Presentation guidelines

Preparing your presentation for 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

A to-do list leading up to the conference

Prepare to present

Request an invitation letter, if needed
Register for the conference (required before submitting presentation)
Prepare and upload your oral presentation or poster presentation
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