7 July 2025
/ 15:00
- 17:00
CEST
EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for Smart Farming
Online Event
Sponsor
Photonics is transforming modern agriculture by enabling precise, efficient, and sustainable farming practices. From hyperspectral imaging and laser-based sensing to precision lighting and autonomous systems, these advanced optical technologies enhance crop monitoring, optimize resource use, and improve overall productivity.
As agriculture faces challenges like climate change and resource scarcity, photonics offers innovative solutions for precision farming. In this online event, we’ll explore the latest advancements, real-world applications, and industry challenges, engaging with experts to uncover how light-driven technologies are shaping the future of agriculture.
Join us to discover how photonics is driving smarter, more sustainable farming!
Agenda
Speakers
Derek Guenther is Senior Product Scientist at Ocean Optics and has been with the company since 2008; he has a background in Chemical Engineering and focuses on creating compelling content around modern spectroscopy applications.
Senior Product Scientist
at Ocean Optics
Theres Kuester is an expert in imaging spectroscopy and method development for optical image data. She has been with KWS for 3.5 years. Here she is responsible for the processing chain of hyperspectral and multispectral data that they acquire with drones.
Senior Scientist Data Capture & Automation
at KWS Group
Gaetano Panagia is a Technical Marketing Engineer at Hamamatsu Photonics Europe, supporting sales of spectrometers, IR detectors, and light sources, while also leading market research in agri-photonics and gas measurement sectors.
Technical Marketing Engineer
at Hamamatsu Photonics Europe
Director Business Development WW
at Exosens
Scientific Director
at imec
CEO
at Cubert
Project Officer
at CoLAB VINES&WINES
Attendees
- Alex Tavkhelidze, Scientist / Data Capture & Automation at KWS Group
- Alexander Telle , CEO ACM at Acktar Ltd. (ACM Coatings GmbH)
- Alvaro Garre Sanchez, Product Sales Specialist at Ansys
- Alvaro Garre Sanchez , Produc Sales Specialist at Ansys
- Andre Miodezky , president at Voxelsensors
- Anh Tuan Vu , Principal Investigator at Fraunhofer IPT
- Antoine Fournier , Head of AgroPhotonic and Innovative Plant Phenotyping at ARVALIS-Institut du Vegetal
- Antoine Fournier , Head of AgroPhotonic and Innovative Plant Phenotyping at ARVALIS-Institut du V?g?tal
- Arjan Tibbe, Scientific Director at imec
- Arjan Tibbe , Scientific Director at imec - OnePlanet
- Bhumika Uniyal , Scientist at KWS
- Bob Musk , Directir at Entroptix
- Christian Krutzler, Deputy Head of Smart Connected Lighting at JOANNEUM RESEARCH
- Christiane Gimkiewicz, Optical Expert at CSEM
- Christiane Gimkiewicz, Optical Expert at CSEM
- Christine Knorr , Owner/CEO at knorr-techmarket
- David Armstrong , Business Development Manager at Fraunhofer UK Research
- ELISABETH STEIN-HAAS , Global Sales Manager at Heraeus Conamic
- Elmar Elbinger, Product Manager at Optics Balzers
- Gabrie Hoogland , Chief Scientist at SABIC
- Gaetano Panagia , Technical Marketing Engineer at Hamamatsu
- Gerald Uhlenberg, Managing Director at TQ Engineering GmbH
- Guenther Lermann , Commercial Sales Manager at Coherent
- Guido Bonati , CEO at Sill Optics
- Guillermo Orellana , Full Professor - Group Leader at Complutense University of Madrid
- Guillermo Orellana , Full Professor - Group Leader at Complutense University of Madrid
- Gunnar Boettger , Industrial Relations Manager at Fraunhofer IZM
- Hani Kbashi, Research Fellow at Aston University
- Hendrik Zachmann , Business Development Manager at Jabil Optics
- Hendrik Zachmann , Business Development Manager at Jabil Optics
- Henrik Fabricius , CTO at Delta Optical Thin Film
- Henrik Fabricius , CTO at Delta Optical Thin Film
- Henrik Madsen , CEO at SPIO Systems
- Ireneu Dias , Researcher at INESC TEC
- Jason Zhang, Researcher at UT-AUSTIN
- Jens Biesenbach , General Manager at BWT Laser Europe GmbH
- Jeremy Lane, Managing Director at ProPhotonix
- Jeroen Vennegoor op Nijhuis, CTO at Entonome
- Jeroen Vennegoor op Nijhuis , CTO at Entonome
- Joern Epping , CEO at Epiphany Design
- Johannes Lang, Technical Project Lead / Product Development at Carl Zeiss
- Johannes Lang , Technical Project Lead / Product Development at Carl Zeiss AG
- John Sharp, Business Innovation Manager at Helia Photonics
- Jon Willmott , Professor of Metrology at University of Sheffield
- Jon Willmott , Professor of Metrology at University of Sheffield
