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    The Executive Forum channel features articles and other content centering around the business of optics and photonics.

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    Can photonics bolster Europe’s tech roster?

    Jose Pozo
    Dec. 9, 2024
    Europe has the opportunity to leverage photonics solutions to propel the tech industry forward.
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    Diverse industries represented in November venture deals

    Eric Hall
    Dec. 5, 2024
    Although no larger deals, photonics shows its breadth in handful of early stage fundings.
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    Dr. Gustav Kalbe, acting director of Enabling and Emerging Technologies for the EU Commission, speaking at the PIC Summit.
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    Scaling photonics innovation: What we learned at the PIC Summit

    Eelko Brinkhoff
    Dec. 5, 2024
    The PIC Summit Europe proved to be a landmark event for the integrated photonics sector with over 700 industry leaders converging in Eindhoven in October 2024.
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    Photonics IP Update: November 2024

    Iain McIntyre
    Dec. 3, 2024
    This roundup summarizes photonics-related patent litigation and Patent Office procedures for November.
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    PODCAST: November 26, 2024 Light News

    Justine Murphy
    Nov. 26, 2024
    Episode 27 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for November 26, 2024.

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    Follow the money: Two stories of quantum tech investment

    Michael Baczyk
    Nov. 22, 2024
    Three threads, three data sets, and two contradicting narratives. I’m about to walk you through quantum tech’s funding story that can be read as both a bull and bear market case...
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    2025 SPIE Prism Award finalists and award recipients will be honored during a January 29th gala evening at SPIE Photonics West.
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    PODCAST: October 29, 2024 Light News

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 29, 2024
    Episode 23 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for October 29, 2024.
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    Registration opens for SPIE Photonics West 2025

    SPIE: The Int'l Society for Optics & Photonics
    Oct. 22, 2024
    Registration is now open for the SPIE Photonics West 2025 conference and exhibition, set to take place January 25-30th.
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    PODCAST: Interview with Shari Worthington, photonics marketing maven

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 22, 2024
    Episode 22 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Shari Worthington, a professor of entrepreneurship and marketing at Suffolk University and president of Telesian...
    Mark Turner, CEO and founder of Turner Laser Systems.
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    Turner Laser Systems: A holistic approach to entrepreneurship

    Jose Pozo
    Oct. 21, 2024
    Mark Turner, CEO and founder of Turner Laser Systems, shares his journey in photonics.