29 September 2025
/ 17:15
- 21:00
CEST
EPIC VIP Networking Reception at ECOC
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sponsors
Silver
Bronze
The annual EPIC networking reception at ECOC gathers 100 EPIC members, invited VIP guests – decision makers, technology experts, and their customers. The program includes quality networking and creating new business connections. Participation is free of charge but strictly on-invitation, pre-registration is compulsory. This will be a sold-out event, therefor no on-site registration is possible.
Attendance is limited to 1 person per company, except for sponsors.
Please see the participants’ list of 2024 HERE and the photos here:
2024: https://www.flickr.com/photos/epic-photonics/albums/72177720320549596
2023: https://www.flickr.com/photos/epic-photonics/albums/72177720311636077
2022: https://www.flickr.com/photos/epic-photonics/albums/72177720302266685
Agenda
Venue
Contact Onsite
Attendees
- Aaron Zilkie , Senior Director - Head of Photonics at Texas Instruments
- Abdul Rahim , Ecosystem Manager at PhotonDelta
- Abed Toufik , Engineering Head at OPTOSIGMA
- Adam Knapp , General Manager - Ultrafast Optoelectronics at Thorlabs
- Adam Reid , Senior Director R&D at Synopsys
- Adrian Mertens , CEO at SilOriX
- Aidong Xu , Head of Business Development at Wave Photonics
- Alex Borodkin, VP IP Strategy at Innolume
- Alex Demkov , CEO at La Luce Cristallina
- Alexey Kovsh , CEO at Alfalume
- Alexey Shkolnik , Director Semiconductors at WI Charge
- Aljoscha Schu , CEO at Photonics Foundry
- Amir Ghadimi , CEO at Lightium
- Andon Bano , Head of Sales Europe at ficonTEC
- Andre Richter , General Manager at VPIphotonics
- Andrea Pertoldi , Laser Application Engineer at Menhir Photonics
- Andreas Umbach , CEO at AUCCEPT
- Antonio Tartaglia , System Manager, Expert in Photonics at Ericsson Telecomunicazioni
- Antonio Teixeira , CSTO at PICadvanced
- Arnaud Rigny , Head of sales & Design at Teem photonics
- Auri Ripoll , Strategic Marketing Manager at Focuslight Technologies
- Aurimas Vrubliauskas , Sales Team Lead at Workshop of Photonics
- Bengt Nissar , Product Line Manager at Lambda Networks
- Bernard Lee , Senior Director of Strategic Technology and Innovation at SENKO Advanced Components
- Cara Gau , Business developer at Liverage Technology
- Carlos Pardo , CEO at KD
- Claudia Hoessbacher , CEO at Polariton Technologies
- Daniel Perez Lopez , Founder and CTO at iPronics
- David Mechin , Director at Photonics Bretagne
- David Ortiz , CTO at KD
- Davide Frigerio , EMEA Business Development at SAES
- Dominic Gallagher , CEO at Photon Design
- Dominik Rabus , CEO at RABUS TECH
- Douglas Aguiar , CEO at PhotonPath
- Eran Bello , CBO at NewPhotonics
- Felix Betschon , CEO at vario-optics
- Folkert Horst, Senior Research Scientist at IBM Research
- Francisco Javier Diaz Otero , CEO at SPARC Foundry
- Frank Smyth , CTO at Pilot Photonics
- Gert Grammel , Network STrategy at Juniper Networks
- Giorgio Cazzaniga , Product Management Senior Director at JABIL
- Guang-hua Duan , General Manager at 3SP Technologies
- Hanjo Rhee , CTO at Sicoya
- Hans Damsgaard , Vice President, Marketing & Sales at Lightera
- Henning Shroeder , Group Manager at Fraunhofer IZM
- Henrik Madsen , CEO at SPIO Systems
- Ian van den Vlekkert , Business Development Manager at Chilas
- Inigo Artundo , CEO at VLC Photonics
- Jakob Lingg , Investment Manager at Vsquared Ventures
- Jakob Skov , Head of Harsh Environment at Hexatronic
- Jan Meise , CEO at AMS Technologies
- Jangsun Kim , CEO at Panoptics / OSK (Optical Society of Korea)
- Jean Louis Gentner , CEO at Almae Technologies
- Jean Louis Guyaux , Technical Director at RIBER
