23 March 2025, Sunday
20:00 – 22:30 Welcome Dinner at L´Olive (address: Carrer de Balmes, 47, L’Eixample, 08007 Barcelona).
24 March 2025, Monday (OPTIONAL)
09:00 – 18:00 Visiting local EPIC member companies.
09:00 Departure by bus from Eurostars Hotel Grand Marina (address: Moll de Barcelona, S/N, Ciutat Vella, 08039 Barcelona).
09:45 – 11:30 UPC-CD6 + presentation from spin-offs and Fotónica21.
12:00 – 13:30 Sensofar.
14:00 – 15:30 Microrelleus.
16:00 – 17:30 Mapsi.
17:30 – 18:00 Drive back to Hotel Eurostars Grand Marina
19:30 – 22:00 Pre-event Dinner at 7 Portes (address: Pg. d’Isabel II, 14, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona).
25 March 2025, Tuesday (FULLY BOOKED)
09:00 – 18:00 Visiting local EPIC member companies.
09:00 Departure by bus from Eurostars Hotel Grand Marina (address: Moll de Barcelona, S/N, Ciutat Vella, 08039 Barcelona).
09:30 – 11:00 Inmersia
11:30 – 13:15 ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences.
13:30 – 14:00 Quside presentation + 3 minutes pitch time from ICFO spin-offs.
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch.
15:30 – 17:00 monocrom.
17:00 – 18:00 Drive back to Hotel Eurostars Grand Marina
19:00 – 22:00 Welcome Reception and Networking Dinner at Marina Port Vell (address: Moll de La Barceloneta, 1, Ciutat Vella, 08039 Barcelona). ALL EPIC AGM ATTENDEES EXPECTED.
26 March 2025, Wednesday
07:15 Meet for the Run/Walk at Memoria del Portal de la Pau (address: Passeig Josep Carner, Ciutat Vella, 08039 Barcelona)
07:30 – 09:00 Morning Run/Walk (optional – but all attendees are expected to join!) at San Sebastian Beach and Breakfast at Honest Greens. Return by boat to Moll de Drassanes
09:00 – 09:45 Registration, networking coffee break & expo at World Trade Center
09:45 – 12:00 Spanish EPIC member company presentation
- Alcyon Photonics, Jimena García-Romeu, CEO
- AIMEN, Pablo Romero, Composite Additive Manufacturing Team Leader
- CEIT, Santiago M Olaizola Izquierdo, Group Leader Laser Precision Manufacturing
- ICFO, Sergi Ferrando, PHOTONCAT Manager
- IMASENIC, Renato Turchetta, CEO
- iPronics, Christian Dupont, CEO
- KD, Oscar Ciordia, Marketing Manager
- Mapsi Photonics, David Cardador Maza, CEO
- MEETOPTICS, Barbara Buades, CEO
- New Infrared Technologies, Arturo Baldasano, CEO
- Ommatidia LIDAR, Eduardo Margallo, CEO
- Quside Technologies, Carlos Abellan, CEO
- Sensofar, Marc Canales, CEO
- UPC-CD6, Santiago Royo, Director
- UPVfab Micro-fabrication pilot line, Pascual Muñoz, Director
- VLC Photonics, Iñigo Artundo, CEO
12:00 – 13:30 Networking lunch & expo
13:30 – 13:45 Opening of the Annual General Meeting 2025
13:45 – 15:15 Conference on EPIC Update
- EPIC Board of Directors Update
- EPIC Activities 2024 & 2025 presented by the Marketing Team
- Upcoming activities presented by the Technology Team
- Voting approval of EPIC financial accounts 2024
15:15 – 16:00 Networking coffee break & expo. Ranting Session.
16:00 – 17:45 STRATEGY & MARKETS SESSION
Speakers include:
- Jean-François Morizur, CEO, Cailabs (France)
- Gerard van den Eijkel, CEO, Dutch United Instruments (The Netherlands)
- Martynas Barkauskas, CEO, LIGHT CONVERSION (Lithuania)
- Charlene Hu, Chairperson, Swiroc (Taiwan)
- Martin Hermatschweiler, CEO & Co-Founder, Nanoscribe (Germany)
- Advocacy and Lobbying update – Markus Wilkens, Head of Operations, Photonics21
- 1 minute pitch – anyone about a problem they would like to solve
17:45 EPIC CEO Award 2025
17:55 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award 2025
18:05 EPIC Sustainability Award 2025
18:30 Gather in the lobby and departure to dinner venue
19:00 – 22:00 Networking Dinner at Poble Espanyol (address: Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13, Sants-Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona).
27 March 2025, Thursday
07:00 – 08:00 Morning Swim (optional, self-organized) at San Sebastian Beach and Breakfast at Honest Greens. Return by boat to Moll de Drassanes.
Exclusion of liability: The participation in the swimming event is at your own risk. The organizers assume no liability for any damages or injuries that may occur during the event. Each participant is responsible for their own safety and health. By participating, each participant explicitly agrees not to make any claims against the organizers.
08:15 – 09:00 Networking coffee & expo
09:00 – 10:30 TECHNOLOGY & MARKETS SESSION
Speakers include:
- Andre Richter, CEO, VPI Photonics (Germany)
- Panagiotis-Alexandros Bokaris, Head of Digital Optics, L’Oreal (France)
- Martin M. Roth, Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (Germany)
- Alex Ayalon, Senior Director R&D and Innovation, Elbit Systems (Israel)
- Edwin Wolterink, VP Technology & Innovation, Anteryon (Netherlands)
10:30 – 10:45 – 1 minute Problem Pitching session: anyone who faces a technology or manufacturing challenge can pitch their problem. Can one of the participates be part of the solution or share some ideas?
10:45 – 11:30 Networking coffee & expo
11:30 – 13:15 INVESTMENT / BUSINESS SESSION
Speakers include:
- Basil Garabet, CEO, NKT Photonics (Denmark)
- Mike Powell, Managing Partner, Renevo Capital Limited (United Kingdom)
- Ronny Timmreck (serial entrepreneur) (Germany)
- Jean-François Vinchant, CEO, SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques (France)
- Maik Mueller, CEO, Nynomic (Germany)
- 3 minutes pitch – any EPIC members looking for capital
- Cognifiber
- Emberion
- InSpek
13:30 – 15:00 Networking lunch
15:00 Official end of the meeting
15:30 – 18:00 Optional social activity if you are not yet ready to leave Barcelona! All attendees are very welcome but separate registration is required. Catamaran Sailing Tour (address: Moll de Drassanes, Plaça Portal de la Pau, s/n, 08039 Barcelona)