Join us in London on 17–18 March 2026 for Image Sensors Europe, the premier gathering of vision system experts. Connect with over 250+ industry representatives, explore cutting-edge technologies, and engage in discussions shaping the future of image sensing. Don’t miss your chance to stay ahead in this rapidly evolving market.
2025 speakers included:
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aSpect Systems main business segments are Test Services, Development Services, Supply Chain Management and “Automation- & Test Equipment”.
We utilize our technologies to support clients who design, manufacture and deploy semiconductors, imaging devices and opto-electronics.
The keys to support our portfolio relies on an team with passion for technology and long-time experience in the fields of Automation-, Hardware-, Software-, Mechanics-, Optics- and Illumination- Development, as well as the related outsourced Manufacturing (Supply Chain Management).
Our in-house test floor supports test equipment for production testing, characterization and qualification of Wafers, ICs and Opto-Electronics . Last but not least we have electronic and mechanic manufacturing capabilities for prototyping
QDI systems is a Dutch company, based in Groningen the Netherlands. It was founded in 2019 by Dr. Artem Shulga with a goal to innovate in the area of quantum dot image sensors.. From founding to present, the company has gone through many breakthroughs, from the world’s first 2cm X-ray detector in 2020 to the worlds’ first real size mammography panel based on QD material, but also the world’s first X-ray image (of a hand) with a QD detector. It is now leading the field of QD based Image sensing.
At ST, we are over 50,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. An integrated device manufacturer, we work with more than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of cloud-connected autonomous things. We are committed to achieving our goal to become carbon neutral on scope 1 and 2 and partially scope 3 by 2027.
Jeroen Hoet is the CEO and co-founder of eyeo, a Dutch startup specializing in image sensors enabled with advanced nanophotonic color-splitting. eyeo aims to redefine image sensing by overcoming traditional filter limitations and enhancing image quality, resolution and low-light performance.
Dan McGrath has over 45 years of experience in pixel device physics—CCD, CIS, and ToF—and in integrating image-sensor process enhancements into manufacturing. His career covers the full spectrum of image-sensor design: small consumer pixels; large, high-sensitivity pixels; sensors for infrared through visible to gamma rays; and particle detection. His recent work focuses on photon counting for night vision, scientific, and time-of-flight applications, and he has maintained a long-standing interest in dark current. Dan is Senior Technology Fellow for Image Sensors at TechInsights, working in reverse engineering, and is also a visiting researcher at ISAE Supaero in Toulouse, studying dark current in quantum image sensors. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University. Dan has advanced image-sensor technology through roles at Texas Instruments, Polaroid, Imaging Devices, Atmel, Eastman Kodak, Aptina, BAE Systems, and GOODiX, collaborating with fabs in the USA, France, Italy, and Taiwan. His publications include the first megapixel CCD, the foundations of dark current spectroscopy, and recent work on dark current in quantum image sensors.
Max Gäde has over 10 years of experience in image quality research. As Head of the Image Quality Lab & Innovation Department at Image Engineering his work focuses on the validation, characterization, and qualification of image sensors and camera systems with a focus on automotive imaging systems. As an active member of the IEEE P2020 Working Group, he supports OEMs, Tier-1s, and component manufacturers in linking objective KPI metrics to real-world use cases
Andras Pattantyus-Abraham has been working on commercializing quantum-dot based image sensors since 2013, when he joined Invisage Technologies to work on RGB and NIR imaging. He joined Apple in 2017, where he became Senior Manager of QD R&D. In 2020, he transitioned to STMicroelectronics and became Director of Advanced Materials R&D for QD sensors, now focused on SWIR sensing and imaging. In October 2024, he founded BestQD Solutions LLC to help accelerate the adoption of low-cost QD-based SWIR imagers. He has deep expertise in QD synthesis, quality control and QD-based optoelectronics design, processing, testing and application development.
He has B.Sc.’s in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Queen’s University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia. He also worked as a postdoc and principal scientist under Ted Sargent at the University of Toronto, where he did pioneering work on depleted heterojunction QD photovoltaics.
