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 - 12.30 | BF SmartFab project meeting, "Pikkusali" Conference room, 1st floor |
| 12.00 | OPD2025 Registration opens – Music Center 1st floor lobby |
| 12.45-14.15 | Coffee 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: |
| 14.30-15.00 | PREIN Coffee break, Music Center 1st floor |
| 15.00-18.00 | PREIN Annual Event, Tulindberg hall, 1st floor |
| 18.30-18.40 | OPD 2025 Welcome speech |
| 18.40-20.00 | Get together |
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 - |
| Industrial session 1 - |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch break - Music Center lobby restaurant, (1st floor), Exhibition, Poster session 1st floor lobby |
| 13.00-14.00 | Poster 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 - TBA , |
| Industrial session 2 - TBA, |
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| 17.05-18.00 | Photonics Finland Annual meeting - Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| 19.00-22.30 | Conference 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
| 09.15 | OPD2025 doors open |
| 09.15- 09.45 | Coffee 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 - TBA, |
| Industrial session 3 - TBA, |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch break |
| 12.00-15.00 | Job Fair and Exhibition |
| 13.00-14.00 | Poster session 2 - 1st floor lobby |
| 14.00-14.45 | Plenary: TBA, Madetoja Hall, 1st floor |
| Parallel sessions: | |
| 14.45-16.05 | Academic Session 4 - TBA, |
| Industrial session 4 - TBA, |
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| 16.05-16.15 | Best Poster Awards & Conference Farewell |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Farewell coffee - Music Center, 1st floor Lobby |
| 18.30-21.00 | 360 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.
| 08.30-09.00 | TBA |
| 09.00-10.30 | TBA |
| 10.30-11.15 | TBA |
| 11.15-11.45 | TBA |
| 11.45-12.00 | TBA |
| 12.00-12.45 | TBA |
| 13.00-17.00 | TBA |
