Mixer for Luminate’s inaugural cohort networked entrepreneurs with OPI mentors Rochester, NY: Luminate NY, the world’s largest optics, photonics, and imaging accelerator (OPI), held their first ever Fast Tech Pitch hosted by New York Photonics. The event featured three minute pitches from each of the Luminate companies to a group of over 20 executives from OPI industry leaders including Rochester Precision Optics, Navitar, Optimax and...Continue Reading
Two Rochester teens have been named scholars in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search (formerly the Intel Science Talent Search) for research projects they carried out last summer at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). Nikhil Bose of Pittsford Sutherland High School and Yujia Yang from Brighton High School are among the 300...Continue Reading
#SPIEevents will host the biggest Optics, Photonics and Imaging conference in North America at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, January 27 – February 1, 2018. New York Photonics will have the largest pavilion at the conference, co-exhibiting and competing with countries on the exhibition floor. Joining the New York delegation this year are #LuminateROC and #GRERochesterBiz...Continue Reading
During 2014, in the year running up to the International Year of Light, New York Photonics sponsored a number of events, with sponsorship from the OPI community, to celebrate Light, Sound and Multimedia in our lives. These events occured during the International Year of Light in 2015. Following a series of successful events in 2015,...Continue Reading
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will propose a $30 million fund to help the photonics cluster in the Rochester area during his State of the State address today. The proposal will be part of the many initiatives the governor will lay out in State of the State address at 1 p.m. near the state Capitol....Continue Reading
Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster Annual Meetings since 2012 Connecting the dots: 2012 Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster previews US Congress-commissioned Report “Optics & Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation” at Annual Meeting, September 10, 2012. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter is keynote speaker. “As the nation’s leading optics, photonics and imaging cluster, we are going to leverage this...Continue Reading
Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY, is seeking a new optics professor to support its growing Optical Systems Technology Program. This program is the only program of its kind in the nation with full enrollment and a support community that includes seven high schools teaching dual-credit optics and an advisory board of industry leaders. This is...Continue Reading
Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) has announced the appointment of Adam Dunn to Operations Program Manager. Reporting to the Vice President of Operations and working closely with RPO’s engineering and design teams, Adam will manage production and procurement operations to champion project completion and ensure customer success. “Adam’s proven expertise in business development and client acquisition...Continue Reading
New York Photonics is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote and enhance the New York State optics, photonics and imaging industry by fostering the cooperation of business, academia and government.
