Connecting Start-ups, Young Companies and the Photonics Industry

Swissmem Photonics and the Photonics Booster jointly invite you to this event, which brings together start-ups, young companies and the photonics industry to mutually benefit from each other.

Connecting Start-ups, Young Companies and the Photonics Industry, 13. November 2025, 13:00 – 18:30 in Zurich

Aim of this event:

The event brings together start-ups, young companies and the photonics industry to mutually benefit from each other.

Start-ups and young companies can create valuable contacts with already established companies in the photonics industry. On the other hand, established companies can enter new collaborations to approach their innovation needs with exciting partners.

What you can expect:

  • Key notes from successful former start-up founders who will talk about their experiences on the road to success
  • Inputs of start-ups and young companies presenting their technology, competences and challenges
  • Panel to hear about needs of start-ups and young companies and potential approaches
  • Networking possibilities enabling new collaborations by the Photonics Booster and Swissmem
  • For Startups: get to know Swissmem Industry Sector Photonics activities and attractive membership benefits at Swissmem
  • On site matchmaking possibilities

 

Who should attend this event:

– Start-ups/Young companies that are themselves active in the field of photonics or can support the photonics industry
– Already established companies in the photonics industry looking for new partnerships and inspiring innovations behavior


Date:    
               Thursday, 13th of November, 13:00 – 18:30

Place:                   Swissmem, Pfingstweidstrasse  102, 8037 Zürich

Program

13:00 Arrival incl. refreshments
13:30 Welcome & Introduction to the event
13:45 Keynote talk I
  • Marc von Waldkirch, CEO Sensirion AG
14:15 Introductions Startups & Young Companies Round I
 
  • Solabs Nanotechnology, Fabrice Bagnoud
  • Glucoloop, Gabriel Spühler
  • Edwatec, Amir Youssefi
  • CCraft, Hamed Sattari
  • Lightium, Amir Ghadimi
  • Chirplight, Laurent Nevou
15:15 Networking Coffee Break
15:45 Keynote talk II
  • Reinhard Völkel, “Startup, Scaleup, Unicorn”
16:15 Introductions Startups & Young Companies Round II
 
  • Pandao, Oliver Fähnle
  • Sy&Se SA, Peter Kupferschmied
  • sensorXsolutions, Sanket Bhatia
  • AlphaLum, Markus Rossi
  • maXerial, Roger Herger
17:15 Swissmem Photonics – Values and activities for young companies
17:30 Networking Apéro

     

Registration

Contact: Selina Casutt, s.casutt@swissmem.ch

Swissmem, Pfingstweidstr. 102, Zürich, Switzerland

 

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Phone: +41 44 384 42 10
Email: photonics@swissmem.ch

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