The Applications of Photonics lecture and webinar series will be held for the eighth time in autumn 2026.
The series presents practical uses of photonics through talks by experts from industry, research, and the wider photonics community. Topics will cover how light-based technologies are applied in areas such as imaging, sensing, diagnostics, displays, lighting, quantum technologies, environmental monitoring, and advanced manufacturing.
Organized by the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with PREIN Photonics Flagship, Photonics Finland, Photonics Joensuu, I-DEEP doctoral training pilot, Phortify project, and iPSRS Erasmus Mundus programme, the the series is hosted by Professor Jyrki Saarinen.
Sessions will be held in hybrid format at the UEF Joensuu campus and online via Microsoft Teams. The series is free of charge and open to everyone.
Session times
The public series starts on Thursday, 29 October 2026.
Weekly sessions are scheduled as follows:
- Tuesdays: 12:15–14:00
- Wednesdays: 10:15–12:00
- Thursdays: 14:15–16:00
Each presentation lasts 45 minutes, consisting of a 30-minute talk followed by 15 minutes for questions and discussion. A session may include one or two presentations, depending on the programme.
Join online
The same Microsoft Teams link below will be used for all webinar sessions. No registration or advance sign-up is required. You can join as many sessions as you like.
Programme
You can choose which sessions interest you. There is no registration and the link to all the sessions is the same (Microsoft Teams link).
Thursday, 29.10.
14:15 – 15:00 Dispelix – Kalle Ventola
Topic: AR display functionality and component development
15:15 – 16:00 ASML – Frank Schuurmans
Topic: Introduction to ASML – Enabling the Semiconductor Roadmap
Tuesday, 3.11.
12:15 – 13:00 Recolth – Nicholas Kosonen
13:15 – 14:00 Agate Sensors – Andreas Liapis
Wednesday, 4.11.
10:15 – 11:00 Thales – Teemu Pohjola
11:15 – 12:00 Marginum – Samu Lehtonen
Topic: Photonics in Medicine: Aspirate Tissue Monitoring for Cancer Surgery
Thursday, 5.11.
14:15 – 15:00 Ecoaims – Petri Matikainen
15:15 – 16:00 Nokia – Hannu Ahola
Tuesday, 10.11.
12:15 – 13:00 ZEISS – Toni Montonen
Topic: ZEISS: Seeing Beyond
Wednesday, 18.11.
10:15 – 11:00 Visual Festival Light Artists
Topic: Light Art
Tuesday, 24.11.
12:15 – 13:00 Business Tampere – Oliver Hussey
13:15 – 14:00 LEDiL – Tero Mäkinen
Thursday, 26.11.
14:15 – 15:00 Maculaser – Jani Tirronen
Topic: Fighting blindness with photonics: temperature-controlled laser heating to treat age-related macular degeneration
Tuesday, 1.12.
12:15 – 13:00 Corning – Mikhail Chivilikhin
13:15 – 14:00 Rumble Tools – Arto Koivuharju
Tuesday, 8.12.
12:15 – 13:00 Aalto University – Hele Savin
Topic: Atomic layer deposition (ALD) in optical sensors
13:15 – 14:00 ColdXray – Petr Obraztsov
Questions?
Please contact Iiro Muhonen, iiro.muhonen@uef.fi, 050 324 2548 or Jyrki Saarinen, jyrki.saarinen@uef.fi, 050 595 4348.