2003
Thomas Pearsall created the European Photonics Industry Consortium and presented his idea of EPIC to Dr. Henri Rajbenbach of the Electronics & Communications unit of the European Commission. The response of the European Commission was positive, and to help ensure a strong impact, it attached the EPIC proposal as an additional work package to the existing OPTIMIST program.
2004
In the first two years of operations, EPIC organized European-wide workshops on LEDs for Automotive Lighting, Photonic Components for Telecommunications, Organic LEDs for Displays & Lighting, and Laser-assisted Manufacturing. Today EPIC is arranging between 80-90 different events per year in various topics important to its members.
2006
EPIC started out with 52 company members.
Image: Board of Directors during the Annual General Meeting in Strasburg, 2006.
2012
For a year, Tom and Carlos worked together to ensure a successful transition. Following Tom’s retirement, Carlos was appointed Director General of EPIC.
Image: Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Brussels, 2013.
2013
Originally this award was called “The Phoenix Award” and was first given to Nick Martin from AFE Optics. Today past award recipients are gathered to select the next winner which is presented at the EPIC AGM.
Image: Nick Martin and Drew Nelson, former EPIC president, at the AGM in Brussels, 2013.
2014
The first “Day of Photonics” initiated by EPIC took place on 21 October 2014, 21 years after the General Conference of Weights and Measures adopted the value of 299,792.458 kilometers per second (km/s) as the speed of light. More than 100 activities were organized in more than 30 countries around the world and included all kinds of public demonstrations on the impact of photonics on our day-to-day lives, as well as internal corporate discussions on business opportunities.
Image: Modulight Family Day, Tampere, Finland, 2016.
2018
EPIC launched the “Jobs in Photonics” website where members can advertise their open positions for free. Today the website included more than 6000 photonics jobs.
2018
In order to stimulate networking, building relations and friendships doing something fun EPIC started to arrange its member runs. The first run was organized in July 2018 in Munich.
2020
The EPIC Online Webinars which started to run during early 2020 quickly became an important way for members to get the latest information about trending topics. These webinars have become an important part of EPIC and will continue to run with several meetings hosted every month.
2020
During the Covid-19 pandemic EPIC, like everyone else, had to adapt to a different way of networking and arrange meetings and events. So, on 24 June 2020, lasting for 24 hours EPIC arranged “Photonics World Tour” featuring 72 speakers from 35 countries across 13 time zones!
2022
EPIC is fully owned by its members and is managed by its excellent team of Board of Directors. Today the bord consists of 7 directors from member companies.
2023
The current EPIC team consists of 10 highly skilled professionals dedicated to helping the over 800 EPIC members drive the photonics revolution!
During 2019 another member milestone was reached when the number reached 500
The EPIC Online Webinars which started to run during early 2020 quickly became an important way for members to get the latest information about trending topics. These webinars have become an important part of EPIC and will continue to run with several meetings hosted every month.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, EPIC adapted to a different way of networking and arranging events. So, on 24 June 2020, lasting for 24 hours EPIC arranged “Photonics World Tour” featuring 72 speakers from 35 countries across 13 time zones!
EPIC is fully owned by its members and is managed by its excellent team of Board of Directors. Today the bord consists of 7 directors from member companies.
The current EPIC team consists of 10 highly skilled professionals dedicated to helping the over 800 EPIC members drive the photonics revolution!
Originally this award was called “The Phoenix Award” and was first given to Nick Martin from AFE Optics. Today past award recipients are gathered to select the next winner which is presented at the EPIC AGM. Image: Nick Martin and Drew Nelson, former EPIC president, at the AGM in Brussels,..Read More
For a year, Tom and Carlos worked together to ensure a successful transition. Following Tom’s retirement, Carlos was appointed Director General of EPIC. Image: AGM 2013, Brussels.
EPIC started out with 52 company members. Image: Board of Directors during the Annual General Meeting in Strasburg, 2006.
In the first two years of operations, EPIC organized European-wide workshops on LEDs for Automotive Lighting, Photonic Components for Telecommunications, Organic LEDs for Displays & Lighting, and Laser-assisted Manufacturing. Today EPIC is arranging between 80-90 different events per year in various topics important to its members. Image: Symposium on Energy..Read More
Thomas Pearsall created the European Photonics Industry Consortium and presented his idea of EPIC to Dr. Henri Rajbenbach of the Electronics & Communications unit of the European Commission. The response of the European Commission was positive, and to help ensure a strong impact, it attached the EPIC proposal as an..Read More
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Originally this award was called “The Phoenix Award” and was first given to Nick Martin from AFE Optics. Today past award recipients are gathered to select the next winner which is presented at the EPIC AGM. Image: Nick Martin and Drew Nelson, former EPIC president, at the AGM in Brussels,..Read More
For a year, Tom and Carlos worked together to ensure a successful transition. Following Tom’s retirement, Carlos was appointed Director General of EPIC. Image: AGM 2013, Brussels.
EPIC started out with 52 company members. Image: Board of Directors during the Annual General Meeting in Strasburg, 2006.
In the first two years of operations, EPIC organized European-wide workshops on LEDs for Automotive Lighting, Photonic Components for Telecommunications, Organic LEDs for Displays & Lighting, and Laser-assisted Manufacturing. Today EPIC is arranging between 80-90 different events per year in various topics important to its members. Image: Symposium on Energy..Read More
Thomas Pearsall created the European Photonics Industry Consortium and presented his idea of EPIC to Dr. Henri Rajbenbach of the Electronics & Communications unit of the European Commission. The response of the European Commission was positive, and to help ensure a strong impact, it attached the EPIC proposal as an..Read More
The EPIC Online Webinars which started to run during early 2020 quickly became an important way for members to get the latest information about trending topics. These webinars have become an important part of EPIC and will continue to run with several meetings hosted every month.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, EPIC adapted to a different way of networking and arranging events. So, on 24 June 2020, lasting for 24 hours EPIC arranged “Photonics World Tour” featuring 72 speakers from 35 countries across 13 time zones!
EPIC is fully owned by its members and is managed by its excellent team of Board of Directors. Today the bord consists of 7 directors from member companies.
The current EPIC team consists of 10 highly skilled professionals dedicated to helping the over 800 EPIC members drive the photonics revolution!
The EPIC Online Webinars which started to run during early 2020 quickly became an important way for members to get the latest information about trending topics. These webinars have become an important part of EPIC and will continue to run with several meetings hosted every month.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, EPIC adapted to a different way of networking and arranging events. So, on 24 June 2020, lasting for 24 hours EPIC arranged “Photonics World Tour” featuring 72 speakers from 35 countries across 13 time zones!
EPIC is fully owned by its members and is managed by its excellent team of Board of Directors. Today the bord consists of 7 directors from member companies.
The current EPIC team consists of 10 highly skilled professionals dedicated to helping the over 800 EPIC members drive the photonics revolution!
During 2019 another member milestone was reached when the number reached 500
The EPIC Online Webinars which started to run during early 2020 quickly became an important way for members to get the latest information about trending topics. These webinars have become an important part of EPIC and will continue to run with several meetings hosted every month.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, EPIC adapted to a different way of networking and arranging events. So, on 24 June 2020, lasting for 24 hours EPIC arranged “Photonics World Tour” featuring 72 speakers from 35 countries across 13 time zones!
EPIC is fully owned by its members and is managed by its excellent team of Board of Directors. Today the bord consists of 7 directors from member companies.
The current EPIC team consists of 10 highly skilled professionals dedicated to helping the over 800 EPIC members drive the photonics revolution!
2020
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