The Innovation Award is entering its fourth round
The Innovation Award, which is presented in cooperation with the British trade publisher Europa Science, is entering its fourth round! All exhibitors at Laser World of Photonics and World of Quantum are invited to submit their innovation(s) in various categories by March 21, 2025 (extended deadline). We look forward to your participation!
The following categories are available:
- Laser systems for industrial production engineering
- Laser and optoelectronics / Illumination and energy
- Biophotonics and medical engineering
- Optics / Manufacturing technology for optics
- Imaging / Sensors, test and measurement / Optical Measuring Systems / Imaging
- Optical information and communication / Security
- Quantum Technologies
3 steps to your participation in the Innovation Award
1. Submit innovation(s): January 2025 – March 21, 2025
Submit your innovation(s) in English via the Exhibitor Shop by March 21, 2025. The submissions should meet the following criteria:
- The product has been launched for the first time after LASER World of PHOTONICS 2023 (June 2023).
- It is a market-ready system that can be purchased by end customers or system integrators and not a prototype; brand new products should be scheduled to be physically demonstrated/launched at Laser World of Photonics 2025 / World of Quantum 2025 at the latest.
- If possible please reference a price range, the targeted customer group, and maybe already a first customer/interested party.
2. Selection process: starting March 24, 2025
Starting on March 24, 2025, the jury will review the entries and select the three best innovations in each category. Subsequently, the respective category winners will be determined in a voting process from the TOP 3 rankings, and the innovation award winner will be determined from the category winners.
3. Innovation Award ceremony: June 24, 2025
The award ceremony will take place on June 24, 2025 as part of the exhibitor evening of Laser World of Photonics 2025.
The Innovation Award comes with prize money of 5,000 EUR. This award is sponsored by Europa Science with the trade publications Electro Optics, Laser Systems/Europe, Fibre Systems and Imaging and Machine Vision Europe, as well as Laser World of Photonics.
Sponsors
Jury of the Innovation Award 2025
| Name | Company |
|---|---|
Tom Hausken | Optica—formerly OSA |
Agnes Huebscher | Edmund Optics GmbH |
Dr. Chris Yates | Vision Ventures, Germany |
Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders | TOPTICA Photonics AG |
Prof. Peter Loosen | Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT |
Prof. Jürgen Popp | Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien Jena |
Dr. Peter Soldan | VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH |
Prof. Ronald Sroka | LIFE-Center, Hospital of University Munich |
Dr. Wenko Süptitz | SPECTARIS |
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann | Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF |
Prof. Paul Urbach | TU Delft |
Review 2023: The award winners
In 2023, Civan Lasers won the 5,000 EUR Innovation Award for its DBL 100 KW. Congratulations!
The category winners 2023:
- Civan Lasers—DBL 100 KW (Laser systems for industrial production engineering)
- Twenty-One Semiconductors GmbH—MEXL Gain Crystals (Laser and optoelectronics / Illumination and energy)
- PicoQuant—Luminosa (Biophotonics and medical engineering)
- Ushio, high power 700nm laser diode (Quantum Technologies)
- Trioptics—OptiSurf® with LensGage (Optics / Manufacturing technology for optics)
- Castor Optics—Thorlabs—2 Mode Selective Photonic Lantern (Sensors, test and measurement / Optical Measuring Systems / Imaging)
Photo gallery of the Innovation Award 2023
