29 May 2026
/ 15:00
- 16:00
CEST
Discover your career in photonics – Focus on Lasers
Online Event
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This online session is designed for young people who want to explore career opportunities in photonics, with a focus on laser technologies. The companies presenting are EPIC members, mostly operating in Europe, and they will share their internships and early-career opportunities.
During the session, you will learn about the types of roles companies are hiring for, the skills they are looking for, and what can help you stand out. The goal is to give you a clear and practical overview of how to start a career in photonics, especially in laser-related roles.
Agenda
Speakers
Olga Lakomá is an HR Leader at the HiLASE Centre, responsible for culture and people strategy, with 10+ years of experience in leadership, HR transformation, and team development.
HR Team Leader
at HiLASE
Corporate Recruiter at SMART Photonics for 3 years. I do end-t-end recruitment for various roles, technical and non-technical. I coordinate internships at the company, with team leads, and participate in Career Events. Originally from Portugal, I was also once a student in Netherlands who decided to pursue her career in high-tech industry.
Corporate Recruiter
at Smart Photonics
Managing Director
at Optoprim Germany
More speakers will be announced soon.
Attendees
- Adithya Pai, Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science
- Adrien Petrillo, PhD Candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology
- Amira Hamed, Reserach Assistant at The American University in Cairo
- Armi Fernandez, Process Engineer at Texas Instruments
- Avneesh Nathan, Student at None
- Bougandoura Rokiya, Optician at Optic
- Cui Run hu, student at Philips university
- David Moreno Vaz-romero, - at -
- Edgar Cucubica, MSc Student at NOVA School of Science and Technology
- Eric Agyei Owusu Fenteng, Student at LASTEH, University of Ljubljana
- Fariha Rahman, PhD student at Humboldt university of Berlin
- Grigorii Vydrevich, Student at RWTH Aachen
- Hamid JAMSHIDNIA, Researcher at independent researcher
- Harshitha Karnam, Student at Fraunhofer IPMS
- Jakob Vorlaufer, PhD graduate at Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- Kateryna Domina, PhD at DIPC Donostia / San Sebastián
- Leonor Borges, Student at University of Lisbon
- Matthijs Geerlings, - at -
- Meghna Margaret Pinto, Student research assistant at Fraunhofer IPMS
- Mithun E, - at -
- Muyi Yang, PhD at Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena
- Nikita Tiwari, Student at NIT WARANGAL
- NOUMAN AHMAD, Graduate student at Ujm
- Odhran Liston, PhD Researcher at Tyndall National Institute Cork
- Olaf Bolkenbaas, PhD candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology
- Pinky Chowdhury, graduate at Tampere University
- Piotr Griscenco, MSc Student at Technical University Dresden
- Raatri Sarkar, School Student at Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium
- Sebnem Dogru, Student at ASELSAN
- Smit Gadit, Recent Graduate at TU Darmstadt
- Sreelakshmi K Gopi, Doctorant at Le mans University
- The Linh Pham, PhD researcher at KU Leuven
- Vikesh Kumar Oad, Student at Jean Monnet University
- Vinicius Piaia, Phd student at INESC TEC
- Yesim Koyaz, Phd student at Epfl
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