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Some of the recent Master of Science in Photonics Engineering graduates at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture UGent graduation ceremony. #proud

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Our Professors and team wish you a brilliant 2022! ✨ Happy Holidays!

Very pleased with the #ERCPoC European Research Council (ERC) outcome. The proposals of both Wim Bogaerts and Bart Kuyken were granted. Exciting times ahead! Photonics UGent UGent imec

My last day today as chair of the ⁦Photonics UGent⁩ group, one year before my retirement. ⁦Dries Van Thourhout⁩ (Dries) is taking over this role and I have just swapped office with him. I wish Dries a lot of success in his new role!

The crowd is filling the beautiful room at De Bijloke for our symposium #LightAndEnlightenment , showing how photonics helps us tackle the challenges for the next decade. A unique event to celebrate the career and retirement of Roel Baets of Photonics UGent UGent imec

Professor Dries Van Thourhout , new chair of the Photonics UGent research group, warmly welcomes the many attendees to this unique @LightAndEnlightenment symposium. We have come a long way since we made our first photonic chips. UGent imec

Setting the scene for the morning session of our #LightAndEnlightenment special symposium. Professor Thomas Krauss of University of York dives briefly into the history of photonics, and then directs our view towards the future. Photonics UGent UGent imec

Professor @johnbowers111 of UCSB lays out the challenges and opportunities in bringing lasers to silicon photonic chips at scale, here at #LightAndEnlightenment . What is needed, so in ten years’ time we find a photonic chip in every device? Photonics UGent UGent imec

Are you not entertained? Jose Pozo, CTO of Optica , makes you laugh, and then makes you think at the #LightAndEnlightenment symposium, as he lays out the landscape for photonics technological breakthroughs in the coming decade. Photonics UGent UGent imec

Can photons improve your health? Let’s hear from Danaë Delbeke , CEO of Indigo Diabetes , who gives the audience of #LightAndEnlightenment an insight how (silicon) photonics can radically change the face of personalized healthcare. Photonics UGent UGent imec

Prof. Zeger Hens of PCN presents a new view of creating photonics at the #LightAndEnlightenment symposium. What if you can just combine all the functions you want with your inkjet printer? Photonics UGent UGent imec

Almost but not quite yet emeritus professor Roel Baets hosts the afternoon session of the #LightAndEnlightenment symposium. The morning session showed us the technology, now we need to apply it to make our world a better place. Photonics UGent UGent imec

Know yourself! Peter Peumans of imec makes us look in the digital mirror at #LightAndEnlightenment, and we see our digital twin. How can we use our technology to understand our biology, and make smart decisions for ourselves and the world. Photonics UGent imec

Photons can’t do it all by themselves. Rudi De Winter , CEO of X-FAB, is with us at #LightAndEnlightenment, telling us how photonics and electronics should join forces to tackle societal challenges. Photonics UGent UGent imec

It was a pleasure and a privilege to present this talk and to articulate a vision for the silicon photonics community at large!