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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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    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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    Registration opens for SPIE Photonics West 2025

    LFW Staff
    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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    Podcasts

    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.
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    Julian Hayes, CEO of Chromacity Ltd.
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    Quantum world, meet Chromacity Ltd.

    LFW Staff
    Oct. 16, 2024
    In this Q&A with Chromacity CEO Julian Hayes, he introduces us to the company, and it’ll be nearly impossible for anyone to ever top his company fun facts.
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    PODCAST: October 15, 2024 Light News

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 15, 2024
    Episode 21 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for October 15, 2024.
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    PODCAST: October 1, 2024 Light News

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 1, 2024
    Episode 19 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for October 1, 2024.
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    NSF $20M grant funds National Quantum Nanofab at CU Boulder

    LFW Staff
    Sept. 27, 2024
    In this Q&A, Scott Diddams, a professor in the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder’s Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, shares his plans for the National...
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    Quantinuum eyes $10B IPO: What’s its potential impact on the quantum industry?

    Eric Mounier
    Sept. 26, 2024
    A $10B IPO for Quantinuum may catalyze growth within the quantum sector, spur more investment, and bring quantum computing into the spotlight.
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    Barry Zhang, founder and CEO of Princetel.
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    Joints of light: Princetel powers fiber-optic applications into the future

    Jose Pozo
    Sept. 25, 2024
    Barry Zhang, founder and CEO of Princetel, speaks about his professional journey, shines light on the confidence needed to succeed, and shares words of wisdom for the next generation...