Painting a bright future

The first recommendation of the Photonics Strategy Group/DTI report Painting a bright future was to establish a strategic body to act as the UK voice for photonics and to provide strategic direction to all UK photonics stakeholders.

The Photonics Leadership Group (PLG) was set up to serve this vital need and exists to harness the potential of photonics in the UK, and to make it central to the country’s innovation strategy.

Working with organisations

The PLG aims to work closely with those organisations or institutions involved to share information with ease and to influence policy development at regional, national and international levels. It will promote photonics to interested parties and the public in general.

The PLG is a relatively small but influential body. It aims to set the strategic direction for photonics in the UK and monitors whatever plans are put in place. It seeks to initiate effective work streams and provide coherence, momentum and efficacy to new initiatives that bring photonics businesses, training and research and development together.

It does not replace or displace existing bodies within the photonics community, but coordinates them in an effective manner.