Latest News
Photonics in Finland 2025 – new brochure out!
15.8.2025
New Photonics in Finland brochure available! New statistics, news, interviews and more! Read online here
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New freeware site for OpenAR2.0 DIY glasses now launched

Freshly launched, the new freeware site for OpenAR2.0 glasses provides free guidance on how to build AR glasses at home, from start to finish,…
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Pirkanmaa Cultural Foundation Award to Arri Priimägi

The 2025 award of the Pirkanmaa Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation has been granted to Professor of Chemistry Arri Priimägi for his work…
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Professor of Photonics Mircea Guina invited to the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters can have at most 333 members under the age of 65 at any one time. The Academy…
Upcoming Events
PREIN WP3 Integrated Photonics Workshop
February 16, 2026 – February 17, 2026 10:00 – 12:30
PREIN WP3 Integrated Photonics Workshop will organized in February 16-17 in the city centre of Tampere, in two locations. The workshop brings together researchers working on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) from…
Read moreOPD 2026 – Optics and Photonics Days, Jyväskylä, 26.-28. May 2026
May 26, 2026 – May 28, 2026
Optics and Photonics Days (OPD) is an annual central event in Optics and Photonics in Finland and the largest yearly Photonics event in the Nordics. OPD2026 will be held at…
Read moreThe 30th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) 2026
June 14, 2026 – June 18, 2026
We welcome you to Tampere, Finland to join us at the 30th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC 2026)! The ISLC has a tradition of more than 50 years of bringing…
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