Policy Matters
A Bright Future for Photonics21
The European technology platform has successfully unified the photonics community throughout the continent.
When Photonics21 gathered in Brussels for its fifth annual meeting in late February 2011, its members had every reason to feel buoyant. Created in 2005 as one of several European Technology Platforms, Photonics21 now includes more than 1,700 representatives of the continent’s photonics sector, drawn from industry, research institutions and universities. The Platforms are groups of stakeholders who work independently from the European Commission (EC) but who are strongly supported by it.
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