Arrival: Participants are expected to arrive on Sunday June 21, 2026 for dinner. The meeting will begin at 08:30 on Monday June 22.
Departure: Thursday June 25 (after breakfast)
PROGRAM
talk time: 25 min + 5 min Q&A
(*) talk time: 12 min + 3 min Q&A
| Time | Talk / Event | Abstract |
| 07:00 – 08:15 | Breakfast | |
| Session chair: | Hugo Larocque | |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Welcome & opening remarks | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 | Photonics for AI Clusters: Drivers and Opportunities for Technology Transfer Christian Koos, KIT | Abstract |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Subspace tracking: a novel measurement method to test the standard phase noise model of optical frequency combs Darko Zibar, DTU | Abstract |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Where is the laser in heterogeneous integration?Martijn Heck, TUE | Abstract |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Integrated and free-space lasers with 2D materials on silicon nitride Odysseas Tsilipakos, NHRF (*) | Abstract |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | POSTER SESSION | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 16:45 | Free time / Activities | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | AgiLight, ELLIPTIC meetings | |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Dinner | |
| 20:15 – 21:15 | Industry perspectives in photonics |
| Time | Talk / Event | Abstract |
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast | |
| Session chair: | Nikolai Kuznetsov | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 | Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications with Concurrent Turbulence Characterization in a Terrestrial Urban Link Chigo Okonkwo, TUE | Abstract |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Communications at 2μm & the Role of Integrated Photonics Fatima Gunning, Tyndall National Institute | Abstract |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Sub-kHz linewidth integrated extended-DBR Pockels laser using lithium tantalate Hugo Larocque, EPFL (*) | Abstract |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Universally self-injection-locked photonic integrated laser with efficient and highly linear piezoelectric actuation Simone Bianconi, EPFL (*) | Abstract |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Coffee Break & Group Photo | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | POSTER SESSION | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 16:45 | Free time / Networking / Activities | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | CombTools, FORTE meetings | |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Dinner | |
| 20:15 – 21:15 | Women in Photonics |
| Time | Talk / Event | Abstract |
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast | |
| Session chair | Marcus Albrechtsen | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 | Integrated Mode Multiplexers for Free-Space Optical Communications Sebastian Randel, KIT | Abstract |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Photonic Integrated Circuits for functions and systems in THALES Guénolé Dandé, Thales | Abstract |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | From Prototype to Turn-Key Systems: Commercializing DKS Microcomb Technology Ignacio Robles López, Deeplight GmbH (*) | Abstract |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Low-loss PICs through Heterogeneous Integration Zerihun Tegegne, Ligentec (*) | Abstract |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Towards practical photonic integrated optical parametric amplifiers Nikolai Kuznetsov, EPFL (*) | Abstract |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Integrated Wavefront Shaping for High-Dimensional Photonic Processing Stefan Rothe, Twente (*) | Abstract |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Low noise RF optical signal synthesis using an optical phase locking of hybrid integrated lasers Salma Essawab, Thales (*) | Abstract |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | InAlGaN laser diodes for quantum photonics Anna Kafar, IHPP (*) | Abstract |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Miniaturized 10 GHz Ultrafast Lasers for Scalable Photonic Systems Andrea Pertoldi, Menhir Photonics (*) | Abstract |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Closing remarks | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 16:45 | Free time / Networking | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | MAGNIFY meeting | |
| 19:30 – 21:30 | Final Dinner | |
| 21:30 – | Free time |