Presentation guidelines

Preparing your presentation for Laser Damage

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Important dates

Abstracts due	24 April 2024
National Ignition Facility Tour – sign-up deadline	24 April 2024
Laser Damage Competition – samples due	1 June 2024
Registration opens	June 2024
Authors notified and program posts online	1 July 2024
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	5 August 2024
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	11 September 2024
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	4 October 2024
Manuscripts due	30 October 2024

*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 (must be signed into SPIE account to apply)
Register for the conference (required before submitting presentation)
Prepare and upload your oral presentation or poster presentation
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