11 May 2026
/ 15:00
- 17:00
CEST
EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for Quantum Industry
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The EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for the Quantum Industry brings together pioneers working at the intersection of photonics and quantum technologies. From quantum communication and sensing to scalable quantum computing, light plays a central role in making quantum systems practical and powerful. This meeting will highlight real-world advances in photonic integrated circuits, single-photon sources and detectors, ultra-stable lasers, and quantum interconnects. It will feature perspectives from hardware developers, component suppliers, and system integrators pushing the limits of what’s possible in quantum engineering. Join us to connect with leaders defining this frontier, explore new collaboration opportunities, and gain insight into the technologies shaping the quantum ecosystem—from lab to market.
Read the wrap up of this session here.
Agenda
Speakers
Dominic Schulz is Head of Business Development & Strategy at Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, with 15 years’ experience in photonics. He holds PhD and MBA degrees, led optical wireless R&D and projects, and now drives strategy for photonic components and systems at HHI.
Head of Business Development & Strategy
at Fraunhofer HHI
Patrick Engelmann received his degree in Electrical Engineering from Technische Universität Dresden in 2024. He is currently working at Fraunhofer IPMS on the development of advanced analog and mixed-signal IC solutions for microdisplays and sensors.
IC Design Engineer
at Fraunhofer IPMS
The PIC Packaging Business Unit – led by Mirvais Yousefi (PhD) – is focused on serving customers with the most challenging PIC Packaging requests, including the huge Electrical and Optical I/O needs of the quantum industry.
BU manager PIC Packaging
at PhotonFirst
VP Sales
at PHIX
At FEMTOPRINT SA, Dr Alfieri supervised the engineers of the Prototyping Division and covers now the roles of Technical Sales Manager and Responsible for the technical and business development of the quantum activities.
Prototyping Manager & Business Developer Quantum
at FEMTOPRINT
Research Engineer in Quantum Technologies unit of GLOphotonics, PhD on atom optic in Hollow Core Fiber
Quantum Engineer
at GLOphotonics
Régis Blin is responsible for technical sales and business development in the photonics industry. With over 15 years of professional experience, he provides comprehensive guidance to customers on fiber optic interconnect solutions. He holds a Master’s degree in Photonics from Polytech Paris-Saclay (2004).
Sales Engineer
at DIAMOND
Attendees
- Ahmad Atieh , VP Optical Systems at Optiwave Systems
- Alexander Heemels, Optical Engineer at DEMCON
- Alexander Neugebauer, Basic Scientist at Erbe Elektromedizin
- Alexander Telle , CEO at Acktar (ACM Coatings)
- Amir Hossein Ghadimi , CEO at Lightium
- Andre Nauen , System Architecture at eleQtron
- Andreas Tortschanoff , principal scientist at Silicon Austria Labs
- Andrei Uvarov , R&D Director at CORIAL
- Andrew Greer , Process Integration at University of Glasgow
- Anke Odouli , Deputy Executive Director at Messe Muenchen
- Anna Hetzelt, Technical Content Specialist at Edmund Optics
- Anthonin Van Impe , Business Development at O'Shenu Technologies
- Antonio Raspa , Solid State Laser Product Manager at Luxinar
- Arjun Moothedath, Senior Applications Engineer - Etch at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology
- Aymen Chargui , International Business Developer at AUREA Technology
- Brian Song , Director of Technology Strategy at Samsung Electronics
- Calum Ross, Research fellow at Heriot watt
- Carla Miró Vinyals, Project Manager at ICFO
