2025 iPSRS Industrial Workshop

Connecting our students with companies, research laboratories and our alumni

Programme overview

9:00–12:00 – Visit of Hubert Curien laboratory with PhD students.
14:00–15:00 – Alumni session
- VTT, Finland – Duc Huynh Le (cohort 2022)
- Northeastern University, USA – Kapil Saha (cohort 2023)
- Think Quantum, Italy – Iker Avila (cohort 2024)
- UEF, Finland – Deborah Amos Adigun (cohort 2025)
15:00–15:15 – European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), Elisenda Lara, “Most common job titles in photonics for the last 6 months”.
15:15–16:15 – Round table with alumni: From iPSRS/PSRS to career paths – Lessons learned and advice for the next generation.
Moderators: Holly Lewis and Alex Bramwell.
16:15–16:45 – Break.
16:45–18:00 – Poster session: M2 students present their summer internships to M1.
18:15 – Best poster award.

9:30–10:15 – GFH GmbH, Germany, Roswitha Giedl-Wagner.
10:15–11:00 – Toppan Security, France, Alice Vermeulin.
11:15–12:00 – Merck Optronics, Metrology & Inspection, France, Davit Hakobyan.
12:00–14:00 – Lunch networking.
14:00–14:45 – NAQUIDIS, France, Johan Boullet.
15:00–16:00 – Round table with Roswitha Giedl-Wagner, Alice Vermeulin, Johan Boullet, Davit Hakobyan, Marwan Abdou Ahmed:
Innovation, industry needs & career readiness in photonics.
Moderators: Melany Koral Soto Carrion and Bianca Garcia.

9:30–10:15 – 3L-OPTRONICS, Ludovic Escoubas, Professor and CEO, France.
10:15–11:00 – Plas’tri, Clara Spetebroodt, Co-founder, France.
11:00–12:00 – Round table with Ludovic Escoubas and Clara Spetebroodt:
From lab to market, challenges of founding a company, fundraising and business model, advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Moderators: Bilal Anayat and Maryam Fourouhari.
14:00–14:30 – Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Laser Development and Laser Optics Department, Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW), University of Stuttgart.
14:30–15:00 – Amaury Habrard, Computer Science, Laboratoire Hubert Curien.
15:00–15:30 – Nathalie Destouches, Laser and nanomaterials, Laboratoire Hubert Curien.
15:30–16:00 – Coffee break.
16:00–16:30 – Jean-Philippe Colombier, Physics modelling, Laboratoire Hubert Curien.
16:30–17:00 – Thierry Fournel, Image processing and artificial intelligence, Laboratoire Hubert Curien.

7 November – iPSRS M1 students at Manutech-USD for a training session on ultrafast laser micro- and nanostructuring.
3, 5 November – iPSRS M2 students at Manutech-USD for a training session on advanced beam shaping and ultrafast laser micro/nanostructuring with single spot and multiple-spot.
5–6 November – iPSRS M2 students at the NanoSaint-Etienne platform of Hubert Curien laboratory for a training session on optical lithography in clean room and atomic force microscopy.