Facts and Figures on AKL´12

DATE		May 9-11, 2012, Aachen May 9, 2012 Seminar Laser Technology ABC´s Technology Business Day TBT EU Innovation Forum »Additive Manufacturing in Aeronautics and Power Generation« as well as »Perspectives of Polymer Welding with Lasers« Focus Seminar - Ultrashort Pulse Laser Processing Presentation of the »Innovation Award Laser Technology 2012« May 10, 2012 AKL´12 International Laser Technology Conference Accompanying Sponsors Exhibition Get-Together at the Ludwig Museum for International Art May 11, 2012 AKL´12 International Laser Technology Conference Accompanying Sponsors Exhibition »Laser Technology Live« at the Fraunhofer ILT
ORGANIZER		Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT Steinbachstraße 15 52074 Aachen Germany Phone +49 241 8906-0 Fax +49 241 8906-121 akl@lasercongress.org www.lasercongress.org www.ilt.fraunhofer.de
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS		Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. European Commission ELI - European Laser Institute EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium SPECTARIS - German Industry Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronical Technologies VDA - German Association of the Automotive Industry VDI-Technology Center Physical Technologies VDMA - German Engineering Federation
TOPICS AKL'12 INTERNATIONAL LASER TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE		Laser Beam Sources Laser Material Processing - Macro and Micro
TOPICS SEMINAR LASER TECHNOLOGY ABC'S		Operating mode of laser materials processing Fields of application of laser technology Practical examples Choice of suitable optics Monitoring of laser manufacturing processes
TOPICS TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS DAY TBT		Laser markets in Europe, USA and Asia Material Trends and Technological Challenges for Laser Applications
TOPICS EU INNOVATION FORUM		Additive Manufacturing in Aeronautics and Power Generation Perspectives of Polymer Welding with Lasers
TOPICS Focus Seminar		Ultrashort Pulse Laser Processing
LIVE PRESENTATIONS		about 70 live presentations and exhibits at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and at the companies of the Laser Application Center
EXHIBITORS/ SPONSORS		laser, component and system manufacturers showcase their products at the sponsor exhibition
INNOVATION AWARD LASER TECHNOLOGY		The Innovation Award Laser Technology is a European research prize awarded at 2-yearly intervals by the associations Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute ELI. The award can be conferred on an individual researcher or on an entire project group, whose exceptional skills and dedicated work have led to an outstanding innovation in the field of laser technology. The scientific and technological projects in question must center on the use of laser light in materials processing and the methods of producing such light, and must furthermore be of demonstrable commercial value to industry. The international jury selects according to the published assessment criteria (see www.innovation-award-laser.org) 3 innovation teams as finalists. The prize winner will be presented on May 9, 2012 at a ceremony of the International Laser Technology Congress AKL´12 in the coronation hall of Aachen´s town hall.