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🌟 Notes from the Office
Welcome to the summer edition of the PhotonicSweden Newsletter!
As we transition into the long, bright days of summer, we take a moment to reflect on an eventful spring. The first half of 2025 has been buzzing with activity—dynamic events, fruitful collaborations, and remarkable progress across the photonics landscape.
In this edition, we invite you to revisit some of the highlights from recent months and take a peek at the exciting opportunities and initiatives on the horizon.
Here’s a recap, and an outlook for what’s upcoming!
🗓️ Upcoming Events
 Optics and Photonics in Sweden 2025 Our Annual conference, gathering hundreds of researchers, engineers, students and innovators in the field. Parallel academic and industrial sessions along with an exhibition and poster sessions. OPS-2025 is co-organized with Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). Read more.
|  Workshop on Photonics and Electronics 4Defence A workshop exploring the role of photonics in defence technologies and applications. Talks, discussions and networking with researchers, industry and policy stakeholders. Registrations open in July. Read more.
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Kallelse till Föreningsstämma / Call to Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting is held on June 17th, 16 - 18, hosted by our valued member Hübner Photonics / Cobolt in Solna. In addition to the formalities of the Annual Meeting, this year’s meeting offers inspirational and informational talks on photonics in Sweden and Europe, a visit to Cobolt facilites, and, of course, a pub after the event.
All PhotonicSweden members are welcome, signup and more information here. It will be possible to participate in the event online.
More events
Keep an eye on our event news, and the calendars of our partners Smartare Elektroniksystem, Svensk Elektronik, European Optical Society, IEEE Sweden, and Photonics21.
🚀 Looking for funding?
Keep innovating and collaborate with national and international funding. There are numerous calls open or upcoming where Photonics and Optics can make a difference. Here are some examples:
Vinnova: Sweden’s innovation agency currently have 36 calls for funding open, including major calls in the Impact Innovation program.
Excellence clusters: Vinnova and Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) have been commissioned by the government to initiate Excellence Clusters. More information and calls for planning grants is opening soon.
PhotonHub: This large European project supports industry and innovators with technology resources and business expertise. Applications for support is always open.
EU funding: It can be difficult to navigate in the EU funding landscape. A good overview for opportunites in photonics was given at the recent Photonics21 annual meeting.
PhotonQBoost: upcoming calls for SMEs in this European initiative to fund innovative projects in photonics and quantium solutons.
✨ In case you missed it
Some highlights from recent events.
 Carla Capsule - Lunch seminar with Coherent A well-attended lunch seminar was held on March 18, 2025, at KTH. Engaging talks by Peter Szabo (Coherent) and Fredrik Laurell (KTH), gave students a chance to learn about, and get inspired to pursue, a career in photonics. Interested to participate in similar events at our universities? Contact [email protected]. |  Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting in Brussels The 2025 Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting (PPAM 2025), held on 15–16 May at the historic LePlaza in Brussels, gathered over 220 participants from academia, industry, and policy. Marking the 20th anniversary of Photonics21, the event underscored Europe’s leadership in photonics and its strategic importance for the EU’s future. Read our summary here. |
 Photonics careers – 360Carla event at KTH On April 9-10, PhotonicSweden, in cooperation with the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), organized the 360CARLA Career Symposium for Photonics in Energy, Environment and Sustainability, at KTH. 94 students and early career researchers enjoyed two days with inspiring talks by young minds and experienced entrepreneurs and researchers. 14 exhibitors met with prospective new hires. |
🔥 Don’t miss
 Winners 2024 Call for nominations! Best Master's Thesis in Optics and Photonics PhotonicSweden annually awards a prize to the most deserving degree project in the field of optics and photonics, carried out at a Swedish university or college. The deadline for nomination is on August 31. |  Testa livet som ingenjör! Tekniksprånget är ett praktikprogram där den som är mellan 18-21 kan testa ingenjörsyrket på riktigt. Samtidigt är det ett sätt för svenska företag att skaffa sig ett försprång i jakten på ny kompetens. Nästa ansökningsperiod är i september! |
📣 From our members
 | Årets Göran Gustafssonpris i fysik går till LiU-professorn Feng Gao. Hans forskning fokuserar på hur nya material kan användas för nästa generations solceller och lysdioder bland annat. Prissumman ligger på totalt 7,5 miljoner kronor. |
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By the way - did we mention that we have a brand new website for PhotonicSweden? Check it out and give us your feedback. Work is ongoing 🙂.
Are you curious about the story behind PhotonicSweden? Enjoy the feature in Fotoni, written by Lennart B. M. Svensson.
Until next time,
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