Dr. Augusto José Carimatto is an experienced integrated circuit (IC) designer and currently serves as Head of the IC Department at Pi Imaging Technology. He holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from the National Technological University (UTN), Buenos Aires, an M.Sc. from the University of Troyes, France, and a Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands, specializing in Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensors and ASIC design. With over fifteen years of experience in microelectronics, Dr. Carimatto has developed extensive expertise in the design of advanced integrated circuits for demanding scientific and industrial applications. Throughout his career, he has been actively engaged in research spanning a broad range of domains, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET), LiDAR, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Robotics, and Support Vector Machines. During the final years of his doctoral research, Dr. Carimatto focused on SPAD image sensors, developing multiple integrated sensor architectures for LiDAR, PET, and high-speed imaging applications. His work encompassed the design of neural networks, high-performance bus architectures, high-bandwidth memory systems, specialized microprocessors for image sensors, and custom back-end compilers, demonstrating a comprehensive command of both hardware and algorithmic design.
Anas Chalak is Technology & Market analyst at Yole Group. He is a member of the Imaging team. Anas contributes on a day-to-day basis to follow imaging technology activity to provide market and technology analysis, as well as contributing to the production of relevant reports and projects. Previously, Anas carried out research focusing on integrated mid-infrared photonics. Later, he worked as a research engineer on the optical optimization of a 3D FMCW lidar system in CEA-Leti, France. Anas obtained a Master’s in Nanoscale Engineering from École Centrale de Lyon, France.
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Kazuko Nishimura received her B.E. degree from Osaka University, Japan, in 1995 and received her PhD degree from Kobe University, Japan, in 2022. She has since been engaged in the research and development of high-speed ADCs, optical transceivers and image sensors. Currently she is the Senior Researcher of the R&D Center, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Japan. Her technical focus is in the advanced CMOS image sensor circuit and system development.
Dr. Ronald Müller boasts over two decades of expertise in the global Imaging market. His passion for the diverse applications of this technology began well before he earned his doctorate in Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Since 2014, Dr. Müller has been driving the growth of ambitious companies in the Imaging industry, worldwide. As Managing Partner of Vision Markets he established the leading management consulting firm with four synergistic service areas: Strategy, M&A, Marketing, and Recruitment.
In addition to his consultancy work, Dr. Müller is an active contributor to the global vision community. He is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, a regular author in trade publications, and serves on the Board of Directors of the EMVA, the Advisory Board of the Image Sensors conference, and several innovation award juries.
Sara Pellegrini is a pixel architect leading the advanced photonics sensors technology development activities in STMicroelectronics’ centre of competence for imaging in Edinburgh. In this role she works in close collaboration with the silicon, process, module and system R&D teams to define and develop the Imaging Division photonics pixel roadmap and specification. In addition to this she works with external collaborators on several R&D projects within STMicroelectronics’ Imaging PhD Programme.
Sara graduated in Electronics Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano in 1999 and received her PhD in Physics from Heriot-Watt University in 2006. She has authored and presented several papers on SPAD and SPAD-based systems and applications
Abhinav Agarwal is currently a Member of Technical Staff with Forza Silicon (Ametek Inc.) and was instrumental in recently establishing a Forza India design center in Bangalore. He is a technical lead for various CMOS image sensors chips designed at Forza Silicon in applications ranging from cinematography, automotive and biomedical. As a lead author, he has presented papers at several prominent conferences like the International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), IEEE VLSI Symposium on Circuits and Technology. He received the best student paper award at the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference in 2020. Abhinav is also passionate about improving the design and verification flows related to CMOS Image Sensors and has presented multiple collaborative articles with Siemens EDA at the Design Automation Conference (DAC). Prior to his role Forza, Abhinav was graduate researcher at Caltech working in implantable medical devices resulting in several US patents.
As a dedicated "Principal" ZEISS expert, Markus Cappellaro follows the trends in image sensors technology from the customer and user perspective for a wide range of applications in light microscopy. It stretches from documentation in routine applications to scientific imaging at the highest level. This is his basis for his many years as product manager for digital camera systems at Carl Zeiss Microscopy, where he is responsible for a complete digital camera portfolio. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich and loves sports fencing as one of his favorite pastimes because, like his job, it requires precision, speed and strategy.
Dr Xinyang Wang is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Gpixel Group. With over 20 years’ experience in CMOS image sensor design, he has been responsible for designing and managing off-the-shelf and customized image sensor projects for industrial, medical, consumer and space applications.
Dr Wang received his PhD degree from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific publications and hold more than 30 patents regarding CMOS image sensor design. He also serves in the technical committee of SPIE Electronic Imaging (EI) and the International Image Sensor Workshop (ISSW).
