9^th International Conference on Optics, Photonics & Lasers July 02-04, 2018 Berlin, Germany

Berlin is Germany’s largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in north-eastern Germany on the banks of River Spree, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 6 million residents from over 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city’s area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes. Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media, and science. Its economy is based on high-tech firms and the service sector, encompassing a diverse range of creative industries, research facilities, media corporations, and convention venues. Berlin serves as a continental hub for air and rail traffic and has a highly complex public transportation network. Berlin is a leader in the field of energy technology. The city and its surroundings are among the regions with the highest density of environmental technology companies, research institutions and clean technology workers in Germany.

Berlin belongs to the regions with the highest concentration of energy technology related companies, research facilities and employees in Germany, ranking right after Bavaria and neck and neck with Hamburg. Berlin is both production location for energy generation and distribution components as well as a research and development location for energy technology issues. There are several renowned power supply companies who provide a wide range of energy services.

Companies specialized in photonics and microsystems technologies in the Berlin region increased their turnover at 12% in 2011 to approximately 2.33 billion euros. Other sectors also profit from this growing market; key technologies are perfected in Berlin in med-tech and metrology, in communications technologies and also energy technology.