1. Werner Steinhögl, Photonics Unit DG CONNECT - European Commission
Photonics in Horizon 2020
LEIT ICT WP ICT
Werner Steinhögl, Photonics Unit DG CONNECT - European Commission
18 January 2019

2. ICT-03-2018-2019 Photonics Manufacturing Pilot Lines for Photonic Components and Devices
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3. Overall context: Technologies for Digitising European Industry
ICT Photonics Manufacturing Pilot Lines for Photonic Components and Devices
Overall context: Technologies for Digitising European Industry
ICT 03 Innovation Actions
Manufacturing Pilot Lines for:
2019
Next Generation Free-Form Optics Mature a technology platform and provide access to free-form optics;
Advanced optical medical device technologies for medical devices Mature a technology platform and provide access to optical based devices for in-vivo and/or in-vitro medical diagnosis. .
DDL: 28 MAR 2019,
@ 17:00
30 M€
Indicative budget for all proposals: M€

4. Photonics PPP ICT 03 – 2018-2019 i. Manufacturing Pilot Lines
The specific challenge:
to accelerate the design, development and uptake of photonics technology for a wide range of industrial players, in particular SMEs
to provide low-barrier access to volume production of advanced photonics components available to a wide range of industrial players which would otherwise not have easy access.
Photonics Manufacturing Pilot Lines should form the basis for future Photonics Digital Innovation Hubs.

5. Photonics PPP ICT 03 – 2018-2019 i. Manufacturing Pilot Lines Scope:
Provide open access to manufacturing of advanced photonics components and systems and offer related services including design and characterization.
Cover all stages of manufacturing through to testing.
Provide a low entry barrier access to low and medium production volumes and the processes used should be scalable to high production volumes.
Include a validation of the pilot line offer with involvement of external users in pre-commercial production runs.
Aim at long-term sustainability, including development of or integration into photonics innovation hubs.
Use existing infrastructure and develop close links with on-going European and national initiatives in order to maximise impact.

6. Photonics PPP ICT 03 – 2018-2019 i. Manufacturing Pilot Lines Impact:
Proposals should describe how the proposed work will contribute to the listed corresponding expected impacts and include baseline, targets and metrics to measure impact.
Improve significantly the uptake of photonics technology by end-user industry, in particular SMEs, enabling a demonstrably more competitive European industry.
Greatly accelerate the time to market.
Create sustainable manufacturing capability in Europe.
Take note:
Proposals may address one or more areas called for
At least one proposal will be selected to cover each technology.

7. Photonics PPP ICT 03 – 2018-2019 Topic Evolution
Photonics Manufacturing Pilot Lines have previously been called for in
ICT 28 : Cross-Cutting ICT KETs 2015
ICT 29 – 2016: Photonics KET
ICT 03 – 2018: Photonics Manufacturing Pilot Lines
Five running Photonics Manufacturing Pilot Lines
PIX4LIFE
PI-SCALE
MIRPHAB
PIXAPP
INPULSE (started in January 2019)