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    • Laser Focus World Executive Forum 2023 Summary Report

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    Executive Forum

    State of the Market results revealed

    Peter Fretty
    March 21, 2023
    The first annual State of the Market survey looks at view towards innovation, systems vs. components, and procurement trends across the photonics community.
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    Photonics companies prep for the future

    Peter Fretty
    March 20, 2023
    While the lineup at the Laser Focus World Executive Forum covered a wide array of topics, there was a very common theme across the presentations and panels: preparing photonics...
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    (L-R) David Piehler, Peter Winzer, Michael Lebby, and Robert Blum addressed the manufacturing plans of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) by semiconductor fabs and how the photonics industry can transfer their processes to the semiconductor industry during their panel discussion at the Laser Focus World Executive Forum.
    Executive Forum

    Silicon photonics: Is it witchcraft?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 17, 2023
    During Laser Focus World’s Executive Forum at SPIE’s Photonics West 2023, Jose Pozo, chief technology officer of Optica, led a lively panel discussion exploring the current state...
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    A look at the CHIPs and Science Act

    Peter Fretty
    March 16, 2023
    Jennifer O’Bryan discusses the latest with the CHIPs and Science Act while also providing an update on export control.
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    (L-R) Natalie Gibson, Julia Majors, Emily Mount, Madhu Mahadevan, and Denise Mendez discussed their companies’ diversity and inclusion initiatives, while addressing the challenges and expanding on the next steps to building productive and diverse engineering teams.
    Executive Forum

    Networks, inclusion key drivers for women’s success

    Justine Murphy
    March 15, 2023
    When it comes to diversity and inclusion, particularly in the workplace, fundamental issues must be addressed.

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    During Laser Focus World’s Executive Forum, a panel of laser experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, and Leonardo Electronics U.S. discussed how far directed-energy laser technology has come and the challenges that remain.
    Executive Forum

    High-energy lasers await Pentagon ‘green light’

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 14, 2023
    During Laser Focus World’s Executive Forum, a panel of laser experts discussed how far high-energy laser technology has come and the challenges that remain.
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    Jennifer Cable, president of Thorlabs, sat down with Laser Focus World Editor in Chief Peter Fretty to discuss how Thorlabs continues to successfully navigate an evolving marketplace.
    Executive Forum

    Thirst for the future

    Peter Fretty
    March 13, 2023
    Jennifer Cable sits down with Laser Focus World to discuss the Thorlabs culture and efforts to build a skilled workforce.
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    Accenture’s Miles Klingenberg gave the Laser Focus World Executive Forum audience an insightful look at the semiconductor chip industry, and helped draw a few parallels to photonics.
    Executive Forum

    What can photonics draw from the semiconductor industry?

    Peter Fretty
    March 10, 2023
    When looking at the semiconductor landscape, significant complexity—complexity that very much resembles the challenges the photonics industry faces.
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    Dr. Anirban Basu, economist and chairman/CEO of Sage Policy Group, giving his lively keynote talk at the Laser Focus World Executive Forum on January 30, 2023.
    Executive Forum

    Slow and steady will win the economic race

    Justine Murphy
    March 9, 2023
    As the global economy works to bounce back from pandemic-era hardships, financial experts worldwide remain optimistic.