360 CARLA Career Symposium: Call for companies
Thu, 07.05. – Fri, 08.05.2026, Burgdorf
Invitation of Swissphotonics member companies and companies involved in Green Photonics
The “360 Carla career Symposium” with focus on Green Photonics applications (see the Links below) will be the ideal platform for networking between students and industry. Students and young academic researchers will get insight into their carrier opportunities in the Photonics Industry and will have the chance to discuss directly with representatives from your company. All interested companies are welcome, even if their relation to green photonics is only indirect, like a laser manufacturer, whose lasers are not directly green products, but can be applied for additive manufacturing, photovoltaics, battery production, or sensing applications, etc...The event will be held on 7th/8th May 2026 at Berne University of Applied Sciences (BUAS /BFH), Burgdorf, Switzerland. Companies will have the opportunity to advertise themselves with their own booth or a tabletop from BFH. They can attract new young professionals and see what their competitors and other photonic companies are offering.
The Symposium will be organized by Swissphotonics in cooperation with the Berne University of Applied Sciences in the framework and with partial funding of the EU-Project 360 CARLA. We expect students and young researchers from all Swiss universities (EPFL, ETH, Uni Bern, Uni Neuchatel, Uni Genf, Uni Basel, Uni St. Gallen, FHNW, FH-Ostschweiz, BUAS/BFH Burgdorf).
Career in Photonics event organized in the framework of previous EU project CARLA in 2022 in Lausanne
The program will include:
- Talks at Audimax: Students will find an inspiring program of talks given by several company representatives and some speakers from research institutes,
- An Exhibition Area, where all companies can build up their booth and present their business activities and career opportunities for students or young researchers,
- Two panel discussions at Audimax will give insight to “Working in Photonics Industry” and “Experiences, founding a Startup Business”,
- Time slots and rooms for intense one2one - Chats between students and companies where students can introduce themselves and get answers to their individual questions as well as for Business speed dating chats, where students talk to many company representatives in a short time frame with rotation from one to the next after 5 min,
- A “Come together” with Apéro - Rich and entertainment on the evening of May 7th gives also the opportunity for networking and for showing videos of your company’s products, research and visions on a large display in the hall,
- More Networking opportunities during the Coffee breaks on Thursday and Lunch on Friday.
- Several Lab tours at Tec-Lab, Solar-Lab and the Laser Application Labs of BUAS/BFH will be offered.
The registration for companies is now open
We can offer the following company package
(for a normal fee of 1500, - CHF or for a Startup Fee of 500,- CHF):
- Your own booth at the exhibition or a tabletop with Poster Panels
- Speed - Presentation of your company at Audimax
- one2one-chats with students
- Business speed dating
- Several Lab Tours
- Apero-Rich on Thursday evening, Option for video presentation of your company (< 15 min)
- Networking - Lunch on Friday
- Your company logo on the call for the symposium
- Access to all parts of the event
Remark: Swissphotonics is a non-profit organization. The company’s registration fee is dedicated to offering the event to students for free and to sponsoring overnight stays for students. If you would like to support this even more, additional sponsorship is welcome (will be mentioned with your Logo in the call for students and on the program site of the event).
Housing: There are several Hotels in Burgdorf to stay.
Links to Carla Event:
360 CARLA Career Symposium
https://carlahub.eu/
Contacts 360 CARLA
Dr. Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz
Email: pierre-yves.fonjallaz@epfl.ch
Dr. Guido Hennig
Email: hennig.guido@outlook.com
31 October 2025, Christian Bosshard
