Note: Topics and guest appearance dates are subject to change. Episode 1: February 27, 2024 Featured Guests: Michael Mohammadi and Bill Warger: Thorlabs Mobile Photonics Lab Experience team Topics: photonics education + workforce; industry-academia connectivity in photonics Host: Jake Saltzman Episode 2: March 12, 2024 Featured Guest: Zubin Jacob, Purdue University: Advancing Thermographic Imaging Episode Guests: Benjamin Dringoli and Mariia Zhuldybina, TRAQC, 2024 SPIE Startup Challenge Winner Topics: infrared imaging, surveillance, night vision, camera design, microthermography Host: Joel Williams Episode 3: March 26, 2024 (The OFC Episode) Featured Guest: Mario Paniccia, Anello Photonics Topics: silicon photonics, precision navigation, integrated photonics, gyroscopy, PICs Host: Jake Saltzman Episode 4: April 9, 2024 Featured Guest: Andrea Blanco-Redondo, UCF CREOL Episode Guests: Matthias Trinker and Torsten Vahrenkamp, ELAS Investment Topics: topological photonics, particle physics, quantum, industry, integrated photonics, design and simulation, photonic startups Hosts: Joel Williams and Jake Saltzman Episode 5: April 23, 2024 Featured Guests: Paul Prucnal, Princeton University and Bhavin Shastri, Queens University, Kingston: Neuromorphic Photonics Topics: neuromorphic photonics, integrated photonics, optical computing, data centers Host: Jake Saltzman Episode 6: May 7, 2024 (Live from EPIC Annual General Meeting 2024) Co-featured Guests: Distinguished EPIC AGM 2024 Guests (Beate Sauter, Elizabeth Illy); Gregory Niven, Lasers in Cinema Topics: sustainability in photonics, light sources, legislation Host: Joel Williams Episode 7: May 21, 2024 Featured Guest: Paul McManamon, Exciting Technology Episode Guest: Andy Bell, Alasdair Pentland, TeraView Limited Topics: sensors, lidar, directed energy optics, terahertz sources, nondestructive testing, Host: Joel Williams Episode 8: June 4, 2024 Featured Guest: Jason Sorger, Leonardo DRS Daylight Solutions Topics: lasers, high-power lasers, quantum cascade lasers Host: Joel Williams