Commentary

Laser markets show resistance to COVID-19

Feb. 5, 2021

The Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar will explore the impact of COVID-19 on photonics businesses, with a great lineup of speakers on the agenda.

John Lewis

I hope you will join us at Laser Focus World’s 33rd Annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar. Presented in cooperation with SPIE, the seminar is the industry’s only event that delivers comprehensive analysis of the global market for lasers. For the last 32 years, Laser Focus World’s Annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar has been recognized as the pre-eminent industry event for networking with senior-level executives, technology directors, and business managers from technology companies around the world. Unlike every other year, however, where the event was somewhat exclusive with limited seating available, this year, thanks to going digital, the event will be more accessible and affordable than ever before.

Here’s a rundown of the speaker lineup we put together for the event, which runs from 11 am to 3 pm (EST) on March 4^th and 5th:

Chuck Mattera, CEO, II-VI Incorporated: Enabling Fast-growing Markets with Photonics Materials and Devices
Laser Analyst Allen Nogee: Global Laser Market Insights and Forecasts from Laser Focus World Market Research
Bo Gu, Ph.D., Bos Photonics: China’s Changing Laser Markets: The New Globalization Model, Uncertainties, and Challenges
Linda Smith, President, Ceres Technology Advisors: Financial Perspectives on the Photonics Industry—Industries in Collision
A Conversation with Coherent CEO Andy Mattes
Stephen G. Anderson, SPIE Director, Industry Development: Global Photonics Trends, Outlook, and the Impact of COVID-19
John Dexheimer, President, LightWave Advisors: Global Photonics Stock Indices and What They Reveal
Jennifer Douris O'Bryan, SPIE Government Affairs Director: International Policies and Trends, and Their Impact on Photonics
Bruce Carlson, Senior Vice President, Publications at Kalorama Information – IMV – Strategic Directions International Science and Medicine Group: Biophotonics Instrumentation Markets and the Impact of COVID-19

Our digital event platform offers all the capabilities to ensure you can network, connect, direct message, and request 1-on-1 meetings with other attendees. So please, take a more in-depth look at our lineup of speakers and register today. I hope to see you there!

About the Author

John Lewis | Editor in Chief (2018-2021)

John Lewis served as Editor in Chief of Laser Focus World from August 2018 through October 2021, after having served as the Editor in Chief of Vision Systems Design from 2016 to 2018. He has technical, industry, and journalistic qualifications, with more than 13 years of progressive content development experience working at Cognex Corporation. Prior to Cognex where his articles on machine vision were published in dozens of trade journals, he was a technical editor for Design News, covering automation, machine vision, and other engineering topics, for over six years.