Unlocking new sensing capabilities with mid-infrared PICs

October 14th 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 Programme 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.

Abdul Rahim Ecosystem Manager, PhotonDelta Dr. Abdul Rahim is an expert in integrated photonics, managing an ecosystem of over 70 organisations at PhotonDelta since 2024. He holds a PhD in silicon photonics from TU Berlin and a degree in innovation management from HEC Paris. His career spans research roles at various renowned organisations. In his last assignment, he transformed the world’s first MPW broker of silicon photonics - ePIXfab - into a silicon photonics alliance. Since 2020, he has co-led the silicon photonics chapter of the Integrated Photonics Systems Roadmap – International. Recognised as a Photonics100 honouree in 2024, he is passionately shaping the future of photonics.

Ruud Oldenbeuving Principal Scientist, imec Dr. ir. Ruud Oldenbeuving (principal scientist) is an all-round expert in laser physics, specialized in hybrid integration of passive and active photonic integrated circuits. With a track record of 20+ years in laser physics and 17+ years in integrated photonics, he co-authored over 80 publications and more than 10 patents. He pioneered hybrid integration of InP to SiN to fabricate ultra-narrow linewidth tunable lasers on a photonic chip. As such he is considered by many to be a thought leader in this field. He was rewarded a place in the prestigious Photonics100 list of 2025, as being one of the 100 most innovative people in the photonics community.

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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