We are plea­sed to announce the first three key­note spea­k­ers for this year’s Jena Laser Con­fe­rence: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arnold Gill­ner (RWTH Aachen), Prof. Dr. Uwe Morg­ner (Leib­niz Uni­ver­sity Han­no­ver), and PD Dr. Chris­tian Krän­kel (Leib­niz Insti­tute for Crys­tal Growth). We look for­ward to inspi­ring insights and pro­fes­sio­nal exch­ange.