World of Photonics Portal

The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is the leading international congress for optical technologies in Europe. It was held in conjunction with LASER 2007. WORLD OF PHOTONICS, the international trade fair for optical technologies including components, systems and applications, so there was an intense exchange between the scientific and industrial sectors.

Themes are selected and discussed based on their scientific relevance and industrial impact.
The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is a unique event that covers all of photonics. Topics range from the latest research and development including basic research, medical application, as well as lasers in manufacturing, sensors and industrial image processing to discussions about physical processes in new light sources.
The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is a strategic and operative umbrella for individual conferences held by leading associations and organizations. Those conferences and their organizers are as follows:

Plenum discussion at the orld of Photonics Congress 2005

CLEO / IQEC, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, organized by the European Physical Society (EPS)
EOS conferences on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging & Trends in Optoelectronics, organized by the European Optical Society (EOS)
Lasers in Manufacturing (LIM 2007), organized by the German Scientific Laser Society (WLT)
European Conference on Biomedical Optics (ECBO 2007), organized by the International Society of Optical Engineering SPIE and the Optical Society of America (OSA)
Optical Metrology, organized by the International Society of Optical Engineering SPIE
Medical Laser Applications, organized by the German Association for Laser Medicine (DGLM)
Industry Workshops, organized by Munich Trade Fairs (MMG)

Thanks to a comprehensive program of related event such as workshops focusing on specific applications, the congress is also a suitable platform for production engineers and sales people. The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is organized by Munich International Trade Fairs. The German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has supported the ongoing development of the congress since 2004.