24 September, 2024, Tuesday
Optional agenda:
19:00 – 22:00 Pre-dinner @ restaurant La Traviata, located at the Artis Centrum Hotel 2nd floor (address: Totorių str. 23, 01120 Vilnius)
25 September, 2024, Wednesday
Optional agenda:
06:30 – 07:30 EPIC Members Run
Meeting & T-shirts pick up point at 06:30: Amberton Cathedral Square Hotel Vilnius lobby (address: L. Stuokos – Guceviciaus str. 1, 01122, Vilnius).
Walking group is also available.
Route: run ~2.5 km along the river Neris and then come back, ~5 km in total for runners. Walk ~1.5 km along the river and then come back, ~3 km in total for walkers.
08:30 Departure by the bus transfer for companies visits. Meeting point: bus station that is next to the Amberton Cathedral Square Hotel Vilnius (address: L. Stuokos – Guceviciaus str. 1, Vilnius 01122, https://maps.app.goo.gl/3q6c1MVwrcqDprMK8)
9:00 – 10:00 Company visit: OPTOMAN (address: Ukmerges str. 427, Vilnius)
10:00 – 10:30 Bus transfer to second company
10:30 – 11:30 Company visit: Workshop of Photonics (address: Mokslininku str. 6A,Vilnius)
11:30 – 12:00 Bus transfer to the conference venue
Registration for the companies visits is closed.
Main agenda:
11:15 Departure by the bus transfer from the bus station that is next to the Amberton Cathedral Square Hotel Vilnius (address: L. Stuokos – Guceviciaus str. 1, Vilnius 01122, https://maps.app.goo.gl/3q6c1MVwrcqDprMK8)
12:00 – 13:00 Registration and lunch @ FTMC – Center of Physical Sciences and Technology, ground floor conference room A101 (address: Sauletekio avenue 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania)
13:00 – 13:05 Welcoming words by EPIC – Antonio Castelo, Technology Manager
13:05 – 13:30 Welcoming Words and Intro Presentation by Light Conversion – From UV to NIR: New Areas for Ultrashort Pulse Processing – Martynas Barkauskas, CEO (Lithuania)
13:30 – 15:30 SESSION 1: Laser cutting, drilling and dicing
- KEYNOTE: Bosch Manufacturing Solutions – Laser Micromachining at Bosch Manufacturing Solutions – From Reliable Machinery for 24/7 Production to Multistage Hybrid Processing – Andreas Russ, Group Leader Special Machinery Laser Technology (Germany)
- 3D-Micromac – Thomas Gester, Head of Technology & Innovation Services (Germany)
- Lidrotec – Christian Keil, Director Business Development & Sales (Germany)
- EKSPLA – Dielectric Material Processing Using MHz/GHz Bursts – Mantvydas Jasinskas, CSO (Lithuania)
- Fluence – Breakthroughs in TGV Fabrication Using Femtosecond Laser Precision – Ilya Tkachuk, Field Application Engineer (Poland)
- Pulsar Photonics – Optical Concepts and Systems for Large Area USP Laser Processing – Martin Reininghaus, Program Manager (Germany)
- LASEA – Abel Gil Villalba, Activity Manager Innovation Process & Applications (Belgium)
15:30 – 16:15 Networking coffee break and First one-to-one Matchmaking session
16:15 – 17:45 SESSION 2: Surface texturing, activation and laser annealing
- Fusion Bionic – Ultrafast Texturing Meets Mass Production – Laser Interference as the Key to Innovation – Tim Kunze, CEO (Germany)
- Light Conversion – Surface Roughness Control Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses and Different Scanning Strategies – Simas Butkus, Laser Applications Laboratory Manager (Lithuania)
- BIAS – Bremen Institute for Applied Beam Technology – Application of Laser Induced Self-organized Surface Structures for Oleophilic Surfaces – Anika Langebeck, Industrial Applications (Germany)
- Admedes – Surface Functionalization of Nitinol Utilizing Ultrashort Laser Pulses – Lucas Kollmar, R&D Engineer (Germany)
- Workshop of Photonics (WOP) – Generation of Bio-based Riblets to Reduce Drag in Industrial Parts using Direct Laser Writing Techniques – Vytautas Sabonis, Head of Research (Lithuania)
- Amplitude Laser – High-Power Ultrafast Laser Texturing: From Micro-Processing to Macroscale Applications – Vincent Rouffiange, Vice President, Strategic Business Development Director (France)
18:00 Departure by the bus transfer to the dinner place
18:45 – 22:30 Dinner @ Grey restaurant, 2nd floor (address: Pilies str. 2, 01124 Vilnius)
22:30 Walk to the recommended hotels
26 September, 2024, Thursday
07:30 Departure by the bus transfer from from the bus station next to the Amberton hotel
08:15 – 08:40 Morning coffee @ FTMC
08:45 – 09:00 Recap by EPIC
09:00 – 09:30 KEYNOTE: FTMC – Center for Physical Sciences and Technology – Work at FTMC and Status of the Laser Community in Lithuania – Gediminas Račiukaitis, Head of Department of Laser Technologies (Lithuania)
09:30 – 11:00 SESSION 3: Microprocessing related components and technologies
- SCANLAB – Challenges of UV fs Material Processing with Scanners – Holger Schluter, Head of Business Development (Germany)
- CAILABS – Beam-shaping, a Key Enabler to the Next Generation of Micro-processes – Gwenn Pallier, Product Line Manager (France)
- DMC – Software Platform for Advanced Laser Machining System Control – Sarunas Vaskelis, CEO (Lithuania)
- AMS Technologies – “Open Source” MOPA Design for Highly Flexible Micro-Machining Application – Maik Frede, Vice President of Engineering (Germany)
- PI – Configurable Standard Motion Platforms Simplify the Supply and Build for Laser Users – Cliff Jolliffe, Market Strategist – Industrial Automation (United Kingdom)
- GLOphotonics – Light with Purpose: Harnessing Hollow Core Fiber for High-Precision Micromachining – Benoit Beaudou, Applications Engineer (France)
11:00 – 11:45 Networking coffee break and Second one-to-one Matchmaking session
11:45 – 12:45 SESSION 4: Laser micro-welding and Additive/Substractive Manufacturing
- Precitec – Laser-based Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing with Wire: Innovative System Technology Makes It Simple, Flexible and Clean – Thorsten Lorenz, Head of Sales Additive Manufacturing (Germany)
- Silicon Light Machines – Spatial Light Modulator Based Optical Head for High Throughput Laser Processing Applications – Lars Eng, CEO (United States)
- Oxford Lasers – Ultrafast Laser Microwelding of Dissimilar Materials at Oxford Lasers: Challenges and Opportunities – Etienne Pelletier, Senior Development Engineer (United Kingdom)
- PowerPhotonic – Persephone Poulton, Product Development Engineer (United Kingdom)
13:00 – 13:45 Networking lunch
13:45 – 14:00 Bus transfer to Light Conversion (address: Keramiku str. 2B, 10234)
14:00 – 15:30 Companies visits: Light Conversion and EKSMA Optics
Registration for the companies visits is closed.
16:00 Departure by the bus transfer to Vilnius airport
16:00 Departure by the bus transfer to Cathedral Square / city center