Information for authors and presenters

Instructions, important dates, and other information for a successful conference

We hope to see you in 2023. The call for papers is now open.

Find links to presenter instructions, important dates, and other information for a successful abstract submission and presentation at SPIE Laser Damage.

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Important dates

Abstracts due	3 May 2023
National Ignition Facility (NIF) Tours - Application Due	15 May 2023
Laser Damage Competition - Samples Due	15 May 2023
Registration opens	20 June 2023
Authors notified and program posts online	26 June 2023
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	17 July 2023
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	23 Aug. 2023
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	15 Sept. 2023
Manuscripts due	11 Oct. 2023

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading.

**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-In

Prepare to share your work

Sumbit an abstract of your work to present at SPIE Laser Damage

Submit an abstract

First step of being part of the program: write an abstract for your work.

Prepare to present

Find guidelines for oral and poster presenters, a to-do list, and due dates.

Author reviewing manuscript submission guidelines for SPIE Laser Damage

Prepare your manuscript

View details and templates for preparing your paper for the SPIE Digital Library.

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Chairs and committees

View timelines and overview of your duties before and during the event.

Why present and publish your work as part of Laser Damage?

Here's how submitting an abstract puts a spotlight on your work:

Your participation in the conference gains you international visibility
Your research becomes a part of the world's permanent scientific record
Your work will be indexed in all relevant scientific databases*

Make sure that your research gets timely publication in the SPIE Digital Library.

*SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to ensure visibility for your research, including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

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