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Photonics 21 (Web)
The Photonics21 platform provides a forum for all players in the photonics industry in Europe. By drawing members from industry, research, politics and professional associations, Photonics21 acts as an interface between the EU and industry, as a means of directing research towards practical applications. The platform has over 500 members hailing from 21 EU member states and 6 other countries. They have elected Alexander von Witzleben, chairman of the executive board of JENOPTIK AG, as the president of Photonics21. The Technology Platform is supported as a joint undertaking by leading European photonics companies. The members of its executive board belong to leading European companies such as TRUMPF Laser and Electronics Division, Bookham Technology plc, Sagem Défense Sécurité, Philips Lighting B.V. and Carl Zeiss AG. This website is hosted by VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH which is a subsidiary company of the VDI (The Association of Engineers).
The importance of photonics is underlined by the leverage they exercise on other leading sectors such as the automotive industry, medical engineering, life sciences and information and communication technology. A high-level group of representatives of research and industry in Photonics as well as user industries and other stakeholders have launched this European initiative to promote Photonics in the European Research Area. The document “Photonics for the 21st century”(LINK) provides the rationale and the justification for the important political process that is needed to implement a coordinated
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For more information contact Virginie Rimbert action plan among all stakeholders. In April 2006 this expert group launched the Strategic Research Agenda. (LINK)
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