Skip to content
Preliminary program
Preliminary program 
 
Please note that this is a preliminary program and is subject to changes.
 
6 October 2025
Helsinki - Southampton
7 October 2025
 Southampton
8 October 2025
Southampton - Edinburgh
9 October 2025
Glasgow
10 October 2025
Glasgow
Arrival in Southampton
 
Internal briefing and market overview
Visits to the University of Southampton and CORNERSTONE foundry, visits/meetings with companies (Covesion, Fibercore, NKT Photonics, Trumpf) and others including start-ups in Southampton
 
Departure for Edinburgh
 
Visits to the Heriot-Watt University and companies in Edinburgh (Skylark Lasers, Edinburgh Instruments, Avicena and others)
Visits to the University of Glasgow and companies in Glasgow (Coherent, Kelvin Nanotechnology, Sivers Photonics and others)
 
 ‘Photonics Means…’ event organized by the UK’s Photonics Leadership Group. It is an annual photonics meeting to bring together the photonics community in the UK. They are expecting about 50 companies to participate.
 
Departure from Glasgow for Helsinki