CARLA camp Stockholm

The CARLA camp Stockholm, hosted by PhotonicSweden took place on May 11 & 12 2022.

137 registered participants and speakers from Europe and beyond engaged in the event packed with talks, panel discussions, networking sessions and career development presentations, to introduce STEM graduates, PhD students and early-stage researchers to the myriad of multidisciplinary careers in photonics.

The Stockholm camp was held in a hybrid format with 26 people who followed the presentations online and 111 people on site at the KTH campus.

The program ran over the two afternoons and involved 14 international speakers, 12 pitch talks from companies and an exhibition for the matchmaking of students and companies in the networking area.

The first day started with a keynote talk to give an overview of the photonics landscape and job opportunities and was dedicated to introducing photonic careers in academia and industry including needed skills and soft skills.

The second day focused on innovation and entrepreneurship and included talks on how to develop personally to become a good entrepreneur.

Both days ended with networking in the exhibition area with food and drinks.