Deep Tech Atelier 2023 | 19 April 2023 | Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel, Riga, Elizabetes iela 55, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1010, Latvia

This conference will be held as part of the Deep Tech Atelier. Quantum, optical fiber and sensors will be the main focus. Abstracts and speakers presentations are expected and will be given on the following topics: Advanced Materials, Optics & Spectroscopy, Photonics in Manufacturing, Laser Technology, Quantum, Optical Fibers, Sensors, Photonics in Life Sciences, Security and Safety, etc. NOP will be held in parallel in two sessions – industry and academy.

There will be a poster session as well as exhibition stands. Therefore, Bachelor, Master, PhD students, as well as postdoc and more senior researchers, have the opportunity to present their posters. The Conftool system is designed to submit an abstract for the opportunity to give an oral or poster presentation of your research. The best theses will be selected for an oral presentation.

In addition to these activities, the pre-conference day (on April 19) conference will be dedicated to the participants of the photonics and optics conference visiting and getting to know the Latvian scientific institutions and companies in this field – Lightspace, EuroLCDs, RTU ETF, ISSP UL, Materize etc.

2023 Speakers

Jānis Jaško
CEO and co-founder of “WeedBot”, Researcher, Biologist, Plant protection specialist

Mārtiņš Kokalis
EUIPO Deployed Network Support for Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

Ieva Zvejsalniece
Entrepreneur, Latvian and European trademark attorney, author

Māra Rozenblate
Leading expert on European patent matters of the Patent Office of Latvia

Ilze Bargā
Satellite Imagery Analytics and Geospatial Systems @ForestRadar.com

Luca Stagnaro
ESPRIT Project Manager at European Space Agency - ESA

Geda Daškevičiūtė-Lazauskienė
ESA BIC Lithuania Project Manager

Saulius Arelis
CEO @Visoriai Information Technology Park

Fabrice Testa
Serial Tech Entrepreneur

Ilze Indriksone
Minister of Economics

Julien Zichi
Technical Sales Engineer

Tālis Juhna
The Rector of Riga Technical University

Raphael Roettgen
Founder of E2MC Ventures; Co-founder of Prometheus Life Technologies

Andrus Kurvits
Contract Officer of ESA Business Incubation Centre Estonia

Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs
Professor of quantum physics at University of Latvia

Paul Liias
Head of Space at Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia

Prof. Dr. Mahulena Hofmann
University of Luxembourg, Full professor of the SES Chair in Satellite Communication and Media Law

Kaspars Rožkalns
Director General at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

Simona Rataj
Head of Department for Strategic Marketing of IPR, University of Ljubljana

Jani Patrakka
Research Assistant at Tampere University

Kristaps Banga
Accenture Europe Space GTM Lead // SPACE Ecosystem & Partnership Lead // Head of Innovation Accenture Baltics

Anton Pozdnyakov
Science Communicator and Content Producer

Tali Arava Bachar
Elbytsistems, Senior Space Program and BD manager

Gordon Campbell
ESA, Head of Enterprise EO Data Applications Division Earth Observation Programmes Directorate

Freddy Geyer
Thales Alenia Space European Copperations Director

Stephen Airey
Head of New, Associate and Cooperating States Section at ESA/ESTEC

Andrejs Juscenko
Demand generation and business development for Tech companies

Joseph Achbacher
Chief Executive Officer of ESA

Silver Toomla
Managing partner of Invent Baltics

Åsa Claesson
Senior Scientist and Business Dev

Rolands Ozolins
Founder, Business Growth Strategist at IBD Consulting

Ph.D Hannah Joyce
Professor in low dimensional electronics at the University of Cambridge

Max Widarsson
CEO of SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB

Anaïs van Wynsberghe
Investment manager, SpaceFounders France

Gustavs Zilgalvis
Founding Director at the Center for Space Governance

Frank Danesy
Adjunct faculty member at the University of Mannheim and the founder/CEO of Intelsource

Maya Schwartz
CEO, Israeli High-Tech Association

David "Deddy" Dayag
Astrophotographer

Igors Berkovics
Co-Creator at Biocatalyst Foundation; CEO at Zound Medical

Andrii Shekhirev
Co-Creator at Biocatalyst Foundation; CEO at Enzymity

Fredrik Muller
Chief Strategy Officer at Qualisys AB

Valters Slava
CEO of the spin-off company OG Sense

Kalvis Alps
R&D Engineer

Reinis Lazda
Researcher the University of Latvia

Ph.D Mariam Quarshie
Nanophotonics researcher at the University of Eastern Finland

