The Board of Stakeholders online election 2026 will be held between 20th October 2026 and 3rd November 2026. This year 37 Board of Stakeholder positions are open for election.

Photonics21 members will elect the new Board of Stakeholders between 20th October and 3rd November 2026. This year, 37 seats are up for election. Register now as a voter and nominate a candidate!

An EU-funded project is developing a smart glasses system based on photonics that uses VCSELs to track your eye movements without cameras.

OPENVERSE, in its work as a Coordination and Support Action, is pulling together a community of key stakeholders engaged in the promotion and uptake of Virtual Worlds enabling technologies. The...

There are regular Photonics Calls for Proposals from the European Commission. The Photonics21 community is the dedicated body to define the European call topics for photonics.

The European Technology Platform Photonics21 unites the majority of the leading photonics industries and relevant R&D stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe. Today, ...

A team of researchers from Europe and South Korea is using photonics to cut the energy cost of AI and strengthen cybersecurity for future digital services

🪩 Celebrating 20 years of Photonics21 – and 5,000 followers strong To mark this milestone, we’ve put together a carousel highlighting key moments from 20 years of European photonics innovation. ✨ 𝟮𝟬...

Artificial intelligence expands, driving up costs and threatening to slow Europe’s energy transition. But a new report shows that only light-based computing can keep AI’s ever-expanding power demands ...

European industrial heavyweights, ranging from the defence and automotive sectors to telecoms and healthcare, are calling for a €2 billion “standalone programme” for photonics in the next Horizon Euro...