Strategies and Markets

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT

ALT

19. Oktober 2010

9:00 Registration

10:00 Welcome Address
Prof. Robert Schmitt, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

10:30 Optics in Life Science and Health Care: From Components to System Solutions
Dr. Markus Weber, Senior Vice President, Corporate Research and Technology, Carl Zeiss AG

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Product Development and Manufacturing for Global Markets
Dr. Mario Ledig, Vice President Technology, QIOPTIQ

12:00 Markets and Product Development for Advanced Photonic Components and Microsystems
Dr. Martin Forrer, Head of Research and Development, FISBA OPTIK AG, Switzerland

12:30 Lunch break

14:00 The European Optics Market from the Perspective of a US American Company – Risks and Chances
Dr. Thomas Kessler, Vice President of European Operations, Edmund Optics Inc.

14:30 Optics in Advanced Illumination Systems
Klaus Vamberszky, Excecutive Vice President Technology, Zumtobel Group, Austria

15:00 Optics Production for Innovative Applications – Developments and Competencies in Aachen
Dr. Thomas Bergs, Managing Chief Engineer, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

16:00 Tour of the Fraunhofer IPT and Fraunhofer ILT

19:30 Dinner at the Lenné Pavillon