Applications of Photonics 2025: Webinar Series Lecture

University of Eastern Finland (UEF) will once again host the annual Applications of Photonics lecture series in autumn 2025. The series will be held in a hybrid format – on-site at the Joensuu campus and online via Microsoft Teams – and is open to all. 

Organized in collaboration with the PREIN flagship, Photonics Finland, and Photonics Joensuu the lectures are hosted by Professor Jyrki Saarinen and began on October 30th, 2025. 

Weekly schedule  
The series has three possible time slots each week:  
Tuesdays: 12:15–14:00  
Wednesdays: 10:15–12:00  
Thursdays: 14:15–16:00 

On any given week, one or more of these slots may feature lectures or company presentations on real-world applications of photonics. Each session includes expert talks and concludes with a discussion period, providing an opportunity for questions and informal networking. 

Programme for Wednesday 19 November 2025

10:15–11:00 Visual Festival Light Artists 
Topic: Light Art 

The lecture series continues weekly until Tuesday 2 December 2025. 

More information: 

Updated details regarding lectures, presentation locations, and Teams links will be published at: https://sites.uef.fi/photonics/applications-of-photonics/ . 

For further information, please contact  
Iiro Muhonen, email [email protected], tel. +358 50 324 2548, or  
Jyrki Saarinen, email [email protected], tel. +358 50 595 4348. 

Invited lecturers include:  Nanocomp, Uniogen, Winse Power, Vaisala, Vexlum, Specim, Visual Festival Light Artists, Dispelix, Ecoaims, Remoted, Zeiss, SeeTrue Technologies, Helvar, Kuva Space, SIPhotonIC, Led Future, and M-BOSS.