Monday 7th April 2025 starting at 18:30 CET

18:30 Pre-conference networking drinks reception

Tuesday 8th April 2025 starting at 08:00 CET

08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments 08:50 Housekeeping by Michael Lebby and David Cheskis - Conference Chairs Delivering more data: AI, machine learning and tomorrow's computing Sponsored by OPTICA 09:00 Optical Interconnects for Next Generation of AI Systems Presented by Ana González - iPronics 09:15 The Evolving Role of Optics in AI Clusters Presented by Vlad Kozlov - LightCounting 09:30 Integrated Neuromorphic Photonics and Optical Computing Accelerators Presented by Matěj Hejda - Hewlett Packard Enterprise 09:45 Presentation by Lightium Presented by Name to be advised - Lightium 10:00 Presentation by NVIDIA Presented by Ashkan Seyedi - NVIDIA 10:15 Morning Break 10:55 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 11:10 Accelerating Photonic Design for Next Generation Computing with Multiphysics Simulation Presented by Dylan McGuire - Ansys 11:25 Driving Functional Test Closer to the Chip Presented by Matt Adams - VIAVI Solutions 11:40 Presentation by Keysight Technologies Presented by Name to be advised - Keysight Technologies 11:55 Presentation by ficonTEC Presented by Name to be advised - ficonTEC 12:10 Presentation by VPIphotonics Presented by Name to be advised - VPIphotonics 12:25 Lunch Break Optimising materials and architectures to progress PICs 13:55 Improving Performance of Germanium electro-absorption Modulators Presented by Daniel Steckler - IHP Microelectronics 14:10 UV Photonics and Rare-earth Doped Amplifiers with Sputter-deposited Aluminium Oxide Waveguides Presented by Dawson Bonneville - University of Twente 14:25 Enabling Increasingly Dense fiber-to-chip Connections in Datacenters Presented by Benoit Fleury - Corning 14:40 Comparing PIC Platforms: What’s the Best Fit? Presented by Sam Dale - IDTechEx 14:55 Advancing TFLN PICs to Meet Market Demand and Scale Production Presented by Hamed Sattari - CCRAFT 15:10 Afternoon Break 15:50 What about the PIC Manufacturing Sweet Spot? Presented by Twan Korthorst - New Origin 16:05 Presentation by Nanoscribe Presented by Mareike Trappen - Nanoscribe 16:20 Presentation by imec Presented by Philippe Absil - imec 16:35 Photonic Integrated Circuit Packaging Presented by Liam Moroney - Alter Technology 16:50 The Future Role of Bonding in Photonic Integrated Circuits and Co-Packaged Optics Presented by Dr. Bernd Dielacher - EV Group 17:05 InP PIC Platform and Architectures for Data-Center Applications Presented by Mehrdad Ziari - Infinera 17:20 PANEL SESSION Accelerating the Adoption of Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits Using Design Standardisation in PIC Packaging ficonTEC Moderated by Jon Pugh, Director of PIC and Quantum Technologies at OPTICA 17:50 Closing Remarks 18:30 Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception

Wednesday 9th April 2025 starting at 08:00 CET

08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments 08:50 Housekeeping by Michael Lebby and David Cheskis - Conference Chairs Advancing quantum 2.0 technologies with PICs 09:00 Advancing Quantum Communications with PICs Presented by Taofiq K. Paraïso - Toshiba Europe Limited 09:15 Presentation by Yole Group Presented by Eric Mounier - Yole Group 09:30 Modular, Fibre-Interconnected Architectures for Photonic Quantum Computers Presented by Thien-An Nguyen - Orca Computing 09:45 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 10:00 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 10:15 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 10:30 Morning Break 11:10 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 11:25 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 11:40 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 11:55 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 12:10 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 12:25 Lunch Break Harnessing PICs in healthcare, autonomous vehicles and beyond 13:55 Scaling up LiDAR with Silicon Photonics Presented by François Simoens - SteerLight 14:10 Aluminum Oxide PICs for UV Microscopy and Sensing Presented by Nicolas Le Thomas - Ghent University 14:25 SiN PICs for Optical Coherence Tomography Presented by Rainer Hainberger - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH 14:40 Industrial Chemical Detection with On-chip Raman Technology Presented by Ivan-Lazar Bundalo - InSpek 14:55 Afternoon Break 15:35 PIC for Automotive LiDAR Presented by Marcus Dahlem - imec 15:50 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 16:05 Presentation Title to be Confirmed 16:20 Closing Remarks