Photonics public private partnership set to fulfil investing pledges ahead of Horizon 2020

摘要

At Photonics21's annual meeting in Brussels on 28-29 March, speakers discussed the success of the Photonics public private partnership (PPP) and the association's current placement to be able to fulfil investment pledges ahead of Horizon 2020. Incoming Photonics21 president and CEO of Osram Opto Semiconductor, Aldo Kamper, spoke about how he is proud to be in charge of a partnership that is not only well-positioned to fulfil its pledges to quadruple the investment of the European Commission ahead of 2020, but is also looking ahead to the future. 'The challenge for us in the photonics community is to find the next big thing,' he commented. Kamper will be taking over the role of president from Dr Michael Mertin, CEO of Jenoptik.