EurOPTICA 2025 — Schedule

October 29 — 31, 2025 · International Department, Karlsruhe

EurOPTICA 2025 will take place from October 29 – 31, 2025 at the International Department, Karlsruhe. The event brings together academic and industrial leaders in optics and photonics, featuring research talks, workshops, lab tours, and competitions. Below is the detailed day-by-day schedule.

Day 1 — Wednesday, October 29 2025

Venue: International Department, Karlsruhe

09:00 — 09:30

Registration

09:30 — 09:45

Welcome Talk

Optics Students Karlsruhe (OSKar) e.V.

09:45 — 10:30

About OPTICA — for Students and Early Career Professionals

Dr. Claus Roll | OPTICA

10:30 — 11:30

Introduction to the Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP) Quantum and Nano-optics with Optical Microcavities

Prof. Dr. David Hunger | Physikalisches Institut, KIT

11:30 — 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 — 12:15

High-Resolution Quantum Imaging and Adaptive Optics at Fraunhofer IOSB

Dr. Giacomo Sorelli | Fraunhofer IOSB

12:15 — 12:45

Academia and Industry: Pros and Cons

Dr. Tatevik Chalyan | VUB Brussels Photonics

12:45 — 14:00

Lunch

14:00 — 14:30

CO₂ High Power Lasers for EUV Lithography

Maximilian Büttner | TRUMPF

14:30 — 15:00

Transforming Optics and Photonics: High-Precision Additive Manufacturing for Research and Industry

Martin Hermatschweiler | Nanoscribe

15:00 — 15:30

Edmund Optics — From New Jersey to the Moon

Sara Castillo | Edmund Optics

15:30 — 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 — 16:15

Plastic Waste Sorting — Exploring Opportunities Beyond the Current ZEISS Product Portfolio

Dr. Max Riedel | ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT

16:15 — 17:00

Overview of IPQ and KCOP

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Randel | Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, KIT

19:00 — 22:00

Company Dinner

Day 2 — Thursday, October 30 2025

Venue: International Department, Karlsruhe

09:00 — 12:00

Lab Tours — Campus South

Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ)

  • • Hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • • Optical Metrology and Sensing
  • • Optical Communications

Light Technology Institute (LTI)

  • • Lighting Technology
  • • Next Generation Photovoltaics
  • • Optoelectronics

Physics Institute (PHI)

  • • Spin Photon Interfacing
  • • Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy
  • • Scanning Cavity Microscopy
12:00 — 13:30

Lunch

13:30 — 14:00

Passive and Active Optical Metasurfaces

Dr. Marina Meretska | Institute of Nanotechnology, KIT

14:00 — 14:30

Light & Learning — A Symbiotic Approach to Optical Computing and Wavefront Engineering

Dr. Nikilesh Murty | Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

14:30 — 15:00

From Laser Labs to Lithography Lenses - A Physicist's role in Semiconductor Optics Manufacturing

Dr. Hemkumar Srinivas | ZEISS SMT

15:00 — 15:30

Transitioning from Academia to a Start-up as a Technology and as a Young Professional

Ignacio Robles | Deeplight

15:30 — 15:50

Coffee Break

16:00 — 17:30

3-Minute Thesis Competition by Nanoscribe

17:30 — 17:45

Coffee Break

17:45 — 18:00

Prize Giveaway by Nanoscribe

19:30 — 23:00

Drinks — Hoepfner Burghof

Day 3 — Friday, October 31 2025

Venue: International Department, Karlsruhe

10:00 — 12:00

Workshops

Research Integrity, Ethics and Publications

Dr. Claus Roll

Patents and Intellectual Property

Robert Harrison

12:00 — 13:00

Lunch

13:00 — 15:00

Poster Session | KSOP

Participants will get the opportunity to present their research in a visual and interactive format.

15:00 — 15:30

Conclusion