24 September, 2024, Tuesday
Optional agenda:
19:00 – 22:00 Pre-dinner @ restaurant Adelia, located at the Artis Centrum Hotel (address: Totorių str. 23, 01120 Vilnius), one of the recommended hotels
25 September, 2024, Wednesday
Optional agenda:
6:30 – 7:30 EPIC Members Run
Meeting point: Near Mindaugas bridge, Olimpieciu str. 1.
8:30 – 9:00 Transfer to first company visit
9:00 – 10:00 Company visit: OPTOMAN
10:00 – 10:30 Transfer to second company visit
10:30 – 11:30 Company visit: Workshop of Photonics
11:30 – 12:00 Transfer to conference venue
Registration for the companies visits is closed.
Main agenda:
11:15 Departure by the bus transfer from Cathedral Square to the conference venue
12:00 – 13:00 Registration and lunch @ FTMC – Center of Physical Sciences and Technology, ground floor conference room A101 (address: Sauletekio avenue 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania)
13:00 – 13:05 Welcoming words by EPIC – Antonio Castelo, Technology Manager
13:05 – 13:30 Welcoming Words and Intro Presentation by Light Conversion – From UV to NIR: New Areas for Ultrashort Pulse Processing – Martynas Barkauskas, CEO (Lithuania)
13:30 – 15:15 SESSION 1: Laser cutting, drilling and dicing
- KEYNOTE: Bosch Manufacturing Solutions – Laser Micromachining at Bosch Manufacturing Solutions – From Reliable Machinery for 24/7 Production to Multistage Hybrid Processing – Andreas Russ, Group Leader Special Machinery Laser Technology (Germany)
- DISCO HI-TEC EUROPE – Laser Applications for Semiconductor Device Manufacturing – Benjamin Bernard, Project Lead – Senior Application Engineer (Germany)
- EKSPLA – Dielectric Material Processing Using MHz/GHz Bursts – Mantvydas Jasinskas, CSO (Lithuania)
- Fluence – Breakthroughs in TGV Fabrication Using Femtosecond Laser Precision – Ilya Tkachuk, Field Application Engineer (Poland)
- Pulsar Photonics – Martin Reininghaus, Program Manager (Germany)
15:15 – 16:00 Networking coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 SESSION 2: Surface texturing, activation and laser annealing
- Light Conversion – Surface Roughness Control Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses and Different Scanning Strategies – Simas Butkus, Laser Applications Laboratory Manager (Lithuania)
- BIAS – Bremen Institute for Applied Beam Technology – Application of Laser Induced Self-organized Surface Structures for Oleophilic Surfaces – Anika Langebeck, Industrial Applications (Germany)
- Workshop of Photonics (WOP) – Generation of Bio-based Riblets to Reduce Drag in Industrial Parts using Direct Laser Writing Techniques – Antanas Urbas, Chief Scientist (Lithuania)
- Fusion Bionic – Ultrafast Texturing Meets Mass Production – Laser Interference as the Key to Innovation – Tim Kunze, CEO (Germany)
- LASEA – Abel Gil Villalba, Activity Manager Innovation Process & Applications (Belgium)
18:00 Departure by the bus transfer to the dinner place
18:45 – 22:30 Dinner @ Grey restaurant, 2nd floor (address: Pilies str. 2, 01124 Vilnius)
22:30 Walk to the recommended hotels
26 September, 2024, Thursday
07:30 Departure by the bus transfer from from Cathedral Square to the conference venue
08:15 – 08:40 Morning coffee @ FTMC
08:45 – 09:00 Recap by EPIC
09:00 – 09:30 KEYNOTE: FTMC – Center for Physical Sciences and Technology – Work at FTMC and Status of the Laser Community in Lithuania – Gediminas Račiukaitis, Head of Department of Laser Technologies (Lithuania)
09:30 – 10:45 SESSION 3: Microprocessing related components and technologies
- SCANLAB – Challenges of UV fs Material Processing with Scanners – Holger Schluter, Head of Business Development (Germany)
- CAILABS – Beam-shaping, a Key Enabler to the Next Generation of Micro-processes – Gwenn Pallier, Product Line Manager (France)
- DMC – Software Platform for Advanced Laser Machining System Control – Sarunas Vaskelis, CEO (Lithuania)
- AMS Technologies – “Open Source” MOPA Design for Highly Flexible Micro-Machining Application – Boris Rottwinkel, European Business Development Manager (Germany)
- QIOVA – Multibeam Processing with AI and Active Stabilization – Sébastien Landon, CTO (France)
- PI – Configurable Standard Motion Platforms Simplify the Supply and Build for Laser Users – Cliff Jolliffe, Market Strategist – Industrial Automation (United Kingdom)
10:45 – 11:30 Networking coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 SESSION 4: Laser micro-welding and Additive/Substractive Manufacturing
- Silicon Light Machines – Spatial Light Modulator Based Optical Head for High Throughput Laser Processing Applications – Lars Eng, CEO (United States)
- Oxford Lasers – Ultrafast Laser Microwelding of Dissimilar Materials at Oxford Lasers: Challenges and Opportunities – Etienne Pelletier, Senior Development Engineer (United Kingdom)
- Precitec – Laser-based Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing with Wire: Innovative System Technology Makes It Simple, Flexible and Clean – Markus Kogel-Hollacher, Head of Department R&D Projects (Germany)
Agenda in preparation, interested speakers can contact us with their proposals
13:00 – 13:45 Networking lunch
13:45 – 14:00 Bus transfer to Light Conversion
14:00 – 15:30 Companies visits: Light Conversion and EKSMA Optics. Registration for the companies visits is closed.
16:00 Departure by the bus transfer to Vilnius airport
16:00 Departure by the bus transfer to Cathedral Square / city center