Nanophotonics Exhibition at Expocentre, Russia

MOSCOW - A high-tech Photonics exhibition, which is to be held at
Expocentre (Moscow) on April 20 - 23, 2009, will include a special section.
It will be completely devoted to laser nanotechnologies, which are
considerably transforming the image of modern electronics.

The emergence of this new section is connected with the
beginning of the realization of a large-scale federal program of nanoindustry
development in Russia. Photonics appears to be one of the most promising
avenues of activity in nanoindustry, embracing the whole complex of laser
technologies, laser-optical equipment, optical equipment, optoelectronics and
photoelectronics. The range of application for the technologies displayed at
the Photonics exhibition at Expocentre includes sectors from industry to
transport, communications systems and laser medicine.

“The part played by laser equipment mastering is equivalent
to the part of electrification at the beginning of the twentieth century,” -
such is the conviction of Ivan Kovsh, one of the most authoritative experts
in the field and President of the Laser Association, which is actively
cooperating with Expocentre in the field of exhibition preparation.

Summing up the results of last year’s Photonics’2008
exhibition, exhibitors and branch specialists noted that it has given a
powerful boost to the conversion of novel laser equipment developments into
market products, and that the participation of more than 150 companies from
15 countries world-wide made the exhibition really international and to the
fully reflected world trends in the development of laser-optical
technologies.

For the first time, the business program of the Photonics’2009
exhibition will be arranged according to subject days. A series of scientific
conferences, seminars and round table discussions are to open Industry Day
(April 20), during which scientists and branch specialists will discuss
“practical mastering of laser-optical technologies in the real sector of our
domestic economy.”

The Photonics’2009 exhibition, the organizers of which are
Expocentre and the Laser Association, will be held with the support of the
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the RF, the European Optical Society, the
State Committee for Science and Technologies of the Republic of Belarus, the
Technological Center <> and also under the
patronage of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RF and the
Government of Moscow.

Source: Expocentre

Arkadiy V. Didevich, Head of Press Centre, didevich at expocentr.ru, +7(499)256-74-50