1 person per company can attend this event.
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are technologies that have the potential to revolutionize the way we work, interact with each other, with our environment, and the way we experience and feel things. These technologies have become very popular over the last few years due to the numerous and recent evolutions of the technologies that make up the architecture of XR systems, of which photonics is one of the pillars, but also due to the fact that society has truly accepted these technologies, which is a relatively new phenomenon.
The purpose of this EPIC event on “Photonics for AR/VR/MR: from Design to System Integration and Mass Production” at Jabil Optics, is to critically review the main and most promising emerging technologies addressing AR/VR applications as well as give an overview of all the manufacturing steps. We will make highly relevant experts from the industry and R&D meet together to bring the discussion to another level.
The AR/VR industry will be discussed trough 4 sessions, from Design and simulation to fabrication techniques including applications and next challenges of AR/VR/MR markets. Join us to and take part to the AR/VR wave!
Due to a limited space in the meeting room, the number of participants for this event is strictly limited to 50 attendees, so only 1 person per company will be accepted to maximize partnership opportunities. Thank you for your understanding.
Update 05/02/2023: only 4 slots for participants left. After these slots are filled, registration will be only available for speakers…
10 MAY, WEDNESDAY
09:00 – 18:00 Optional other companies located in Jena visits (list will be announced soon)
19:00 – 22:00 Optional Pre-event Dinner @ Steakhouse am Johannistor (address: Johannisplatz 29, 07743, Jena, vegetarian menu will be available)
11 MAY, THURSDAY
11:40 Departure by bus transfer or walk (TBA.) from Steigenberger Esplanade hotel to Jabil Optics
12:00 – 13:00 Registration & networking lunch at Jabil Optics
13:00 – 13:05 Welcoming by EPIC
13:05 – 13:15 Welcoming by Jabil Optics
SESSION 1: INTEGRATION AND MASS MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES (part 1)
13:15 – 13:45 KEYNOTE: Simon Schwinger, Director of Business Development at Jabil Optics (Germany)
13:45 – 14:00 Deepak Nair, Product Line Specialist at NKT Photonics (Denmark)
14:00 – 14:15 Gauthier Briere, Product Marketing at Applied Materials (The Netherlands)
14:15 – 14:30 Integrated Photonic for Non-Communication Applications beyond SiP & SiN – Amin Abbasi, Senior Business Development Manager at imec (Belgium)
14:30 – 14:45 Networking coffee break
SESSION 1: INTEGRATION AND MASS MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES (part 2)
14:45 – 15:00 Jukka Perento, VP Operations and Sales at Inkron (Finland)
15:00 – 15:15 Rafael Porcar, Scientific Coordinator at Imagine Optic (France)
15:15 – 15:30 How Adhesives Enable AR/VR – Stephan Prinz, Product Manager at DELO (Germany)
15:30 – 15:45 Applying a Display Manufacturing Mindset to High-volume AR Waveguide Production – Erhan Ercan, Head of Global Business Development at Morphotonics (The Netherlands)
15:45 – 16:30 Networking coffee break
SESSION 2: APPLICATIONS AND NEXT CHALLENGES OF XR MARKETS
16:30 – 17:00 KEYNOTE: Laser Beam Scanning for Near-to-eye Display: Architectural, Optical, Photonic and Systems Considerations – Bharath Rajagopalan, Director, Strategic Market Development at STMicroelectronics (USA)
17:00 – 17:15 Jussi Rahomaki, Chief Product Officer at Dispelix (Finland)
17:15 – 17:30 Kristina Uhlendorf, Optical Engineer at Magic Leap (Germany)
17:30 – 17:45 Xavier Bonjour, Partnerships Director at MICROOLED (France)
17:45 – 18:00 TBA.
18:00 – 18:15 Arseny Alexeev, Director of Nanophotonics R&D at WaveOptics (UK)
18:15 – 18:30 Christoph Leuze, CEO at Nakamir (USA)
18:45 Departure by bus from Jabil Optics to the restaurant
19:15 – 22:30 Networking dinner @ Landgrafen restaurant (address: Landgrafenstieg 25, 07743, Jena)
22:30 Optional departure by bus to Steigenberger Esplanade hotel or walk back to hotel downhill
12 MAY, FRIDAY
08:00 Departure by bus transfer or walk (TBA.) from Steigenberger Esplanade hotel to Jabil Optics
08:20 – 08:50 Welcoming coffee break
08:50 – 09:00 Recap by EPIC
SESSION 3: DESIGN, SOFTWARE AND SIMULATIONS
08:45 – 09:15 KEYNOTE: Frank Wyrowski, Co-Founder & President at LightTrans (Germany)
09:15 – 09:30 AR/VR Craves Disruption in Optical Design: What Are the Solutions? – Emilie Viasnoff, Business Development Director at Synopsys (USA)
09:30 – 09:45 From Design to Human Vision Experience of an AR system – Sandra Gely, Application Engineering Manager at Ansys (USA)
09:45 – 10:00 Tolerancing Metalenses: from a Classical Perspective – Tim Baldsiefen, CTO at Photonics Precision Engineering (Germany)
10:00 – 10:15 Peter Weigand, CEO at TriLite Technologies (Austria)
10:15 – 11:00 Networking coffee break
SESSION 4: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR XR MARKETS
11:00 – 11:30 KEYNOTE: Gerald Dahlmann, Director Strategic Marketing at Coherent (Switzerland)
11:30 – 11:45 Thomas von Wantoch, Managing Director at OQmented (Germany)
11:45 – 12:00 David Cheskis, Senior Product Director at TriEye (USA)
12:00 – 12:15 Niklas Hansson, Head of Application Engineering at NIL Technology (Sweden)
12:15 – 12:30 Custom AR Glasses Made Easy! – Alex Zaretsky, Market Development Manager at Epson Europe (United Kingdom)
12:30 – 12:45 O/LED Microdisplays for AR/VR/MR: Requirements and Features – Uwe Vogel, Division Manager Microdisplays and Sensors at Fraunhofer FEP (Germany)
12:45 – 13:30 Networking lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Company tour at Jabil Optics
15:15 Optional departure by bus transfer to Jena central station / personal departures / car sharing
15:15 – 16:15 After reception @ Jabil Optics rooftop
16:30 Optional departure by bus transfer to Jena central station / personal departures / car sharing
We recommend you to book your room at the Steigenberger Esplanade hotel (address: Carl Zeiss Platz 4, 07743) directly on their website or booking.com or any other hotel nearby.
The bus transfers will be organized from / to Jabil / dinner place to / from Steigenberger Esplanade hotel only.