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PREIN Annual Event May 26, 2026 at OPD, Jyväskylä

PREIN Annual event at the Optics and Photonics Days summarises the Flagship activities and presents the recent research highlights.

Venue: Paviljonki, 26. May, Jyväskylä, Finland
Time: 14:30 – 18:00

Programme

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee

15:00 – 15:20 Opening words and PREIN Flagship achievements 2019-2025, Prof. Goëry Genty and Prof. Jyrki Saarinen

15:20 – 15:40 Research Council of Finland, Juha Latikka, Senior Science Adviser

15:30 – 16:30 PREIN Work Package achievements 2019-2025

  • WP leaders/representatives to present WP1-5 (10 min each):
    • WP1: Shawar Dura / VTT
    • WP2: Polina Kuzhir / UEF
    • WP3: Timo Aalto / VTT
    • WP4: Juha Toivonen / TAU
    • WP5: Robert Fickler / TAU

16:30 – 17:00 Carlos Lee, Director General EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium: Building Europe’s Photonics Future

17:00 – 18:00 Panel Discussion on foundries, commercialisation and pilot lines

  • Host: Prof. Jyrki Saarinen
  • Panelists
    • Jussi Hiltunen, VTT Oulu MedPhab
    • Timo Aalto, VTT Espoo PIXEurope and other EU Chips JU pilots Micronova and Kvanttinova
    • Tomi Jouhti, Portfolio Manager, IMEC
    • Mervi Ylä-Jarkko, Director of Optical Engineering Andruil (Vantaa fab)
    • Abdul Rahim, Ecosystem Manager, Photon Delta Netherlands, https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdulrahim-1/