For almost three deca­des, the JENA Laser Con­fe­rence has been a fixed date in the calen­dar of the inter­na­tio­nal laser com­mu­nity. What once began as a spe­cia­list mee­ting has deve­lo­ped into an estab­lished forum where rese­arch and indus­trial prac­tice meet at eye level. This year, the 15th edi­tion is once again being held in Jena – in a region that stands for pho­to­nics, pre­cis­ion and tech­no­logy trans­fer like no other.

Fol­lo­wing the suc­cessful inter­na­tio­na­liza­tion of #JLT14, the 15th JENA Laser Con­fe­rence will also have a con­sis­t­ently inter­na­tio­nal focus. Eng­lish as the con­fe­rence lan­guage, top-class con­tri­bu­ti­ons from part­ner regi­ons world­wide and strong par­ti­ci­pa­tion from indus­try, exhi­bi­tors and young sci­en­tists cha­rac­te­rize the pro­gram. The focus will be on cur­rent deve­lo­p­ments, tech­no­lo­gi­cal trends and spe­ci­fic appli­ca­ti­ons in laser manu­fac­tu­ring – dis­cus­sed in a prac­ti­cal, future-ori­en­ted and inter­di­sci­pli­nary man­ner.