Here is the list of the 36 candidates of the Board of Stakeholders Election 2025:
| Candidate Affiliation | Representative | Type | Country |
| AIXEMTEC GmbH | Tobias Müller | Industry | Germany |
| AIXTRON SE | Michael Heuken | Industry | Germany |
| ams-OSRAM International GmbH | Martin Strassburg | Industry | Germany |
| asphericon GmbH | Ulrike Fuchs | Industry | Germany |
| CADFEM (Austria) GmbH | Irene Reichl | Industry | Austria |
| Ensemble3 sp. z o.o. | Dorota Anna Pawlak | Research | Poland |
| E-S-TEL SRL | Philippe Bolle | Industry | Belgium |
| FISBA AG | Martin Forrer | Industry | Switzerland |
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Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering |
Andreas Tünnermann | Research | Germany |
| Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology | Carlo Holly | Research | Germany |
| Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems | Thomas Höche | Research | Germany |
| Institut Photonique - CentraleSupélec | Marc Sciamanna | Research | France |
| Light Conversion | Lutz Aschke | Industry | Lithuania |
| Lithuanian Laser Association | Kristina Ananičienė | Other | Lithuania |
| MEETOPTICS LABS | Barbara Buades Sabater | Industry | Spain |
| MONDRAGON Corporation S. Coop. | Joseba Bilbatua | Industry | Spain |
| Officina Stellare SpA | Federico Pettazzi | Industry | Italy |
| OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences | Davide Bleiner | Research | Switzerland |
| Photonics Leadership Group | John Lincoln | Industry | United Kingdom |
| PICadvanced S.A. | Francisco Rodrigues | Industry | Portugal |
| Polish Technological Platform on Photonics | Anna Szerling | Industry | Poland |
| RWTH Aachen University | Arnold Gillner | Research | Germany |
| SCANLAB GmbH | Holger Schlüter | Industry | Germany |
| SCHOTT AG | Jens Ulrich Thomas | Industry | Germany |
| Sill Optics GmbH | Guido Bonati | Industry | Germany |
| Technology Scotland Limited | Alison McLeod | Industry | United Kingdom |
| TECNOBIT SLU | Santiago Simón | Industry | Spain |
| Thales SA | Gilles Feugnet | Industry | France |
| ThinkQuantum Srl | Simone Capeleto | Industry | Italy |
| Università degli Studi di Padova | Giuseppe Vallone | Research | Italy |
| Università degli Studi di Pavia | Daniele Bajoni | Research | Italy |
| Valeo Group | Sophie Cladé | Industry | France |
| VIGO Photonics S.A. | Adam Piotrowski | Industry | Poland |
| V-Research GmbH | Heinz Seyringer | Industry | Austria |
| Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Lien Smeesters | Research | Belgium |
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd | Ari Alastalo | Research | Finland |
