EU-wide outreach for promoting photonics to young people, entrepreneurs and the general public

Project Information

Photonics4All

Grant agreement ID: 644606

DOI 10.3030/644606

Project closed

EC signature date 8 December 2014

Start date 1 January 2015

End date 31 December 2016

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost € 997 953,00

EU contribution € 997 953,00

Coordinated by

STEINBEIS 2I GMBH
Germany

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (15)

Photonics4all Corporate Identity
Photonics4all website
3rd Photonics4all electronic newsletter
1st Photonics4all electronic newsletter
Brochure “Study Photonics” in all relevant languages
1 competition for the development of a photonics game

1 competition for the development of a photonics game. The photonics game will be seen as a deliverable as well as the competition itself.

Photonics4all promotion brochure
2nd Photonics4all electronic newsletter
OmniLight Laboratory development, testing and optimization achieved
4 One-day trainings/workshops for physics teacher held, workshop/training tools documented and made available
Development and Testing of the “Photonics App” achieved
Open innovation methodology
Photonics animation video for children
Brochure “Create Business in Photonics” in all relevant languages
1 competition for the development of a photonics quiz

1 competition for the development of a photonics quiz. The quiz will be seen as a deliverable as well as the competition itself.

Documents, reports (15)

Promotion of photonics at 5 ‘Children Universities’ – final feedback report
1st updated Dissemination and exploitation plan
Report including presentations of the conducted science slams
2nd Updated Dissemination and Exploitation Plan
Final list and report of attended events
Start-up challenge report
Photonics brochures for town councils of all participating countries in this project
Collected Innovation offers and requests (IO/IR)
2 Boot camps for photonic entrepreneurs report
Summary of gained collaborations with local authorities/policy makers and sponsoring companies
Feedback report referring to the achievements of the interview
Partnership agreements signed
Dissemination and exploitation plan
Best practices handbook
Conduct photonics for investment in France and Slovakia

Other (2)

Report summarizing the achievements of the photonics campaign conducted in 6 European countries
6 Workshops for photonics for innovation

Publications

Conference proceedings (3)

"Board Games to Learn Complex Scientific Concepts and the ""Photonics Games"" Competition"

Author(s): Fabio Chiarello
Published in: Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Games Based Learning 2015, Issue 8-9 October 2015, 2015, Page(s) 774-779, ISBN 9781-910810583
Publisher: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited Reading
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.437460

Reflecting photonics: reaching new audiences through new partnerships – IYL 2015 and the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show

Author(s): Matthew T. Posner ; Pearl V. John ; Deanna Standen ; Natalie V. Wheeler ; Lieke D. van Putten ; Nathan Soper ; Tina L. Parsonage ; Nicholas H. L. Wong ; Gilberto Brambilla
Published in: Proc. SPIE 9946, Optics Education and Outreach IV, 994603 (2016), Issue 27.09.2016, 2016
Publisher: SPIE digital library
DOI: 10.1117/12.2236977

Games Design as Learning Tool for Science: the Photonics Games Competition Experience

Author(s): Fabio Chiarello
Published in: Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL 2016), Issue 07.10.2016, 2016, ISBN 978-1-5108-3029-5
Publisher: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Ltd.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.437446

Other (1)

Photonics4All project - EU wide outreach for promoting photonics to young people, entrepreneurs and the general public

Author(s): Dorothea Haas and Dr. Aurèle Adam
Published in: European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM) 2016, Issue 26.09.2016, 2016
Publisher: JEOS

Peer reviewed articles (2)

CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY: OPTICS AND PHOTONICS FOR CHILDREN

Author(s): Dana Seyringer
Published in: Educational Alternatives, Issue 13, 2015, Page(s) 130-137, ISSN 1314-7277
Publisher: International Scientific Publications

Board Games and Board Game Design as Learning Tools for Complex Scientific Concepts:

Author(s): Fabio Chiarello, Maria Gabriella Castellano
Published in: International Journal of Game-Based Learning, Issue 6 10.4018/IJGBL.2016 http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJGBL.2016/2, 2016, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 2155-6849
Publisher: IGI Global Publishing
DOI: 10.4018/IJGBL.2016040101

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

European Project Photonics4All

Author(s): Nadja Just
Published in: Optik & Photonik, Issue 10/4, 2015, Page(s) 22-23, ISSN 1863-1460
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/opph.201590054