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Scottish Pavilion at Photonics West 2009
For the last 14 years, with a one year gap, there has been a Scottish Pavilion at Photonics West in San Jose. Next year Photonics West moves to the Moscone Center in San Francisco to accommodate the increased size of the exhibition in recent years.
This year, despite the looming global recession, there was a small increase in overall attendance at 17903 against 17440 last year.
Attendance breakdown of 17,903 was:
§ 4,324 Conference Attendees
§ 7,799 Exhibition-only Visitors
§ 5,780 Exhibitor Representatives
§ 80 Conferences with 3,511 R&D Presentations
§ 76 Technical Courses and Workshops
On the Scottish Pavilion there were the following companies, in addition to SOA and SDI:
- Compound Semiconductor Technologies
- Helia Photonics
- Institute of Photonics
- Intellevation
- Logitech
- Power Photonic
Intense had their own stand and M Squared Lasers were on the Elliot Scientific stand.
In addition to Scottish participation in the exhibition, it has become a tradition that a Whisky Reception is held on the Wednesday evening. This has become a feature of Photonics West which many potential customers look forward to attending. This year was no exception and some companies reported more business was discussed at the reception then at the exhibition.
We look forward to next year and wonder what changes the new location might bring.