The 2025 Industrial Affiliates Symposium Has Ended
Thank you all for attending and we look forward to seeing you in 2026! You can download the program schedule below.
Industrial Affiliates Symposium 2025

Want to learn more? Read about our 2025 CREOL Senior Design Showcase Winners and about the Tech Hubs in the Spotlight at the 2025 CREOL Industrial Affiliates Symposium.
2025 Symposium Agenda
Thursday, April 17 - on UCF campus
9:00 AM – 12:00 pm
Senior Design Showcase
CREOL Lobby
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Spring Career Fair
Research 1 Room 101AB
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Lab Tours
CREOL Building
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Special Guest Lecture: Light a Path for Quantum Sensing
Jun Ye, University of Colorado
CREOL 102/103
6:00 pm
Industrial Affiliates Mixer
Bar Louie – UCF
Friday, April 18 - at Hilton DoubleTree near UCF
8:15 am – 9:10 am
Welcome to UCF
Michael D. Johnson, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Welcome and Overview of CREOL
David Hagan, Dean & Director
Session I: Tech Hubs: Semiconductors and Sensing
9:10 am – 10:40 am
SMART USA: Digital Twins – A Revolution in Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation
Volker Sorger, University of Florida
Session II: Tech Hubs: Quantum
11:10 am – 11:55 am
Engineering Quantum: Building the National Quantum Nanofab
Scott Diddams, University of Colorado Boulder
Lunch Break, Student Poster Judging, and Exhibit Tables
11:55 am – 1:00 pm
Session III: Industry Updates and Florida Panel
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Session IV: Technicians and Training
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Saturday, April 19 - At 100 Tuskawilla Road
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm