Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF

Program - Goes Quantum 2025

The Photonics Days 2025 -
important information

 

  • The Photonics Day Jena 2025 will take place on September 29, 2025 as an on-site event held in English.

The times given are all Central European Time (CEST; UTC +2:00 hours) and 24h format.

 

This year's Photonics Day will take place in parallel with other events organized by Fraunhofer IOF and its partners, that participants from other events will attend program items of the Photonics Day.


In addition to the program items, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of the following offer:
The hackathon  “Quantum Hacking” is offered by project "O-PEN" (funded by BMFTR) and
requires mandatory registration at www.quanten-kompass.de

Agenda 2025

TIME PROGRAM
9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. Arrival & Registration at Photonics Day 2025

FOYER Fraunhofer IOF
10:30 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. Welcoming Remarks by Andreas Tünnermann & representative of Friedrich-Schiller University Jena

ZEISS Hall, Fraunhofer IOF
10:45 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Career & Industry Brunch
On-site networking brunch with hiring companies in the field of photonics

ZEISS Hall, Fraunhofer IOF
1:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. Photonics4Future Lecture: Quantum Technology
Fabian Steinlechner (Fraunhofer IOF)

Auditorium, Abbe Center of Photonics
1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. Labtour & Showroom
Guided tour of the Fraunhofer IOF in small groups

Fraunhofer IOF		 Hackathon "QUANTUM HACKING"
Lectures “The world of quantum hacking”
Experiment presentation
mandatory registration at http://www.quanten-kompass.de/registrierung
Seminar Room 1, Abbe Center of Photonics
3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. COFFEE BREAK

Abbe Center of Photonics
4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Keynote Lecture & Talk
Christine Silberhorn / Head - Chair of Integrated Quantum Optics at Paderborn University

Auditorium, Abbe Center of Photonics
5:00 P.M. - 5:45 P.M. Award ceremony for the
"Applied Photonics Award 2025"

Auditorium, Abbe Center of Photonics		 Extension of Hackathon "QUANTUM HACKING" (open end!)

Seminar Room 1, Abbe Center of Photonics
5:45 P.M. - 6:15 P.M. Idea Pitches of "Cluster of Excellence in Photonics"
&
subsequent Award Ceremony

FOYER Fraunhofer IOF
6:15 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Evening Program
Get Together "Photonics Day" and "Jenaer Optikgespräche"

FOYER Fraunhofer IOF

last updated: July 11

The program is subject to change until September 29, 2025