opportunities for Optics in Scalable AI Systems
Location: Philips Hall
 
Paraskevas Bakopoulos (on behalf of Elad Mentovich), NVIDIA
Paraskevas Bakopoulos (on behalf of Elad Mentovich)
Keynote
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM
Household announcements
Location: Philips Hall
 
Irene Rompa, De Foundary
Irene Rompa
 
10:20 AM - 11:05 AM
Networking break
Location: Exhibition
 
 
 
 
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
Welcome back by Irene Rompa
Location: Philips Hall
 
Irene Rompa, De Foundary
Irene Rompa
 
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Transforming industries: Integrated Photonics & Sustainable adoption
Location: Philips Hall
 
Faisal Kamran, Sony
Faisal Kamran
Keynote
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
Fading Boundaries: A Silicon Photonics Perspective
Location: Philips Hall
 
Vikas Gupta, GlobalFoundries
Vikas Gupta
Keynote
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Convergence of electronics and photonics technologies to address societal challenges - a European semiconductor manufacturers view
Location: Philips Hall
 
Rudi De Winter, X-FAB
Rudi De Winter
Keynote
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Fading Boundaries - What about the PIC Manufacturing sweet spot?
Location: Philips Hall
 
Twan Korthorst, New Origin
Twan Korthorst
Keynote
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Introduction breakout sessions
Location: Philips Hall
 
Irene Rompa, De Foundary
Irene Rompa
 
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch break
Location: Exhibition
 
 
 
 
1:45 PM
Start side event: EPIC Members Investors Meeting
Location: Saturn
 
 
 
 
Start PIC Summit Europe breakout sessions: Panels & Presentations
Location: Evoluon
 
 
 
 
1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
Really really high frequencies
Location: Gemini
 
Guillermo Carpintero del Barrio, Leapwave Technologies
Guillermo Carpintero del Barrio
Presentation
Real case of development from ideation to production
Location: Neptune
 
Annie Dallaire, C2MI
Annie Dallaire
Presentation
1:45 PM - 2:40 PM
Attacking the market from both sides. How to push and pull technology towards success - discussion with Superlight Photonics and Airbus
Location: Jupiter
 
Sytze Kampen, Airbus Netherlands
Cees Links, SuperLight Photonics
Ivan Stojanovic, NXTGEN High Tech / OOST NL
Ron van der Kolk, OostNL
Sytze Kampen Cees Links Ivan Stojanovic Ron van der Kolk
Panel 2
Funding Photonics: investment challenges and strategies for success
Location: Philips Hall
 
Laurens Weers, PhotonDelta
Bert Gyselinckx, imec.xpand
Sander Verbrugge, Innovation Industries
Liz Duijves, Invest-NL Capital N.V.
Stefan Hengesbach, QuiX Quantum
Flo Pattiwael, PhotonVentures
Laurens Weers Bert Gyselinckx Sander Verbrugge Liz Duijves Stefan Hengesbach Flo Pattiwael
Panel 1
2:15 PM - 2:40 PM
Photoacoustic medical imaging and sensing requires high-power compact VCSEL subsystem as game-changer
Location: Gemini
 
Patrick Leisching, iThera Medical
Patrick Leisching
Presentation
Strengthening Supply Chains in the Western Hemisphere for Canada's Photonics and Semiconductor Ecosystem
Location: Neptune
 
Annie Dallaire, C2MI
Annie Dallaire
Presentation
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking break
Location: Exhibition
 
 
 
 
3:30 PM
Start side event: TechTour Next Generation IC's
Location: Saturn
 
 
 
 
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
Accelerator/start-up perspective in integrated photonics
Location: Gemini
 
Nick Singh, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
Nick Singh
Presentation
3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Business models in the era of heterogeneous integration
Location: Philips Hall
 
Martijn Heck, Eindhoven University of Technology
Amr Helmy, University of Toronto and IEEE Heterogenous Integration Roadmap
Vikas Gupta, GlobalFoundries
Joni Mellin, XFAB Group
Gordon Harling, CMC Microsystems
Philippe Soussan, imec
Martijn Heck Amr Helmy Vikas Gupta Joni Mellin Gordon Harling Philippe Soussan
Panel 3
What will be driving PIC markets in 2030?
Location: Jupiter
 
Peter van Arkel, PhotonDelta
Abdul Rahim, PhotonDelta
Roy Rubenstein, LightCounting Market Research
Eric Mounier, Yole Intelligence
Faisal Kamran, Sony
Wim Bogaerts, Ghent University - IMEC
Katarzyna Lawniczuk, BRIGHT Photonics
Peter van Arkel Abdul Rahim Roy Rubenstein Eric Mounier Faisal Kamran Wim Bogaerts Katarzyna Lawniczuk
Panel 1
Integrated photonics platforms. Industry meets Academia
Location: Neptune
 
Lennart de Vreede, University of Twente
Laura Grana Suarez, University of Twente
Jérôme Michon, inSpek-solutions
Aaron Zilkie, WeBridge Ventures
Jelmer Renema, Quix Quantum
Pim Kat, Amazec Photonics
Lennart de Vreede Laura Grana Suarez Jérôme Michon Aaron Zilkie Jelmer Renema Pim Kat
Panel 2
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Improving Production Efficiency: Modular Solutions for Automated Assembly in Photonics
Location: Gemini
 
Moritz Seyfried, ficonTEC
Moritz Seyfried
Presentation
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing day 1 PIC Summit Europe 2024
Location: Philips Hall
 
Irene Rompa, De Foundary
Peter van Arkel, PhotonDelta
Laura Grana Suarez, University of Twente
Martijn Heck, Eindhoven University of Technology
Ivan Stojanovic, NXTGEN High Tech / OOST NL
Laurens Weers, PhotonDelta
Abdul Rahim, PhotonDelta
Irene Rompa Peter van Arkel Laura Grana Suarez Martijn Heck Ivan Stojanovic Laurens Weers Abdul Rahim
 
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Networking drinks & dinner
Location: Evoluon Restaurant