International Laser Technology Congress AKL´10

DATE		May 5-7, 2010, Aachen May 5, 2010 Seminar Laser Technology ABC´s Technology Business Day TBT EU Innovation Forum »Additive Manufacturing in Aeronautics and Power Generation« Presentation of the »Innovation Award Laser Technology 2010« May 6, 2010 AKL´10 International Laser Technology Conference Accompanying Sponsors Exhibition Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Fraunhofer ILT May 7, 2010 AKL´10 International Laser Technology Conference Accompanying Sponsors Exhibition »Lasertechnik 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. EUROM - European Industry Association for Precision Engineering and Optics European Commission 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		58 speakers und 10 chairmen
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		Global laser market Laser markets in Europe, USA, Japan and China Challenges and trends of laser materials processing in automotive engineering and power engineering Prospects for the diode laser market
TOPICS EU INNOVATION FORUM		Additive Manufacturing in Aeronautics and Power Generation Final presentation of EU project FANTASIA Laser metal deposition in turbo machinery Laser deposition in component repair and tooling applications
TOPICS AKL'10 INTERNATIONAL LASER TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE		Laser Beam Sources Promotion laser technology: fiber - disk - slab - rod - diode Next generation high power lasers (Gerd Herziger Session) High brightness diode lasers High power ultra fast pulsed lasers New lasers for new applications Laser Material Processing Laser welding and laser cutting System technology and quality control Laser assisted additive manufacturing Functional surfaces and thin films Laser drilling and ablation Ultra precision processing Laser processing in solar technology Laser Measuring Technology Processes and systems for clinical diagnostics and bioanalytics
PRESENTATIONS		80 live presentations and exhibits at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and at the companies of the Laser Application Center
EXHIBITORS/SPONSORS		34 laser, component and system manufacturers showcase their products at the sponsor exhibition
PARTICIPANTS		500 (as of May 4 2010)
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 according to the published assessment criteria (see www.innovation-award-laser.org) 3 innovation teams as finalists (in alphabetical order of the team representatives): Q-switched INNOSLAB lasers for high quality micro processing Team representative: Dr. rer. Nat. Keming Du, EdgeWave GmbH Laser Hybrid welding of thick sheet metals with disk lasers in shipbuilding industry Team representative: Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Dupré, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG New repair technique for aero-engine components using Laser Metal Deposition Team representative: Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Lembeck, MEYER WERFT Laserzentrum GmbH The prize winner will be presented on May 5, 2010 at a ceremony of the International Laser Technology Congress AKL´10 in the coronation hall of Aachen´s town hall.