Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems (IPES) Industry Day 2016 for UCL-Cambridge Centre

Does your company have an interest in developing integrated photonic and electronic systems? Come and meet with our students and academics at our Annual Industry Day in London. During the day we will be showcasing some of the research and technological achievements so far of the UCL-Cambridge Centre. We will describe some example student projects and will give you the opportunity to meet both the students and academics involved with the Centre and consider offering our students the chance to contribute to your research agenda and make a real difference to your company.

We invite our industrial partners including Qioptiq, Oclaro, Toshiba, Penteract28, Zinwave and any companies with an interest in integrated photonic and electronic systems to offer industry linked projects to our Masters and PhD students on the programme.

JOIN US on 14th January 2016 to:

• Attend presentations from technology leaders
• View the latest applications for photonics
• Meet students and academics developing solutions for applications
• See poster displays showcasing the latest research discoveries in integrated photonics
• Explore collaborative research opportunities for your company
• Discuss offering a mini-project or PhD to one of our outstanding students
• Network with companies interested in photonics - refreshments & buffet lunch provided thanks to our sponsors HGF

We would like to thank our Sponsor, HGF Intellectual Property Specialists who have provided lunch and refreshments.

If you are from a company interested in offering a research project to one of our students, we would be especially pleased for you to join us for the day. We look forward to meeting you.

Schedule

09.30

Arrival: Registration and Coffee

10.00

Introduction to the Centre. Professor Alwyn Seeds (UCL), Director.

10.15

Keynote Presentation from Andrew Lord, Head of Optical Research, BT: "New Directions for Optical Networks - Elasticity, Programmability and Security" focusing on the technology challenges and opportunities of integrated photonics

10:45

Keynote Presentation from Carlos Lee, CEO of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC): "Photonics: Enabling the Next Revolutions"

11.15

Company Presentations

13.00

Buffet Lunch courtesy of our sponsor: HGF Intellectual Property Specialists

14.00

Student Presentations: Kishan Lachhani (UCL) and Sarwat Baig (Cambridge)

15.00 Opportunities in Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems Research and Technology Development. Discussion chaired by Professor Richard Penty (University of Cambridge)
15.15 Working with the Centre: Project Proposal Arrangements. Dr Cyril Renaud (UCL) 15.30 Tea and Informal discussions 16.00 Close

Travel to UCL

UCL is located in the Bloomsbury district at the very centre of London. The nearest tube station is Euston Square, only 2 minutes walk away. Mainline train stations Euston and St Pancras are both within about 10 minutes walk.

You can see more information on travel to UCL at the link below:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/public-transport/

Our Speakers

Professor Alwyn Seeds (UCL), Director of the IPES CDT

Professor Alwyn Seeds FREng, FIEEE, is Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL, which includes some 50 researchers working on various aspects of photonics. The Department's photonics activities were highlighted by the 2008 RAE Panel as being of "undoubted international excellence". His key technical innovations have been in microwave photonics, an area now enjoying worldwide sales of >$0.3B He is the author of some 250 papers in this research area, over 60 of them invited, inventor on some 14 patents and has been Conference Chair/Programme Chair for many international conferences in photonics. Among his leadership roles he is the Vice-President for Technical Affairs of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society, the lead society for photonics within the IEEE. He is the founder/co-founder of three technology companies including Zinwave.

Andrew Lord, Head of Optical Networks Research, BT

Andrew joined BT in 1985 after a BA in Physics from Oxford University. He has worked on a wide range of optical network systems and technologies, including long haul subsea and terrestrial DWDM networks. He currently heads BT’s optical core and access research. He has had many years of European project coordination and currently helps lead the Idealist FP7 project. He regularly speaks at conferences, sits on several organising committees, including ECOC and is Technical Program Chair for OFC 2015. He is an associate Editor of Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), is Visiting Professor at Essex University and Senior Member of the IEEE.

Carlos Lee, Director General, European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC)

As part of the EPIC mission, Carlos works closely with industrial photonic companies to ensure a vibrant and competitive ecosystem by maintaining a strong network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement. He brings with him a strong background in microelectronics which was acquired through several management positions held at the international association SEMI. He has been responsible in Europe for the SEMI International Standards program, managed technical and executive programs, and together with the advisory board advocated for a more competitive semiconductor and photovoltaic manufacturing industry.
Carlos has a BBA in Finance and an MBA in Leadership & Change Management from United Business Institutes.

Sarwat Baig, PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Sarwat joined the CDT (Cambridge) in October 2013 to pursue her interest in developing novel materials for photonics applications.

Prior to joining the centre, Sarwat graduated from the Bristol University in 2011 with a Chemistry degree (which included a year studying abroad in Canada) and worked for Hewlett-Packard Laboratories within the Next Generation Displays group. She worked as a devices engineer on a reflective colour display project. Despite possessing a unique skill set due to the industrial experience and the chemistry degree, Sarwat lacked knowledge in fundamental optics and electronics.Sarwat has found the multidisciplinary approach of the course very beneficial as it enabled her to get a solid grounding in the basics.

During her first year she picked a variety of modules; Solar Electronic Power, Management of Technology, and Display Technologies at Cambridge; Software for Network Services and Design and Advanced Photonic Devices at UCL. Her first mini project was supervised by Dr Hannah Joyce and involved fabricating polymer-nanowire composites for opto-electronics. Her second mini project was supervised by Dr Ioannis Papakonstantinou and involved electrospinning carbon nanotube-polymer composites for medical devices. Both were a perfect mix of chemistry and photonics.

Sarwat is now in the second year of her PhD at Cambridge, co-supervised by both Dr Hannah Joyce and Dr Ioannis Papakonstantinou; continuing with the polymer-nanowire composite for opto-electronics project. She spends time at both universities, as both supervisors have different areas of expertise, which broadens the scope of her project.

Professor Richard Penty (Cambridge), Director of the IPES CDT

Professor Richard Penty studied for his doctoral research in the Cambridge University Engineering Department on optical fibre devices for signal processing applications, receiving his PhD in 1989. He returned to Cambridge in 2001, having been a Professor at the University of Bristol. His research interests include high-speed optical communications systems, high brightness lasers, optical amplifiers, high speed and high power semiconductor lasers and radio over fibre and LAN systems. He has been an author of in excess of 400 refereed journal and conference papers and is Editor-in-Chief of IET Optoelectronics. He is a co-founder of Zinwave and Master of Sidney Sussex College.

Dr Cyril Renaud (UCL), Assistant Director of the IPES CDT

Dr Renaud is a Reader in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL leading research on components and systems for THz photonics, where he is the holder of the record for the highest power extracted from a photodetector at 1 THz. He has also worked and studied within some of the most prestigious institutions involved in Photonics in Europe (Institut d’Optique, Ecole Normale Superieur Optoelectronics Research Centre). He is an inventor on 3 patents in photonics.

Attendee List

You can download an attendee list here and presentations should be available to download from here shortly.