2 June 2025, Monday
Optional agenda:
10:30 – 18:00 Company visits at 3EALITY Spatial Computing Hub, Philips Immersive Lab and Admesy.
We meet at Building 37 at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven (address: High Tech Campus 37, 5656 AE Eindhoven)
10:30 – 12:15 Visit at 3EALITY Spatial Computing Hub
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:45 Visit at Philips Immersive Lab
15:00 – 18:00 Visit at Admesy (Transfer by bus from the High Tech Campus, departing at 15:00, and back to the recommended Van der Valk Hotel, arriving at 18:00.)
19:00 – 22:00 Pre-event networking dinner at Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven (address: Aalsterweg 322, 5644 RL Eindhoven)
3 June 2025, Tuesday
Optional agenda:
09:00 to 11:30 – Immersive experience at the Gateway.
The Gateway will be open exclusively for EPIC meeting attendees. There are 8 slots available every 30 minutes from 9:00 to 11:30, please contact Vera Koniukhova to reserve your spot.
11:45 Bus transfer from recommended Van der Valk Hotel to the meeting venue High Tech Campus
12:00 – 13:15 Registration and networking lunch at High Tech Campus Eindhoven (address: High Tech Campus 1-E, The Strip, 5656 AE Eindhoven)
13:15 – 13:30 Welcoming words
13:30 – 14:00 Overall KEYNOTE: Morphotonics – AR at Crossroads: Paving the Path to Mainstream Adoption – Hugo da Silva, CEO (The Netherlands)
14:00 – 14:15 YOLE Group – Raphael Mermet-Lyaudoz, Technology and Market Analyst – Display (France)
14:15 – 15:30 SESSION 1: AR Market and System Integration Challenges
- KEYNOTE: META Reality Labs – Beyond Brightness: Augmenting AR Displays – Jasmine Sears, System Engineer (United States)
- tooz technologies – ZEISS XRRX – Breaking the Compromise between Uniform Consumer Electronics and Individual Vision Correction – Frank-Oliver Karutz, CTO (Germany)
- cellid – Advanced Technologies for Super Lightweight Polymer Waveguide and Large FOV Waveguide – Satoshi Shiraga, CEO (Japan)
- EssilorLuxottica – Smart Eyewear and Augmented Reality: State of the Art and Future Challenges – Tommaso Ongarello, Smart Eyewear and Plastic Frames R&D Manager (Italy)
15:30 – 16:15 Networking coffee break
16:15 – 17:45 SESSION 2: AI – Unlocking the Potential of AR
- KEYNOTE: Google – Christophe Peroz, Program Development Lead (Switzerland)
- KEYNOTE: STMicroelectronics – Bharath Rajagopalan, Director, Strategic Market Development (United States)
- Voxel Sensors – How Wearables Help Reach Physical AI – Johannes Peeters, CEO (Belgium)
- OptoFidelity – AI in AR Metrology and Waveguide Manufacturing – Mikko Ahlgren, Development Manager (Finland)
17:45 – 18:15 Mini-session: AR Manufacturing & Materials I
- EV Group – Next-Generation AR Device Manufacturing: Nanoimprint Lithography as Permanent Imprint or Etching Mask – Patrick Schuster, Senior Process Technology Engineer (Austria)
- SOLNIL – Inorganic Resins with Extreme Refractive Indices for AR/VR – David Grosso, CTO (France)
18:45 – 19:00 Departure by bus from the venue to the dinner place
19:00 – 22:00 Networking dinner at Restaurant Ikigai (address: Philips Stadium, Entrance 7 – 4th floor, Frederiklaan 10, 5616 NH Eindhoven)
22:00 Bus transfer back to Van der Valk Hotel
4 June 2025, Wednesday
07:45 Bus transfer from recommended Van der Valk Hotel to the meeting venue High Tech Campus
08:00 – 08:45 Welcome coffee
08:45 – 12:30 SESSION 3: AR Hardware – between Challenges and Innovations
08:45 – 10:00 SESSION 3.1: Displays & Waveguides – Technologies
- TriLite Technologies – Peter Weigand, CEO (Austria)
- Brilliance RGB – Photonic IC for Laser based AR – Douwe Geuzebroek, CTO (The Netherlands)
- IXI – Maskless Liquid Crystal Lens Production – Ari Pitkanen, Vice President, Technology (Finland)
- Inkron – Optimizing Diffractive AR Glass Waveguide Manufacturing: Practical Solutions to Common Issues – Jukka Perento, VP Operations (Finland)
- Swave Photonics – From Physics to Photons: Unlocking AR with Nanopixel Holography – Mike Noonen, CEO (Belgium)
10:00 – 10:30 Mini-session: AR Manufacturing & Materials II
- Pixelligent – Next Generation HRI Material for Nano-Imprinting Manufacturing – Alex Everett, Account Manager (United States)
- Morphotonics – Jan Matthijs ter Meulen, Co-founder & CTO (The Netherlands)
10:30 – 11:15 Networking coffee break
11:15 – 12:00 SESSION 3.2: Advanced Optics and Sensing – Technologies
- SINTEF – SINTEF PiezoMEMS Micromirrors – Large Displacements, Low Power, Multiple Functionalities – Christopher Dirdal, Research Manager (Norway)
- Tobii – Katherine Remulla, Optronics Developer (Sweden)
- PROPHESEE – Event-based Sensing for AR/MR – Christoph Posch, Co-Founder and CTO (France)
- Morrow Eyewear – Anshul Sharma, Head of Operations (Belgium)
12:00 – 12:30 Mini-session: AR Manufacturing & Materials III
- EULITHA – Manufacturing Display Technologies Using Displacement Talbot Lithography – Kelsey Wooley, Director of North American Operations (The United States)
- Bühler Group – The Role of Optical Coatings and Trimming Innovations for Augmented Reality – Daniel Sa Pereira, Sales Manager, Market Segment Semiconductor (Germany)
12:30 – 13:45 Networking lunch
13:45 Bus departure for Company Visit at Morphotonics
14:00 – 15:30 Company visit at Morphotonics (address: De Run 4281, 5503 LM Veldhoven)
15:30 End of the technology meeting and Bus Transfer to Eindhoven Central Station & Eindhoven Airport
