On April 15, 2025, the OPTICS AND SPACE workshop took place at the Technology Centre Prague. Its goal was to connect representatives of the Czech optical industry with the space technology ecosystem. This collaboration aimed to provide information on opportunities for innovation, technology transfer, and the potential for cooperation within [...]
Czech Optical Cluster to Participate in the LabIR Edu Conference: STEM Education with Thermal Camera in Olomouc On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Czech Optical Cluster will participate in the LabIR Edu: STEM Education with Thermal Camera conference, which will take place at the Pevnost poznání (Fortress of Knowledge) in [...]
Strengthening Czech-Polish Photonics Cooperation! 📅 March 26–27, 2025 📍 Wrocław University of Science and Technology Congress Centre, building D-20 Following the success of our Ostrava workshop, we’re teaming up again with PPTF - Polish Technological Platform on Photonics for an exciting event in Wrocław! Program: Polish-Czech Photonics 2025_program On March [...]
On April 15, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM, a workshop titled Optics and Space will take place in Prague. When: Tuesday, April 15, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Where: Prague Technology Center, Ve Struhách 1076/27, 160 00 Prague 6 (Vltava Conference Room) The goal of the workshop is [...]
LASER-PRO: Linking Science and Industry to Shape Europe’s High-Tech Future A consortium of 18 partners from Czechia, Lithuania, and Ukraine has embarked on a groundbreaking project to transform the European hi-tech industry through advanced laser technologies. To mark the official launch, the consortium members gathered for a Kick-Off Meeting at [...]
Petr Přikryl, Manager of the Czech Optical Cluster, participated in the kick-off meeting of the PhotonQBoost project, held on February 26–27, 2025, in Porto, Portugal. This inspiring two-day event provided a unique opportunity for experts in photonics and quantum technologies from across Europe to explore their potential in supporting sustainability, [...]
How can we bring technical education closer to young people and popularize optics? The Czech industry needs top specialists – in optics, engineering, electronics, and other technical fields. But how do we ensure that young people choose these careers? Over the past 5 years in Czechia, the number of students [...]
Supporting schools is an integral part of our activities. The Czech Optical Cluster provided Fort Science Olomouc with 20 sets of Photonics Explorer Kits, or optical kits. These are optical experiments and educational materials for students that make physics, technical education, and science in general much more entertaining. Photonics Explorer [...]
On November 27 and 28, a member meeting and workshop on "Photonics and Strategic Cooperation" was held at the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, organized by the Czech Optical Cluster. During the meeting, the membership expansion was approved to include three new members [...]
On November 27, we concluded a strategic agreement on mutual cooperation with the Autoklastr. This represents another significant step towards strengthening collaboration. The memorandum aims to utilize the potential of both clusters' members to support secondary education through creating conditions for professional internships, traineeships, and dual education. These activities target [...]