As a tradition, the OPD2022 program will include both the academy and industry sessions running in parallel.
Venue (6th – 8th September):
Solo Sokos Hotel Torni (1st & 2nd floors), Ratapihankatu 43, 33100 Tampere, Finland
Tuesday 6.9.2022
| 12.00 | Registration opens – Sokos Hotel Torni |
| 13.00-14.00 | Nordic Photonics Meeting – Raide 1 |
| 13.00-15.00 | Bright Future ahead - Academy v/s Industry – Photonics Students Meet-up - Rooms Pikku-Rusko & Heikki |
| 15.00-15.15 | PREIN Flagship Networking event - Welcome words - Raide 1 & Pikku-Rusko & Heikki |
| 15.15-16.40 | PREIN flagship networking event – WP Research highlights poster session with coffee - Raide 1 & Rooms Pikku-Rusko & Heikki |
| 16.45-18.00 | PREIN flagship networking event – Panel discussion "How to attract (and keep) talented students to Finland" - Raide 1 & Rooms Pikku-Rusko & Heikki |
| 18.30-18.40 | Welcome words – Juha Purmonen – Raide 1 |
| 18.40-21.00 | Get together reception, Co-sponsored by Dispelix – Lobby |
Wednesday 7.9.2022
| 08.00-8.45 | Registration |
| 08.45-09.00 | Welcome Speech - Photonics Finland, Juha Toivonen - Raide 1&2 |
| 09.00-09.45 | Plenary talk 1 - Bernard Kress - Optics and Photonics as Key enabling technologies for Metaverse gateways - Raide 1&2 |
| 09.45-10.10 | Exhibitor's pitch - Session 1 - Raide 1&2 |
| 10.10-10.40 | Coffee break - Co-sponsored by Dispelix, Exhibition - Lobby & Raide 3&4 |
| 10.40-12.00 | Parallel sessions: |
| Academic session - Metamaterial, Plasmonics, Optical nano-antennas | |
| Industrial session - Imaging | |
| 12.00-14.00 | Lunch break & Exhibition & Poster session 1 |
| 14.00-14.45 | Plenary talk 2- Prof. Uriel Levy - Nanoplasmonic and nanophotonics active devices - Raide 1&2 |
| 14.45-15.15 | Exhibitor's pitch - Session 2 |
| 15.15-15.45 | Coffee break - Co-sponsored by Summa Semiconductor, Exhibition - Lobby & Raide 3&4 |
| 15.45-17.05 | Parallel sessions: |
| Academic session - Imaging and Sensing | |
| Industrial session - Glass Photonics | |
| 17.15-18.40 | Women in Photonics (event open to everyone)- Raide 1&2 |
| Detailed program here | |
| 18.40-19.30 | Photonics Finland Survey & Projects event - Raide 1&2 |
| 20.00-23.30 | Dinner in Sokos Hotel Ilves, Ballroom. Photonics Finland Awards for The Photonics Company of the Year, Best PhD Thesis Award. |
Thursday 8.9.2022
| 09.15 | OPD doors open |
| 09.15- 09.45 | Coffee break and exhibition - Lobby & Raide 3&4 |
| 09.45-10.30 | Plenary talk: 3 Evgeny Shirko, Senior Optics Designer at Varjo - Metaverse and XR - Raide 1&2 |
| 10.40-12.00 | Parallel sessions: |
| Academic session - Emission Control, Lasing | |
| Industrial session - Panel discussion - Metaverse | |
| 12.00-14.00 | Lunch break & Poster session |
| 12.00-15.00 | Job Fair & Exhibition - Free of charge for everyone - Registration required |
| 14.00-15.20 | Parallel sessions: |
| Academic session - Non-classical applications | |
| Industrial session - Laser & Medical technology | |
| 15.20-15.25 | Conference Farewell & Best Poster Awards |