Facts and Figures on AKL´08

Date:		May 7 - 9, 2008, Aachen May 7, 2008: Seminar Laser Technology ABC’s, Technology Business Day (TBT), EU Innovation Forum "Laser material processing in aeronautics" May 8 and 9, 2008: AKL’08 International Laser Technology Conference May 9, 2008: "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 EUROM - European Industry Association for Precision Engineering and Optics ELI - European Laser Institute 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
Lectures:		57 speakers and 16 chairmen
Topics AKL:		Laser beam sources and systems Macro machining: laser cutting, laser welding, laser cladding, structuring and polishing Micro machining: precision joining, solar technology, functionalizing, drilling and ablating
Topics EU Innovation Forum:		Additive manufacturing and laser drilling Laser welding Laser cleaning, ablating, structuring
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 Trends
Topics Technology Business Day:		Global laser market Laser markets in Europe, USA, Japan and China Challenges and trends of laser material processing in microtechnology, automotive and metal working industry
Presentations:		80 live presentations and exhibits at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and at the companies of the Laser User Center
Exhibitors/Sponsors:		39 laser, component and system manufacturers showcase their products at the sponsor exhibition
Participants:		490 (dated May 5, 2008)
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 selected on a basis of merit and according to the published assessment criteria (see www.innovation-award-laser.org) 3 innovation teams out of 15 applications as finalists: - RobScan - Robot-guided Remote Scanner for Laser Beam Welding (team representative: Dipl.-Ing. Bertold Hopf, Head of Material and Production, Daimler AG, Technology Department, Sindelfingen) - RAPID: High-power, high-repetition-rate picosecond (ps) laser for industrial high-end micromachining (team representative: Dr. Achim Nebel, Managing director, LUMERA LASER GmbH, Kaiserslautern) - Ultrafast Laser for Efficient Industrial Micromachining (team representative: Dr. Dirk Sutter, Senior Scientist, Advanced R&D and Product Development Manager, TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KG, Schramberg) The prize winner will be presented on May 8, 2008 at a ceremony of the International Laser Technology Congress AKL’08 in the coronation hall of Aachen’s town hall.