

36th Annual Electronics Packaging Symposium (EPS)
AIM Photonics will exhibit at the upcoming 36th Annual Electronics Packaging Symposium at the GE Aerospace Research Center in Niskayuna, NY. AIM Photonics Chief Operating Officer will discuss co-packaged optics during a presentation and panel on Wednesday, September 3. The event focuses on various aspects of electronic packaging and how advanced packaging is evolving toward a Chiplet future.

Luminate Accelerator Program - 8th Cohort Presentations
AIM Photonics will host 12 startups from the 8th cohort of the Luminate Accelerator program on Monday, September 8. These innovative companies are advancing technologies powered by light, which will impact a wide range of industries. Each startup will deliver a brief presentation on their technology, followed by a Q&A session.

PIC Sensor Design and Fabrication
PIC Sensor Design and Fabrication is a 4-week online course that provides an introduction to the fabless design of silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) specific to photonic sensing applications.

Defense Manufacturing Conference
AIM Photonics will be at the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) 2025 in Orlando, FL, November 17-20. Members of our technical staff will be at our exhibit booth (#413) to answer questions and show how AIM Photonics is growing the integrated photonics infrastructure in the U.S. to help secure our country’s national defense and economic priorities.

SPIE Photonics West 2026
AIM Photonics is excited to exhibit at the upcoming SPIE Photonics West. Stop by our booth (#241) to engage with our team of experts who can speak to you about how AIM Photonics’ design enablement, multi-project wafer, and electronic-photonic test, assembly and packaging capabilities can help you take your ideas from creative concepts into production-ready prototypes.

OFC 2026
Join us in Los Angeles, CA, for OFC 2026 and stop by our exhibit booth (#5218) during the conference to learn about how we assist businesses in propelling their inventive concepts into production-ready prototypes through our design enablement, multi-project wafer, and electronic-photonic test, assembly, and packaging services.

IEEE RAPID
AIM Photonics Executive Director Wade Cook is the Keynote Speaker at the IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense (RAPID) Conference. Wade will present, “AIM Photonics Manufacturing Institute: Accessible, Domestic 300mm Silicon Photonics PICs and Packaging for Prototyping and Product Development.”

SPIE Optics + Photonics
AIM Photonics will be featured at SPIE Optics + Photonics, taking place August 3-7, 2025, in San Diego, CA. Don’t miss our presentations, where we’ll share the latest on design enablement solutions for 300 mm silicon photonics, hybrid integrated lasers in a silicon photonics process, and PIC-focused education and workforce development.

AIM Photonics Summer Academy
Join us at the AIM Photonics Summer Academy for a week of intensive study in integrated photonics, including materials, devices, circuit design and chip fabrication principles, packaging, sustainability, testing, system applications, and introduction to electronic-photonic design automation (EPDA) software.

PIC Testing and Packaging Workshop
Four days of hands-on activities at AIM Photonics’ Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) Facility, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Rochester that will teach you how to test, analyze, and package photonic integrated circuits.

Optica Advanced Photonics Congress
AIM Photonics Chief Operations Officer David Harame will present on Silicon Photonics Manufacturing: Customer Requirements and Fab Readiness at the Optica Advanced Photonics Congress in Marseille, France.

Pentagon Day
AIM Photonics will exhibit in the Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Technology Program Exhibition as one of the nine DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) at the Pentagon on Tuesday, July 8. During the exhibition, AIM Photonics representatives will showcase some of the exciting innovations enabled by its innovative technology.

AIM Photonics Members Meeting
Our 2025 Members Meeting will be held at the University of Rochester Institute of Optics on June 10-11.
For the 2025 meeting, we are expanding the event to two days, giving you more time to connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas with fellow members.

IPSR-International 2025 Spring Meeting
AIM Photonics Chief Operating Officer David Harame will chair the Accelerating Prototype to Commercial Manufacturing Workshop during the Integrated Photonic System Roadmap (IPSR-International) 2025 Spring Meeting on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 10:20 a.m.

2025 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)
Join us in Dallas, Texas for the 2025 IEEE 75th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC). Stop by our exhibit booth (#134) to learn how AIM Photonics can help you build and package your photonic integrated circuit prototypes.

iMAPS New England 51st Symposium & Expo
AIM Photonics 3D and Heterogeneous Integration Manager Colin McDonough will present on “Electronic-Photonic Packaging for Si Photonics” during iMAPS New England 51st Symposium & Expo.

Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC)
Join AIM Photonics Process Integration Engineer Dr. Soumen Kar at the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) in Albany, New York. Dr. Kar will present on “Compositional Analysis of Thick Silicon Nitride Films Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.”

CLEO
Nathan Lin, Director of Photonics Outreach at AIM Photonics, is slated to deliver a presentation titled "Electronic Interposer Platform for 2.5D Heterogeneous Integration of Photonics-Electronics Chiplet Systems" at this year's CLEO event in Long Beach, California. If you’re attending the event, make sure to stop by to learn more.

CHIPS NORTH Executive Summit
AIM Photonics’ Executive Director Wade Cook will join the High-Performance Computing: AI, Optical, and Quantum panel on April 30 at the CHIPS NORTH Executive Summit. The CHIPS NORTH Executive Summit, presented by Canada’s Semiconductor Council brings together top executives, policymakers, and innovators from Canada, the U.S., and key global markets on a premier platform to share insights, set priorities, and forge partnerships that will advance Canada's role in the global semiconductor value chain.

