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Photonics Applications Week (PHAPPS) is a week of learning, networking and exploring on how vertical markets can make use of photonics technology. The Photonics Applications Week is a platform that unites a series of events in a week which will draw together an unseen number of vertical market specialists and users on one hand and photonics specialists on the other hand.

Photonics Applications Week explicitly invites other companies, individuals, and organisations to contribute to a successful, world-renown event. By combining several activities related to the weeks’ topic, an increased visitor number is envisaged.

Join forces with Photonics Applications Week (PHAPPS) and get access to global professionals both from the applications verticals (such as Health Care | IoT & Autonomous Systems | IT & Telecom | Agri & Food | Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 | Military | Consumer Electronics & Lighting) and from the Photonics industry.

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Find out what the 2022 Photonics Applications Week program will be and click on the link of each event to get more information about the workshop / conference / training / event.

If you want to organise an event / workshop / conference / meeting / hackathon during Photonics Applications Week, please contact us with this form.

Jakajima and Mikrocentrum join forces to organise the Photonics Applications Week

The program of the week will consist of several type of events.

Type of event you can host
You are free to organise an event under the PHAPPS Week Umbrella, but you have to submit your event for evaluation. You can think for instance about the following type of events:

Workshop
Conference
Product launch
Hackathon
Factory tour / application demo
Matchmaking meeting
Masterclasses
Membership event
Expo
Technical meeting
Photonics for dummie session
Other

Committing to the Photonics Applications Week ensures the organizer of a wide reach with a positive message: “I stand behind the idea of joining forces, of bringing together ecosystems to contribute to a healthy global economy”.

The Photonics Applications Week will be the major 2021 event at least in the Benelux region, and most probably far beyond. As the event week is specifically aimed at attracting other organisers as well, the outreach and visibility will be exponential in comparison with the individual organisations.

The week is an initiative of Jakajima.

The week where application professionals are in the lead

Photonics – the science of light – is shaping 21st century innovations in virtually all industries. The Photonics Application Week (PHAPPS Week) is geared towards the business professional who wants to know more about the practical applications of photonics in his or her industry.

Phapps week is all about practice and applications. During the workshops, exhibitions, lectures, networking events, debates and hackathons you get first-hand experience and insight into how the fast growing field of photonics can benefit your business and industry.

Why?
As often with a new technology the focus is on the technology and what it can do, Technology Push. Many times the related industry is inwards looking, which is important for the required gain in performance and quality of the technology. But at a certain moment the industry needs to turn to the enduser and needs to ask what they need, Market Pull. But that is not easy!
The state of photonics technology is right now at this turning point.
Now it is therefore important that the enduser (the application areas / verticals) learn about Photonics and more importantly tell the photonics industry what they need.
The PHAPPS Week is the week where this matchmaking takes place and where the verticals invite the photonic industry.

What?
To share knowledge and insights in the business and technology, do business and create collaborations. So it should NOT be a get together from all people from within the Photonics Industry! Not just conferences, but workshops, demos, tours and hackathons as well. Market pull versus technology push.

How?
It is obvious that the level of knowledge on photonics amongst the professionals within the verticals varies enormously. The same counts for photonics professionals. So both sides have to be educated.
Therefore it is important to have several type of events which can cover one or more of the following items.

For the Verticals professionals

For the Photonics professionals

What is photonics: “Photonics for Outsiders”
What is the actual status of photonics for and in my vertical
What would I want to be solved?
How to learn the photonics professional to understand my vertical / industry
How to develop / create together new products for my vertical
Can we develop a product roadmap for short – long term
Next steps
How can Europe (H2020) / investors support us

How does the vertical operate or in other words understanding that industry: “Vertical for Outsiders”
What is the actual status of photonics for and in this vertical
How to understand what the vertical wants to be solved
How to develop / create together new products for the vertical
Can we develop a product roadmap for short – long term
Next steps
How can Europe (H2020) / investors support us

Find more about the PHAPPS Week areas:

Consumer Electronics

It goes without saying that photonics, being the science of light, is also spearheading innovations in the lighting industry. One example is the LED technology revolution. LEDs are quickly becoming the dominant lighting technology worldwide, consuming 20-50% less energy than other light sources.

Agri & Food

Photonics is becoming a major player in the Agrifood industry. With its advanced optical sensing methods photonics can help farmers to determine the protein levels in wheat harvests, screen for contaminants in their planted fruits and vegetables and observe water quality to measure the health of fish stocks, to name a few examples.

Data & Telecom

More bandwidth, higher speeds and lower energy costs. Data traffic is growing at alarming rates and expected to double in size in the next three years. In the foreseeable future the current silicon chip based internet infrastructure will be unable to cope with the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth.

Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 – also called the smart factory or the industrial internet – is seen as the next innovation phase in manufacturing. Combining data connectivity, sensor technology, speed and artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0’s mission is to create smart, highly efficient factories where autonomous machines will do almost all of the work. Yet Industry 4.0 would be nowhere without photonics.

Military & Aerospace

High-precision sensing devices. The military relies heavily on the optical spectrum for sensing, mapping and identifying enemy intent over large distances. Photonics can provide the military with higher quality sensing and communications devices.

Health Care

Biophotonics is a new and fast growing discipline in the health care and life sciences industry. Biophotonics studies the interaction between light and human tissue. Using multiband photonic and spectroscopic methods it is able to analyze cells and tissues by the way these living structures absorb, reflect and scatter light. This can be used to diagnose and treat diseases ranging from cancer to strokes and Alzheimer’s.

IoT & Autonomous Systems

Photonics is a key enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT). For its implementation the IoT relies heavily on sensor technology. Sensors need to be small, robust and energy efficient to be embedded in machines, appliances, buildings and infrastructure and succesfully collect data over large periods of time.

For your Business

Photonics for your business: System Integration, Integrated Photonics & Human Resources. Knowing what photonics can do for your business is the first step. The next step is how to implement that knowledge into practical solutions for your industry.

Network with photonics experts and business peers to learn how your company can stay ahead of the innovation curve. Exchange your market demand with professionals from the photonics industry and see how they can help you, instead of the other way around.

Get Involved

Make use of the global marketing for this week, as your event is part of our international marketing campaign
Profit from high-level visitor overflow from other events, taking place during PHAPPS Week.

There are two options to participate in the Photonics Applications Week:

As Partner / Organiser of an event during the Week
As Sponsor

Selection criteria
With the conviction that industries are constantly looking to solve problems for their customers / to improve their performance / to reduce costs / to become more sustainable one one hand and that the photonics industry can support/solve these goals on the other hand, the selection committee examines all the submissions based on the following criteria:

The submission is related to one of the application fields and/or photonics related.
The submission is innovative and/or contributes to existing ideas and helps the industry (either from one of the application areas or from the photonics industry).

The selection committee encourages submissions that originate from a cooperation between application areas, commerce, experts, photonics industry and /or knowledge institutes.

For more information download the Event Partners Document or fill in the form below.

Sponsor

There are two standard options for sponsoring, Photonics Applications Week Herald or Photonics Applications Week Ambassador.

For more information download the Sponsor Offer Overview or fill in the form below.

Partner / Organiser of an event during the Week

Sponsor

If you want to sponsor or partner by hosting an event, please use this form to contact us.