Program

As a tradition, the OPD2026 program will include both the academy and industry sessions running in parallel.

Venue (26 – 28 May 2026):

Paviljonki
Lutakonaukio 12, 40100 Jyväskylä
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Tuesday 26.5.2026

10.00-12.00Quantative Chemically-Specific Imaging for Materials and Life Sciences, Event Hall, Paviljonki, 1st Floor
12.00 OPD2026 Registration Opens ,
Paviljonki 1st Floor lobby
12.15-12.45Nordic Photonics Coffee and Forum, Event Hall, Paviljonki, 1st Floor
12.45-13.15Coffee for Student Event attendees, Agenda Room, Paviljonki 3rd floor
13.00-15.00Student Event - Optics and Photonics journey: Academia or Industry, or both?,
Agenda Room, Paviljonki 3rd floor
13.00-14.30 Panel discussion ,
Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st Floor
14.30-15.00Coffee for PREIN Annual Event attendees, Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
15.00-18.00PREIN Annual Event, Event Hall, Paviljonki, 1st Floor
18.30-21.00OPD2026 Get Together for conference attendees, Paviljonki Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor

Wednesday 27.5.2026  

08.00-8.45 Registration opens
08.45-09.00  Welcome Speech
TBA
09.00-09.45 Plenary: Professor Ifor Samuel, University of St. Andrews,
"Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Communications, Medicine and Lasers", Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
09.45-10.10 Exhibitor's pitch - Session 1, Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
10.10-10.40 Coffee break and Exhibition - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
Parallel sessions:
10.40-12.00 Academic Session 1 - Sensing and Imaging, Intro Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor

10:40 – 11:00 Quantum sensing and imaging in mid-IR by photon pair generation in double-resonant polariton system, Vladislav Shiskov, Aalto University

11:00 – 11:20 Material analysis with time-resolved spectral mapping and luminescence imaging, Saara kaski, Aalto University

11:20 – 11:40 Identifying and Mitigating Instrumental Bias in Fiber-Optic Coherent Lidar for CO₂ Sensing, Nikita Kikilich, Tampere University

11:40 – 12:00 Reconstructing multiple initial pressure and speed of sound distributions simultaneously in photoacoustic tomography, Miika Suhonen, University of Eastern Finland
Industrial session 1 - PICs & Quantum Photonics, Chair Jyrki Saarinen,
Tempo Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor
12.00-13.00 Lunch break and Exhibition - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
13.00-14.00Poster Session 1 - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
14.00-14.45 Plenary: Michael Peeters, Imec,
"Is Penelope weaving our (compute) fabric?"
Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
14.45-15.15 Exhibitor's pitch - Session 2, Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
15.15-15.45 Coffee break and Exhibition - "Event" Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
Parallel sessions:
15.45-17.05 Academic Session 2 - Novel Photonic Devices, Intro Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor

15:45 – 16:05 Polaritons as a Photonic Testbed for Advancing Organic Optoelectronics, Konstantinos Daskalakis, Turku University

16:05 – 16:25 High Quality factor van der Waals microcavities for ultralow-loss nonlinear photonics, Jingnan Yang, Aalto University

16:25 – 16:45 Cross-Phase Modulation in Time-varying epsilon-near-zero metasurface, Rakesh Dhama, Tampere University

16:45 – 17:05 Three-color vortex comb interferometer, Santeri Larnimaa, University of Helsinki
Industrial session 2 - Optical Measurements & AI for Industry, Chair Juha Purmonen, Tempo Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor

15:45 – 16:05 Traceable quality control tools for photonics industry, Virpi Korpelainen, Senior Scientist at VTT MIKES

16:05 – 16:25 Non-contact Laser Vibrometry for industrial applications, Kim Grundström, CEO, Kimmy Photonics

16:25 – 16:45 Multi-Chip-LEDs and broadband LEDs as specific light sources in various applications, Antje Thamm, VP Sales & Marketing, EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH

