Smart Contact Lenses: Embedded Technologies beyond Vision

29.09.2025 Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken Prof. Chi Hwan Lee, Prof. Ali Yetisen, Prof. Philip Morgan, Prof. Jason J. Nichols, Prof. Jang-Ung Park, Prof. Aránzazu del Campo
29.09.2025 , Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken Prof. Chi Hwan Lee, Prof. Ali Yetisen, Prof. Philip Morgan, Prof. Jason J. Nichols, Prof. Jang-Ung Park, Prof. Aránzazu del Campo

TechTransfer Day

Tomorrow’s contact lenses will leverage our capabilities to perceive and interact with the world around us. Augmented reality contact lenses will enable navigation and communication without the need of visible hardware. Therapeutic contact lenses that sense, monitor and treat diseases will open new paradigms for health management and personalized therapies while being imperceptible to the wearer. Although many of these technologies have reached the prototype phase, their translation into viable commercial devices is not trivial. New functions need to be integrated into devices of highest comfort and ecologically responsible manufacture to ensure widespread consumer adoption.

We invite industry experts to join us and discuss the emerging opportunities and challenges in the future smart contact lens market, and to form collaborations for the successful translation of new technologies into everyday use. In seminars and discussion tables we will explore the latest advances in device design, technology integration and materials engineering. Register today and be part of the future of contact lenses!