The 26th World’s Leading Trade Fair with Congress for Photonics Components, Systems and Applications takes place this year at the Messe München from 27th to 30th June 2023.

LASER World of PHOTONICS is the world’s leading trade fair for photonic components, systems and applications. It has been setting standard in terms of innovation, variety and relevance since 1973. Today, LASER World of PHOTONICS is the most important international industry meeting point. Its first-class portfolio with leading players from research, technology and applications makes it just as unique as the parallel World of Photonics Congress, which attracted more than 6,700 top specialists from the international photonics community to Munich in 2019.

In the exhibition halls on the Munich exhibition grounds, you will meet leading providers of laser systems for manufacturing, data transfer and biophotonics, as well as from the fields of optronics, lighting and energy technology. Further key topics will include sensors, measurement and testing technology, as well as imaging solutions and integrated photonics. The 11 exhibition areas cover the entire range of photonic technologies. And if that wasn’t enough: With the World of QUANTUM, all the players from the highly dynamic future field of quantum technologies have an international meeting place right in the heart of the LASER World of PHOTONICS.

Knowledge transfer and exchange between disciplines are among the central drivers of innovation today. As international meeting points for the top players from industry and science, trade fairs play a key role in this. Messe München is aware of this role and for just this reason offers a comprehensive supporting program. In addition, by simultaneously holding the LASER World of PHOTONICS, the World of QUANTUM, the leading international trade fair for automation automatica—and the World of Photonics Congress, it actively contributes to the exchange and transfer of knowledge.

In addition to its key role for the field of photonics, LASER World of PHOTONICS is also aware of its importance for current social issues such as the energy transition, the shortage of specialist workers and supply chain problems. For that reason, the trade fair and events taking place in parallel place focus on the topics of sustainability, the promotion of new talent and digitalization. Because it is about shaping our economic future successfully in the long term. As the world’s most important meeting place for the photonics community, LASER World of PHOTONICS can contribute a lot to this. As an enabling technology, photonics is the key to sustainable innovation in many industries and future fields.