A highlight of the educational calendar of the CRC 787 is the “Nanophotonic Day”, which takes place at the Magnus-Haus of the German Physical Society (DPG) and is organized by the PhD students of the School of Nanophotonics. The topics of the "Nanophotonic Day" encompass e.g. the work of a physicist in industry and research with invited speakers from start-up companies, small and medium sized enterprises and large corporations like OSRAM. Also intellectual property rights and patenting is a common theme, with invited speakers from the European Patent Office and the patent office of the Technische Universität Berlin.