AKL´12 - Laser Technology Conference

  

Over 70 experts from research and industry will bring you up to date on the current trends in laser technology. In particular, practitioners and strategists from the automotive industry, the aviation and machine construction, electronic and solar technology as well as medical technology can obtain new ideas for their individual applications through practical examples. In professional lectures and discussion forums or at the live demonstrations, experience what is current and relevant for the future in laser technology.

The topics are as follows:

Gerd Herziger Session

• Laser Solutions for the Industrial Challenges of
  the 21st Century

Laser Beam Sources

• Solid State and Fiber Lasers
• Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers
• Frequency-doubled Lasers
• Diode Lasers

Laser Manufacturing Processes in Macro Areas

• Laser Welding and Laser Cutting
• Process Monitoring in Laser Material Processing
• Additive Laser Manufacturing Processes

Laser Manufacturing Processes in Micro Areas

• Micro- and Nanostructuring
• Polishing and Thin Film Processes
• Micro Joining
• Micro Drilling

» Thursday (May 10, 2012)     » Friday (May 11, 20112)

Thursday, May 10, 2012
from 08:00	Registration and Coffee Reception
10:00 - 18:00	Exhibition of the Sponsors
08:30 - 10:00	Welcome Chairman: Prof. Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) 8:40 Svenja Schulze, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research Opening Speech 9:00 Dr. Dieter Steegmüller, Daimler AG, Stuttgart (D) Challenges and Perspectives of Production Technology in the Automotive Industry 9:30 Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) The Social Impact of Laser Technology: Trends and Perspectives
10:00 - 11:00	Visit of the Exhibition Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00	Gerd Herziger Session Laser Solutions for the Industrial Challenges of the 21st Century Chairman: Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) Dr. Michael Mertin Jenoptik AG, Jena (D) Dr. Christian Schmitz TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH, Ditzingen(D) Thorsten Frauenpreiß, ROFIN-SINAR Laser GmbH, Hamburg (D) Lutz Aschke, LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH, Dortmund (D)
13:000 - 14:30	Lunch Visit of the Exhibition
14:30 - 16:00	Laser Material Processing - Macro Welding Chairman: Dr. Dirk Petring, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
14:30 - 16:00	Laser Material Processing - Micro Micro- und Nano Structuring Chairman: Dr. Jens Holtkamp, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
14:30 - 16:00	Laser Sources Solid State and Fiber Lasers Chairman: Hans-Dieter Hoffmann, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
16:00 - 17:00	Visit of the Exhibition Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:30	Laser Material Processing - Macro Cutting Chairman: Prof. Wolfgang Schulz, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
17:00 - 18:30	Laser Material Processing - Micro Polishing and Thin Film Processes Chairman: Dr. Jochen Stollenwerk, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
17:00 - 18:30	Laser Sources Ultrafast Pulsed Lasers Chairman: Dr. Peter Rußbüldt, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
20:00 - 23:30	Get-Together Event Ludwig Forum for International Art
Friday May 11, 2012
from 08:00	Registration and Coffee Reception
10:00 - 13:00	Exhibition of the Sponsors
08:30 - 10:00	Laser Material Processing - Macro Generative Additive Laser Processes Chairman: Dr. Konrad Wissenbach, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
08:30 - 10:00	Laser Material Processing - Micro Micro Joining Chairman: Dr. Alexander Olowinsky, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
08:30 - 10:00	Laser Sources Frequency Converted Lasers Chairman: Dr. Bernd Jungbluth, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:00 - 11:00	Visit of the Exhibition Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	Laser Material Processing - Macro Process Control in Laser Manufacturing Chairman: Dr. Stefan Kaierle, LZH Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover (D)
11:00 - 12:30	Laser Material Processing - Micro Micro Drilling Chairman: Claudia Anna Hartmann, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
11:00 - 12:30	Laser Sources Diode Lasers Chairman: Martin Traub, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
12:30 - 13:00	Outlook Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
13:00 - 13:45	Shuttle Bus to Fraunhofer ILT
13:45 - 14:45	Lunch at Fraunhofer ILT
14:30 - 17:30	»Laser Technology Live« at Fraunhofer ILT and Companies of the Application Center
15:00 - 18:00	Shuttle Bus between Fraunhofer ILT and Eurogress
Program subject to minor changes.