Doe mee aan de fotowedstrijd 'Licht aan het werk' van het Fotonica Evenement 2010! De sluitingsdatum is 13 maart 2010. Kijk op de website van het FE2010 voor meer informatie en voor de spelregels.

Er zijn prijzen te verdienen van €750,-- (eerste prijs), €500,-- (tweede prijs) of €250,-- (derde prijs). 

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Met vriendelijke groet,
Guus Taminiau
Secretaris PCN.

At the upcoming Photonics West 2010 on January 26th Dutch companies will present themselfs at the Holland Pavilion. Promotion of the Dutch is an important issue. For that reason we opened a special website providing you with all kinds of information regarding the Holland Pavilion and its Members and special events during Photonics West.

Don't hesitate to take a look at the website and feel free to leave any comments. The website can be found through the url http://www.photonicscluster-nl.org/pw2010.

On 30 March 2010 the fourth edition of Fotonica Evenement will take place at Nieuwegein's Business Center (NBC) in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. The event is organized by Mikrocentrum and PCN, and is empowered by SenterNovem IOP Photonic Devices and STW. Fotonica Evenement is the knowledge and networking platform for the photonics industry in the Netherlands. Fotonica Evenement is the place where scientists, engineers and 'new business' meet each other.

• Inspiring conference program with distinguised speakers from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium
• Photonic innovations and opportunities for the industry, medical technology, telecom and other branches
• Photonics in 'our daily life' and 'sustainability'
• Current developments in photonics, optics, optical fibre, (O)LED's, laser technology and applications
• Fundamental Research and Education from Nano-photonics to Quantum Communication

Please visit the Fotonica Evenement website for more information about the actual conference program and the exhibition, and to register yourself as a visitor free of charge!

For the third time PCN and NCH have organized the Holland Paviljon on Photonics West 2010. Worldwide one of the most important and largest Photonic events, and this year for the first time in SanFrancisco. The event will take place from 26 till 28 January 2010. The Holland Paviljon is empowered by the EVD and SenterNovem, both agencies of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The following companies will be present at the Holland Paviljon:

• Astron
• Lambert Instruments
• O2VIEW
• Lionix
• XIO Photonics
• Luminostix
• Laser2000
• MiPlaza
• Technobis Fibre Technologies
• Quest Innovation
• RSP Technology
• TNO Science & Industry

As a knowledge centre SenterNovem and PCN will represent the Dutch Photonics R&D in close co-operation with the following universities:

• Delft University of Technology
• University of Twente
• Eindhoven University of Technology / Cobra Research Institute

So, if you have planned to visit Photonics West 2010 then don't forget to pay a visit to the Holland Paviljon!