OFC 2025
Join us in San Francisco, CA, for OFC 2025 and stop by our exhibit booth (#6049) during the conference to learn about how we assist businesses in propelling their inventive concepts into production-ready prototypes through our design enablement, multi-project wafer, and electronic-photonic test, assembly, and packaging services.

PIC Testing and Packaging Workshop
Four days of hands-on activities at AIM Photonics’ Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) Facility, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Rochester that will teach you how to test, analyze, and package photonic integrated circuits.

SPIE Photonics West 2025
AIM Photonics is excited to exhibit and present at the upcoming SPIE Photonics West. Stop by our booth (#233) to engage with our team of experts who can speak to you about how AIM Photonics’ design enablement, multi-project wafer, and electronic-photonic test, assembly and packaging capabilities can help you take your ideas from creative concepts into production-ready prototypes.

Defense Manufacturing Conference
AIM Photonics will be at the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) 2024 in Austin, Texas, December 2-5. Members of our technical staff will be at our exhibit booth (#432) to answer questions and show how AIM Photonics is growing the integrated photonics ecosystem in the U.S. to help secure our country’s national defense and economic priorities.

STEM and Nanotechnology Family Day
AIM Photonics Educational Outreach and Workforce Development Manager Capri O’Hara and AIM Photonics Director of Communications and Information Management Leah Scott will participate in the University at Albany’s (UAlbany’s) STEM and Nanotechnology Family Day with some fun hands-on activities.

UPISC Workshop
AIM Photonics Chief Operating Officer will present at the University of Pittsburgh Infrastructure Sensing Collaboration (UPISC) Workshop on November 13, 2024 at 2 p.m. Dr. Harame is an Invited Industry Speaker at the event and will present on AIM Photonics and On-Chip Photonics Manufacturing and Design.

Manufacturing Day
Local high school students will celebrate Manufacturing Day with AIM Photonics on October 4, 2024. Students from the Capital Region BOCES Manufacturing and Machining class and Mohonasen High School’s AP Physics program will learn about silicon photonics manufacturing and tour the Albany NanoTech Complex with AIM Photonics Director of Education and Workforce Development Bob Geer and Photonics Technician Garret Heritage.

Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FiO LS)
Join AIM Photonics AIM Photonics Director of Outreach Dr. Nathan Lin and Research and Development Engineer Dr. Mohammad Rakib Uddin at the Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FiO LS) in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Uddin will present on “A Vertical-Junction Carrier-Depletion Micro-Ring Modulator,” and Dr. Lin will act as a presiding chair and technical program committee member.

Advanced Packaging Summit
AIM Photonics Chief Operations Officer David Harame will address the challenges of co-packaged optics during his presentation at the Advanced Packaging Summit in South Korea.

35th Annual Electronics Packaging Symposium (EPS)
AIM Photonics will exhibit at the upcoming 35th Annual Electronics Packaging Symposium at Binghamton University’s Innovative Technologies Complex. The schedule features a talk by Colin McDonough, 3D and Heterogeneous Integration Manager.

Luminate's Accelerator Program: 7th Cohort Presentations
AIM Photonics will host the Luminate Accelerator Program: 7th Cohort Presentations on August 9. Luminate, based in Rochester, NY, is the world's largest business accelerator for startups working on emerging technology enabled by optics, photonics, and imaging. Startups accepted to the cohort received $100k each and compete for $2 million in follow-on funding.

Photonic Integrated Circuit Test and Measurement
AIM Photonics Design Enablement Manager Amit Dikshit will present during the upcoming Photonic Integrated Circuit Test and Measurement webinar presented by Tech Briefs. Dr. Dikshit and his fellow speakers will discuss new tools, facilities, and equipment that have emerged recently as solutions to the challenges facing the development and testing of PICs. Register to attend the webinar online.

AIM Photonics Summer Internship Poster Session
The 12-week AIM Photonics Summer Internship Program will culminate in a poster session, during which the interns will share their research results with fellow students, mentors, engineers, and semiconductor industry professionals. AIM Photonics and NY CREATES employees are invited to join the interns to learn about their research on July 26, 2024, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the NFS Rotunda.

AIM Photonics Summer Academy
Join us at the AIM Photonics Summer Academy for a week of intensive study in integrated photonics, including materials, devices, circuit design and chip fabrication principles, packaging, sustainability, testing, system applications, and introduction to electronic-photonic design automation (EPDA) software.

AIM Photonics Members Meeting
Join us on June 26, 2024, at the University of California, Santa Barbara for our in-person annual Members Meeting! Current active members may register to attend. Interested in becoming a member? Learn about membership benefits and request more information.

Luceda Webinar: Design for Sensing: Using SiN for Sensor Technology and Biosensing
AIM Photonics Design Enablement Manager Amit Dikshit will present our design enablement offerings in SiN Technology as part of the Design for Sensing: Using SiN for Sensor Technology and Biosensor Webinar hosted by Luceda Photonics. The webinar will focus on SiN, a critical material system for integrated photonics, mainly due to its transparency and low loss across a wide range of wavelengths, and its compatibility with CMOS processing.

Pentagon Day
AIM Photonics will exhibit in the Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Technology Program Exhibition as one of the nine DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) at the Pentagon on Tuesday, June 4. During the exhibition, AIM Photonics representatives will showcase some of the exciting innovations enabled by its innovative technology.