OIDA Market Update: North American Photonics Suppliers, A Market-Based Argument For Public-Private Partnership, NPI, Optical Communications, and Biophotonics

The OIDA Market Update brings the Annual Market Report to OIDA members and the industry in a series of bi-monthly installments. Each update features key topics in optoelectronics markets, including particular sectors or market segments, regional trends, and recent areas of focus for OIDA, and which are not available in another form in the industry today. The material is presented in a user-friendly format as a set of slides with accompanying narration.

This latest installment features the following topics:


 Brief mid-year outlook on North American photonics suppliers.

 An update on OIDA advocacy efforts - including a market-based argument for public-private partnerships - and the recent launch of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI).

 A review of high-level communication industry market trends that matter to the optoelectronics industry.

 A "meta-study" of market reports in biophotonics, in order to understand the commonalities and differences of each.

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