Industry

Focused activities for companies, clusters and professionals

Industry

Focused activities for companies, clusters and professionals

Photonics research is rapidly flowing from research centres and laboratories to be incorporated into industrial processes. ICFO participates in a number of collaborative activities with industry in addition to generating insightful resources for businesses. ICFO also strives to reach new sectors and industries where photonics may be applied to unleash innovative potential, improving industrial processes and brining new products to market. Please visit ICFO website to learn more about our broad range of joint activities with our industrial partners.

Industrial Workshops and Seminars

In addition to scheduled seminars on-site, ICFO organizes a series of workshops and seminars specifically targeting new business sectors that may benefit from photonics.

Cross-fertilization

Photonics is a true enabling technology. Introduce photonics to a multidisciplinary collaboration and you enhance the possibilities for conceptual advancement and the creation of new knowledge with useful and marketable applications for society. This is what we refer to as cross-fertilization, highly skilled professionals from a variety of disciplines, pooling their knowledge to assess problems and solutions from unique and innovative perspectives. Disciplines as diverse as life sciences, medicine, agriculture, archaeology, cultural patrimony, quality control, cosmetics, security, aerospace, automotive are examples of current collaborations we have at ICFO.

Reports

Check out the recent reports on the impact of photonic technologies in different technology areas.

Personalized training

Professionals from industry are welcome to learn about the role that light is playing in advancements within their sector. ICFO offers specialized courses that combine lectures with complementary practical demonstrations at the ICFO facilities.