Zeiss, Philips, and Samsung Ventures to headline Invest in Photonics 2012

Bordeaux, France--The third Invest in Photonics 2012 event, a two-day international business partnering convention focused on photonics venture capital investment, will take place December 12 and 13, 2012, in Bordeaux. Pierre Billardon, president of Carl Zeiss France; Hans Nikol, VP LED innovation and strategy at Philips; and Michael Jeon, head of Samsung Ventures Europe (SVE), have been appointed as key speakers at the event—one that has helped to raise $47.9 million in funding to date.

Invest in Photonics is a biennial event attracting investors searching for the most innovative, credible, and profitable business ventures in photonics—a global industry estimated at $388 billion, according to the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. The event will host 12 presentations from speakers and industry leaders in healthcare, cleantech, consumer goods, and finance, with a focus on future technologies and the significant opportunities that photonics offers investors.

Leading the conference on healthcare, Billardon from Carl Zeiss France will enlighten attendees about the future of healthcare technologies with his presentation on “Trends in photonics in cataract and refractive surgery. Disruptive or up-market strategies?” The healthcare conference will include speakers from Merieux Developpement, Amplitude Systemes, nLIGHT, and Adam Capital Management.

Nikol of Philips Lighting will lead the conference on cleantech that will focus on growing sectors in this market, such as smart lighting. He will be joined by speakers from First Solar and Sofinnova Partners.

Jeon of Samsung Ventures Europe (SVE) looks for investment opportunities in consumer IT, mobile/wireless, and digital media, and will lead the consumer goods conference. In this conference, companies, including Eolite, Intune, ESI, and SPI Lasers, will make presentations on growth opportunities in various consumer and professional markets.

A fourth session dealing with competitive developments and trends in Asia will be led by Aloe Private Equity founder Vivek Tandon. Aloe Private Equity specializes in injecting capital into companies with environmentally sustainable technology and establishes strategic partnerships with companies based in India, China, and other ASEAN countries.

For more information, please visit www.invest-in-photonics.com/index.php.

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