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36 Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders candidates named ahead of election

Date Announced: 08 Oct 2025

Online voting period is between 21 October and 4 November 2025 (noon).

Düsseldorf, Germany -- Photonics21 this week announced that in preparation for the upcoming Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders online election the full list of candidates has now been published.

In total, 36 candidates will be available for election at the online voting. 24 candidates are from industry, 11 candidates from research organisations, and 1 candidate is from an association.

The online voting period will take place between 21 October and 4 November 2025 (noon). All registered voters will receive their online voting details prior the start of the online election phase.

You can view the list of candidates and the nomination letters in the Board of Stakeholders election portal

Candidate list

Following is the list of the 36 candidates of the Board of Stakeholders Election 2025:

Candidate Affiliation

Representative

Type

Country

AIXEMTEC GmbH

Tobias Müller

Industry

Germany

AIXTRON SE

Michael Heuken

Industry

Germany

ams-OSRAM International GmbH

Martin Strassburg

Industry

Germany

asphericon GmbH

Ulrike Fuchs

Industry

Germany

CADFEM (Austria) GmbH

Irene Reichel

Industry

Austria

Ensemble3 sp. z o.o.

Dorota Anna Pawlak

Research

Poland

E-S-TEL SRL

Philippe Bolle

Industry

Belgium

FISBA AG

Martin Forrer

Industry

Switzerland

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering

Andreas Tünnermann

Research

Germany

Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology

Carlo Holly

Research

Germany

Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems

Thomas Höche

Research

Germany

Institut Photonique - CentraleSupélec

Marc Sciamanna

Research

France

Light Conversion

Lutz Aschke

Industry

Lithuania

Lithuanian Laser Association

Kristina Ananičienė

Other

Lithuania

MEETOPTICS LABS

Barbara Buades Sabater

Industry

Spain

MONDRAGON Corporation S. Coop.

Joseba Bilbatua

Industry

Spain

Officina Stellare SpA

Federico Pettazzi

Industry

Italy

OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Davide Bleiner

Research

Switzerland

Photonics Leadership Group

John Lincoln

Industry

United Kingdom

PICadvanced S.A.

Francisco Rodrigues

Industry

Portugal

Polish Technological Platform on Photonics

Anna Szerling

Industry

Poland

RWTH Aachen University

Arnold Gillner

Research

Germany

SCANLAB GmbH

Holger Schlüter

Industry

Germany

SCHOTT AG

Jens Ulrich Thomas

Industry

Germany

Sill Optics GmbH

Guido Bonati

Industry

Germany

Technology Scotland Limited

Alison McLeod

Industry

United Kingdom

TECNOBIT SLU

Santiago Simón

Industry

Spain

Thales SA

Gilles Feugnet

Industry

France

ThinkQuantum Srl

Simone Capeleto

Industry

Italy

Università degli Studi di Padova 

Giuseppe Vallone

Research

Italy

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Daniele Bajoni

Research

Italy

Valeo Group

Sophie Cladé

Industry

France

VIGO Photonics S.A.

Adam Piotrowski

Industry

Poland

V-Research GmbH

Heinz Seyringer

Industry

Austria

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Lien Smeesters

Research

Belgium

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Ari Alastalo

Research

Finland

Contact


Photonics21 Secretariat
c/o VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH
VDI-Platz 1
40468 Düsseldorf
Germany

E-mail: secretariat@photonics21.org

Web Site: photonics21.org

 
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