The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. John Ambroseo, President & CEO Coherent Inc, USA. Other dignitaries present on the dais were Dr. Lalit Kumar, M.D. Laser Science Services (I) Pvt. Ltd., Dr. G. Padmanabhan, Associate Director & Head, ARCI & Centre for Laser Processing Materials (CLPM), Hyderabad, Mr. Soumitra Joshi, Managing Director, Trumpf (I) Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Dr. S. K. Sarkar, Vice President, Indian Laser Association, Dr. Arvind Patel, Managing Director, Sahajanand Laser Technology Limited, Mr. Srikant Venkat, Vice President & General Manager, Coherent Inc., USA.

Concurrent with the exhibition there were 10 seminar sessions, spread over the first 2 days and were all well attended by the industry. There was never an empty seat in the seminar room. A variety of topics, including “High Power Cutting and Welding solutions for Automotive” - Thomas Vetsch Laser Division Manager ,TRUMPF India Pvt. Ltd, “Laser-micromachining processes in for the medical device industry” - Georg Dobler International Sales Manager, Swiss Tec AG, “Future of 3 dimensional 5 axis controlled Laser processing machine” - Masanori Nakamaya GM - Sales Laser Robotics Division, Komatsu NTC Ltd., “Pulsed Fibre Lasers for Precision Marking, Engraving and Micromachining” - Dr. Steve Norman CTO, SPI Laser UK Ltd. , “Joining Technologies” - Michael Nagel Technical Sales, Laser Line GmbH, “Laser Marking Optimization Using Fiber Laser” - Dr. Eran Inbar CEO, V-gen Ltd. (ISRAEL) “Low power applications, choose the right laser!” -  Dharmendra Nautiyal Sales Manager , TRUMPF India Pvt. Ltd., “Synova's MicroJet Technology and its applications” - Bernold Richerzhagen CEO, Synova and “Laser Applications in the Automotive Industry” - John Chinn, Asia Pacific Sales Manager, JK Laser USA.