“PHOTONICS-2025”: Four Short Stories About the Future

The 19^th International Exhibition of Laser, Optical and Optoelectronic Technology “Photonics. The World of Lasers and Optics-2025”, the largest industry event where modern achievements in the field of photonics, optics and laser technologies were presented, was accompanied by a large–scale business program. As part of the XIII Congress of the Photonics Technology Platform held at the exhibition on April 03, 2025, the scientific and production conference “Optoelectronic Systems and Components” was held, dedicated to the development of key areas of optoelectronics and photonics in the Russian Federation, the creation of import-substituting technologies, as well as the consideration of priority problematic issues and the development of proposals for their prompt solution. In January 2025, the Advanced Research Foundation, together with the SPA JSC “Orion”, created the Target Search Laboratory (TSL) “Technologies of Optoelectronics and Photonics”.