After the first networking events of the CZS Center QPhoton in December 2022 in Jena, July 2023 in Ulm and July 2024 in Stuttgart, the 4th joint two-day networking conference will take place in Jena this year. The conference will focus on quantum technologies, especially quantum imaging, quantum sensing and quantum computing. The CZS Junior Research Groups and the six joint innovation projects from the past calls will present their work. The conference offers also a good opportunity to exchange ideas for the next Call (deadline 15 October, 2025).
QPhoton Networking Conference 2025
Register online by 31/8/2025 for the 4th CZS Center QPhoton Networking Conference, which will take place in Jena, September 29-30, 2025.
Program
Monday, 29 September 2025
10.30 am – Photonics Days Jena: Welcoming remarks by Prof. Andreas Tünnermann
10.45 am – Career & Industry Brunch (On-site networking brunch with hiring companies – highly recommended for advanced graduate andadvanced PhD students)
1 pm – Photonics4Future Lecture on Quantum Technology by Prof. Fabian Steinlechner (Uni Jena) + other speakers tba
2 pm – QPhoton Networking Meeting Session 1 (Contributed Talks)
3:30 pm Coffee Break
4 pm – Photonics Days Jena Keynote talk by Prof. Christine Silberhorn (Uni Paderborn)
5 pm – Award Ceremony of the Annual Applied Photonics Award
6 pm onwards – Evening Reception, Get Together & Dinner @Jenaer Optikgespräche
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
All day: QPhoton Poster Session
9 am – QPhoton Networking Meeting Session 2 (Contributed Talks)
10.30 am – Coffee Break including Poster Session
11 am – QPhoton Networking Meeting Session 3 (Contributed Talks)
1 pm – Concluding Remarks + Joint Lunch
Lab Tours upon demand
2 pm – Individual Meetings and Departures
Registration
If it fits thematically, we would like to encourage not only professors but also doctoral and post-doctoral students and master's students to participate. They are invited to present part of their work in the form of a lecture or a poster in order to promote exchange at the working level.
Travel and accomodation
Travel
Abbe Center of Photonics
Albert-Einstein-Straße 6
07745 Jena
Accomodation
A list of recommended city center hotels will be posted here shortly. We recommend booking your hotel early via the website Thüringen entdecken or on the usual hotal portals.
