Special Events and AREAS Jena 2024
Official Opening
25 September | 9.45 AM en-tech stage
- 9.45 – 10.30 AM Opening of the W3+ Fair 2024
- 10.30 – 11.15 AM Economic and Press Tour
en-tech.talks Accompanying conference
September 25 + 26, 2024 | all day | en-tech stage in Hall 2
- Innovations are shaping the world
- Shaping the quantum future
- Laser fusion / PriFusio funding project
- EPIC TechWatch – “Challenges and Solutions from and for Europe”
- IVAM – Photonics meet Microtechnology
- Thüringer Zentrum für Maschinenbau – Innovative technologies from precision manufacturing
Buyers - Contact exchange
September 25, 2024 | 3 p.m. | seminar room 1st floor
Attention suppliers: Meet selected top buyers from Thuringia! The buyers are invited to present their current requirements in a short presentation. Afterwards, the contact persons will be available for discussions with visitors.
Please register for the contact exchange with a free additional ticket in the ticket store.
The event is a cooperation between the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society, LEG Thüringen, FAKT KOMMUNIKATION and OptoNet e.V. Photoniknetzwerk Thüringen.
After Work Drink powered by Edmund Optics & Photonics Innovation Booster/Swissmem
25. September 2024 | 5pm | Foyer Hall 1
Exchange ideas over an after-work drink after the first day of the fair and simply make new contacts in a relaxed atmosphere. Visitors are cordially invited.
OptoNet and friends
EPIC VIP Breakfast
September 26, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. | VIP area 1st floor
EPIC TechWatch
September 26, 2024 | 10:00 a.m. | en-tech stage in Hall 2
Selected members of EPIC – the European Photonics Industry Consortium – formulate their needs from the user’s perspective.
There will also be the latest technology and market trends.
Participation is free of charge for trade fair visitors!
QUANTIFISENS Expert Group Meeting
September 26, 2024 | 12.00 noon | Seminar room 1st floor
IVAM lecture block
September 26, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. | en-tech stage in Hall 2
As a key technology of digitalization, photonics is becoming increasingly important in the high-tech industry.
Photonic sensors, such as cameras or radar systems for optical distance and speed measurement, have become an integral part of everyday life.
The IVAM lecture block informs interested parties about the latest technological developments.
IVAM-Session Thursday, 26. November 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM on the topic of Photonics & Microtechnology
Campus Area - powered by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
Foyer Halle 1 | Booth S1
The EAH Jena is the largest and most research-intensive university of applied sciences in the Free State of Thuringia. The courses on offer focus on the fields of technology, business, social sciences and health and are characterized by a high degree of practical relevance. The university offers a lively and cosmopolitan campus with technically well-equipped laboratories as well as excellent support during your studies.
The following projects will be represented at the Campus Area:
- Project Nucleus Jena
We want to make the research-based transfer of ideas, knowledge and technology more efficient as a key prerequisite for successful and results-oriented innovation processes in Jena and the East Thuringia region and thus actively contribute to tackling economic, ecological and social issues of the future as well as current transformation processes. We work openly and strengthen the transfer between science, entrepreneurship and society. - Model factory “3D printing, individualized production and digital working environments”
- Exhibits from the SciTec-Precision-Optics-Materials department of the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena
- Production Engineering and Automation Group (Prof. J. Bliedtner):
The Production Engineering and Automation working group of the SciTec – Precision, Optics, Materials, Environment department at the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena has many years of experience in the fields of optical technologies, laser material processing and additive manufacturing processes. -
AG Applied Optics (Prof. R. Brunner)
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TOOLS – DFG-funded project of the EAH Jena
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The Startup Lab of the EAH Jena introduces itself: as an offer for students at the EAH, it supports the entrepreneurial development of students and promotes the implementation of innovative ideas (implementation in prototypes, realization of product tests, development of concrete business models). – Examples are presented on site.
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ZAKI: The ZAKI introduces itself and is looking for interested companies for projects in the field of AI application
Students and pupils are particularly welcome!
Simply show your student or pupil ID and get free admission!
Life Science Talk
Joint stand Thuringia - Jena
hall 1
Thuringian companies are looking forward to exchanging expertise at their joint stand. The spectrum presented here ranges from components and assemblies with precision requirements to equipment and services for development, production, processing and surface finishing.
Coffee Area sponsored by Helaba, Deutsche Leasing & Sparkasse Jena-Saale-Holzland
25. + 26. September 2024 | Hall 2 booth S11
Treat yourself to a break in between and make new contacts in a relaxed atmosphere.