PhotonHub

One-Stop-Shop Open Access to Photonics Innovation Support for a Digital Europe

PhotonHub Europe will establish a single pan-EU Photonics Innovation Hub which integrates the best-in-class photonics technologies, facilities, expertise and experience of 53 partners from all over Europe, including the coordinators of EU pilot lines and local photonics hubs representing 18 regions, as a one-stop-shop solution offering a comprehensive range of supports to industry for the accelerated uptake and deployment of photonics. PhotonHub will provide European companies, in particular “non-photonics” SMEs and mid-caps that are first users and early adopters of photonics, with open access and guided orienteering to the following key support services: training and upskilling opportunities within PhotonHub’s Demo and Experience Centres throughout Europe and enhanced by digital tools for online learning; “test before invest” innovation support capabilities to engage with companies on highly collaborative Innovation Projects aimed at TRL acceleration from prototyping (TRL3-4) to upscaling (TRL5-6) to manufacturing (TRL7-8), and complemented by targeted business and IP advisory supports; and support to find investment through investment-readiness coaching and investor match-making organised in collaboration with major regional and European venture fora and deep tech Investor Days.

PhotonHub will uniquely support cross-border innovation activities of European companies, while simultaneously working closely with the local photonics hubs to develop and roll out best practices of the “lighthouse” regions for ongoing regional financial support of SME innovation activities and to support the creation of new innovation hubs covering most regions of Europe. Finally, PhotonHub will fine-tune and implement its business plan for long-term sustainability in the form of the PhotonHub Europe Association as a durable entity which is deeply rooted within the wider ecosystem of local, regional and EUDIHs   for maximum leverage and impact on European competitiveness and sovereignty.

AMIRES will assist the project in building strong industry awareness of the photonics innovation hub through communications tools such as creating the public website and interactive community-building platform. Amires will also assist in the creation of the online catalogue of training offerings in photonics and fine-tune the business plan for long-term sustainability of the Photonics Innovation Hub.

• Partners:
  • VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, Belgium
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, France
  • INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Greece
  • LIONIX INTERNATIONAL BV, The Netherlands
  • NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, The Netherlands
  • UNIVERSITEIT GENT, Belgium
  • POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA, Poland
  • ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE, Spain
  • CENTRE TECHNOLOGIQUE ALPHANOV, France
  • COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, France
  • CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI, Italy
  • IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS, Greece
  • SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ- INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII MATERIALOW ELEKTRONICZNYCH, Poland
  • KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, Germany
  • LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER PHOTONISCHE TECHNOLOGIEN E.V., Germany
  • LIGENTEC SA, Switzerland
  • LZH LASERZENTRUM HANNOVER EV, Germany
  • RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB, Sweden
  • SMART PHOTONICS BV, The Netherlands
  • SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA, Italy
  • UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA, Spain
  • FUNDACION CARTIF, Spain
  • EN.-SPA, Italy
  • LEONARDO – SOCIETA PER AZIONI, Italy
  • FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Germany
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, Switzerland
  • CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D’ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA – RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT, Switzerland
  • INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICROELECTRONICA CENTRUM, Belgium
  • TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Finland
  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK -NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK, Ireland
  • CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, Italy
  • ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, Switzerland
  • JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, Austria
  • UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, Spain
  • FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES, Spain
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom
  • PHOTONICS FRANCE, France
  • STICHTING PHOTONDELTA, The Netherlands
  • FLANDERS MAKE, Belgium
  • OPTEC-BERLIN-BRANDENBURG (OPTECBB) E.V., Germany
  • OPTONET EV, Germany
  • PHOTONICS FINLAND, Findland
  • ELLINIKI ENOSI FOTONIKIS ASTIKI MIKERDOSKOPIKI ETAIRIA, Greece
  • VIESOJI ISTAIGA FIZIKOS INSTITUTO MOKSLO IR TECHNOLOGIJU PARKAS, Lithuania
  • POLSKA PLATFORMA TECHNOLOGICZNA FOTONIKI, Poland
  • EKONOMISKA FORENINGEN PHOTONICSWEDEN, Sweden
  • CONFINDUSTRIA TOSCANA, Italy
  • 24 IP LAW GROUP FRANCE, France
  • AMIRES THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE ZU, Czech Republic
  • EUROPEAN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE NETWORK AISBL, Belgium
  • EUROPEAN PHOTONICS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM, France
  • FUNDINGBOX ACCELERATOR SP ZOO, Poland
  • TECH TOUR GLOBAL, Bulgaria
  • CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED LBG, United Kingdom

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement № 101016665, project PhotonHub Europe.