On Thursday, April 16, 2026, the first session of the Optical Coffee Chat series, organized by the Czech Optical Cluster, took place. The webinar was opened by cluster manager Petr Přikryl, who welcomed the participants and introduced the framework of the meeting, focused on sharing professional experience in the field [...]
PhotonQBoost Matching Mission Brought Europe’s Photonics Leaders to the Czech Republic. The Czech Optical Cluster Connects Research with Industry. For three days, the Czech Republic became the center of European photonics. From 24 to 26 March 2026, the Czech Optical Cluster organized the international PhotonQBoost Matching Mission, held in cooperation [...]
On February 17, 2026, the seventh online workshop MEZI SEBOU took place. Its aim is to introduce cluster members to one another and to support both business and research & development cooperation. Below you will find the workshop minutes and the shared presentations. The following participants introduced themselves during the [...]
On 1–2 December 2025, the city of Ostrava hosted the DVN Ostrava Lighting Workshop, the first event of its kind in the Czech Republic within the Driving Vision News workshop series dedicated to automotive lighting technologies and innovation. The workshop offered a rich programme of expert presentations, discussions and networking [...]
On 26–27 November 2025, the Czech Optical Cluster held its regular member meeting in Bořetice, South Moravia. This year’s programme was rich in content and focused on defining the cluster’s strategic direction for the years ahead. The first day featured the annual general meeting, during which key activities from the [...]
From 19 to 21 November 2025, the LASER 65 conference took place at Resort Hotel Kurdějov in the Czech Republic, and the Czech Optical Cluster was proud to be a partner of this traditional event. LASER 65 brought together experts from academia, industry and the commercial sector who are professionally [...]
On 13 November 2025 at 9:30, another session of the MEZI SEBOU workshop series took place at Worklounge Dejvice in Prague, organized by the Czech Optical Cluster in cooperation with Meopta s.r.o.. For the first time, the event was held in a hybrid format, allowing participants to join both in [...]
On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, an event was held at the Pevnost poznání (Fortress of Knowledge) in Olomouc that showed that the future of education lies in cooperation. The discussion focused on how to respond to rapid technological changes and prepare the younger generation for a constantly evolving job market. The event had [...]
From 5–7 November 2025, the city of Vilnius, Lithuania, hosted an important meeting of the LASER-PRO Excellence Hub consortium, which brings together partners from the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Ukraine to strengthen European ecosystems in laser technologies and photonics. The event was organized by the Center for Physical Sciences and [...]
On October 21–22, 2025, the Czech Optical Cluster co-organized the fifth edition of the Correlative Materials Characterization workshop (CMC 2025) in Brno. Together with CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology and the Brnoregion Microscopy Platform, we welcomed experts from leading European scientific and research institutions and universities, such as [...]