- Josh Culpepper, Executive Director at PGIM Ag Finance
- Josh Culpepper, Executive Director at PGIM Ag Finance
- Julita Emersleben , Advanced Data Scientist at KWS
- Jyrki Saarinen , Head of Center for Photonics Sciences at Center for Photonics Sciences (UEF)
- Lars M?ller , Team Leader Farm to Fork EMEA at trinamiX GmbH
- Laurent NEYRET , Sales and marketing manager at mirSense
- Leo Fiedler, PhD Student at Carl Zeiss AG
- Lien Smeesters , Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- LK Lee , Mktg Commun Officer at ASMPT
- Lorenz Luensmann, Scientific Officer at Laser Zentrum Hannover
- Luigi Ghezzi , TME at Hamamatsu Photonics
- Luiz Schweitzer , Head of Department at Fraunhofer IPK
- Majid Naji , Scientist at OZ Optics
- Manuel Berger , Head of Backoffice at Diamond
- Marc Juarez , innovation director at Seoul Semiconductor Europe
- Marc Juarez , innovation director at Seoul Semiconductor
- Marc LARIVE , Director Business Development at Exosens
- Marc van Dijk , Business Developer at Demcon Focal
- Mariangela Gioannini, Professor at Politecnico di Torino
- Matthias Kail , Sales Engineer - PIC Packaging at PhotonFirst
- Matthias Kail , Sales Engineer - PIC Packaging at PhotonFirst
- Matthias Lautenschl?ger, Network Manager at EurA AG
- Michel Pastoor , Sales manager at NTS Optel
- Miltos Vasileiadis , Business Development at Alpes Lasers
- Miltos Vasileiadis , Business Development at Alpes Lasers
- Nick Barnett , Business Development manager at Pro-Lite Technology
- Nick Barnett , Business Development manager at Pro-Lite Technology
- Nicolas Cantale , Senior Project Manager at CSEM
- Nicolas LIO SOON SHUN, Partnership manager at CEA
- Nora Sophie Eichhorn , Expert at KWS
- Oliver Pust , Sales Director at Delta Optical Thin Film A/S
- Olivier PIGNY , Sales Manager at HORIBA
- Olov von Hofsten , Optical design engineer at Eclipse Optics
- Olov von Hofsten , Optical design engineer at Eclipse Optics
- Panagiotis Vergyris, Strategic Market Insights Manager at Theon Sensors
- Patrick Runge , Head of InP & RF Department at Fraunhofer HHI
- Patrick Runge , Head of InP & RF Department at Fraunhofer HHI
- Patrick Schuster , Senior Process Technology Engineer at EV Group
- Patrick Schuster , Senior Process Technology Engineer at EV Group
- Patryk Sarbiewski , Regional Sales Representative at VIGO Photonics
- Peter Collins , Technical and Supplier Director at Laser 2000 (UK)
- Peter M?llner, Business Developer at Silicon Austria Labs
- Pierre-Alain van Griethuysen , Product Line Manager at Edmund Optics
- Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz , Programme Manager at EPFL & Swissphotonics
- Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz , Programme Manager at EPFL & Swissphotonics
- Prudhviraj Lakavath, Sales Manager at EPIGAP OSA Photonics
- Prudhviraj Lakavath, Sales Manager at EPIGAP OSA Photonics
- Rasmus van Elsberg , Manager Business Development at Nynomic
- Rasmus van Elsberg , Manager Business Development at Nynomic
- Rene Heine , Co-Founder and CEO at Cubert
- Richard Curran, President at Ocean Optics
- Richard Curran , President at Ocean Optics
- ritjola kulluri , Sensing System at ALITE
- Robert Kirchner , Co-Founder and CEO at HETEROMERGE
- Rui Protasio , Product Manager Laser Gas Detection at Axetris
- Sabine Meinecke, Product Engineer at Focuslight
- Shin-Sung Kim , Senior Principal Application Engineer at Ansys
- Stefan Heinemann , Managing Director at PHIX
- Stephane Perrin , Head of Biophotonics Group at Photonics Bretagne
- Stephane Perrin , Head of Biophotonics Group at Photonics Bretagne
- Stephanie Hesse-Ertelt , Research Manager at Fraunhofer IOF
- Thierry BERTHOU , Sales Manager at SILIOS Technologies
- Thierry BERTHOU , Sales Manager at SILIOS Technologies
- Thierry Robin , CTO at TEMATYS
- Tilman Glaser , Head of Replication at CZJ
- Tilman Glaser , Head of Replication at CZJ
- Tobias Buchmann, International Business Development Manager at Ibsen Photonics
- Venancio Calero Vila , Senior Consultant at PA Consulting Group
- Viktorija Laurute, Key Account Manager at QS Lasers
- Viktorija Laurute , Key Account Manager at QS Lasers
- Vincent Destefanis , Partnership manager at CEA-Leti
- Yoshiaki Shikata , Senior Assistant General Manager at Sumitomo Electric Industries
- Zofia Lorenc , product analyst at VIGO Photonics
Contact Information
Moderator
Coordination
Jeremy Picot-Clemente, PhD
Technology Expert for Optics and Optical Systems
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