About PhotonicsNL
PhotonicsNL is the national association for Photonics and Optics in the Netherlands
Our mission
- stimulate photonics and optics innovation and economic activity
Our vision
- Enabling collaborations and cross-fertilization in the photonics value chain.
- Propagating the importance of photonics for our economy and in all levels of education.
- Promoting the national photonics community in the Netherlands and abroad.
Our strategy
- Organizing networking, knowledge and matchmaking events.
- Participating in international trade missions.
- Creating links between our members.
- Collaborating in European Projects and with other national clusters.
Putting light to work
Photonics and Optics provide tools and solutions to every industry in the Netherlands and worldwide. Photonics-based innovations have fundamentally changed the way we live, work and play and will continue to do so.
Light is fast, precise and clean – three unique and highly useful properties that make photonics suitable for a broad spectrum of applications.
In short: Photonics is the technology of harnessing light to benefit humankind
