Fighter Jet grade HUD Technologies for Land Systems, Urho Konttori, CEO, Distance Technologies

Urho Konttori is the founder of XR companies Varjo and Distance Technologies. Before that, he played a key role at Nokia and Microsoft, where he helped build both mobile phone and VR/AR products—working across hardware, core technologies such as cameras, and even operating systems. An inventor at heart, Urho is listed on dozens of patents and is widely recognized as one of the pioneers shaping the future of extended reality.

Distance Technologies has invented computational optics based mirrorless HUD systems and is bringing them to automotive and defence markets. Distance is also productizing in the defence a head worn field operator HUD, a see-through overlay enhancing especially the mounted soldiers on the battlefield. 

Cooled Infrared Detectors – Manufacturing challenges and advances, Clive Arthurs, Engineering Product Manager, Leonardo S.p.A.

Clive Arthurs joined the infrared detector business at Leonardo in 1990.  An electronics engineer by training he has undertaken a variety of roles including the design of readout integrated circuits for focal plane arrays, the design of test systems, and developed demonstration cameras.  He is a technical consultant and provides mentoring and governance to project teams.  He is particularly focused on ensuring customers receive detectors that will meet their overall system requirements.

Leonardo is a global industrial group established in Italy in 1948 with technical capability in Aerospace, Defence & Security.  The Southampton UK facility is a Centre of Excellence for the design, development and manufacture of Infrared Detectors, with capability in IR sensitive semi-conductor crystal growth, array fabrication, design of Read-Out Integrated Circuits, Dewar manufacture and detector assembly and test.  Applications for Leonardo’s cooled detectors include both civil and military markets such as thermal imaging and long range surveillance, search-and-track systems, situational awareness and protection, spectral analysis, astronomy and earth sciences.

Multi-Spectral Optronics for Counter-UAS: From Reconnaissance to Rapid Target Engagement, Dr. Philip Klement, Systems Engineer, Hensoldt

Dr. Klement specializes in advanced optronic systems for demanding applications in harsh environments. He combines expertise in optical spectroscopy, materials science, and thin-film technology to develop integrated multi-sensor solutions within interdisciplinary teams.

HENSOLDT is a global high-tech pioneer for defence and security electronics and a market leader in civilian and military sensor solutions.

Optical high frequency profiling in difficult environments, Toomas Pruuden, CEO, Marduk.

CEO of Marduk Technologies, research and development of machine learning based tracking systems. Marduk Technologies – Estonian company developing optical UAS detection and tracking systems.

How do you make an AR display? Maksim Shpak, Principal Optical Engineer, Anduril Industries

A short overview of display technologies available for AR products, from the point of view of application requirements, performance and manufacturability.

Maksim has 6 years of experience working on AR waveguides, and a D.Sc. in optical metrology. Maksim is currently leading an Optical Engineering team at TBA.

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Topic TBA, Alex Jones, Head of Systems Modelling at ORCA Computing

Alex Jones is an expert in quantum computing and quantum optics. He is the Head of Systems Modelling at ORCA Computing where he leads modelling efforts to align hardware development with designs for quantum computers.

ORCA Computing is a full-stack quantum computing company headquartered in London, UK. We design, build, and deploy photonic quantum computers, delivering solutions for both near-term applications and the development of fault-tolerant architectures.

Title TBA, Kim Grundström, CEO, Kimmy Photonics

Kim Grundström is an entrepreneur since 1990 with as strong background in photonics and laser applications with roots in laser surgery R&D and product development followed by product management and marketing & sales.

His career evolved into distribution of non-contact metrology solutions mainly based upon light and laser technologies both for scientific and research areas but also, for industrial applications and especially were conventional methods

Multi-Chip-LEDs and broadband LEDs as specific light sources in various applications, Antje Thamm, VP Sales & Marketing, EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH

Using more than one LED wavelength for illumination can often improve measurement accuracy because accompanying signals and reference channels are utilized. The presentation provides insights into the design of multi-chip assemblies with a focus on multispectral imaging of SWIR LEDs compared to alternative approach with broadband illumination.

After studying materials science and holding various positions as an applications engineer, Antje Thamm started working in the photonics industry more than 20 years ago in sales for LEDs and photodiodes with customers in the field of industrial sensor technology. At EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH she focuses on implementing customer-specific projects involving the development and manufacturing of everything from LED chips to LED modules for a wide range of applications, such as laser scanner systems for industrial metrology, encoders and hyperspectral imaging illumination and light barriers.

Use and limitations of AI in real time industral process monitoring & product quality inspection with machine vision, M.Sc. Jussi Lindgren, Technology manager responsible of imaging based measurements at Valmet.

M.Sc. Jussi Lindgren graduated from University of Jyväskylä at 1999, from areas of physics, paper technology, computer sciences and mathematics. Since then he has gained 25+ years professional experience on area of machine vision, covering almost all aspects of that wide umbrella.

From 2015 onwards he has worked in Valmet Automation’s Quality Management Systems product group as a role of Technology manager responsible of imaging based measurements (Previously, from 2005 in Metso Automation and Viconsys with same products).   

This presentation explores, how AI can be used and what limitations it has in real time industral process monitoring and product quality inspection with machine vision.

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