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

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
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Fr. Christopher Gama OFM, Cap. 📷: @lightandenlightenment

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

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

The Future is Quantum! This much is sure (probably?) at the #LightAndEnlightenment
symposium. Mark Thompson, Chief Technologist at PsiQuantum tells us how why we need quantum, and why photonics is the key technology to make them useful. Photonics UGent
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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

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. @PhotonicsUgent 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

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

The climate is THE challenge of our generation and the next. Prof. Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World) of UCLouvain, as a leader in the IPCC , gives us a strong wake-up call at #LightAndEnlightenment , while
at the same time giving us hope for the future. Photonics UGent UGent imec

Universities should be at the forefront of change. Who better than Rik Van de Walle, rector of UGent , to remind us of our role and responsibilities, and bring our #LightAndEnlightenment symposium to a worthy conclusion. Photonics UGent 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

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

Will we all be swallowed by the Metaverse? Ingrid Van de Voorde, director of Nokia Bell Labs Belgium, is with us at #LightAndEnlightenment to show us that virtual technologies can be more than a game. Photonics UGent @Ugent imec

The #LightAndEnlightenment Sym-Posium (“Drinking Together”) is true to its name. After being shaken and stirred by the challenges for tomorrow, we have our hopes high and everyone is getting together for a convivial drink. Photonics UGent UGent imec

An immense, dwarfing sight
to behold
in the brightness of day...
A beacon of light,
a guide
and even a necessity
amidst the darkness of the night...

#perspective
#hope
#faith
#GODisGood
#LightAndEnlightenment

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#perspective
#hope
#faith
#GODisGood
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Anticiperend hierop was @zegerhens een week geleden spreker op het symposium #LightAndEnlightenment .

It's the #IYL2015 ! Our #LightandEnlightenment events celebrate light's centrality in our lives sciencefestival.co.uk/light-and-enli…