As a tradition, the OPD2025 program will include both the academy and industry sessions running in parallel.
Venue (3 – 5 June):
Oulu Music Center (Madetoja and Tulindberg halls, 1st floor)
Leevi Madetojan katu 3
90140, Oulu
Finland
Tuesday 3.6.2025
| 9.00 - 12.00 | Inauguration of VTT's new medical device pilot line environment, VTT, Kaitoväylä 1, Oulu |
| 9.00 - 12.30 | BF SmartFab project meeting, "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor |
| 12.00 | OPD2025 Registration opens – Music Center 1st floor lobby |
| 12.45-14.15 | Coffee for Student Event attendees , "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor |
| 13.00-15.00 | Student Event, "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor |
| 13.00-14.30 | International collaboration discussion
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| 14.30-15.00 | PREIN Coffee break, Music Center 1st floor |
| 15.00-18.00 | PREIN Annual Event, Tulindberg hall, 1st floor |
| 19.00-20.30 | City of Oulu Cocktail Reception & Get Together, Oulu City Hall, Kirkkokatu 2A, 90100 Oulu |
Wednesday 4.6.2025
| 08.00-8.45 | Registration opens |
| 08.45-09.00 | Welcome Speech - Kim Grundström, Chairman of the Board, Photonics Finland - Mirja Illikainen, Vice Rector, University of Oulu |
| 09.00-09.45 | Plenary: Prof. Dr. Ir. Roel Baets, Ghent University - IMEC, Department of Information Technology, Gent, Belgium Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| 09.45-10.10 | Exhibitor's pitch - Session 1, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| 10.10-10.40 | Coffee break sponsored by Edmund Optics, and Exhibition - Music Center 1st floor lobby |
| Parallel sessions: | |
| 10.40-12.00 | Academic Session 1 - Integrated Optics, |
| Industrial session 1 - Automotive, |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch break - Music Center lobby restaurant, (1st floor), Exhibition, Poster session 1st floor lobby |
| 13.00-14.00 | Poster Session 1 - Music Center 1st floor lobby |
| 14.00-14.45 | Plenary: Prof. Dr. Carsten Rockstuhl, Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| 14.45-15.15 | Exhibitor's pitch - Session 2, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| 15.15-15.45 | Coffee break sponsored by Edmund Optics, and Exhibition - Music Center 1st floor lobby |
| Parallel sessions: | |
| 15.45-17.05 | Academic Session 2 - Fundamental, classical and quantum photonics, |
| Industrial session 2 - Medtech, |
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| 17.05-18.00 | Photonics Finland Annual meeting - Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| 19.00-22.30 | Conference dinner, Radisson Blu Hotel. Photonics Finland Awards for The Photonics Company of the Year, and Best PhD Thesis. |
| 22.30 - | Dinner Afterparty at BAR IHKU - few minutes walk from the dinner location, karaoke, networking, good time! |
Thursday 5.6.2025
| 09.00 | OPD2025 doors open |
| 09.00 - 9.40 | UEF Alumni Event ,"Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor |
| 09.15- 09.45 | Coffee break sponsored by Edmund Optics, and Exhibition - Music Center 1st floor lobby |
| 09.45-10.30 | Plenary: Herbert Ernst, PhD, Fluidics Strategy Capability Lead, Jabil Inc. Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| Parallel sessions: | |
| 10.40-12.00 | Academic Session 3 - Sensing and Imaging, |
| Industrial session 3 - Photonics for Sustainability, |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch break |
| 12.00-15.00 | Job Fair and Exhibition |
| 13.00-14.00 | Poster Session 2 - 1st floor lobby |
| 14.00-14.45 | Plenary: Hannu Talvitie, Director of Technology Strategy, Vaisala Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| Parallel sessions: | |
| 14.45-16.05 | Academic Session 4 - Novel photonics materials and devices, |
| Industrial session 4 - Machine Vision, |
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| 16.05-16.15 | Best Poster Awards & Conference Farewell |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Farewell coffee sponsored by Edmund Optics - Music Center, 1st floor Lobby |
| 18.30-21.00 | 360 Carla networking dinner for participants to the symposium on Friday. Your participation will be confirmed by email before the event. Number of places are limited. |
Friday 6.6.2025 – 360 Carla: The Health Career Symposium**
** Please note that this part of the event is targetting Students (BSc, MSc, PhD), but if you are a Postdoc, researcher or a companies who wants to connect with Students, you are welcome to participate. Number of places are limited.
| 09.00-09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30-09.45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 09.45-10.45 | Keynote Talk Beyond the Lab: Building a Global Career in Photonics, Medical Imaging, and Customer Solutions Katja Lefevrem Detection Technology |
| 10.45-11.25 | Academic panel discussion - Prof. Dr. Carsten Rocstuhl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Sanna Aikio, VTT - Isaac Afara, University of Eastern Finland |
| 11.25-20.05 | Industrial panel discussion - Mari Tenhunen, TimeGate Instruments Ltd - Katja Lefevre, Detection Technology - Jyrki Saarinen, University of Eastern Finland |
| 12.05-12.20 | Biotissue-Mimicking Phantoms: Enabling technology in Biophotonics Alexey Popov, VTT |
| 12.20-12.35 | Nanophotonic Molecular Biosensors: From Single-Molecule Sequencing to Sweat Glucose Monitoring Jianan Huang, University of Oulu |
| 12.35-13.05 | From Lab to Market: Starting a Business in Biotech and Medical Photonics Jyrki Saarinen, University of Eastern Finland |
| 13.05-14.35 | Networking and Lunch break |
| 14.35-14.55 | Soft Skills and Interdisciplinary Growth in Biotech & Medical Photonics Sanna Aikio, VTT |
| 14.55-15.25 | Photonics Careers in Academy PREIN - Photonics Research and Innovation Platform |
| 15.25-15.40 | Seen the Unseen with Timegated Raman Technology Vineeth Karuppasamy, Timegate Instruments Ltd. |
| 15.40-16.20 | Testimonial Session - Wajiha Bano, Aalto University - Ivan Lopushenko, University of Oulu - Alex Berdin, Tampere University (TAU) - Ayesha Kousar, Aalto University |
| 16.20 | End of the event |