The Photonics21 Innovation Award is a competition for business ideas at an early stage. It can be a simple thought, an idea you cannot get out of your head or an idea that you have been working with for a while. Photonics21 aims to support talented makers, students, and young entrepreneurs who have a real interest in developing an idea into a product by combining creativity with photonics. To make this support possible, Photonics21 teams up with PhotonHub, the pan-European digital innovation hub for photonics.