Dr. Ing. Pavel Honzátko participated as a representative of the IFE in the annual membership meeting of the Czech Optical Cluster and the follow-up workshop Photonics and Strategic Cooperation. The events were held on 27-28 November at the Institute of Instrumentation of the CAS in Brno.
The Czech Optical Cluster is a voluntary non-profit organization founded in 2017, which brings together and represents representatives of science and industry working in the field of optics. It brings together 43 companies and academic institutions, of which 3 members - Charles University, Elya Solutions and Valeo were newly admitted at the membership meeting in question. The cluster chairman Petr Přikryl informed about an extremely successful year, when the consortium members were awarded 2 prestigious Horizon projects: PhotonQboost and Laser-Pro. He also presented the most important upcoming events of the cluster for 2025:
- Laser World of Photonics, München, 24.-27.6.
- OPIE’25, Yokohama, 23.-25.4.
- Expo 2025, Osaka 8-9/2025
At the cluster meeting, an agreement on cooperation with the Czech National Semiconductor Cluster and the Moravian-Silesian Automotive Cluster was also signed.
At the workshop, Prof. Josef Lazar, Director of the Institute of Scientific Instruments, presented the National Semiconductor Strategy and opportunities for photonics. The National Quantum Strategy was presented by the Government Commissioner Mgr. Petr Kavalíř, Ph.D. from ZČU and research on quantum technologies at ISI was presented by Ing. Ondřej Číp, Ph.D.
The Czech start-up Lichtigo, which developed the LIBS system (laser induced breakdown spectroscopy) and IQS Nano, which developed a system for precision 3D printing based on two-photon absorption, were also presented at the workshop. Furthermore, the activities of the Electron Microscopy Department of the Institute were presented.
The workshop was concluded with a tour of selected laboratories of the Institute.
