PIC International 2025 Agenda

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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
Presentation times and order are subject to change. This agenda was last updated on 20 Jan 2025 at 9:26am.