“As physical events are still not a good option for the rest of the year, Photonics21 decide to host the online meeting "Photonics21 towards Horizon Europe" on November 5th, 2020 from 10am - 12pm”

The recent European Commission industry strategy “A New Industrial Strategy for Europe” clearly recognized Photonics technologies as a key enabling technology for the digital transformation of European industry stating, “The EU will support the development of key enabling technologies that are strategically important for Europe’s industrial future…including Photonics“.

PhotonHub Europe – a new pan-European photonics digital innovation hub –has been awarded €19 million investment from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
PhotonHub Europe will help European SMEs and mid-caps become highly competitive digital businesses through faster and smarter deployment of photonics-based technologies, directly creating over 1.000 new high-tech EU jobs and nearly €1 billion in new revenues and venture capital by 2025.

BestPhorm21 – a new decisive support project to Horizon Europe’s “Photonics Partnership”- has been awarded from the EU’s Horizon 2020 to start on January 1, 2021

BestPhorm21 is led by the Photoncs21 Secretariat, VDITZ, in partnership with 14 National Technology Platforms and clusters; HPhos being among them with a budget of 54.000 €. The project is aiming to develop a community driven European photonics industrial strategy and roadmap,