Arturs Bundulis
Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics

Linda Zeltiņa
VIZULO Commercial director

Andrejs Griscenko
Head of R&D at Ceram Optec

Kristīne Stakena
Growth Stage moderator

Viesturs Sosārs
Program Director of INO Pre-acceleration program at RBS

Ph. D Grant Aivazian
Optical Scientist

Laurynas Mačiulis
Co-founder of Astrolight and Nanoavionics; CEO of Astrolight; Spacecraft engineer

Eyal Ben-Ze'ev
Space entrepreneur, speaker and educator

Emilija Vija Plorina
Researcher at Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy

Ph.D. Krister Fröjdh
VP R&D at Proximion

Mārtiņš Rubenis
Improving experiences Through Cultivation of Mind and Body

Deniss Gradalevs
Transmission engineer; sound engineer & musician

Hayato Okubo
Senior Program Manager at Kyoto

Sandris Mūriņš
Serial entrepreneur, inventor & public speaker

Masahiro Morizumi
Innovation leader at Asahi Kasei

Armands Jurjevs
CEO at ABLabs

Juha Falck
Sales and Marketing Director at Senop Oy

Inga Šīrante
Institute Director at University of Latvia

Marija Plotniece
Senior Expert at the National Contact Point for Horizon Europe

Dr.sc.ing. Jūlija Asmuss
Senior Expert of Latvian Council of Science; Horizon Europe NCP

Anders Mellberg
Senior Industrial Designer at Eker Design AS

Magnar Ødelien
Programme Director, EEA Norway Grants at Innovation Norway

Anete Grosberga
CEO and Co-Founder at ForQueenBee

Ph.D Heli Valtna
Co-founder and CEO of deep tech startup LightCode Photonics

Vanda Voikiva
CTO and Co-Fouder at Fluffy Unlimited

Angelina Bekasova
Space & Innovation Policy Senior Expert at Ministry of Economics

Evijs Taube
LVRTC Member of the Board

Oliver Hasse
Managing Director of INAM

Andrejs Berdņikovs
Tech manager, Data analyst, Researcher & Scientist

Diana Lapkis
Member of the Council of the Latvian Space Industry Association

Dr. Péter Mogyorósi
Chief Executive Officer at Creative Accelerator

Aigars Lauzis
BeTRITON

Ph.D Kaspars Grīnbergs
Ph.D in Industrial Engineering

Ilona Gulchak
Commercialization Reactor’s team member

Ph.D Asger Jensen
Senior market development manager and head of Quantum at NKT

Jānis Upmanis
Co-founder and CEO at getUgo

Liene Briede
European Innovation Council board member

Stela Tkatchova
EIC Programme Manager for Space systems & technologies

Lars Frolund
European Innovation Council board member, Lecturer at MIT

Ph.D. Anders H. Hansen
Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital, Smart Sensor Systems

Prof. Zohar Ben-Asher
Academic Director & Chief Scientist at EuCRF European Centre for Research & Financing

Robert Fickler
Associate Professor at Tampere University

Nikolai Adamovitch
Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

Ph.D. Ainars Ozols
Chief Technology Officer at EuroLCDs

Oskars Teikmanis
Research Assistant at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science

Nikita Kazakevics
Director of Innovation and Technology Department of LIAA

Ilia Stambler
Chief Science Officer at Vetek (Seniority), Israel

Regina Gumenyuk
Project Coordinator at Tampere University

Clement Guyot
Space Product Line Manager at iXblue

Anton Adamovitch
CEO & co-founder at Conelum Biotech

Dóra Marosvölgyi
Innovation enthusiast. Business mentor to health tech start-ups. World traveller.

Pauls Irbins
President of the Latvian Space Industry Association

Artis Ozoliņš
Technology journalist and enthusiast

2023 Partners

• Edmund Optics
• Hamamatsu Photonics
• Embassy of Israel to Latvia
• ESA
• Innovation Norway
• We Make Future
• Photonic Sweden
• Photonics Finland
• OX Drive