The CLEO Hub — The Exhibition Reimagined
The CLEO Hub is the destination for product information, industry and market-based programs and networking.
The exhibition is not just a location to meet exhibiting companies. It is an energetic and thriving location that offers Poster Sessions and a theater hosting two Plenary Sessions and industry- and market-focused programs. Coffee breaks provide a platform for lively scientific discussion and collegial networking opportunities.
Exhibition
Featuring more than 80 participating companies, The CLEO Hub offers a vibrant and comprehensive show floor with the essential product information you need to advance and facilitate your research.
The CLEO Hub Theater
A dedicated theater space in the exhibition hosts Plenary Sessions I and II, the Market Focus program and product demonstrations.
Networking
The CLEO Hub offers numerous opportunities for attendees to enhance professional connections and recharge during a busy conference schedule.
Market Focus
Market Focus investigates the latest trends in the photonics marketplace and provides a forum to discuss new products and emerging technologies and markets.
These presentations address the latest in photonics products and services, especially those that potentially hold future business opportunities. A key feature of the program is a survey of market trends and market sector outlook in select areas.
Tuesday, 07 May, 10:30 – 12:00 PDT (UTC -7:00)
The CLEO Hub Theater
Space Optics is a high-profile and universally inspiring part of photonics research and industrial effort. Great telescopes in orbit, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, provide researchers with tools to test and refine profound predictions of astrophysics through high-resolution imaging of d...
Space Optics is a high-profile and universally inspiring part of photonics research and industrial effort. Great telescopes in orbit, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, provide researchers with tools to test and refine profound predictions of astrophysics through high-resolution imaging of distant objects. Space-based telescopes are also used to study critical processes on Earth. For example, the ATLAS instrument on ICESAT-2 applied LiDAR to study the dynamics of ice sheets around our planet’s polar regions. Within the last eight years, science payloads such as NASA’s Cold Atom Lab and an array of instruments aboard the Chinese National Space Agency’s Tiangong-2 space station performed quantum atomic and quantum optical experiments in orbit, relying heavily on advances in optics and photonics instrumentation. Beyond science, private corporations and government-led projects worldwide plan to launch communication satellite fleets linked with laser terminals. New challenges exist in deploying the scalable and high-performance optical instruments required to meet the objectives of future communications and science missions.
The optical panel discussion for Space Optics brings together leaders in the field to discuss the state of the industry, key open-science questions to be addressed with optics in space and to share career-development perspectives with the CLEO community.
Moderator
- Makan Mohageg, Boeing, USA
Panelists
- Zach Lapin, Technical Program Manager, Fibertek, USA
- Lute Maleki, CEO, OEwaves, USA
- Chris Maloney, Managing Director of US Operations & Director of Business Development, VPIphotonics, USA
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Tuesday, 07 May, 14:30 – 16:00 PDT (UTC -7:00)
The CLEO Hub Theater
This panel centers on recent announcements of government funding awards in optics and photonics, including some related to the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. The CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law in 2022, and the government has recently made some awards and development grants to develop a fu...
This panel centers on recent announcements of government funding awards in optics and photonics, including some related to the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. The CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law in 2022, and the government has recently made some awards and development grants to develop a full proposal. Meanwhile, the IPSR-I (Integrated Photonic Systems Roadmap-International, a collaboration between PhotonDelta and the MIT Microphotonics Center, has a new edition of its roadmap to address photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology. Come to hear about these developments and what may be coming to optics and photonics.
Panelists
- Tom Brown, University of Rochester Institute of Optics, USA
- Jurgen Michel, MIT Microphotonics Center, USA
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Wednesday, 08 May, 10:30 – 12:00 PDT (UTC -7:00)
The CLEO Hub Theater
This panel discussion will explore the viability of a (profitable) commercial quantum marketplace emerging within the next five years. The panel will include prominent representatives from the quantum hardware space, funding agencies, ac...
This panel discussion will explore the viability of a (profitable) commercial quantum marketplace emerging within the next five years. The panel will include prominent representatives from the quantum hardware space, funding agencies, academia and working groups, exploring the potential for a burgeoning business case for this sector in the near term. The key question to be addressed is: Will we soon experience a quantum winter or a quantum spring?
Moderators
- Garrett Cole, Manager, Thorlabs Crystalline Solutions, USA
- Daniel Renner, Principal, Atacama Optics & Electronics, USA
Panelists
- Justin Cohen, Program Manager, DARPA MTO, USA
- Scott Davis, CEO, Vescent Photonics, USA
- Klea Dhimitri, Applications Engineer and Quantum Lead, Hamamatsu, USA
- Fred Kish, Distinguished M.C. Dean Professor of ECE, Director NCSU Nanofabrication Facility, NC State University, USA
- Le Luo, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, QUDOOR Technologies, Inc., China
- Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director QED-C, SRI, USA
- Mark Tolbert, President TOPTICA Photonics Inc., USA
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Wednesday, 08 May, 14:30 – 16:00 PDT (UTC -7:00)
The CLEO Hub Theater
Description available soon.
Description available soon.
Moderators
- Vincent Issier, Senior Director of Marketing, MKS Instruments, USA
- Gabrielle Thomas, Group Leader Marketing, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany
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