Czech Optical Cluster
Czech Optical Cluster (COC) is a voluntary non-profit organization founded in 2017, which brings together and represents representatives of science and industry operating in the field of Optics and related fields.
Czech Optical Cluster (COC) carries out its activities mainly in these pillars:
- Industrial and Consumer Optics
- Military Optics
- Lighting Technology
- Laser Technology and Applications
- Microscopy
- Optical quantum technologies
Currently, the Czech Optical Cluster has 43 members who employ over 30,000 people.
The Czech Optical Cluster holds the Bronze Label for Cluster Management Excellence.
The main objective of the COC is to build a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing among actors of the science and industry in the field of Optics, to interconnect cluster members to strengthen their influence, innovations, and competitiveness, to promote the field of Optics and improve conditions for its development in the Czech Republic.
The goal of COC is to gain benefits in these areas through the collaboration of cluster members:
- SALES OPPORTUNITIES: To discover and exploit the particular sales opportunities – together.
- R&D COLLABORATION: To improve conditions for R&D activities, to find suitable strategic ways and facilitate the creation of R&D collaboration – together.
- HUMAN RESOURCES AND POPULARIZATION: To strengthen the long-term availability of qualified human resources and the public popularity of the field of Optics – together.
- INTERNATIONALIZATION: Supporting international collaboration, identifying key partners, and establishing new partnerships.
The main activities of the Czech Optical Cluster are defined in the Action Plan, which is approved annually by the Executive Board.
Statutory body – The Executive Board
Chairman of the Executive Board: Ing. SILVIE SKYVOVÁ
Vice-chairman of the Executive Board: Mgr. PETR PŘIKRYL
Members of the Executive Board:
Mgr. FILIP CHLUP
Mgr. MARTIN KUTÁČ
Prof. Ing. JOSEF LAZAR, Dr.
RNDr. JOSEF KAPITÁN, Ph.D.
Ing. TOMÁŠ MOCEK, Ph.D.