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 [...]
The Czech Optical Cluster, together with the Institute of Physical Engineering at Brno University of Technology (BUT), participated in organizing the second Optics Day 2025. The event, held at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, attracted nearly 150 students, researchers, and business representatives who came to see and present how light [...]
In September, the Czech Optical Cluster took part in the prestigious international conference Photonics, Lasers, Space: Designing the Future Society – Vision 2040, which we co-organized with member companies and partners from both the Czech Republic and Japan as part of EXPO 2025 in Osaka. The conference explored a vision [...]
At the prestigious Laser World of Photonics 2025 trade fair, held in Munich from June 24 to 27, 2025, the Czech optics sector made a strong showing. The Czech Optical Cluster presented the Czech industry and research alongside renowned institutions: The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (ELI ERIC) HiLASE Centre of [...]
On June 10, 2025, the sixth meeting of members of the Czech Optical Cluster, titled “BETWEEN US”, took place. The goal of the “Between Us” concept is to facilitate mutual collaboration among cluster members, both in business and R&D. As the Czech Optical Cluster continues to grow—it now has 43 members—it [...]
On April 15, 2025, the OPTICS AND SPACE workshop took place at the Technology Centre Prague. Its goal was to connect representatives of the Czech optical industry with the space technology ecosystem. This collaboration aimed to provide information on opportunities for innovation, technology transfer, and the potential for cooperation within [...]
Strengthening Czech-Polish Photonics Cooperation! 📅 March 26–27, 2025 📍 Wrocław University of Science and Technology Congress Centre, building D-20 Following the success of our Ostrava workshop, we’re teaming up again with PPTF - Polish Technological Platform on Photonics for an exciting event in Wrocław! Program: Polish-Czech Photonics 2025_program On March [...]
How can we bring technical education closer to young people and popularize optics? The Czech industry needs top specialists – in optics, engineering, electronics, and other technical fields. But how do we ensure that young people choose these careers? Over the past 5 years in Czechia, the number of students [...]