Unlocking new sensing capabilities with mid-infrared PICs

October 8th 2025 - 3pm BST

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Join our expert panel to explore how mid-infrared photonic integrated circuits are reshaping sensing applications — and what’s needed to scale them successfully across industries.

From safer cars to cleaner air and smarter health diagnostics, mid-infrared photonic integrated circuits (PICs) offer transformative potential across industries by enabling highly sensitive, compact, and scalable optical sensing. These advanced devices are uniquely suited to detect a wide range of gas molecules, unlocking powerful applications in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, digital health, automotive systems, and more.

But while the potential is huge, so are the challenges. How can we scale up these solutions from lab prototypes to robust, market-ready products? What hurdles do manufacturers, engineers, and application developers face along the way?

This online panel discussion will delve into the challenges being encountered by manufacturers, and engineering and application teams developing and deploying PICs, as well as the key benefits that mid-infrared PICs can bring to various sector use cases, and notable innovations being utilised. Attendees will learn about the current and future trends being seen by experts in this field, and how applications can be scaled in line with evolving customer needs.
 

Who should attend

This online panel discussion is designed for:

• Systems integrators involved in PIC-powered platforms and applications
• Manufacturers of PICs keeping an eye on industry trends and demand
• End users of PICs looking to bolster their use cases
• Application engineers aiming to optimise implementation and processes
   

What you will learn

• Why growing mid-infrared PIC applications is such a challenge
• Industry-specific use cases and guidance involving mid-infrared PICs
• Expert insights around current and future PIC trends across various industries
• The keys to scaling applications for customer needs
   

Why you should attend

• Gain actionable insights into PIC application best practices
• Learn about notable capabilities and innovations disrupting industries including automotive, medical and environmental sectors
• Connect with peers and a wider network of experts, via a real-time Q&A feature
  
   

Speakers

Ryszard Piramidowicz PIC Pogramme Director, VIGO Photonics PhD, DSc, MBA. PIC Program Director at VIGO Photonics and leader of the HyperPIC project, which aims to create a fully functional photonic integrated circuits (PICs) operating in the mid-IR spectral range. Associate professor and head of the Optoelectronics Division, Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics (Warsaw University of Technology, WUT).  Ryszard Piramidowicz, PhD, DSc, MBA, is Specialist in optical spectroscopy, solid-state laser technique, fiber-optic communications, and integrated photonics. Co-founder and CEO of LightHouse – the first Polish integrated photonic design house, a spin-off of WUT. Author of 400+ reviewed journal and conference publications. Leader, coordinator, or principal investigator in 30+ R&D and investment projects in the field of optoelectronics. President of Polish Committee of Optoelectronics of Association of Polish Electrical Engineers SEP, member of IEEE, Optica, and SPIE. Member of Photonics21 board of stakeholders.

Join this online panel discussion and fulfil solutions and curiosities around PIC manufacturing and deployment. Reserve your spot today to stay at the forefront of mid-IR PIC innovation.


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