Partners

	ACTPHAST is a unique one-stop-shop open access full supply chain for supporting your photonics innovation. We facilitate cross-border collaboration to match the best solutions to the biggest challenges. ACTPHAST4.0 is specially designed to support European SME’s who want to boost the innovation of their projects with photonics. Even if your company is currently not using photonics. Learn more about ACTPHAST4.0 : company.actphast.eu ACTPHAST4R aims to support researchers who have a conceptional breakthrough and would like to realize their early stage demonstrator with mature photonics technologies. For more information, visit the website.
	Chip Integration Technology Center (CITC) is a non-profit joint innovation center that specializes in heterogeneous integration and advanced chip packaging technology. It is a place where companies, research and educational institutes work together on bridging the gap from academics to industry and create new and better solutions. We offer access to innovation, infrastructure and education. CITC is a Triplehelix collaboration. Governments, businesses and knowledge institutes work together in developing a new generation of chip packages. For more information, visit the website.
	CyRIC - Cyprus Research & Innovation Center Ltd, is a pioneering Cyprus-based company and a regional landmark of research, innovation and entrepreneurship. CyRIC provides professional Innovation and Research and Development services to both local and international customers specializing in the fields of product design, engineering and prototyping, electronics design, robotics, automated analytical instrumentation and software development. CyRIC personnel accumulates vast experience in Research and Innovation projects with participation in numerous multimillion projects and hundreds of publications in journals and conferences. For more information, visit www.cyric.eu
	EFFECT Photonics develops products for fiber-optic communication systems based on Photonic Integrated Circuit technology. The company is currently developing several DWDM products for access and metro networks. As a spin out of the prestigious Technical University of Eindhoven, EFFECT Photonics takes a platform approach to integration using high-yielding building blocks within the wafer. Growing different quaternary alloys of Indium Phosphide on a single wafer means that all of the active and passive optical functions of a system can be created within a single chip, which is then combined with simple packaging, designed for high-volume, low-cost manufacture from the very start. For more information, visit the website.
	FSO Instruments, the Dutch laser communication equipment solutions provider and supply chain partner of choice. We are an industry consortium under construction of Dutch companies committed to significantly improve connectivity solutions here on earth, and in space. At the moment, our members are VDL, DEMCON, and TNO with each contributing unique expertise in the value chain of laser connectivity. Powered by TNO technology, we aim at commercialising our co-developed solutions to the worldwide market. We believe in the strength of partnerships, be it among us, or with our clients. Together we can deliver reliable high-tech solutions leveraging on decades of experience as well as new and fresh perspectives from our members. For more information, visit the website.
	Signify is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our energy efficient lighting products, systems and services enable our customers to enjoy a superior quality of light, and make people’s lives safer and more comfortable, and businesses more productive and cities more livable. We’ve led the lighting industry with innovations that serve professional and consumer markets for more than 127 years. We provide our customers with high-quality lighting products, systems and services that unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. For more information, visit www.signify.com/global
	As an independent knowledge and network organization, Mikrocentrum has been supporting the technical manufacturing industry for over 50 years with Training, Events and Business. We offer over 170 (technical) courses and annually organize 6 trade fairs, 5 business events and 15 thematic events. In addition to these activities, we offer companies a membership of the High Tech Platform, which now consists of 600 members. In all our activities, the aim is to increase knowledge, expand networks, improve business processes and to strengthen the competitive position of companies. We do this by working closely with a large network of industrial organizations, (semi) governments, knowledge and educational institutions. For more information, visit the website.
	HomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance that brings together the world’s best in technology innovators, silicon vendors, system manufacturers, and service providers to promote G.hn, a globally recognized gigabit home networking technology based on ITU-T standards. G.hn is the most reliable and versatile wireless home network backbone available today. Our members promote the global adoption of G.hn, a single unified, multi-sourced networking technology – over coax, copper pairs, powerline, and plastic optical fiber. HomeGrid Forum provides G.hn silicon and system certification through a strict compliance and interoperability testing program. For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit the website.
	Dutch Data Center Association (DDA) is the trade association for data centers in the Netherlands, the bedrock of the Dutch economy. The DDA unites leading data centers in The Netherlands in a common mission: to strengthen the economic growth and awareness of the data center sector to government, media and society. The DDA works from three focus areas: Energy & Sustainability, Education & Employment and Digital Economy & Mainport. We are committed to make the power usage of the industry more sustainable and efficient, and we focus on the reuse of data center residual heat. Furthermore, in close cooperation with education institutions, we create data center courses and enthuse students to choose a career in the data center industry. Lastly, we promote our industry and our position as Digital Gateway to Europe. For more information, visit the website.
