Security & Defensesecurity-defense
4 February 2026 / 16:00 - 18:00 CET
EPIC Technology Session at OPTRO – Laser Systems for Defense Applications
Marseille, France

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EPIC Members
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Non-members
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As defense strategies evolve, Laser Systems are moving rapidly from experimental prototypes to frontline deployment. This session explores the critical leap from component innovation to operational superiority. We will examine how breakthroughs in High Energy Lasers (HEL), Directed Energy, and advanced electro-optics are addressing urgent defense needs – including counter – UAS, remote sensing, and platform protection. By bringing together component manufacturers and system integrators, this session will pinpoint exactly how novel optical technologies are solving the size, weight, power, and thermal (SWaP) challenges of modern warfare.

Agenda

04 February 2026, Wednesday

16:00 – 16:05 Welcoming words – Jeremy Picot-Clemente, Technology Expert at EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium (France / Europe)

16:05 – 17:25 10 minute presentations: 

  • 3L – OPTRONICSTextured CMOS Image Sensors for Low-Light Level Vision – Ludovic Escoubas, CEO (France)
  • SolnilPhotonic Meta-Surfaces for High Power Laser Optics – Marco Abbarchi, CSO (France)
  • ENEKA PartnersOverview of Laser Directed-Energy Weapon: Technologies, International Players, Challenges –  Eneka Idiart-Barsoum, CEO (France)
  • Exail – Alexandre Loulier, Sales Manager (France)
  • ASSEMBLIFY – Oliver Grass, CEO (Germany)
  • ElFys – Mikko Juntunen, Founder & CEO (Finland)

More speakers will be announced soon. 

17:25 – 17:30 Closing remarks by Jeremy Picot-Clemente, Technology Expert at EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
17:30 – 18:00 Networking time – coffee

Registration

Registering for the event allows you to attend the RoundTable organized by EPIC only. Attending EPIC RoundTable only is allowed. To attend the full OPTRO event, please register on their website here https://www.3af-optro.com/

 

Venue

Marseille Chanot Exhibition & Convention Center (address: Rond Point du Prado, 13008 Marseille – France), room no. 4

Speakers

Textured CMOS Image Sensors for Low-Light Level Vision

Photonic Meta-Surfaces for High Power Laser Optics

Overview of Laser Directed-Energy Weapon: Technologies, International Players, Challenges

CEO at Eneka Partners
Sales Manager at Exail
Founder & CEO at ElFys
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Jeremy Picot-Clemente, PhD
Jeremy Picot-Clemente, PhD
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