Discover HaDEA-managed projects showcasing their work in photonics and laser technology at CLEO®/Europe-EQEC & Laser World of Photonics

The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe (CLEO®/Europe-EQEC conference) is taking place in Munich, Germany, 23-27 June 2025. Alongside the Conference, the Laser World of Photonics trade fair will take place, providing a comprehensive overview of the wide range of photonics themes in industry and research. 

Several projects in the domain of photonics funded by the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programmes, and managed by HaDEA, are actively participating in the conference and trade fair. This will provide a platform to demonstrate successful research and innovation results across different areas of photonics and laser technology, with examples from sectors such as healthcare, environmental sustainability, manufacturing, and more. Discover more about the participating projects:

SWEEPICS has been researching and developing the next generation of swept source lasers enabling high resolution laser-based screening systems, a multimodal non-invasive imaging system, and a smart microscope for accelerated acquisition and diagnostics. Overall, this technology represents a major breakthrough in capable laser technology for high accuracy and throughput medical diagnostics and is poised to make significant contributions to the European laser and biomedical technology landscape.

BROMEDIR is using new generation of miniature spectrometers to develop sensing platforms, to be demonstrated in 3 diverse application domains. At the conference, BROMEDIR will present, as part of a keynote presentation, its project work on Photothermal spectroscopy (PTS) for gas sensing which is expected to be the first demonstration of PTS gas sensing based on a silicon Fabry-Pérot Interferometer (FPI). The project will also be physically demonstrating the operation of its FTIR prototype at the Laser World of Photonics exhibition. 

METAMORPHA  is working on the concept of a single agile USP (ultrashort pulse) laser micromachining platform to replace many conventional manufacturing process chains, with the potential to eliminate thousands of environmentally damaging production processes. It has established the LIMES cluster of related EU projects working on sustainable laser-based manufacturing. Its partners (Horizon Europe projects METAMORPHA, OPERATIC, OPTIMAL and INSHAPE) are involved in various joint workshops and events and will be present with a booth at the Laser World of Photonics exhibition. This is an opportunity to showcase the progress of each individual project, while also highlighting synergies between the different projects. 

SYMPHONY will develop a new technology enabling the implementation of dense networks of cloud-connected, low-cost, portable and easy-to-use sensors, capable of multi-target detection for applications in air quality control, pollution monitoring, industrial process control and safety. It leads the ECREAM cluster of EU projects working in the area of environmental and food monitoring and will be present with a booth at the Laser World of Photonics exhibition.

Lasers4MaaS  focuses on transforming modern manufacturing by offering innovative Lasers-as-a-Service solutions. By utilising dynamic laser beam shaping and AI-powered manufacturing techniques, it seeks to establish a state-of-the-art digital manufacturing platform that facilitates on-demand, sustainable, and cost-efficient production. From laser welding solutions for the automotive sector to manufacturing renewable energy components, Lasers4MaaS aims to provide industries with adaptable and scalable smart manufacturing solutions. The consortium will be present with a booth at the exhibition.

DYNAMOS develops a novel dynamically reconfigurable data centre network, based on energy-efficient photonic integrated circuits. The objective is to come up with a fast, modular and highly scalable opto-electronical network configuration, which can address existing bottlenecks in data centres and high-performance computing systems. Such novel network architecture will boost the overall performance of distributed machine learning tasks, by significantly reducing the time that is required to exchange large volumes of data between computer clusters. The consortium will have a booth at the exhibition. 

FAIR CHARM is advancing multiphoton microscopy for deeper and faster biomedical imaging. The development of new therapeutic strategies for different types of diseases requires dedicated instruments capable of encompassing biological problems in their entirety by monitoring them at all relevant length and timescales. The EU-funded FAIR CHARM project aims at providing two complementary imaging solutions, SWIM and SLIDE, which transform the capacity to capture in real-time the biological processes as well as the cellular and extracellular structures involved in disease onset and progression.

Background

The CLEO®/Europe-EQEC conference series gathers optics and photonics researchers and engineers across Europe. It highlights new frontiers in lasers, photonics and optical science across a wide range of technical areas.  Laser World of Photonics is the world's leading trade fair for photonics components, systems and applications.

Horizon 2020 was the EU’s multiannual funding programme between 2014 and 2020. H2020 provided Research and Innovation (R&I) funding for multi-national collaboration projects alongside individual researchers and SMEs via special funding instruments. Horizon 2020 was replaced by the Horizon Europe Programme, which will run until 2027.