This SPIE conference, combining presentations, lectures, workshops, seminars and exhibitions, proved to be a valuable source for networking and inspiration.
This year's meeting was as a success and included a number of "surprises". There was a large participation with very interesting and relevant input from all participants.
The aim of the 2015 International Year of Light was to build bridges between scientists, industry and policy-makers, to explain how photonics provides solutions to global challenges and also to promote education in science and engineering among young people, thus really reaching all audiences. The success obtained by the IYL2015 will continue to inspire activities in the years to come.
The EFFRA has launched a public consultation on the ‘Factories of the Future’ work programme 2018-2020 as part of its preparations for strategic discussions with the European Commission.
Large-scale Data Centers (DC) and High Performance Computing (HPC) systems demand ever increasing computing power, speed and energy efficiency. In the near future conventional technology will no longer satisfy such requirements. Optical interconnects based on photonic technologies may satisfy the growing needs of DCs and HPCs, but they have downsides: large size and high costs. On the other hand, plasmonic technologies offer the potential for very high operation speeds and small footprint, with low costs.
Can laser gas sensing deeply impact our daily lives? Within the project WideLase, scientists and engineers from across Europe joined forces to develop a new generation of laser based sensor systems with direct benefits for society and the well-being and health of our population.
The TREASORES project demonstrated that new light sources and photovoltaics foils can be produced with roll to roll techniques (R2R), (a cheap process very close to how newspapers are printed), to obtain transparent foils that can be cut in any shape and turned on to emit light, or to harvest light.
