The China-Europe Silicon Photonics Forum is a recurring event organized by ePIXfab. Designed to build a bridge between Europe and China, the forum provides a platform for research and technology exchange as well as commercial partnerships, fostering in-depth collaboration in silicon photonics innovation.
CIOE is one of the biggest conference and exhibition with over 4000 top exhibitors and over 150’000 expected professional visitors.The forum at CIOE will provide updates on the recent trends, current state-of-the-art, and upcoming developments in silicon photonics technologies.
Silicon photonics is a high-index contrast photonic IC technology that leverages the CMOS processing toolsets for the manufacturing of complex photonic functions on highly miniaturized chips at low cost and high manufacturing volume. Silicon Photonics is one of the key technologies driving the growth of AI infrastructure.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 13:30-13:40 | Welcome Speech |
Prof. Wim Bogaerts, ePIXfab, Chair |
| 13:40-14:00 | ML-Driven Inverse Design of MRR-Demultiplexers for DCIs |
Dr. André Richter, |
| 14:00-14:20 | Scaling Next-Generation Photonic Systems with Low-Loss SiN and Heterogeneous Integration |
Dr. Michael Geiselmann, |
| 14:20-14:40 | Breaking the Yield Bottleneck in CPO Mass Production: A Path to Silicon Photonics Yield Enhancement through Design-Packaging-Test Co-optimization and Opto-Electronic Data Loop | Dr. Ruping Cao, Luceda Photonics, President |
| 14:40-15:00 | From Silicon to Heterogeneous Platforms: Advanced Substrate Architectures to Scale Next-Era Photonics | James Zhang, Soitec, Senior Business Development Manager |
| 15:00-15:20 | From Photonic Integration Technology to Microwave Photonics Products: Recent Progress at LioniX | Dr. Shaoxian Zhang, LioniX International |
| 15:20-15:40 | TBA | STMicroelectronics |
| 15:40-16:00 | From Prototype to Volume: Automating Silicon Photonics Test and Packaging |
Anthonin Van Impe, |
| 16:00-16:20 | InP for datacenter networks: >110 GHz modulators, integrated CW lasers, and scaling manufacturing | Dr. Alireza Shamsafar, SMART Photonics, Business Development Manager |
| 16:20-16:30 | Joint Q&A |
10 September 2026
13:30 - 16:30
(Beijing Time)
Conference Room, Hall 13, Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center, Shenzhen, China
This event is free of charge for visitors to CIOE