The event is mainly on invitation, if you have not received a direct personal invitation or are unsure if you are welcome to attend, please contact EPIC before registering.
EPIC AGM & SUMMIT 2024
15 April 2024, Monday
18:30 – 22:30 Pre-event dinner for participants to company visit + cluster meeting + EPIC BoD (location: AC Hotel by Marriott Ambassadeur Antibes – Juan les Pins)
16 April 2024, Tuesday
EPIC AGM Annual General Meeting (EPIC-MEMBERS ONLY)
09:00-12:00 (welcome coffee at 08:30) EPIC BoD meeting (on invitation only) at Palais des Congres, Juan-Les-Pins. Top floor, room “FITZGERALD 1″
09:00-12:00 (welcome coffee at 08:30) Cluster meeting (on invitation only) at Palais des Congres, Juan-Les-Pins. Top floor, room “FITZGERALD 2″
09:30-12:30 Company visit to Thales Alenia Space (fully booked on-invitation)
12:00-13:30 Registration & Networking Lunch & Exhibition
13:30 Welcome by Basil Garabet, CEO, NKT Photonics, and President of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
13:45 Annual Activity Report 2023 presented by the EPIC Marketing Team
13:55 Upcoming activities presented by the EPIC Technology Team
14:15 Voting approval of EPIC financial accounts 2023 + Auditor report
14:30 – 15:15 Session Advocacy (EPIC-MEMBERS ONLY)
14:30 Elizabeth Illy, Head of Marketing, HÜBNER Photonics (Sweden) – Embracing Sustainability – Where do we start?
14:45 Update on HR + Day of Photonics
15:00 Markus Wilkens, Head of Operations, Photonics21 (Germany)
15:15 – 16:30 Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition
16:30 – 18:00 Session Entrepreneurship, Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness (EPIC-MEMBERS ONLY)
16:30 Berthold Schmidt, CTO, TRUMPF (Germany) – Short Pulse Lasers: From Tin Droplets to Secondary Sources
16:50 Axel Kupisiewicz, CEO, LASEA (Belgium) – From Idea to Business: an Entrepreneurial Path to Success in the Laser Processing Industry
17:10 Michael Heuken, VP Advanced Technologies, Aixtron (Germany) – 40 years of innovation: lessons learned in epitaxial technology and related business
17:30 Eicke Weber, Chair European Solar Manufacturing Council, Former Director Fraunhofer ISE, Prof. Emeritus UC Berkeley, (Germany) talk on Photovoltaic manufacturing competitiveness
17:50 Closing Remarks by Carlos Lee
18:00 EPIC SUMMIT OPENS – ALL PARTICIPANTS WELCOME
18:00-21:00 Networking Dinner all participants
21:00-22:00 (optional) FUN Night – a session where entrepreneurs share stories about the challenges and setbacks they’ve encountered in the journey of growing their businesses. Individuals discuss their missteps, setbacks, and failures openly and honestly.
17 April 2024, Wednesday
06:55 Gather at Palais des Congrès
07:00-08:15 Run/Walk 45 minutes and Breakfast @ Le ruban Bleu Juan-Les-Pins (you are expected to participate!)
08:30-09:30 Registration & Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition
09:30-17:00 EPIC SUMMIT 2024
09:30-11:00 EPIC SUMMIT Market Track
- Welcome by Carlos Lee, Director General, EPIC
- Andrew Brown, Senior Director, SPIE (USA/Global) – Global Market Trends in the Photonics Industry
- Claire Valentin, Chief Strategy Officer, Exosens (France)
- Benoît d’Humières, Partner, Tematys (France) talk on Market Trends in Photonics
11:00-12:00 Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition
12:00-13:00 EPIC SUMMIT Business Track I
- Sanjai Parthasarathi, Chief Marketing Officer, Coherent (USA) – Photonics Market – Dynamics, Opportunities and Challenges
- Chris Yates, Partner, Vision Ventures (United Kingdom/Germany) talk on Market Trends in Vision industry
- Thomas Plees, Senior Director Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, ASML (Netherlands) talk on Sourcing suppliers
13:00-14:30 Networking Lunch & Exhibition
14:30-16:00 EPIC SUMMIT Business Track II
14:30 Jennifer Cable, President, Thorlabs (USA) talk on Photonics, Sustainability
14:50 Laurent Samama, Managing Partner, Jolt Capital (France) talk on Innovation & Investment
15:10 Ownership Models panel discussion:
- Ingolf Cedra, Managing Director, Hübner Group (Germany) talk on Investment
- Chantal Germain, Head of Photonics Division, HEF Groupe (France) talk on Investment
- Georg Draude, General Manager, Chroma Technology (Germany) – Peter Pan Optical
15:50 INVESTMENT PITCHING SESSION companies looking for investment (short 2-3 minutes pitch) + investors introduction
16:00 EPIC CEO Award 2024
16:15-17:30 Exhibition
17:45 Busses to dinner venue @ IT Villaggio + Group picture
18:00-22:00 Networking Dinner + Return by bus
18 April, Thursday
07:00-07:30 Swim (optional) in front of Le Café de la Plage
08:00–09:00 Welcome Coffee & Exhibition
09:00-10:30 EPIC SUMMIT Technology Track I
- Sir David Payne, Professor, University of Southampton (United Kingdom) – The Hollow-core Fibre Revolution: Nothing is Better than Silica!
- Arvind Patel, CEO, SLTL (India) talk on Laser
- Tomotaka Katsura, Senior Manager of Solid State Laser Development Section, Laser System Department, Mitsubishi Electric (Japan) talk on Lasers
- Benjamin Bernard, Application Engineer, DISCO HI-TEC Europe talk on Semiconductor
10:30-11:30 Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition
11:30-13:00 EPIC SUMMIT Technology Track II
- Gareth Hesketh, Group Leader – EO Technologies, MBDA (United Kingdom) talk on Defense
- Philippe Chanclou, Team Manager Fixed Access Networks, Orange Labs (France) talk on Datacom
- Pim Kat, CEO, Amazec Photonics (Netherlands) talk on Medical
- Jacob Riis Folkenberg, VP Technology, FOSS Analytical (Denmark) talk on Food and Agriculture
- Closing Remarks by Carlos Lee, Director General, EPIC
13:00–15:00 Networking Lunch & Exhibition
15:00 END OF EPIC SUMMIT 2024
15:00-19:00 Social Programme (optional, additional payment required 150 EUR + VAT). Pétanque & Aperitif of Provence at Mougins Village (includes bus transportation). Please see more details and register for this activity HERE.