Program

Arrival: Participants are expected to arrive on Sunday March 3, 2024 for dinner.  The meeting will begin at 08:30 on Monday March 4.

Breakfast AND dinner are included on day of arrival
Breakfast:  7 – 11 am
Dinner:  7 – 10 pm

Departure:  Thursday March 7 (after breakfast)

PROGRAM

**Talk time: 15 min + 5 min Q&A

 

TimeTalk / EventSpeakers
07:00 – 08:15Breakfast
08:30 – 09:00Welcome & opening remarks
Session Chair:Anat Siddharth
09:05 – 09:25Coordinator overview FORTESouhail Youssefi (Thales)
09:30 – 09:50Coordinator overview HDLNMario Mejias (VLC Photonics)
09:50 – 10:15COFFEE BREAK
10:20 – 10:40Coordinator overview CombToolsSebastian Randel (KIT)
10:45 – 11:05Coordinator overview MAGNIFYMichael Geiselmann (Ligentec)
11:10 – 11:30Erbium-doped photonic integrated circuits Yang Liu (EPFL)
11:35 – 11:55High Capacity Optical Transmission at TU/e: Exploiting Digital signal processing across channels Chigo Okonkwo (TUE)
12:00 – 12:20Advances in integrated photonics sensing and processing architectures at Thales R&T Loïc Morvan (Thales)
12:20 – 13:15LUNCH
13:15 – 17:00FREE TIME / ACTIVITIES
17:15 – 18:45CombTools project meeting
19:00 – 20:00DINNER
20:15 – 21:00From lab to marketLigentec
Keystone Photonics
TimeTalk / EventSpeakers
07:00 – 08:15Breakfast
Session ChairXinru Ji
08:30 – 09:00The EIC Portfolio approachIvica Cubic, Project Officer at European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
09:05 – 09:25Photonic-Electronic Signal Processing: Technologies and ApplicationsChristian Koos (KIT)
09:30 – 09:50Thin-film lithium niobate photonics: illuminating faster datacenters Mohammad Bereyhi (Luxtelligence)
09:55 – 10:20COFFEE BREAK & GROUP PHOTO
10:25 – 10:45Narrow-linewidth, frequency-agile, turnkey photonic integrated E-DBR laserAnat Siddharth (EPFL)
10:50 – 11:10On the Use of Comb-Sources in WDM/SDM Optical Networks Sebastian Randel (KIT)
11:15 – 11:35Recent advances in microwave photonics Luca Rinaldi (SSSA)
11:40 – 12:00Challenges and opportunities of next generation coherent systems Jéremie Renaudier (Nokia)
12:05 – 12:20Lithium Niobate: Novel functionalities and further challenges Junyin Zhang (EPFL)
12:20 – 13:15LUNCH
13:15 – 17:00FREE TIME / ACTIVITIES
17:15 – 18:45HDLN project meeting
19:00 – 20:00DINNER
20:15 – 21:00Integrated Photonics in Space: Perspectives & CareersEuropean Space Agency
NASA
TimeTalk / EventSpeakers
07:00 – 08:15Breakfast
Session ChairSimone Bianconi
08:30 – 08:50A high-density lithium niobate foundry: transitioning a technology to market Mohammad Bereyhi (Luxtelligence)
08:55 – 09:15High-Speed Photonic Technologies for Coherent Optical Transmissions Haïk Mardoyan (Nokia)
09:20 – 09:40Modeling of High-Speed Electro-Optic Modulators Alexander Kotz (KIT)
09:45 – 10:05Ultra-low noise frequency-agile lasers for LiDAR and fiber sensing Andrea Bancora (Deeplight)
10:05 – 10:25COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 10:50Commercializing erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers: opportunities and challenges Amir Youssefi (EDWATEC)
10:55 – 11:15Perspectives of Integrated Microwave Photonics solutions for mm-Wave Telecom & Remote SensingAntonio Malacarne (CNIT-SSSA)
11:20 – 11:40Integrated Photonics from Prototype to Volume Michael Zervas (Ligentec)
11:45 – 12:05Mitigating metal-impurity-induced thermal absorptionXinru Ji (EPFL)
12:10 – 12:30Free Space Optical Communication at TU/e: from Lab to Photonloop Vincent van Vliet (TUE)
13:00 – 14:00LUNCH
14:00 – 16:45FREE TIME
17:00 – 18:30MAGNIFY & FORTE project meetings
19:30 – 21:30FINAL CONFERENCE DINNER