Date: June 20th 2007 Venue: International Congress Munich
Conference Chair
Franz J. Gruber, Editor in Chief, EuroLaser Dr. Andreas Thoss, Editor in Chief, LaserTechik Journal
Program
8:45 Begin of conference
8:45 Global market for industrial lasers – Will fiber lasers drive future growth? David Belforte, Belforte Associates, Sturbridge, MA, USA
9:15 Recent advances in DPSS lasers and their use in fast growing application areas such as solar cell, FPD and micro processing David Clark, Newport Spectra Physics, Mountain View, CA, USA
9:45 Coffee Break
10:15 Multi-kW diode lasers challenge solid state lasers in welding and cutting - New lasers push process speed and performance Dr. Christoph Ullmann, Laserline, Mülheim-Kärlich, Germany
10:45 Fiber laser performance and economics - Status and trend for low power, high power, pulsed lasers Dr. Per Stenius, Liekki, Lohja, Finland
11:15 Laser marking, engraving and cutting – A system integrator’s assessment of fiber lasers, solid state lasers, CO2 lasers Dr. Andreas Penz, Trotec, Wels, Austria
11:45 Coffee Break, Refreshment
12:15 Micro processing, cutting, spot & seam welding - Solid state and fiber lasers compete for best performance Dr. Michael Schmidt, Bayerisches Laserzentrum, Erlangen, Germany
12.45 Laser system markets - Status and trend
Strong market growth for laser materials processing in Japan Dr. Kunihiko Washio, Paradigm Laser Research, Machida, Japan
Demand for laser systems reaches record high – growth shifts to Asia, emerging markets Dr. Arnold Mayer, Optech Consulting, Tägerwilen, Switzerland
13:30 End of Conference
The spoken word shall prevail.
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