16:45 – 17:05 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.
17.05-17.40 Photonics Finland Annual meeting - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
17.05-17.40UEF Alumni event - Tempo Auditorium, 2nd floor
18.00-19.10Boats to dinner leaves at 18.00 from Jyväskylä harbour, satamakatu 8, 40100 Jyväskylä
19.15-21.45Conference dinner in Juurikkasaari, Juurikantie 5, 40900 Säynätsalo, Jyväskylä
Photonics Finland Awards:
- The Photonics Company of the Year,
- The Best PhD Thesis of the Year,
21.45 - 02.00Dinner Afterparty and Networking at Juurikkasaari,
- Whipping Post band,
- "Optical Jam Session" (Jyväskylä Special) with live karaoke and changing artists, Nanöband
22.30 - 02.00Busses leaving from Juurikkasaari and going to Jyväskylä City Center / Matkakeskus (25min trip). Timetables TBA.

 

Thursday 28.5.2026 

09.15OPD2026 doors open
09.15- 09.45Coffee break and Exhibition - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
09.45-10.30 Plenary: Tapio Kallonen, CEO, Specim Spectral Imaging Oy
Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
Parallel sessions:
10.40-12.00 Academic Session 3 - Materials and Processing, Intro Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor

10:40 – 11:00 Excimer laser micro structuring setup using a micro mirror array as programmable mask, Sebastian Buettner, Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida (LHM)

11:00 – 11:20 Live-Shaping of Hydrogel Thin Films with Light, Matias Paatelainen, Tampere University

11:20 – 11:40 Area-selective ALD as dielectric for top-gated GFET, Maryam Naderpour, University of Jyväskylä

11:40 – 12:00 Towards multimodal sensing with single-crystal diamond needles, Elena Filonenko, University of Eastern Finland
Industrial session 3 - Photonics in Augmented Reality, Chair Birgit Päivänranta,
Tempo Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor
12.00-13.00Lunch break - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
12.00-15.00 Job Fair, EEN Matchmaking and Exhibition - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
13.00-14.00Poster Session 2 - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
14.00-14.45Plenary: Prof. Dr. Lukas Novotny, ETH Zürich,
"Levitated Optomechanics",
Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
Parallel sessions:
14.45-16.05Academic Session 4 - Fundamental photonics, Intro Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor

14:45 – 15:05 Nonlinear photonics with anapoles and bound states in the continuum in III-V nanostructures, Radoslaw Kolkowski, Aalto University

15:05 – 15:25 Beyond Polariton Filtering: New Pathways for Polariton-Mediated Excitation, Ville Tiainen, University of Jyväskylä

15:25 – 15:45 Light emission from a dipole in a lossy and graded-index surrounding, Farzaneh Adibzadeh, Åbo Akademi

15:45 – 16:05 Flat Bands from Diffraction in Periodic Systems, Joel Lehikoinen, Aalto University
Industrial session 4 - Photonics for Dual-Use Applications, Chair Timo Vuorenpää,
Tempo Auditorium, Paviljonki 2nd floor

14:45 – 15:05 Cooled Infrared Detectors – Manufacturing challenges and advances, Clive Arthurs, Engineering Product Manager, Leonardo S.p.A.

15:05 – 15:25 Fighter Jet grade HUD Technologies for Land Systems, Urho Konttori, CEO, Distance Technologies

15:25 – 15:45 Optical high frequency profiling in difficult environments, Toomas Pruuden, CEO, Marduk.

15:45 – 16:05 Multi-Spectral Optronics for Counter-UAS: From Reconnaissance to Rapid Target Engagement, Dr. Philip Klement, Systems Engineer, Hensoldt
16.05-16.15Best Poster Awards & Conference Farewell - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor
16.15 - 16.30Farewell coffee - Event Hall, Paviljonki 1st floor


OPD2026 organizer, Photonics Finland reserves the right to modify the program without prior notice.

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