Invitation and Call for Papers

Photonics Cluster Netherlands (PCN) and the German Society for applied Optics (DGaO) are inviting for the 113th annual DGaO conference from May 29th through June 2nd, 2012, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

It has been a long-standing tradition of the DGaO to occasionally hold their annual general meeting and technical conference in a neighbouring country. DGaO and PCN  would like to inivite you to join this unique conference at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Combining Forces in the Netherlands

Together with our partners Mikrocentrum and NL Agency we recently started a new and independent Dutch Photonics website. This website will be controlled and edited by Mikrocentrum and Photonics Cluster Netherlands. In this way we hope to serve you even better in 'Meeting the Dutch Photonics'! Please contact  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it of PCN or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it of Mikrocentrum by email if you want to publish interesting articles or add new events on our website. 

PCN has launched the Photonics Job Management System. If you are looking for a job or wish to post one, please take a look at our system. You do have to register to this website in order to at least be able to view jobs and search for them.

If you are a PCN Corporate Member you can post jobs as well. Posting jobs automatically is still under development, however if as a Corporate Member you should have a vacancy you wish to post, please contact us and we will post it for you.

Check out the Jobs Management System

ALPHEN A/D RIJN - One of our main targets is to bring Dutch companies in contact with foreign companies, and also the other way round. At this moment PCN has a fast growing network with other international photonics cluster organizations, e.g. France, Germany, Belgium, UK, Canada, US and even Taiwan. 

Through this growing network it will be quite easy for us to bring companies in contact with each other in their search for 'new markets' or international partnerships.

'Matchmaking throughout the Photonics world' 

Please contact Guus Taminiau if you have any questions or if you would like to make use of our Matchmaking services.

KOUDEKERK A/D RIJN - Based on Photonics as an enabling technology Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is in Europe an emerging and fast growing market with new opportunities for innovative companies.

FOS&S, Technobis and Baas R&D are three leading companies working in the field of SHM. We recently came to the conclusion that by cooperation in this field and by combining our individual strengthens we can serve this new market more successfully. So the idea to establish ‘Fiber Optic Sensing Europe’ as a new platform was born.