- Jean-Luc Polleux , CTO & Co-founder at ICON Photonics
- Jeroen Duis , CTO at PHIX
- Jesper Jensen , CTO, Founder at Bifrost Communications
- Jim Theodoras , VP Product Development at Scintil Photonics
- Jimena Garcia Rromeu Nunez , CEO at Alcyon Photonics
- Jock Bovington , Co-Founder Axalume at Cisco
- Joerg Smolenski , Business Development Manager at Nanoscribe
- Joern Epping , CEO at Epiphany
- Johan Bauwelinck , Prof. at imec - IDLab
- Johan Feenstra , CEO at SMART Photonics
- Joni Mellin , Manager, BL Photonics at XFAB Group
- Jose Manuel Rivas-Moscoso, Technology Expert at Telefonica CTIO
- Kirill Kanbekov , Associate at Renevo Capital
- Lewis Johnson , CTO at NLM Photonics
- Liron Gantz , Principal Research Scientist at Nvidia
- Lynne Genik , Director at National Research Council
- Mark Elliott , Chief Operating Officer at Electro Optics/Imaging & Machine Vision Europe, Europa Science
- Markus Ojutkangas , General Manager at BKtel photonics
- Martin Collins , Managing Director at Yelo
- Martin Schell , Executive Director at Fraunhofer HHI
- Mathieu Drolet , VP at TeraXion
- Matt Currie , Chief executive officer at Eblana Photonics
- Matthias Kail , Sales Engineer - PIC Packaging at PhotonFirst
- Maxime Jacques , Technical Leader - Pluggable Optics R&D at Ciena
- Mehrdad Ziari , Senior Vice President, Optical Module Group at NOKIA
- Michael Lebby , CEO at GenusTechnik
- Michal Golias , CSO/Sales Manager at SYLEX
- Michela Svaluto Moreolo , Research Director & Director of Quality Programs at CTTC
- Motoyasu Mizui, Senior Manager at Sun Instruments
- Nick Volet , Chairman at DOPS - Danish Optical Society
- Nicolas Carlier , Regional Sales Manager at EXFO
- Nikolaus Flory , CTO at vario-optics
- Nikolay Ledentsov , CEO at VI-Systems
- Nikta Jalayer , Global Portfolio Director - Photonics at Physik instrumente
- Nora Maene , Senior Business Development Manager at imec
- Novica Mrdovic Vianello , General Partner at Mountain X
- Obie Roy , Business Development Manager at Senko
- Paul Muller , CEO at Deeplight
- Pere Perez Millan , Founder, CEO at FYLA
- Peter Morten Moselund , CTO at Swiss PIC
- Petra Wicherink , Director at PhotonicsNL
- Philippe Bolle , CEO at e-s-tel
- Pierre Wahl , Chief Commerical Officer at LUCEDA Photonics
- Qiong Tong , Business Development Manager at Merck Electronics
- Regis Blin, Sales Engineer at DIAMOND
- Reinhard Voelkel , President at SalesPro4U
- Richard Taylor , CEO at Vector Photonics
- Robert Blum , SVP Sales and Marketing at Lightwave Logic
- Rolando Ferrini , Chief Product Officer at FEMTOprint
- Roman Koerner , CTO at TRUMPF Photonic Components
- Rui Santos , CTO at PhotonIP
- Russell Davey , Optical Network Architect at BT Group
- Samuel Varghese , Senior Director Photonics at NeSt Group
- Sophie Lange , Business Development Engineer at EXFO
- Stephen Kidd, Global Sales and Business Development Manager at Arden Photonics
- Steve Stoffels , CEO at ALUVIA Photonics
- Sven Krueger , VP Product Management at HUBER+SUHNER CUBE OPTICS
- Thomas Hessler , CEO at LIGENTEC
- Thorsten Mayer , CEO at Vanguard Automation
- Tiger Ninomiya , Principal Technologist at Accelink USA Corporation
- Tomas Bauer, EVP Sales & Business Development at Silex Microsystems
- Tommi Suni , Customer Account Lead at VTT
- Udo Fetzer , Key Account Manager at Lightera
- Victor Licchesi , Project manager at RADIALL
- Yannick Larvor , Snr Business Manager at Soitec
- Yeeloy Lam , President/CTO at DenseLight Semiconductors
- Yi Xie , Business Development Manager at imec
- Yves Pelletier , Business Development Director at Ciposa
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