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, we proposed an annual event in Rochester celebrating light, sound and multimedia to be centered...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. The plans, according to a copy of the proposal obtained by the USA TODAY Network’s...Continue Reading
We completely agree with @VisualDX CEO, Dr. Art Papier, when he says that there couldn’t be a better city in this country to do this kind of work. #ROC #OPI “This company is bringing together experts in medicine and experts in imaging and software development. It’s really, I think, what Rochester is about, is all the talent that we have here; so there couldn’t be a better city in this...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 report to our region’s advantage. Let’s examine other public-private partnerships around the world and create...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 a full time tenure-track Optics faculty posting. >>Here is the link to the post<< ...Continue Reading
Who Should Attend: CEOs, Presidents, Sales Vice-Presidents, and Board Directors of B2B technology companies interested in improving sales results for their organizations. What will work and what won’t for penetrating new markets and winning more sales in 2018 and beyond? We will separate the obsolete from the future, the myths from the facts. You will have a step-by-step roadmap for upgrading your marketing and sales team to achieve your 2018...Continue Reading
ARIZONA PHOTONICS DAYS – 24/27 January 2018 – Tucson, Arizona Presented by Optics Valley in partnership with UA Tech Parks and the Global Photonics Alliance. Join us as the Optics Valley Committee of the Arizona Technology Council hosts our Global Photonics Alliance partners for two days of technical discussions and business-to-business meetings: Connect and Network with your global peers in the quiet intimate environment of Tucson, Arizona. Learn about the...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 provides the Operations department key subject matter knowledge to ensure our clients receive the exceptional...Continue Reading
Luminate, the largest Optics, Photonics and Imaging (OPI) start-up accelerator program in the nation hosted its first ever competition in Rochester this week, nearly twenty years after New York Photonics began its statewide advocacy mission for the industry. It was a really good event, and this is only year one. OPI was recognized in 2014 by the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council as one of the region’s key strategic...Continue Reading
Toptica Photonics (Farmington, NY) has opened its new U.S corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility, including new clean room facilities and laboratories. The expansion allows Toptica to continue meeting customers’ needs with photonics and laser applications as well as supporting applications in the company’s growing quantum technologies, biophotonics, and materials markets. Mark Tolbert, CEO of Toptica USA, said, “Expanding another manufacturing facility ensures we can bring technology closer to the market...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.
