PHOTONIC PLATFORMS: Foundations of Integrated Photonics
10:00 – 11:00: Registration
11:00 – 11:15: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Caterina Ciminelli | Politecnico di Bari
11:15 – 11:45: Introduction to the INPHOMIR Project
Lorenzo Mancini, INPHOMIR Project Coordinator
11:45– 12:30: OPENING KEYNOTE
Integrated Photonics: A Strategic Enabling Technology for Future Sensing and Navigation Systems
Andrea Melloni | Politecnico di Milano
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45: Integrated Photonic Platforms: A Comparative Overview of Silicon, InP, SiN and Thin-Film Lithium Niobate
Mattias Verstuyft | IMEC – Ghent University
14:45– 15:30: Silicon Photonics for Scalable Integrated Systems: Opportunities and Challenges
Mattias Verstuyft | IMEC – Ghent University
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45: InP-Based Integrated Photonics for Active and Sensing Functionalities
Xaveer Leijtens | Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
16:45 – 17:30: Thin-Film Lithium Niobate for High-Performance Photonic Systems
18:30 – 20:30: Welcome Cocktail, Live Music and Networking
DESIGN AND MODELLING: From Application Requirements to Photonic Circuits
09:00 – 09:45: From Device Physics to Circuit Simulation: Modelling Methods for Integrated Photonics
09:45 – 10:30: Design Platforms, PDKs and Foundry-Oriented Design
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45: Multi-Platform Design for Integrated Photonic Systems
Simone Iadanza | Paul Scherrer Institut
11:45 – 12:30: Photonic-Electronic Co-Design: From PICs to Integrated Systems
12:30 – 13:15: From Modelling and Design to Fabrication: Challenges in Micro- and Nano-Fabrication of Photonic Systems
Carlos Alonso Ramos | C2N – CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay
13:15 – 15:00: Poster Session, Light Lunch and Networking
Student posters, interaction with speakers and partners, poster competition
15:15 – 15:45: Bus boarding / logistics
15:45 – 16:30: Transfer to SITAEL
16:30 – 18:00: Technical Visit to SITAEL – Satellite Systems and Space Technologies
18:00 – 18:45: Return to Bari
FABRICATION, INTEGRATION AND PACKAGING: From Design files to packaged photonic systems
09:00 – 09:45: Photonic Fabrication Technologies: From Design Files to Functional Devices
Antonio Samarelli | Sivers Photonics
09:45 – 10:30: Process Variability, Tolerances and Design-for-Manufacturing in Integrated Photonics
Daniel Nilsen Wright | SINTEF Digital
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45: Heterogeneous Integration of Photonic Components and Functional Materials
Georg Pucker | Fondazione Bruno Kessler
11:45 – 12:30: Photonic Packaging and Assembly for Integrated Sensors and Systems
Melih Senel | Tyndall National Institute
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Afternoon: Free Time / Networking / Individual Meetings
20:00: Social Dinner
SENSING, NAVIGATION AND SPACE APPLICATIONS: Integrated Photonics Beyond the Chip
09:00 – 09:45: Integrated Photonic Sensing: Principles, Technologies and Emerging Applications
Spyros Zormpas | CYRIC University of Thessaly
09:45 – 10:30: Mid-Infrared Integrated Photonics for Advanced Sensing Applications
Mikhail Belkin | Technical Univesity of Munich
10:30 – 11:15: Integrated Photonic Gyroscopes: Principles, Architectures and Current Challenges
Giuseppe Brunetti | Politecnico di Bari
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15: Photonic Technologies for Navigation and Positioning Systems
Leonardo Daga | GEM Elettronica
12:15 – 13:00: Integrated Photonics for LiDAR, Beamforming and Advanced Sensing Systems
Stavros Iezekiel | University of Cyprus
13:00 – 13:45: System-Level Integration and Deployment in Aerospace and Autonomous Platforms
Simone Giusti | Sigma Ingegneria
13:45 – 14:15: Bus boarding and lunch box distribution
14:15 – 16:00: Transfer to Grottaglie Airport
16:00 – 18:00: Technical Visit to Grottaglie Airport. Drones, Autonomous Systems and Advanced Aerospace Technologies
18:00 – 19:45: Return to Bari
EUROPEAN ECOSYSTEM, INNOVATION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: Looking Beyond the Technology
09:00 – 10:30 Sister Projects Session
EU – COMPAS, Daniel Nilsen Wright (SINTEF Digital)
EU – MULTILAB, Spyros Zormpas (CyRIC)
EU – SYMPHONY, Carlos Alonso Ramos (Universite Paris-Saclay)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 European Funding and Career Opportunities for Early-Career Researchers
Isella Vicini | beWarrant – Tinexta Innovation Hub SpA
11:45 – 12:30: CLOSING KEYNOTE
Integrated Photonics and Strategic Technologies: Perspectives from the Space Sector
12:30 – 13:00: Awards, Closing Remarks