Insider Brief
- More than 700 global leaders are convening Nov. 4 -5, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, for PIC Summit Europe to discuss how photonic chips can meet rising AI infrastructure demands.
- The event, organized by PhotonDelta, centers on scaling energy-efficient photonic chip technologies for AI, quantum computing, and advanced sensing applications.
- Delegations from Asia, including TSMC, Foxconn, and Fujitsu, are engaging with EU ecosystem players to strengthen global photonics collaboration and manufacturing.
PRESS RELEASE — More than 700 leaders from the semiconductor and photonic chip industry are meeting in Eindhoven in one of the largest summits of its kind to discuss the future of the industry.
PIC Summit Europe, organized by photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta, brings together designers, foundries, integrators, OEMs, investors and thought leaders to debate some of the most pressing issues impacting the sector. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Scaling together in a dynamic world’. Top of the agenda is how photonic chips could provide the energy-efficient hardware urgently needed to sustain the growth of AI.
Traditional CMOS-based systems are straining under the weight of soaring data demands, rising energy costs, and growing system complexity. Photonic chips are a key enabling solution to meet these challenges, offering high-speed data transmission, high bandwidth, and energy efficiency for applications from edge-AI to biosensing. Leaders at PIC Summit Europe 2025 will debate how the industry can unite to rapidly scale and adapt to meet the demands of AI and accelerate advancements in quantum computing. Keynotes will also cover how the photonic chip industry can expand manufacturing and applications for sensing solutions across various sectors, including healthcare, agrifood, and the automotive industry.
The summit will feature keynotes and panels with leaders including Anne Hidma, SVP Europe & US ASML; Patrick Vandenameele, Senior Vice President and CEO elect of imec; Devin Brinkley, SVP and Engineering Lead Taara; Wenchi Chang, Technical Manager TSMC; and Gustav Kalbe, Acting Director in DG Communications Networks, Content and Tech European Commission.
The Summit will also host innovation delegations from Taiwan, Japan and Singapore with representatives from the Hon Hai Research Institute (Foxconn), ASE Global, ITRI, Win Semiconductors, Liverage, AStar, Fujitsu, and NEDO. Their visit is the result of a sustained relationship-building effort, including multiple innovation missions led by PhotonDelta over the past two years. These connections have already led to concrete partnerships, such as between PHIX and ITRI (Taiwan) and SCIL Nano and NSTIC (National Semiconductor Translation and Innovation Center, Singapore). The delegates will present, participate in networking sessions and visit Dutch ecosystem companies, universities, and knowledge institutes.
Eelko Brinkhoff, CEO of PhotonDelta, said: “The theme of this year’s PIC Summit Europe is ‘Scaling together in a dynamic world’. This reflects our core message that the industry needs to unite to drive new applications, manufacturing capacity and standardisations in response to a range of generational changes impacting all of us.
“One of the most pressing issues is the environmental impact and sustainability of the AI revolution. Photonic Chips can help to tackle this by offering substantially more efficient and effective hardware that could power AI into the future.
“The leaders we have gathered will also discuss other critical issues such as the photonics industry’s role in driving quantum computing, improving food security and better healthcare, as well as facilitating innovations in areas such as driverless cars.
“This is one of the core objectives of PIC Summit Europe 2025- facilitating this dialogue and bringing consensus on the best way forward to enable the photonics industry to thrive.”
Image credit: PIC Summit Europe
