Jose Pozo

Chief Technology Officer at Optica

Speaker

Dr. Jose Pozo is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board member at Optica (formerly OSA), the leading society advancing optics and photonics worldwide. Since March 2022, he has led Optica’s global corporate engagement, connecting companies, investors, and policymakers to accelerate growth in photonics. Previously, as CTO of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), he grew membership from 200 to 800 companies and established it as a key European voice in Horizon 2020. With more than 25 years in photonics, Jose has built a reputation for fostering innovation, scale-up strategies, and international collaboration across telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, and quantum technologies.