ZEI Symposium: the Digital Future of Optics: International Experts Devise Recommendations for Action

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 22.07.2016.

The first ZEISS Symposium Optics in the Digital World was held in Oberkochen, Germany on 23 June 2016 and networked around 200 international scientists and leading industry representatives. The focus was on current questions related to optics and photonics. This scientific field makes digitization possible, but digitization is increasingly shaping optics and photonics.

The workshop results have been collected in three Whitepapers. These have been published at www.zeiss.com/zeiss-symposium and are available for anyone who is interested. The Whitepapers do not only describe the state of the art in these research fields, but also identify the key fields of action.

In the future, optical technologies will be shaped by increasing digitization and big data applications. These include computer-aided image processing, processing large datasets in optics, obtaining information from data, visualization for augmented and virtual reality scenarios (AR/VR) as well as computer vision and machine learning.

The ZEISS Symposium will be held every two years following the same format. The Symposium is intended to serve as a platform for optics experts to identify trends and research requirements in this field. The results will be published in a series of additional Whitepapers.

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About ZEISS:

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries. The ZEISS Group develops and distributes lithography optics, measuring technology, microscopes, medical technology, eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and planetarium technology. With its solutions, the company constantly advances the world of optics and helps shape technological progress. ZEISS is divided up into the four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Research & Quality Technology, Medical Technology, and Vision Care / Consumer Optics. ZEISS is represented in over 40 countries and operates more than 30 production sites, over 50 sales and service locations and about 25 research and development facilities.

In fiscal year 2014/15 the company generated revenue approximating 4.5 billion euros with around 25,000 employees. Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. Carl Zeiss AG is the strategic management holding company that manages the ZEISS Group. The company is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).

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