For the 12th time, laser manufacturers and laser users from various branches met at the biannual AKL – International Laser Technology Congress.
Featuring over 600 participants, 77 speakers and over 50 sponsors, the AKL has established itself as the leading forum for applied laser technology in Europe.
Supporting organizations include European Commission, European Photonics Consortium EPIC, the Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V., European Laser Institute, OptecNet as well as industrial associations such as SPECTARIS, VDA, VDMA and VDI.
Locations
Conference
EUROGRESS
Conference Center Aachen
Monheimsallee 48, 52062 Aachen, Germany
www.eurogress-aachen.de
Directions Eurogress Aachen
Laser Technology Live
at Fraunhofer ILT
Steinbachstr. 15, 52074 Aachen, Germany
May 3, 2018 | 16.30 – 19.30 h
Shuttle Transfer from Eurogress to Fraunhofer ILT
Kick-Off I³ Research Center DPP
Research Center Digital Photonik Production
Campus-Boulevard 79, 52074 Aachen, Germany
May 3, 2018 | 16.30 – 18.00 h
Evening Events
(separate Registration necessary)
May 2, 2018 | 19.00 – 23.00 h
Dinner with Awards Ceremony “Innovation Award Laser Technology 2018”
Coronation Hall, City Hall Aachen, Markt, 52062 Aachen, Germany
May 3, 2018 | 20.00 – 23.00 h
AKL’18 Networking with Snacks
Research Campus Digital Photonik Production
Campus-Boulevard 79, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Program subject to minor changes.
Lectures
77 Speakers
Laser Technology Live - May 3, 2018
Over 100 Live Presentations and Exhibits at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and Companies in the Institute´s Application Center.
Sponsors´Exhibition - May 2-4, 2018
56 Laser, Component and System Manufacturers showcase their products at the accompanying conference Exhibition.
Innovation Award
The 10,000 € doped “Innovation Award Laser Technology” is an European research prize awarded every other year by the associations Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute ELI. The award can be conferred on an individual researcher or on an entire project group, whose exceptional skills and dedicated work have led to an outstanding innovation in the field of laser technology. The scientific and technological projects in question must center on the use of laser light in materials processing and the methods of producing such light, and must, furthermore, be of demonstrable commercial value to industry.
The Award Ceremony took place on May 3, 2018 at the Evening Event of the AKL’18 in the Coronation Hall of Aachen’s Town Hall.
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Review AKL'18
Organizer
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
Steinbachstraße 15
52074 Aachen
Phone +49 241 8906-420
akl@lasercongress.org
www.ilt.fraunhofer.de
Event Organization
Dipl.-Betrw. Silke Boehr
Phone +49 241 8906-288
Dipl.-Phys. Axel Bauer
Phone +49 241 8906-194
Supporting Organizations
