The results are in. Despite COVID-19, the overall global laser market continued to grow in 2020. Some laser application areas such as communications prospered, while others such as materials processing struggled. How do I know? I just finished recording a presentation with Laser Markets Research President and Principal Laser Analyst Allen Nogee for PhotonicsNEXT, a new immersive day of learning. For the last eight years, Laser Focus World has contracted Mr. Nogee to analyze the laser markets, and present a keynote at Laser Focus World's annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar.
Whether you’re guiding the business of an industry-leading enterprise or managing a startup, following global market data and corporate valuations, tracking business trends in photonics, industrial lasers, optics, seeking new opportunities, or just plain curious, I want to personally invite you to attend Laser Focus World’s 33rd Annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar. Presented in cooperation with SPIE, Laser Focus World’s Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar is the industry’s only event that delivers comprehensive analysis of the global market for lasers and all of photonics. This year, due to in-person event restrictions, the seminar will take place online March 4–5, the Thursday and Friday before SPIE kicks off their 2021 Photonics West digital forum.For the last 32 years, the Marketplace Seminar has been recognized as the pre-eminent industry event for networking with senior-level executives, technology directors, and business managers from technology companies around the world. Unlike every other year, however, where the event was somewhat exclusive with limited seating available, this year, thanks to going digital, the event will be more accessible and affordable than ever before, while maintaining the same great content program. Our digital event platform offers all the capabilities to network, connect, direct message, and request 1-on-1 meetings with other attendees. So please, check out our great lineup of speakers and register today. I hope to see you there!
John Lewis | Editor in Chief (2018-2021)
John Lewis served as Editor in Chief of Laser Focus World from August 2018 through October 2021, after having served as the Editor in Chief of Vision Systems Design from 2016 to 2018. He has technical, industry, and journalistic qualifications, with more than 13 years of progressive content development experience working at Cognex Corporation. Prior to Cognex where his articles on machine vision were published in dozens of trade journals, he was a technical editor for Design News, covering automation, machine vision, and other engineering topics, for over six years.