Two exciting symposia in one day, 30th Sept 2026, Glasgow

In the morning, the Institue of Photonics celebrates its 30th Anniversary. Our Keynote speaker is Professor Mircea Guina from Tampere University.

In the afternoon, Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics will hold its first annual symposium. Our keynote speaker is Professor Sir Peter Knight.

Coffee and Registration from 9.30am.

NB These symposia are the day before "Photonics Means(r)..." If you wish to attend Photonics Means(r)... Thursday 1st Ocotber 2026 then please register for that separately.

Institute of Photonics 30th Anniversary

9:30 – 10:15

Arrival, registration and coffee. Exhibition

10:15 – 10:25

Welcome

10:25 – 10:40

Prof Martin Dawson FRS

Introduction to IoP 30th

10:40 – 11:00

Prof Keith Mathieson

Current and future vision in photonic neurotechnology

11:00 – 11:20

Prof Jennifer Hastie

Current and future vision in semiconductor lasers for quantum technology

11:20 – 11:40

Prof Michael Strain

Current and future vision in integrated photonics

11:40 - noon

Prof Antonio Hurtado

Current and future vision in neuromorphic photonics

Noon – 12:45

Prof Mircea Guina, University of Tampere, Finland

Keynote: MBE-based optoelectronics: finding the next killer application in the AI era

12:45 – 12:50

Close of session

12:50 – 14:00

Lunch and exhibition

Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics Symposium

14:00 – 14:15

Prof Loyd McKnight

Fraunhofer CAP

Welcome. Positioning of Fraunhofer CAP

Photonics for Quantum Technology

14:15 – 14:45

Prof Sir Peter Knight FRS

UK NQTP

Keynote: The UK's positioning in Quantum Technologies and future directions

14:45 – 15:00

Dr Sia Andersson

Fraunhofer CAP

Photonic integrated circuits for scalable quantum computing

15:00 – 15:15

Dr Adam Selyem

Fraunhofer CAP

Deployable Quantum Sensing with Atomic Systems

15:15 – 15:20

Malcolm Dunn Undergraduate prize award

15:20 – 15:50

Break and exhibition

Photonics for health and sustainable energy

15:50 – 16:20

Dr Mike Mason

Coherent Scotland

Advanced Laser Technologies for Multiphoton Imaging and Beyond

16:20 – 16:35

Dr David Stothard

Fraunhofer CAP

Photonics for post-nuclear site cleanup: how optical detection is contributing to nuclear remediation - and relieving the taxpayer!

16:35 – 16:50

Dr Nicola Black

Fraunhofer CAP

Enabling safer CO2 transport and storage with real-time impurity sensing

200th anniversary of physicist, optician, and visionary entrepreneur, Joseph von Fraunhofer

16:50 – 17:20

Prof Martin Dawson FRS

Fraunhofer CAP

Introduction

Dr David Sothard

Fraunhofer CAP

Life story of Joseph von Fraunhofer

1720:18:00

Exhibition

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