University of Eastern Finland’s (UEF) popular presentations on Applications of Photonics will be again held this year as a series of hybrid lectures live in Joensuu & online in Microsoft Teams. The presentations are organized in collaboration with PREIN Flagship and Photonics Finland.
Hosted by Professor Jyrki Saarinen and starting on October 29th, the lectures consist of applications of photonics and company overviews given by professionals of the field from various companies, and after each lecture, a dedicated discussion section offers networking possibilities to listeners from all around the world.
There are six lectures per week:
- Tuesdays at 12-14
- Wednesdays at 10-12
- Thursdays 14-16
Lectures can be joined in set presentation locations in UEF Joensuu campus, or online via Microsoft Teams. Joining the lectures is free and open for everyone. To see a current list of confirmed presenting companies, see Schedule below. The detailed schedule will be updated soon.
Schedule
Wednesday, 30.10. (Futura F100)
10:15 – 11:00 SCHOTT Primoceler
11.15 – 12:00 Vexlum & Jussi-Pekka Penttinen: Vexlum VECSELs – Novel semiconductor lasers for quantum technology
Thursday, 31.10. (Futura F100)
14:15 – 15:00 VTT & Jussi Hiltunen: Photonics in sensor applications
15:15 – 16:00 Kuva Space & Jarkko Antila
Tuesday, 5.11. (Metria M100)
12:15 – 13:00 Vaisala & Hannu Talvitie: Advanced photonics and optics in measurement instruments
13:15 – 14:00 HyCom Core & Seppo Honkanen: Revolution of optical fiber communication
Thursday, 7.11. (Metria M100)
14:15 – 15:00 Gasera & Tuomas Hieta: High-end gas sensing with a cantilever
15:15 – 16:00 Valmet & Janne Paaso: Development of photonics-based online industrial measurements
Tuesday, 12.11. (Metria M100)
12:15 – 13:00 Microsoft & Gülis Zengin
Wednesday, 13.11. (Futura F100)
10:15 – 11:00 LEDiL & Henri Uutela: LED Lighting & Optics
11:15 – 12:00 Tobii & Mårten Selin: Optics of eye-tracking
Thursday, 14.11. – Company visits for course students (no webinar on this day)
14:00 – 16:00 Dispelix & Petri Stenberg & Salman Daniel
14:00 – 16:00 Nanocomp & Samuli Siitonen
Thursday, 21.11. (Metria M100)
14:15 – 15:00 Polar Electro & Matti Kinnunen: Light-tissue interaction, from basics to applications
15:15 – 16:00 Raute & Jyrki Pesonen: Observations on the analysis of wood in the veneer industry
Tuesday, 26.11. (Futura F101)
12:15 – 13:00 Winse Power & Ville Polojärvi
13:15 – 14:00 Kelluu & Janne Hietala
Wednesday, 27.11. (Futura F100)
10:15 – 11:00 Visual Festival Light Artists Ivo Schoofs & Michel Suk
11:15 – 12:00 Ecoaims & Petri Matikainen (the presenter is live at campus): Laser pistols and other optical sport shooting
Tuesday, 3.12. (Metria M100)
12:15 – 13:00 BioNavis & Abhishek Sharma: Photonics Meets Biochemistry: MP-SPR for Protein kinetics and more
13:15 – 14:00 Senop & Antti Lommi: Night Vision Systems – Applications & use cases
The current list of participating companies:
- Kuva Space
- Vexlum
- Vaisala
- Hycom Core
- Gasera
- Valmet
- Microsoft
- Ecoaims
- Dispelix
- Nanocomp
- Ecoaims
- Polar Electro
- Raute
- SCHOTT Primoceler
- Senop
- Ledil
- Winse Power
- Kelluu
- BioNavis
- Tobii
Any questions?
Please contact Impact Specialist Iiro Muhonen, iiro.muhonen@uef.fi, 050 324 2548 or Jyrki Saarinen, jyrki.saarinen@uef.fi, 050 595 4348.