9:00 to 9:30
Registration
9:30 to 9:40
Welcome words

Silvia Carrasco
KTT Director at ICFO
9:40 to 10:10
The Photonics landscape

Robert Sewell
Head of Academic Affairs at ICFO
10:10 to 11:20
Photonics is everywhere - Panel moderated by Alastair Cunningham

Aleksandros Stavrinadis
European Patent Attorney at Balder IP Law S.L.

Alina Hirschmann
Head of Science Communication at ICFO

Carmen Rubio Verdú
Group Leader at ICFO

Javier Argüello-Luengo
Assistant Professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Jordi Prat
Manager Data Scientist at Dribia Data Research

Mustafa Balci
Project Manager at Qurv Technologies SL
11:20 to 11:50
Coffee break*
11:50 to 12:50
Hot topics in photonics - Tech Talks, moderated by Silvia Carrasco

Photonics for Personalized Medicine
Ariadna Martínez Marrades, KTT Project Portfolio Manager (Health)

AI for Boosting Productivity in Photonics
Kevin Schädler, Director & Head of Product Development at Axiomatic_AI EU

Trends in Photonic Integrated Chips
Miquel Rudé, Lead Photonics at Quside Technologies
12:50 to 13:20
Testimonials by researchers, moderated by Zoi Melissari

Alisa Tanaka
Predoctoral researcher at ICFO/Sant Joan de Déu

Barbara Polesso
Postdoctoral researcher at ICFO

Michal Gwizdala
Chief Science Officer at Kelp Blue Biotech B.V.

Mónica Canabal-Carbia
Predoctoral researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Pablo García Gómez
Manager at Beamagine SL

Raúl Lahoz Sanz
Predoctoral researcher at ICCUB (University of Barcelona)
13:20 to 13:30
Building the Future of Optics and Photonics in Ghana: A KNUST and SPIE collaborative initiative

Akyana Britwum
Lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technololgy
13:30 to 14:45
Lunch & Networking*
16:00 to 17:00
ICFO Ph.D. & Postdoc Poster session
17:00
End of the CARLA camp
* Provided by ICFO
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