Tapio Kallonen, CEO, Specim Spectral Imaging Oy, Photonics Company of the Year
How Hyperspectral Imaging is changing Inspection and Material Analysis – Use case examples
Prof. Dr. Lukas Novotny, Full Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Levitated Optomechanics
Professor Ifor Samuel, University of St. Andrews.
Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Communications, Medicine and Lasers
Organic semiconductors are remarkable carbon-based materials that combine novel semiconducting optoelectronic properties with simple processing. They can be used to make printed and flexible electronics, and their properties (e.g. colour) can be tuned by changing their chemical structure. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are compact visible light sources that are now found across the world in mobile phone displays and televisions. However, their properties are attractive for many other devices and applications beyond displays.
This talk will explore emerging fields of application, and a new device. The first field of application is photodynamic therapy (PDT). In PDT light in combination with a light-activated chemical leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species. OLEDs are very attractive light sources for PDT because they emit over an area, are thin and potentially flexible. We have shown that PDT with OLEDs can kill skin cancer, parasites and bacteria. Another emerging application is in visible light communication (or Li-Fi) in which light is modulated to encode information to supplement Wi-Fi. Finally a new organic optoelectronic device – a laser electrically driven by an OLED will be presented.
Michael Peeters, Vice President and Sector lead of Connected Computing at Imec.
Is Penelope weaving our (compute) fabric?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly permeating every layer of modern technology, with compute demands projected to accelerate even further. Innovations across integrated photonic, spanning scale‑up and scale‑out fabrics, are reshaping the roadmap for pluggable optics, co‑packaged optics (CPO), and next‑generation optical interconnects. At imec, we are building the needed platforms, but are also wary that this all needs to be coupled to a critical system view – future workloads place unprecedented pressure on scaling, memory bandwidth, power efficiency, thermal management, and high‑speed connectivity – neither ready-to-wear nor bespoke solutions will be the answer.
Imec is the world’s leading independent nanoelectronics R&D hub. The combination of our talent, infrastructure, and partner network enables breakthroughs towards microchips that are smaller, faster, more affordable, and more sustainable. We combine that nanotech expertise with data and AI to create and support applications for a smarter, better future.