| Institution | Short Name | Leader | Country | Logo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Trent University | NTU | Xianfeng Chen | United Kingdom | |
| Aston University | Aston | Kaiming Zhou | United Kingdom | |
| Arden Photonics Ltd. | Arden | David Robinson | United Kingdom | |
| University of Valencia | UVEG | Miguel V. Andrés | Spain | |
| FYLA Laser Ltd. | FYLA | Pere Pérez-Millán | Spain | |
| Aalto University | Aalto | Zhipei Sun | Finland | |
| Summa Semiconductor Ltd. | Summa | Sami Suihkonen | Finland | |
| Institute of Physics Rosario | CONICET-IFIR | Christian Cuadrado-Laborde | Argentina | |
| Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | PUCP | Francisco Antonio de Zela | Perú | |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | UCR | Jaime Cascante | Costa Rica | |
| Saint Peter's University | SPU | Weidong Zhu | USA | |
| Shenzen Institutes of Advanced Tech, Chinese Academy of Sciences | SIAT | Xuefeng Yu | China | |
| Shanghai Institute of Microsystem & Info Technology, CAS | SIMIT | Jianlong Zhao | China | |