The 12th Markus Pessa International Summer School "New Frontiers in Optical Technologies" (2 ECTS)
Photonics science, technology & entrepreneurship
The 12th edition of the Markus Pessa International Summer School New Frontiers in Optical Technologies will be organized on August 11th – 15th 2025 in Tampere.
| Invited speakers | Topic |
|---|---|
| Prof. Emerit. Helge Lemmetyinen | Opening talk |
| Dr. Lutz Aschke, Photonics21 President | Photonics in Europe - what drives it? |
| Prof. Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich | Advanced ultrafast lasers |
| Dr. Viacheslav Artyushenko, Art Photonics | 1. Fiber and ATR probe based spectroscopy 2. Fiberoptic Combisensors for medical applications |
| Dr. Basil Garabet, CEO NKT Photonics | Entrepreneurship mentoring |
| Prof. Mark Dennis, University of Birmingham | 1. Classically quantising structured light 2. Approaching your PhD in a design principle |
| Dr. Johannes Kunsch, Laser Components Germany | 1. People’s FTIR initiative 2. Back to the roots - challenges for technology scale up |
| Dr. Milan Mashanovitch, General Manager, Luminar Semiconductor Inc, US | Scaling the LIDAR technology to automotive (tentative) |
| Prof. Yeshpal Singh, University of Birmingham | Optical lattice clocks |
| Prof. Martin Dawson, University of Strathclyde | Advanced micro-LED platforms |
| Dr. Borislav Hinkov, Silicon Austria Labs | Photonic integration for mid-IR sensing |
| Dr. Nadia Boetti, Fondazione LINKS | Bioresorbable optical fibers |
| Prof. Florin-Virgil Duma, Politehnic Univ. Timisoara | Advanced laser scanning |
| Dr. Kurt Weingarten, Tarkas Ventures | Bootstrap or Venture Capital? Trade-offs in Building a Startup |
| Prof. Aart Verhoef | 1. Multi-photon super-resolution microscopy 2. Spectroscopy for plant biology (tentative) |
| Programme committee | Organizing committee |
|---|---|
| Prof. Mircea Guina - Director of the School | Markus Peil |
| Prof. Goëry Genty | Efsane Sen |
| Prof. Laeticia Petit | Helmer Piirilä |
| Assoc. Prof. Marco Ornigotti | Roosa Hytönen |
| Dr. Regina Gumenyuk | Evellyn Santos Magalhaes |
| Natalia Vakula | |
| Iuliia Kraskowski |
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