- Caspar Clark , CEO at Helia Photonics
- Cesare Alfieri , Technical Sales Manager & Business Developer Quantum at FEMTOPRINT
- Charles Goeller , COO at ICON Photonics
- Charles Lakeman , Business Development, New Ventures at SCHOTT
- Christiaan Tempelaars, PIC packaging engineer at Photonfirst
- David Armstrong , Business Development Manager at Fraunhofer UK Research
- David Schmitt, - at SmarAct
- Dominic Schulz , Head of Strategy Photonics at Fraunhofer HHI
- Edgar Fernandes , Application & Sales Engineer at Menhir hotonics
- Ekaterina Moehr , R&D at CSEM
- Enkeleda Balliu , Senior Laser Engineer and Product Manager at Hubner Photonics
- Eva Raffalt , Research Associate and PhD Student at RhySearch
- Ezzeddine Ben Ammar , Sales Engineer at SmaraAct
- Fabrizio Magistrali , COO at StarTech Trieste
- Fabrizio Mangano, Senior Integration Engineer at Axetris
- Farai Mazhandu , Director at AQC
- Fernando Engels, Engineer at Feinwerkoptik-zuend
- Florent Colas , Optronics Technical Referent at Thales Land and Air Systems
- Francis Ijeh , Technology Solutions at Agit Atlantis
- Francisco Ulises Hernandez Ledezma , Business Development Manager, Advanced Materials at Skydiamond
- Frank Tooley, Business Development at Freeform Photonics
- Gabriella Motta , CEO at Alite
- Gary Sinclair, European Key Account Manager at G&H
- Gauthier Briere , Sales Account Manager at Synopsys
- Gennady Rabatuyev, Senior R&D Engineer at I-PHOTONICS
- Georgii Shen , Engineer at Research and Innovative Center of Electronics and Telecommunications
- Giacomo Benvenuti , CTO at Nio-Lith
- Gijs Brienen , Sales engineer at Mintres
- Giovanni Terenziani, Product Manager at Plasma-Therm
- Guenther Lermann , Account Manager at Coherent
- Guillermo Gonzalez De La Llana , Photonics Area Manager at Alter Technology
- Guy Nurse, UK Sales at Diamond
- Haider Al Juboori , Dr at South East Technological University SETU
- Hanna Bachyla , Branch Manager at I-Photonics
- Hernan Furci , Head on Engineering at CCRAFT
- Homa Zarebidaki , Senior Photonic Components Coordinator at CSEM
- Hugo Saget, R&D Engineer at Plasma-Therm Europe
- Ignazio Ciccomascolo , Sales and Business Development Specialist at I-Photonics
- Ines Schedwill , Marketing & Business Development at Fraunhofer IPMS
- Iossif Elenkov , R&D Engeneering at EXCELITAS
- Ireneu Dias , Researcher at INESC TEC
- Iryna Ubeda Fernandez, Project Manager at Tecnobit (Grupo OESIA)
- Jan Boelke, R&D Scientist at micro resist technology
- Janek Bergmeier, - at SmarAct
- Janine Riedrich-Moeller, Senior Expert for optical Microsystems at Robert Bosch
- Jean-Francois Cormier , Scientific Advisor at INO
- Jeffrey Lee , AVP at iST
- Jeffrey Stein, VP Operations & R&D at LP Surgical Fibers/Laser Peripherals
- Jing Meng, Scientist at Optimax
- Joana Marques, Engineer at IEP - Instituto Electrotecnico Portugues
- Joao Pereira, Senior Scientist at RISE
- John Disano , Technical Business Analyst at NRC
- John Yang, Quantum Hardware Engineer at Quix Quantum
- Jonas Flueckiger , Senior Associate at Hamamatsu
- Josue Parra Cetina , RD engineer at ficonTEC
- Kashif Mazhar , Technical Sales Engineer at Optoprim
- Katrin Hirl, Deputy Exhibition Director at Messe Muenchen
- Kendra Stephens, Sales Engineer at Santec
- Klaus Flock , Principle Engineer at ams-Osram
- Kristen Outler , Educational Development Manager at Spark Photonics Foundation
- Kyoungsik Yu , Professor at KAIST
- Laura Horan , Product Management Lead at Vanguard Automation
- Lida Shamsafar, Researcher at Universität Stuttgart
- Ľuboš Podlucky , Researcher at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
- Luiz Schweitzer , Head of department at Fraunhofer IPK
- Lyes Kadi, Development Engineer at HUBER+SUHNER
- Majid Sarhangi , Strategic Marketing manager at Evatec
