PIC International 2026 Agenda

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Monday 20th April 2026 starting at 18:00 CET
18:00 Pre-conference Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception (available to those who have registered for 21st & 22nd April for AngelTech Conference)
Tuesday 21st April 2026 starting at 08:00 CET
08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments
08:50 Housekeeping by Michael Lebby and David Cheskis - Conference Chairs
Foundations of PIC design: materials, devices and processes
09:00 Presentation by Light Trace Photonics
Presented by Dominic Sulway - Light Trace Photonics
09:15 Enabling THz Bandwidth on-chip with Plasmonic Modulators
Presented by Stephan Koch - Polariton Technologies AG
09:30 Presentation by APEX Technolgies
Presented by Name to be advised - APEX Technolgies
09:45 Presentation by LIGENTEC
Presented by Name to be advised - LIGENTEC
10:00 Presentation by Nanoscribe
Presented by Name to be advised - Nanoscribe
10:15 CMOS Compatible TFLN Technology
Presented by Steven Tan - Rapid Photonics
10:30 Morning Break and Networking
11:00 Glass-Integrated PICs: Shaping the Future of Photonics
Presented by Giacomo Corrielli - Ephos
11:15 Simulation-Driven PIC Design – Accelerating Performance, Reliability and Time-to-Market
Presented by Name to be advised - Ansys, part of Synopsys
11:30 Advanced Automated Assembly Platforms for High-Precision PIC Packaging and Integration
Presented by Name to be advised - ficonTEC
11:45 Bringing PIC Design Automation to the Forefront of Photonic Innovation
Presented by Name to be advised - Luceda Photonics
12:00 Precision Motion Control Solutions for High-Performance PIC Development
Presented by Name to be advised - Physik
12:15 Presentation by EPFL
Presented by Tobias Kippenberg - EPFL
12:30 Lunch Break and Networking
Connectivity and scalability for secure, high-speed data networks
14:00 PIC-enabled Quantum-safe Cryptography
Presented by Francesco Raffaelli - KETS Quantum Security
14:15 Presentation by Vanguard Automation
Presented by Name to be advised - Vanguard Automation
14:30 Building Scalable, Energy-Efficient TFLN PICs Through Industrial-Grade Manufacturing
Presented by Name to be advised - CCRAFT
14:45 Beyond the Chip: System-Scale Simulations for Next-Gen PICs
Presented by Name to be advised - VPIphotonics
15:00 Integrated Photonics for Secure and High-Speed Optical Communication Networks
Presented by Name to be advised - Lightium
15:15 Optical Interconnects for AI Clusters: Markets and Technologies
Presented by Vlad Kozlov - LightCounting
15:30 Afternoon Break and Networking
16:00 Integrated Photonics from Opportunity to Mass Production for 50G+ Access Networks
Presented by Name to be advised - PICadvanced
16:15 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
16:30 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
16:45 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
17:00 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
17:15 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
17:30 Closing Remarks
18:00 Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception
Wednesday 22nd April 2026 starting at 08:00 CET
08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments
08:50 Housekeeping by Michael Lebby and David Cheskis - Conference Chairs
Emerging applications: photonics for sensing, imaging and beyond
09:00 Presentation by IDTechEx
Presented by Yu-Han Chang - IDTechEx
09:15 Atomic-Photonic Chips for High-Precision Sensing and Metrology
Presented by Gianvito Lucivero - University of Bari/QSensAto
09:30 Integrated Photonics for High-Performance Sensing and Biomedical Applications
Presented by Name to be advised - imec
09:45 Presentation by Pilot Photonics
Presented by Desi Gutierrez - Pilot Photonics
10:00 Aluminum Nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits for Extending Nonlinear Photonics Applications to UV Spectrum
Presented by Scott Burroughs - Uviquity
10:15 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
10:30 Morning Break and Networking
11:00 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
11:15 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
11:30 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
11:45 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
12:00 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
12:15 Lunch Break and Networking
Future computing: PICs for photonic processing, quantum computers, and neural networks
13:45 PIC for Photonic Quantum Computing
Presented by Nicolas Maring - Quandela
14:00 Presentation by Yole Group
Presented by Name to be advised - Yole Group
14:15 Presentation by Quantum Computing
Presented by Name to be advised - Quantum Computing
14:30 Silicon Photonics Roadmaps for Photonic Computing and AI Acceleration
Presented by Name to be advised - imec
14:45 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
15:00 Afternoon Break and Networking
15:30 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
15:45 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
16:00 Presentation Title to be Confirmed
16:15 Closing Remarks
Presentation times and order are subject to change. This agenda was last updated on 27 Nov 2025 at 10:27pm.