Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
10,000€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.3 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Photonics21 Association
EU Transparency Register
250774516080-16 First registered on 18 Feb 2015
Goals / Remit
The Association is an international non-profit association with scientific purpose governed by the Belgian Code of companies and associations, as introduced by the Belgian law of twenty-third of March twenty nineteen on companies and associations, and containing various provisions.
The purpose of the Association is to enter into the PPP Contract, to execute this PPP Contract and to promote R&D in the Photonics industry in order to strengthen the Photonics industry in the European Union, to foster technology skills in Europe by attracting students and to increase the competitiveness of the European industry by providing new tools and capabilities for manufacturing in Europe.Main EU files targeted
The Photonics partnership represents a long-term commitment between the European Commission and the Photonics Stakeholders to invest in Europe with the aim of securing Europe's industrial leadership and economic growth in photonics and is enabled industries. Photonics industry, which is based on about 5000 SMEs across Europe has a highly skilled workforce, and the capability to generate new jobs that attract young people.
The partnership is the basis for a Research and Innovation strategy and more broadly for an industrial strategy in photonics for Europe for the Horizon Europe period and beyond.
On June 23rd, 2021 Photonic21 Association entered into a Co-programmed partnership with the European Commission by signing a Memorandum of Understanding in the frame of a Launch Event.
The main objectives are to strengthen the photonics ecosystem along the value chain support diffusion of photonics technologies and contributes to growth and jobs and raise competitiveness. In detail:
Foster a focused, continuous and synergetic development of key photonics technologies, components and systems in Europe
Push for the rapid diffusion into the various sectors that critically depend on innovative photonics solutions by early collaboration along value chains
Fully exploit the potential of photonics for a digital, green and healthy future in Europe by providing critical components and systems and processes for next generation applications
Securing Technological Sovereignty for Europe by maintaining leadership in core photonics technologies and in the application of photonics through ensuring common strategic research and investment commitment
Raise the International Competitiveness of Europe’s economy and ensure Long-term Job and Prosperity creation in Europe
Provide a framework for the shaping of ecosystems to address changes of value creation
Towards this new Photonics partnership in Horizon Europe a Vision Paper was provided as well as a detailed Multiannual Strategic Roadmap: "New Horizons- Securing Europe’s technological sovereignty through Photonics" as well as a new report on "Market data and Industry Report 2020" and "Insights into the dynamic photonics market (2019–2022)", which shows the impact of Photonics on the main objectives of the European Commission with regard to Technological Sovereignty, Green Deal, Competitiveness and Digital Transformation as well as the success potential of photonics technologies as an innovative growth driver for many end-use applications. Some of the key results can be viewed below:
New research shows the photonics industries in Europe, the US, and Asia outpaced global GDP from 2019 to the post-pandemic period of 2022, growing at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 6.8% despite geopolitical risks significantly affecting international trade.
Employment surged by 35,000 jobs during this period, far exceeding the growth rate of European manufacturing as a whole.
European photonics production soared to €124.6 billion in 2022, representing over 5,000 companies and contributing significantly to Europe’s manufacturing landscape.
The sector witnessed a remarkable annual revenue growth rate of 6.5% (2019-2022), outpacing Europe’s GDP growth even after accounting for inflation.
Europe maintained a strong position as the second-largest player in the global photonics market (15% share), underscoring its competitiveness against major counterparts like China and the US.
The European photonics industry exhibits a strong commitment to research and innovation, with an R&D intensity of 10.5%, significantly > than other industries
With this highly innovative industry and four recent Nobel Prizes awarded to European scientists for their work in Photonics, Europe is in a very good starting position to accelerate advanced key European initiatives, such as AI, High-Performance Computing, Quantum Communication and Quantum Computing, as well as Smart Cities which all depend on Photonics as the key enabling technologyAddress
Head Office
Rijvisschestraat 124
3square village
Zwijnaarde 9052
BELGIUMEU Office
Rijvisschestraat 124
3square village
Zwijnaarde 9052
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Ursula TOBER 16 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2024 Ursula TOBER 15 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Ursula TOBER 23 Jun 2018 22 Jun 2019 Ursula TOBER 12 May 2017 09 May 2018 Ms Katharina Flaig-Rüttgers 12 Mar 2015 10 Mar 2016 Ursula TOBER 11 Mar 2015 05 Mar 2016 Complementary Information
Photonics21 Association is based on the European Technology Platform Photonics21 which has more than 4000 members from industry, science and research institutes. It was found 2005 and acts on a voluntary basis of its members. One main purpose is to define and align the various partners on the Innovation and Research Topics. The Photoncis21 Association represents the private side of the Public Private Partnership with the EU Commission. The Memorandum of Understanding contract was signed on June 23rd, 2021 in an official Launch Event in the frame of the R+D Days of the European Commission.
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Categories
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Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
http://www.knowledge4innovation.eu/
https://sciencebusiness.net/network
Partnership Knowledge Hub (https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupId=3783&fromMembers=true&memberType=4&memberId=95957)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name lux consulting group s.à.r.l.-s vdi technologiezentrum gmbh Closed year Costs
0€ - 10,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
k4i
Science BusinessCommunication activities
Position Papers towards Horizon Europe, Digitizing Europe and Technological Sovereignty
Vision Paper - Europe's age of Light
Multiannual Strategic Roadmap for Horizon Europe: "New Horizons - Securing Europe’s technological sovereignty through Photonics"
Market Data and Industry Report 2020
Horizon Europe - Proposal for a Photonics Partnership 2020
Memorandum of Understanding - final signing event June 23rd, 2020
Quantum PIC Position Paper
Multi-annual Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2023-2030
Photonics Industry Supply Chain Survey 2023
White Paper on Integrated Photonics
Position Paper on Optics and Photonics Technologies Serving Virtual Worlds
Photonics Market Study "Insights into the dynamic photonics market (2019–2022)"
EAC Study "Political Steering Processes in China in Core Segments of the Photonics Industry 2024"
Photonics Partnerships project success stories
CSA "Nextpho21" (finalized end 2020) and start of new CSA "Bestphorm21" on July 1st, 2021
CSA "Phorwards21", started January 1st, 2024
European Photonics Venture Forum in collaboration with Tech Tour and ActPhast
Digital Innovation Hubs / Founding and close collaboration with the "Photon Hub" project
Regional and Member State Engagement: u.A. Information event with regional and national representatives in the area of Research and Innovation as well as with Perm Reps / Strengthen the information exchange and collaboration with former "Photonics Mirror Group" in the new format of a National and Regional Advisory Board
Collaboration with other Partnerships (e.g. QFlag, Manufacture Europe, KDT, Virtual Worlds Partnership, Innovative Materials for Europe Partnership, Chips JU and more to come)
EIC on Accelerator, EIB on Financing Photonics and High Tech Industries, KDT on integrated silicon photonics - activities ongoingOther activities
Pilot Partnership for defining KPIs by the Expert Group engaged by DG R+D for Performance Measuring and Impact Evaluation
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 03 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Future funding of partnerships Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject Photonics Partnerships Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
- Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject digitisation of industry DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)