	Fibre Systems is a trusted information source for the optical communications industry, aimed at component and subsystem vendors; network equipment manufacturers; planners, installers, and systems integrators; as well as operators and end users of fibre-optic networks worldwide. The magazine is circulated four times a year, with an additional Fibre Yearbook in November at no cost to readers working or engaged in the optical communications industry. For more information, visit the website.
	Electro Optics is the leading resource for engineers involved in photonics business, technology and applications. Registered readers will have access to news of the latest technological developments, trends and opinions in the photonics industry as well as independent, in-depth editorial content. Electro Optics provides uncompromised, informed commentary and analysis on topics of interest to anyone involved in the photonics industry. Published 10 times per year, Electro Optics is available worldwide in print (free for qualified readers) or digital (free to all) formats. For more information, visit the website
	The FarmTech Society (FTS) ASBL is an international non-profit association that unites and supports the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) industry, seeking to strengthen the sector through the development and implementation of resilient and future-proof methods and technologies for indoor growing. FTS works around 3 key pillars of activity - Education, Standards, & Policy. We work with our members in all of these areas, to drive forward topics and initiatives which create benefit for them and for the CEA industry as a whole. For more information, visit https://farmtechsociety.org/
	INFOBALT is the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry Association, which aims to create the best conditions for the development and export of the ICT market. The association represents the interests of its members in the public sector, organizes export missions for the members, solves ICT specialists supply problems, does a variety of research in relation to ICT and more. In order to contribute to strengthening and growth of the ICT sector the association INFOBALT is collaborating with various organizations seeking to strengthen Lithuania’s business, export, the knowledge economy and other areas. For more information, visit infobalt.lt
	Founded in 1998, ANIS represents the interests of Romanian IT companies and supports the development of the local software and services industry, the growth of both companies involved in outsourcing projects and those that generate intellectual property, by creating products. Within ANIS are brought together both small and multinational companies, companies with Romanian or foreign capital, with headquarters in all major IT centers in the country, which ensures the association's representation at national level. Moreover, the cumulative annual revenues of the members place ANIS in the area of the key actors in terms of the local economic footprint. For more information, visit the Association's page - www.anis.ro
	“We are the global community that develops IoT standards to enable interoperable, secure, and simple-to-deploy services for the IoT ecosystem. oneM2M standards are open, accessible and internationally recognized.” Formed in 2012 by the world’s preeminent ICT standards development organizations, oneM2M membership today consists of thought leaders from a broad range of industries, including industrial manufacturers and suppliers, consumer device manufacturers, component suppliers, and telecommunications service providers. For more information visit our website at www.onem2m.org
	EPIC is the world leading industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organizations working in the field of photonics in Europe. We foster a vibrant photonics ecosystem by maintaining a strong network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement. EPIC publishes market and technology reports, organizes technical workshops and B2B roundtables, supports EU funding proposals, advocacy and lobbying, education and training activities, standards and roadmaps, pavilions at exhibitions. www.epic-assoc.com
	The Light Communication Alliance (LCA) is an open, non-profit association of member organizations who aim to promote Light Communications technology. Founded in 2019, the LCA brings together global, innovative leaders across the communications, lighting, infrastructure and device manufacturing industries. The LCA mission is to drive a consistent, focused and concise approach to market education that will highlight the benefits, use cases and timelines for Light Communication. The LCA active membership is comprised of executives from BKS, CEA Leti, Crantec, Getac, EITC, Institut Mines-Telecom, Liberty Global, Lucibel, Nav Wireless Technologies, Nokia, Oledcomm, Orange, pureLiFi, QR Crypto, Signify, University of Strathclyde, Velmenni, and Zero.1. Visit the website.
	ITC cluster aims to foster cross-sectoral innovation based upon novel technologies and ICT, while bringing together SMEs and other institutions from different sectors and turn them into being ‘’Smart’’. The Cluster focuses its effort in setting up foundation that allows knowledge actors and industry players (especially SMEs) to detect, create and exchange new technologies and best practices, which will allow them to create new services and products, and thus generate new value chains. For more information, visit the website
	Brainport TechLaw exists since 2013 and is a platform where technology and law come together, literally and figuratively speaking. Our goal is to combine, share and ensure specific knowledge in technology and law. This is achieved, among others, by connecting our members – entrepreneurs in (high)tech branches and specialist advisers (including accountants, lawyers, patent attorneys) – and by organizing thematic events. We are also the initiator of an independent arbitration institute, specifically for technological disputes. For more information, visit the website
	Telecommagazine is the platform for the modern ICT manager, with included ICT Update. For more information, visit the website.