Program

As a tradition, the OPD2025 program will include both the academy and industry sessions running in parallel.

Venue (3 – 5 June):

Oulu Music Center (Madetoja and Tulindberg halls, 1st floor)
Leevi Madetojan katu 1-3
90140, Oulu
Finland

Tuesday 3.6.2025

9.00 - 12.30BF SmartFab project meeting, "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor
12.00 
OPD2025 Registration opens – Music Center 1st floor lobby
12.45-14.15Coffee for Student Event attendees , "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor
13.00-15.00 
Student Event, "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor
13.00-14.30 
Nordic Photonics Forum - International collaboration for photonics: , Tulindberg hall, 1st floor
14.30-15.00 
PREIN Coffee break, Music Center 1st floor
15.00-18.00PREIN Annual Event, Tulindberg hall, 1st floor
19.00-20.30City of Oulu Cocktail Reception & Get Together, Oulu City Hall, Kirkkokatu 2A, 90100 Oulu

Wednesday 4.6.2025  

08.00-8.45 Registration opens
08.45-09.00  Welcome Speech
- Kim Grundström, Chairman of the Board, Photonics Finland
- Dr. Arto Maaninen, Rector, University of Oulu
09.00-09.45 Plenary: Prof. Dr. Ir. Roel Baets, Ghent University - IMEC, Department of Information Technology, Gent, Belgium
Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
09.45-10.10 Exhibitor's pitch - Session 1, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
10.10-10.40 Coffee break and Exhibition - Music Center 1st floor lobby
Parallel sessions:
10.40-12.00 Academic Session 1 - Integrated Optics, Tulindberg Hall, 1st floor
Industrial session 1 - Automotive, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
12.00-13.00 Lunch break - Music Center lobby restaurant, (1st floor), Exhibition, Poster session 1st floor lobby
13.00-14.00Poster Session 1 - Music Center 1st floor lobby
14.00-14.45 Plenary: Prof. Dr. Carsten Rockstuhl, Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
14.45-15.15 Exhibitor's pitch - Session 2, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
15.15-15.45 Coffee break and Exhibition - Music Center 1st floor lobby
Parallel sessions:
15.45-17.05 Academic Session 2 - Fundamental, classical and quantum photonics, Tulindberg Hall, 1st floor
Industrial session 2 - Medtech, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
17.05-18.00 Photonics Finland Annual meeting - Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
19.00-22.30Conference dinner, Radisson Blu Hotel.
Photonics Finland Awards for The Photonics Company of the Year, and Best PhD Thesis.
22.30 -Dinner Afterparty at BAR IHKU - few minutes walk from the dinner location, karaoke, networking, good time!

 

Thursday 5.6.2025 

09.00OPD2025 doors open
09.00 - 9.40UEF Alumni Event ,"Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor
09.15- 09.45Coffee break and Exhibition - Music Center, 1st floor Lobby
09.45-10.30 Plenary: TBA,
Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
Parallel sessions:
10.40-12.00 Academic Session 3 - Sensing and Imaging, Tulindberg Hall, 1st floor
Industrial session 3 - Photonics for Sustainability, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
12.00-13.00Lunch break
12.00-15.00 Job Fair and Exhibition
13.00-14.00Poster Session 2 - 1st floor lobby
14.00-14.45Plenary: TBA,
Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
Parallel sessions:
14.45-16.05Academic Session 4 - Novel photonics materials and devices, Tulindberg Hall, 1st floor
Industrial session 4 - Machine Vision, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor
16.05-16.15Best Poster Awards & Conference Farewell
16.15 - 16.30Farewell coffee - Music Center, 1st floor Lobby
18.30-21.00360 Carla networking dinner for participants to the symposium on Friday. Your participation will be confirmed by email before the event. Limited number of places.

Friday 6.6.2025 – 360 Carla Symposium**

** Please note that this part of the event is targetting Students (BSc, MSc, PhD), but if you are a Postdoc, researcher or a companies who wants to connect with Students, you are welcome to participate. Limited number places.

08.30-09.00TBA
09.00-10.30TBA
10.30-11.15TBA
11.15-11.45TBA
11.45-12.00TBA
12.00-12.45TBA
13.00-17.00TBA

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