The Outlook is Upbeat for the Optics & Photonics Industry

By Tom Hausken

Tom Hausken, Senior Advisor, Engineering and Applications at the Optical Society provides a brief update of the Industry.

National Photonics Initiative (NPI). The National Academies report, Optics & Photonics, Essential Technologies for Our Nation, recommended an industry-academia-government effort to promote photonics in the U.S, called the National Photonics Initiative. Many people worked over the winter to make it happen, and the NPI was officially launched on May 23 in a webcast. With the launch was the publication of a white paper intended to gather industry’s inputs and blessing to the overall effort. OIDA led the effort for the white paper on optical communications policy. Next, the Podesta Group (a leading lobbying firm in Washington) will help promote the NPI to policymakers.

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Posted: 23 September 2013 by Tom Hausken | with 0 comments

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