Optics and Photonics Days (OPD) is an annual central event in Optics and Photonics in Finland. OPD2025 will be held at Oulu Music Center 3 – 5 June 2025, Oulu, Finland.
OPD2025 offers an unique opportunity to learn from interesting presentations from Academy and Industry program running in parallel, network with companies, students and researchers in the field of photonics and optics, but also to explore products and services at OPD Exhibition that is held during the conference.
Also there is a lot of additional activities such as Networking Dinner, Job Fair, Student meeting, PREIN Annual Event, Photonics Finland annual meeting, Panel discussions, and also Poster- and Pitch sessions.
Program of PREIN Annual Event
Date: 3 June 2025
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Place: Tulindberg hall, 1st floor, Oulu Music Center (Leevi Madetojan katu 1-3, Oulu)
Coffee will be served in the hall 14:30-15:00
| 15:00-15:10 | Opening of PREIN event |
| 15:10-15:30 | PREIN Highlights 2024 Flagship director Prof. Goëry Genty |
| 15:30-16:15 | Key note: Reinhard Völkel Corporate Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Focuslight Technologies: Entrepreneurship and industry collaboration |
| 16:15-17:00 | PREIN Infrastructure session TAU/Sanna Auer: FinnLight national infrastucture services, FinnLight facilitities in Tampere UEF/Petri Karvinen: FinnLight facilities in Joensuu VTT/Jussi Hiltunen: PrintoCent and MicroModule Centre facilities and PhotonMed pilot line in Oulu VTT/Timo Aalto: FinnLight infra at VTT, MIKES, Micronova facility, future Kvanttinova facility, and the new PIXEurope pilot line in Espoo Aalto (TBA) |
| 17:00-18:00 | Panel discussion: Flagships 2026 and Beyond: What’s Next? Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI representative, Leader AI across fields, Professor Simo Särkkä, Aalto University Flagship for Photonics Research and Innovation PREIN representative, Vice-Director, Professor Jyrki Saarinen, University of Eastern Finland Company representative, CEO Timo Vuorenpää, Peak PC Oy Company representative, Growth Technology Strategist, Hannu Talvitie, Vaisala GeneCellNano Flagship representative, Vice-Director, Professor Seppo Vainio, University of Oulu |
How to Attend to OPD (Please find all the details through links below)
The information about extra events such as the PREIN Annual event-, Student event, Job Fair, and Photonics Finland spring – meetings will be available in March.
Important Dates
Late registration fee from 2nd of May 2025 until the event.
Accommodation special pricing available!
Industry themes are announced! See them Here
Industry abstract submissions closed on 10th January 2025.
Academic abstract submission closed on 28th February 2025.
Full program released!