Schedule

WEDNESDAY, 12th of DECEMBER
10AM - 1PM Free business meetings (using online business meeting schedule software)
1:30PM - 2:00PM Welcome address, Optics and Photonics: Essential Technologies

  • Giorgio ANANIA

    VP Photonics21, Chairman Invest in Photonics 2012

  • Stephen ANDERSON

    Industry and Market Analyst for SPIE
2:00PM - 3:30PM CLEANTECH CONFERENCE: From Revolution to Mainstream

  • Hans NIKOL

    VP LED Innovation And Strategy - Philips Lighting

  • Alessio BEVERINA

    Partner - Sofinnova Partners

  • Raffi GARABEDIAN

    Chief Technical Officer - First Solar

  • Giorgio ANANIA (Moderator)

    Panel Discussion
4:00PM - 5:30PM LIFE SCIENCES, A WORLD OF OPTICS: exceeding the limits of existing technologies

  • Pierre BILLARDON

    President - Carl Zeiss France

  • George UGRAS

    Partner - Adams Capital Management

  • Eric MOTTAY

    President and CEO - Amplitude Systemes

  • Giorgio ANANIA (moderator)

    Panel Discussion
    with François VALENCONY (Mérieux Développement)
7:00PM GALA DINNER

Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Gala Dinner
THURSDAY, 13th of DECEMBER
8:30AM - 9:00AM A US VC's perspective on the European start-up market

  • Paul THURK

    Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
9:00AM - 10:00AM Asia Conference : What’s in there for European
companies, what’s in here for Asian companies?

  • Emmanuel COHEN-LAROQUE

    Senior Partner, YOLE FINANCE

  • Pierre BILLARDON

    President - Carl Zeiss France
10:30AM - 12:00AM Consumer Goods Conference : The horizon of photonics
research and innovation in Europe

  • Micheal JEON

    Head of European Investments – SAMSUNG Venture Investment Corp

  • Stefano CONCINA

    VP Business development Groupe E.S.I

  • Ian JENKS

    Chairman – Intune Networks

  • Laurent E. LE GOURRIEREC

    Corporate CTO - Alcatel-Lucent
12:00AM - 12:15AM The European Commission view

  • Philippe REYNAERT

    Project Officer in Unit A1 Photonics, European Commission
12:15AM - 12:30AM Invest in Photonics Award

  • Giorgio ANANIA
2PM - 4:30PM Free business meetings (using online business meeting schedule software)
TUESDAY, 11th of DECEMBER

Launch of ‘BIPSA™’ , an emerging application cluster for bio-photonic solutions