Shape the Future of Photonics Innovation in Europe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94d2hITlqZE. 

Do you have an idea you’ve been developing or a product in need of further refinement – one with the potential to make a real-world impact and transform industries? If so, this is your moment! Apply for the Photonics21 Innovation Award 2025 or encourage your talented colleagues to take the leap.

The award is open to PhD students, master’s students, young entrepreneurs, and makers who have an innovative photonics idea that could become a thriving business or product.

Exiting Prizes Await:

1st Place: €5,000 cash prize, entrepreneurial skills training by PhotonHub Europe, and access to venture capitalists

2^nd and 3^rd Place: Entrepreneurial skills training by PhotonHub Europe.

The award ceremony will take place on 15 May 2025 during the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting in Brussels – a prime opportunity to showcase your innovation on a European stage.

Don’t miss your chance to make a difference in photonics innovation. Learn more and submit your application by 10 March 2025 via the contest website.

Apply here:  https://www.photonics21.org/contest-2025/innovation-award.php

EU Business Hub – Japan and the Republic of Korea  programme:

The EU Business Hub is an EU-funded programme which supports EU companies active in the green and low-carbon technologies, digital solutions, and healthcare and medical equipment sectors to enter the two Asian markets by organising 10 business missions to Japan and 10 business missions to the Republic of Korea over the next four years.

The business mission EU Business Hub @Smart Energy Week Spring 2025 could be interesting to your organisation. 50 selected European SMEs and start-ups in the renewable energy sector will join Smart Energy Week held in Tokyo at Tokyo Big Sight between 17 – 21 February 2025.

Key benefitsfor the selected companies:

• Business matchmaking: pre-arranged in-person meetings with carefully selected Korean enterprises.
• Market intelligence including sectoral briefings providing insights on market structure and opportunities.
• Hotel accommodation (Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas) for four nights – in total, up to €1000 for accommodation is covered by the programme.
• Financial support to benefit from a menu of customised services co-funded by the programme (e.g. translation, printing, legal advice, etc.) – in total, up to €1000 is covered by the programme.
• Coverage of visitor fee at KIMES 2025.
• Cultural and linguistic support such as briefings on doing business in Korea, and support for interpretation and translation.

This mission is a unique chance to forge long-lasting partnerships with Korean counterparts and expand your business horizons.

APPLY NOW

Visit our website for detailed information about the programme and this specific mission EU Business Hub @Smart Energy Week Spring 2025.

Deadline for application: 8 November 2024.

Tech Tour and PhotonHub Europe are launching the PhotonHub Scaling Club.

This Member-only Club will select and engage 10 ambitious Tech Company Members upscaling at 2 combined levels:

• Their Company growth and value through accelerated investments, partnerships and leadership
• The technology solution(s) based on PICs (Photonics Integrated Circuits) from TRL 4
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• Interested - Companies

  Eligibility Criteria: To be considered, your company should:

  • Fit the innovation scope.
  • Have raised > €0.5 M past 3 years​
  • Show strong potential and ambition to scale.
  • Has interest to upscale its technology from TRL4 upwards

  Important Dates:

  • Application Deadline: 29 November 2024
  • Selection Process: December 2024
  • Selected Companies Announced: 20 December 2024
  • Kick-Off Online: 1 February 2025
  • Kick-Off Meeting in Brussels: TBC February 2025

  • Read more and application

  • PhotonHub Europe Scaling Club is an initiative developed by Tech Tour, Europe’s largest tech investment community and PhotonHub Europe - a unique European full-service one-stop-shop digital innovation hub for photonics, as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation in Public Private Partnership with Photonics21.

    

Το Τομεακό Επιστημονικό Συμβούλιο (ΤΕΣ) Μεταφοράς Τεχνολογίας και Διανοητικής Ιδιοκτησίας του Εθνικού Συμβουλίου Έρευνας, Τεχνολογίας και Καινοτομίας (ΕΣΕΤΕΚ), η Ελληνική Αναπτυξιακή Τράπεζα Επενδύσεων (HDBI) και το Uni.Fund διοργανώνουν workshop με τίτλο: “The role of National Technology Transfer Hubs: Expectations, Challenges and Opportunities”. Το workshop διοργανώνεται στο πλαίσιο του συνεδρίου Tech Tour South East και θα διεξαχθεί την Τετάρτη 23 Οκτωβρίου, 6:30-8μμ στο κεντρικό αμφιθέατρο του Ωδείου Αθηνών (Βασ. Γεωργίου Β 17-19, Αθήνα). Επισυνάπτεται το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα.

Περιορισμένος αριθμός των συμμετεχόντων του workshop θα έχει τη δυνατότητα να παραστεί στα pitching sessions του Tech Tour South East event, τηρώντας σειρά προτεραιότητας. Το Tech Tour South East διεξάγεται φέτος για τρίτη χρονιά, είναι by invitation only event και έχει αναδειχθεί στο κυρίαρχο event σύνδεσης επενδυτών με startups-scaleups του SE region.

Για τη συμμετοχή στο workshop απαιτείται εγγραφή στον ακόλουθο σύνδεσμο: 

Εγγραφή στο Workshop