- Manoj Kumar , Sales Engineer Europe at ficonTEC Service
- Maria Concilio, Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Martijn Krijnen , Business Developer at Demcon
- Martin Holters, Senior Photonics Engineer at PHIX
- Marwan Boustany , Technology Innovation and Strategy at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
- Matthias Kail , Sales Engineer - PIC Packaging at PhotonFirst
- Melanie Leclerc, Optical Designer at INO
- Michael Geiselmann , CCO at LIGENTEC
- Michael Muehlberger , Senior Scientist at PROFACTOR
- Mie Magelund , Production engineer at Ibsen Photonics
- Mirvais Yousefi , PIC Packaging Onwer at PhotonFirst
- Mohammed Tmimi , Founder & Principal Consultant at NANOCHIPS Consulting
- Mukesh Patel , R&D Technology Manager at Motherson Innovations
- Naga Perla, Cofounder & CTO at BiomeQ
- Nick Rimmer , Business Development at FreeForm Photonics
- Nick Werstiuk , CEO at Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
- Olga Chernavskaia, Project manager at Jabil Optics Germany
- Oliver Kirsch , Team manager photonic packaging engineering at PHIX
- Oliver Lischtschenko , CEO at Coher Sense
- Omar Kobayter , Digital Marketing Manager at Imagine Optic
- Omar Sahni, Product Line Manager - Specialty Optical Fibers at Exail
- Patrick Engelmann, IC Design Engineer at Fraunhofer IPMS
- Patxi Eguiguren Arrizabalaga, Researcher at Tekniker
- Pedro Braga, PhD candidate at INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
- philip mitchell , photonic technology specialist at bay photonics
- Phillip Dittmann , CEO at PHOTONICPARTS
- Pinhas Rosenfelder , Electro Optic Engineer at QuantLR
- Preetam Gaikwad , Technology Scout at Jenoptik
- Qin WANG , Senior expert at RISE
- Rana Faryad Ali, Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Regis Blin , Sales Engineer at DIAMOND
- Roberto Siagri , CEO at Rotonium
- Rohit Shawarikar, Co-founder at Phaseshift
- Rolando Ferrini , Chief Product Officer at FEMTOPRINT
- Ruth Pegington, Senior Innovation Analyst at CDT
- Sabina Kuprenaite, Head of R&D at OPTOMAN
- Sabine Schneider-Betz , Director Innovation New Materials and Markets Photonics at HERAEUS COVANTICS
- Sam Eah, Engineer at AIM Photonics
- Samael Sarmiento, Technical Lead Engineer - Integrated Photonics at Luxquanta Technologies
- Samuel Bucourt , CEO at Imagine Optic
- Scott Newman , Director of Technical Sales & Applications at Optiwave Systems
- Selina Casutt , Managing Director Photonics Booster at Swissmem
- Sergio Peransi, Project Manager at Tecnobit / OESIA Group
- Simon Kibben , CTO at Photonics Foundry
- Smadar Itskovich , Founder & CEO at AI & Quantum Sovereignty Lab
- Stefan Heinemann , VP Sales at PHIX
- Stephanie Hesse-Ertelt , Research Manager at Fraunhofer IOF
- Stuart Coomber , Strategic Accounts Manager at Covesion
- Sylvain Dulphy , Sales&Marketing at Finetech
- Sylvain Nicolay, Group Leader at CSEM
- Takenori Kumagai , Senior Manager at JX Advanced Metals Corporation
- Thijs Kniknie , Senior System Engineer at Demcon High Tech Systems
- Thomas Billotte , Quantum Engineer at GLOphotonics
- Tim IJsselstein , Business Development Manager at PI Physik Instrumente
- Torsten Leichsenring, Innovation Engineer at 3D-Micromac
- Ulrich Thombansen , European Research and Development at Photonhub Phactory
- Vaida Grasyte, Senior Research Engineer at Optoman
- Valerie Lyttle , Marketing Executive at Yelo
- Xin Guo, Application Engineer at Ligentec
- Xing Xing, Principal Research Engineer at Linkoping University
- Yoshiaki Shikata , Senior Assistant General Manager at Sumitomo Electric Industries
- Zhanxiang Zhao , Commercial solutions team leader at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology
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Technology scope and agenda
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